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.

Saturday, May 30, 2020

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: QUITTING IS NOT THE ANSWER, AMERICA.

ICHEOKU says quitters don't usually win and winners don't ever quit. So why must America be forced out from an institution which it built by a just newcomer China. It does not make sense as no rational person abandons his dwelling simply because of pest infestation, you call pest control to exterminate the pests, period. America should have insisted on reforms and failing which it kicked China out of the World Health Organization but not the other way round. America should have brought her powers to bear over the organization and adamantly force a reform or nothing else goes on there. 

Why would America lament that China with its little contribution to the World Health Organization exerts total control over the institution which America founded. It sounds more like a failure on the part of America to protect its own house and it should not blame an opportunistic thieving China for stealing the control away from America. It is a failure of diplomacy and negotiations as well as lack of wielding the big stick. But will America's new policy be to continue running away, quitting and withdrawing from institutions which it allowed China to take over their control. 

So, what if America is frustrated in the United Nations Organization, will America also quit and if, will they order the closure of the United Nations office in New York and ask them to leave? How about other organizations including NATO, WTO, IMF, World Bank etc? If America continues to quit from institutions just because China made them mad, will a time come when America would have inadvertently shut itself completely from the world. If it happens and the rest of the world decides to give America the middle finger and switch their allegiance to China, adopting China as the new world leader, where will this leave America. 

What if the world boycotts every American product and turns to China as their new substitute supplier, will America survive it? What if the rest of the world says enough is enough and to hell with America, what will America's choice become then. Israel, one of the closest ally of America is now smiling at China and so is the United Kingdom, can America afford to also lose this two countries, afterall China could entice them with mouthwatering billions of dollars deals and investments just to woe and win them over away from America. What if the world switches their preferred monetary transactions away from the dollar to Chinese Yuan, what will America do? 

In a world of nearly 8 billion people, it is not a very smart or wise choice to be going it obtusely alone with only 320 million people because the rest of the world's 7.7 billion people can easily outsource, out innovate and out produce America. Hong Kong is on the dinner table for China and so could Taiwan soon be too and a fully resolved China could become much bolder now and move to gobble the two territories. What will America without the rest of the world in tow with their support do to stop China. As always, running away from a problem is not the answer nor solution to the problem; you man up and solve it. If China is exerting too much control over the World Health Organization, then let America wrestle the control away from China, case closed. But, who knows what the ultimate game plan here is or could America be gradually withdrawing from the rest of the world and into its own cocoon, but for how long. #LetAmericaNotGiveUpWHO.

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