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, January 8, 2021

PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST NOT GRANT HIMSELF PARDON.

ICHEOKU says under no circumstance should President Donald John Trump ever grant himself PARDON. He should instead courageously and bravely allow himself to be martyred and watch himself grow taller, huger and larger. But for him to allow himself to be seen as a frightful, squealing, lily-livered person, by granting himself pardon will be too detrimental to the profile of courage which he has built during the the last four years. 

He should bravely face whatever travails his detractors may chose to levy against him and watch his supporters firmly stand by him throughout the length of the ordeal. But if he preemptively grants himself pardon, he will be forever diminished in the eyes of his supporters, the world, as well as the general American public who will now be convinced that all the allegations against him are true and that he is deathly afraid to face the repercussions and  consequences, hence the easy cowardly way out. 

Good generals ad leaders throughout history would rather fall on their swords to defend their honor and that of their followers than become hounded as a turncoat leper. This should be the guiding light for the president going forward as the fight to fix what is broken about America is a fight of a lifetime. Therefore he must on no account whatsoever grant himself a peremptory pardon as the long term effect will be far worse than any temporary benefit that may accrue to him. Instead he should consider granting everyone who put their neck on the line for him throughout his tumultuous four years in office including those who stormed the Capitol a general pardon and damn any blowback that may occur. 

Those who stormed the Capitol acted on his passionate speech, admitted they overreached themselves by breaking and entering the building. Their rowdiness is somewhat understandable but never justifiable. Those Americans who burnt down police stations last summer did not face charges. Those who caused havoc in Seattle and wrecked courthouses did not face charges. Those who stormed the Supreme Court building during Justice Brett Kavanaugh's saga did not face charges. Those who burnt down churches and tore down statues did not face charges, so why should the case against some Americans who stormed the Capitol be any different. Is it because they are conservatives and support the president? 

If they were Democratic Party's foot soldiers BLM and ANTIFA, Democratic Party's leadership would have explained their action away as "some people are going to do what some people will do"; but unfortunately, with Republicans, they run away and abandon their own foot soldiers the moment they smell the slightest trouble. Thus begging the question, does it still pay to be a Republican Party supporter or even member? 

During last year's upheaval, over $2 billion in properties damage were sustained as BLM and ANTIFA took the country hostage to their riots, looting and burning; yet they were all set free. But now that far less  property damage was levied in Capitol, the people whose passion carried away will be punished severely. ICHEOKU says, really? It is such one sided approach to issues involving Americans that is riling Americans and hopefully it will be nipped in the bud before it forever draws an indelible line on the sand between Americans. It is unfortunate that the same American people are being segregated and treated differently depending on their politics and philosophy and you wonder how united is such a country really. 

ICHEOKU says as American people await to see what happens, President Donald John Trump must not make the mistake of walking into a trap of pardoning himself. It is better to wait and see what his detractors will do and if he will be the first former president of the United States of America to be sent to prison as that will set an incalculable precedent. He did not lock Hillary Clinton up and she was not even a former president, so let Americans see if Joe Biden will lock him up. The president is a champion of the masses and he must be prepared to take it and make whatever sacrifices on behalf of the masses who have made so much sacrifices for their president and will be prepared to make more should the occasion arise. Real leadership is about sacrifices and not only benefits and he should be man enough to take whatever his traducers may throw at him because of and on behalf of the people. Like Jesus, he will grow taller, huger and larger following such a persecution and should dare them to try. Don't do it Mr President!

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