GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Friday, May 8, 2020

DR ANTHONY FAUCI: A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT AT NIAID?

ICHEOKU says occupying a particular position since 1984 as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and nearly 80 years old at 79 years, what will it take for Dr Anthony Fauci to retire or is the position not amenable to the general retirement rules which applies to other public servants. Is the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease, of which he is the director for now 36 years not subject to the rules guiding other public institutions on retirement. 

It is a given that the director knows what he is doing at the institute but he will not live forever. There is a need for a seamless leadership succession and continuity at the NIAID, so the government must not wait for him to first succumb to the infirmities of old age before appointing his successor. So in view of his very advanced old age and having since passed the age of retirement, Dr Anthony Fauci ought to have since retired and a new director appointed to head the institute

ICHEOKU says short of the then Larry King of CNN's Larry King Live, CBS's 60 Minutes's Andy Rooney and some members of Congress, thought that it was only the Supreme Court Justices that are appointed for life, so what is it with Dr Anthony Stephen Fauci who apparently seems to also be enjoying a life tenure. He was appointed to the position in 1984 when Ronald Reagan was president and since then, four presidents have come and gone and he is still the head of the NIAID. President Donald John Trump is about completing his first term and Dr Fauci is still heading the institute. Something certainly does not look proper and definitely out of place for just one man to be at the headship of the NIAID for such a long time and continuing till date, and now doubles as a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. 

ICHEOKU is just curious, trying to understand the reason for his longevity at the institute, including the special circumstances that made it possible for his lasting tenure. Why is the NIAID different from any other public institution whose director or president surrenders to retirement at 65 years. But even if as agreed, Dr Fauci is one of the most trusted medical authority in America and recognized internationally as one of the world's leading medical expert on infectious diseases, will this his expertise never be spent. When will his services no longer be required and will any person ever be allowed to fill his shoes at the NIAID. ICHEOKU does not necessarily have anything against Dr Fauci, except that his stay at the NIAID has been for too long that it is about time he retired or is replaced with a successor. 

Nobody lives forever, he has given it his all and his best, it is time to for the institute to move on and away from Dr Anthony Stephen Fauci and make way for a director not named Fauci. It does not matter how good any person is, if they don't make way, there will never be an opportunity for the better and the best to someday emerge through succession. There is always this chance in life that the new will always be better than the old, but first the old has to move away to make way for the new to move in and prove their mettle. This coronavirus period will be one such good opportune time to allow Dr Anthony Stephen Fauci to retire. So once the flattening of the curve is firmly secured and the spread remains in its downward trajectory, Dr Fauci should take his bow and proceed on his leave, prelude to his retirement. 

At almost 80 years old, Dr Fauci has given all there is for him to give and anyone expecting anything more is being unreasonably too optimistic. There is a season for everything under the sun and he has had his moment under the sun.  Now, the sun has begun to set for Anthony Fauci and he needs to go and enjoy whatever remains of his life in peace, without bordering about the nation or the world being infected by one virus or the other. Dr Fauci has done his job and now is for him to relax and bask in the glory without the headaches of sleepless nights, spent worrying about one virus outbreak or another. ICHEOKU says Dr Anthony Fauci should take his bow of retirement or be asked to proceed on a leave and from there into a career sunset. 

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