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.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

IT'S A CULTURAL THING: I AM ITALIAN. - GOVERNOR CUOMO

ICHEOKU says like Dorothy said to Toto that she has a feeling that they are not in Kansas anymore, Governor Andrew Cuomo should have advised himself accordingly that the New York State governor's mansion is in Albany and not in Palermo or Sicily nor Roma. Therefore, those "Italian" special way of conducting "meet and greet" should have been checked at the door; or better still, left alone. Since it was not  abandoned in the old country alongside other things "so very peculiar" to Italians, he should have just reserved it for only when meeting his Italian folks. That everybody loves pizza, the Sopranos, Ferrari and other great gifts which Italians gave the world, does not mean that everything Italian must therefore be thrown in the bag. 

To plant kisses on non Italians without first finding out if it was an acceptable manner of "meet and greet" to them, is somewhat forcing every head into a one cap fits all. It was an Italian hospitality and endearment gone too far; and it is doubtful if he would have personally liked to be greeted in a manner which some other peculiar cultures greet themselves. For example, some cultures greet people by prostrating fully, belly on the ground and forehead touching the ground. In some cultures too, a man shows how much he loves his visitor by offering them his wife for the night. So, should we all now start exhibiting our peculiar cultures just because that is the way it was in our respective old countries. 

How about the melting pot America or are some cultures finding it difficult to blend into the brew. The governor should probably stop talking and speaking on the matter facing him now and hire a professional spokes person and public relations expert to do the talking on his behalf, going forward. A statement that he is Italian, the reason he kisses people, rubs people on the wrong side.  It is a cheeky cheap attempt to wriggle out of whatever logjam he is currently in with those  #MeToo restless souls out to take him down. How about some cultures which strictly forbids such contact between people who are not in marital or love relationship; or could he have dared plant kisses on a wife of a Taliban or even any Muslim. 

Going forward, the governor should start practicing a "safe meet and greet", the acceptable manner of greeting in a multi cultural society America, with people from diverse cultures, many of which does not see kissing as a way of greeting or even saying hello, talk-less of an expression of affectionate and show of endearment to total strangers in a work environment. Although coronavirus Dr Anthony Fauci has banned handshakes, just saying hello or waving from a respectful social distance will as well suffice until such time that the good old doctor will in his infinite mercy lift the ban on handshake. 

ICHEOKU says fully understands Governor Andrew Cuomo's position that he did not mean any harm to these women, but acted innocently. That should be the extent of giving him the benefit of doubt but he should not labor to explain himself any further, either justifying what happened or reasoning with the public about it. Those women said that they are not happy that he cheek-kissed them, he has apologized and the rest of the people should move on and leave the process play itself out. There is nothing more to see there, except the political hit job which is much in play, geared towards forcing the governor out of contention for the 2024 Democratic Party's presidential primaries. 

Hopefully, the court will finally have an opportunity to sit in judgment over the allegations and resolve them however they see fit. Until then, Governor Andrew Cuomo remains innocent until proved guilty, except that the political machination might have him removed before we can reach the threshold of a court's pronouncement on the matter. It is sad what his coronavirus fame has done to him, rising to relative obscurity of just a New York State governor to a Pandemic Hero of the left and now being dragged through the sewer of sexual harassment allegation which eventually might seal his fate as governor of New York. But hey, the liberal left can devour themselves for all any conservative cares. It is their bed and as they made it, so will they lie on it. 

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