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, July 9, 2020

VLADIMIR PUTIN: DESTROYING RUSSIA WITH SIT TIGHT LEADERSHIP.

ICHEOKU says a successful constitutional amendment to elongate power notwithstanding, the fact of the matter is that nobody lives forever. Someday Tsar Vladimirovich Putinya will also go the way of all mortals and will make finding a someone to fill his shoes extremely difficult. He has created a huge gap in succession through his vice hold on power and when he is gone, it will be impossible to fill peacefully. 

How can just one man think that he alone knows what is best for Russia and that without Putin, Russia will no longer exists or go like Afghanistan or Somalia. What happens when he can no longer preside over Russia, either willingly or unwillingly, due to old age, incapacity or death or is his inevitable mortality not cross his mind? 

Any good leader just like any good parent should be preoccupied with what happens after their death than what is currently possible, otherwise what then is the use of all these extensions of power, aware that a day will come when such extensions cannot be possible or his power hold amenable to extension. What will happen then? Why has Vladimir Putin not deemed it necessary to begin grooming a successor after nearly 21 years in power. Bill Clinton was American president when Vladimir Putin first came to power in 1999 and four American presidents later, Vladimir Putin is still in power in Russia and now plans to stay indefinitely or 2032, whichever one comes first. ICHEOKU wonders whether he ever asks himself what will become of Russia when he dies or does he not plan to die someday? 

But he does not seem to care nor worry about the long term welfare of Russia, otherwise he would have seriously started thinking about his successor and working to have him or her enthroned while he san still help nurture him. Why would someone who claims to be of a civilization that is advanced enmesh himself in such prolonged power hold and you wonder what then distinguishes him from the rest of third world countries in Africa and other places where leaders perpetuate themselves in office. It is not a good resume for Russia or Vladimir Putin and it is about time it ended. 

It is not for love of Mother Russia that Vladimir Putin has stuck to power for so long and still continuing into the future; rather it is for love of Putin by Putin; a burning desire to remain the unchallenged leader of Russia, the modern day Tsar Putinya. It is not good; it is not healthy and it can only lead to a fractious third world country like Russia with so many people vying for power the day Putin dies or in no longer able to wield power. For a nuclear armed Russia, such scenario is rather better not contemplated as some of their many nuclear warheads might fall into the hands of terrorists and the result is what nobody wants to think about. 

ICHEOKU says for the interest of a functional Russia after Putin is gone, Dear President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, please reconsider your decision to remain the paramount ruler of Russia in perpetuity. If 2007 wasn't enough and 2015 wasn't enough, 2036 will also not be enough for your power hold. It is greedy; it is evident power lust and it is a foolish egotistic maniacal behavior. Why does Putin look down on Russians this so much that he has convinced himself that there is no other person in Russia who is good enough for Russia's presidency and leadership. But just in case he needs to be reminded, Vladimir Putin is still human and he will surely die someday. What happens then? For the greater good of Russia, Putin should please start grooming a successor now. What a joke.

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