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.

Thursday, June 25, 2020

BUBBA WALLACE CAN NOW BREATH AS FBI GAVE HIM CPR.

"First off, I want to say how relieved I am that the investigation revealed that this wasn’t what we feared it was," Wallace said after NASCAR initially reported a noose was found in his team's garage at the Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. I want to thank my team, NASCAR and the FBI for acting swiftly and treating this as a racial threat. I think we’ll gladly take a little embarrassment over what the alternatives could have been. Make no mistake, though some will try, this should not detract from the show of unity we had on Monday and the progress we’ve made as a sport to be a more welcoming environment for all." - Darrel Bubba Wallace. 

ICHEOKU says with those words the man who started the NASCAR noose controversy summarily brought same to an end and hopefully the ever race-stoking media will now allow the matter to rest. Call it racial paranoia that an ordinary garage door pull-rope was made into a racially charged noose that nearly boiled over before the FBI determined that it was not. It is commendable that Bubba Wallace saw reason in the FBI conclusion and decided to end the controversy, primarily fueled a rush to judgment. It was unfortunate that many people including ICHEOKU compared Bubba Wallace to Jussie Smollett, but unlike Jussie Smollett, who despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary insisted on his victimhood, at least Bubba Wallace shunned making the story political. It was investigated and he accepted the outcome of the investigation and now wants the case closeD and permanently put behind him. Wonderful.

Good enough too, the other side rallied around him despite being the target of the rage generated by the controversy; unlike New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who the opposite side did not allow to exercise his First Amendment right to free speech about American flag. ICHEOKU says personally does not like it when sports people mix sports with politics because of the hybrid nature of their fans who have varying political beliefs. But since sports is what gave their voice power, does not mind their adding their voice as they see fit to the political discuss in the nation as basketball King LeBron James frequently does. 

ICHEOKU is emphatic that there is more tolerance on the right side than there is with the left side, which always insists that it is either their way or the highway. Imagine if a conservative racer had said that "Black Lives Don't Matter or that All Lives Matter", what the left would have done to him including demanding that he be fired by NASCAR and that all sponsors pull their ads. But he said what he said in a proverbial showing a bull the red cloth, yet he was supported not scorned. Instead of ostracizing him, they rallied around him and gave him their brotherly love, believing that he has right to his politics and freedom of speech. Tell that to the left and you are toast. 

Anyway, lets hope that the matter is now rested and that the guy is honorable enough not to allow himself to be used as a pawn in the ongoing cultural war between the right and the left, admitted that his initial fears were well founded. Hopefully too, what happened will not become a distraction to both NASCAR and to himself, because once fans start seeing him as an agitator, it is over for him. Also lets hope that some fans will not start boycotting NASCAR for their rush to decisions including banning the confederate flag which some people attach emotional wellbeing on. ICHEOKU says does not know about Bubba Wallace's winning record in car racing and never heard of him until the noose controversy erupted, but many people including ICHEOKU now knows him. But hey, all is good that ends well. 

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