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.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL MELEE: WAS IT REALLY AN INSURRECTION?

ICHEOKU says if according to the definition of an insurrection, the citizens of a country or society rise up against their government, why then is President Donald John Trump being accused of inciting an insurrection since his government was the only government in place in America on January 6th 2021. This begs the question can a president rise up against himself or his own government and if yes, who did he want to overthrow by doing so and from who did he want to take over control of the country? A government is one entity despite having three branches and only a simultaneous attack on the three entities would qualify as an attack on the government but not just on one branch of it. The judiciary and the executive were left unscathed and could still have carried on with their respective governmental functions had the attack on the legislative branch, Congress, been successful. 

This defeats the tagging of the melee on the Capitol of January 6th as an insurrection because it was not standing alone by itself. Even if it had been successful, it could not have been able to overthrow the United States government headed by President Donald John Trump. At best it was an exuberant unruliness that went too far and resulted into some unintended consequences. At worst, the president could be accused of delivering a fiery speech but definitely not inciting insurrection or sedition; and the first amendment shields every citizen of the United States of America from prosecution for freely expressing their thoughts no matter how passionately. A matter made even better because the president qualified his statement with "peacefully and patriotically" and there are no antecedents of him ever inciting violence against his government or any branch of it. 

Anyway, we shall see how the Senate impeachment trial goes but it sure will go no where all the circumstances considered, including the fact that the president is no longer in office as impeachment is meant for the removal of a president from office upon conviction. And yes, although the impeachment commenced when the president was in office with his impeachment in the House of Representatives, but its trial in the Senate automatically became moot once he left office and should be discharged. It is akin to a matter which was once illegal and later became legal which automatically also bars any further prosecution of people who were involved in it when it was illegal or would be involved with it going forward. 

It is unfortunate that the Congress filled with many lawyers and some judges are deliberately playing a game with what they should hold sacred, the sanctity of the constitution. There was no insurrection and even there was the president did not incite it and even if he did and was impeached for it, he can no longer be tried in the Senate because he is no longer in office and the prescribed punishment of removal from office is no longer feasible. A motion to dismiss will be in order because there is nothing before the Senate to try. Laws are spelt out for a reason, to spell out the dos and don'ts, in order to specifically narrow the road of conformity which the citizens must walk on to avoid any contravention. It is not left to the whims and caprices of the Congress or the Nancy Pelosi of America to choose and pick who to punish or what is punishable. Enough of the witch hunt; let President Donald John Trump be. #SayNoToUnjustImpeachment.

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