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, September 15, 2021

GAVIN NEWSOM BEATS BACK RECALL: CALIFORNIA IS TOO BLUE TO GO RED.

ICHEOKU says no serious pundit or follower of California politics especially of the recent decade, which saw the Democratic Party take over every state office in California, added to the activism on overdrive of the homosexual community, Black Lives Matter, MoveOn.Org, ANTIFA and the far left liberal wing of the party with headquarters in California and New York, had expected any different outcome in the recall election. Also a lot of time has passed since the said transgressions of the governor which triggered the recall. So, with the state already fully opened and the coronavirus pandemic no longer as devastating as it once was during last year's peak, many people have moved on with their lives and are no longer interested about recalling the governor. 

Governor Gavin Newsom is still very much liked in the far left liberal wing of the Democratic Party which make up a large number of California democrats. His photogenic image is also in tune with the Hollywood and California projection of the ideal personality for a leadership position, and overall he still commands large favorability rating among the homosexual community which has a lot of membership in California. They never forgets and will forever owe him for going to the mats for them by ordaining same sex marriage when he was the Mayor of San Francisco. And of course, all the major social media platforms Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsUp, InstantGram etc are all based in California and the governor still enjoys their unalloyed support. 

So, all the factors were favorably on his side to survive the recall election, especially because none of the alternatives, the replacement candidates has the it factor or required star power to radiate through to Californians to convince them to change their minds. Larry Elder and his co-traveling governors wanna-be look too grand-daddyish for California, which does not necessarily favor such image in their state governorship mansion. Also the fact that Californians dislike President Donald John Trump just like a bull detests a red cloth, made it extremely difficult for anyone identified or closely associated to Trump to succeed in such a Californian recall election; which the democrats successfully nationalized and branded Larry Elder as a Trump's clone and the rest, as they say, is now history.

Getting 65% of NO votes on the recall is high, admitted, for a very deep blue state like California, it is still not that high margin. It send a strong message that many Californians, at lest 35%, are dissatisfied with so many things about the way the state is being ran. Governor Gavin Newsom must therefore adjust his governance accordingly and begin to address the issues which forced the recall election as it was not just because he went for a dinner in Napa or had acute coronavirus lockdown. Homelessness is a big problem in California and he must try and find solution to problem which has now become a metastasized cancer eating into quality of life throughout California. Yes, homeless people have rights, but their rights stopped where the rights of the homed and housed began, because people must be allowed to enjoy their homes and dwellings free of inhibition and being incommoded by blithe. 

The economy must also continue to grow and he should explore ways of making the state conducive for businesses to innovate and continue to create livable-wage jobs in California. The Californian workforce must not become monolithic skill based as not every Californian is a techie or a geek; and those jobs which are hands-on jobs should be retained in California for balance. He should talk with businesses to find ways he can make their operating experience in California favorable enough for them not to be forced to uproot their factories and relocate to China or Texas. If he needs to replace his communication staff, then let him do so to ensure that his messaging comes across better and to reach more Californians, especially those who feel that he is not talking to them whenever he speaks on issues.

But the biggest mistake he will make is to take the outcome of this recall election as a certificate of approval to go buck wild on the same trajectory which he is currently on; or think that everything he is currently doing meets the expectations and satisfaction of Californians, hence there is no need to have a rethink and/or do some adjustments. If he does that, either the Democratic Party might not be as comfortable to field him as their candidate in 2023 or he might have some serious internal challengers to the party's ticket during the 2023 primaries. He should, going forward, let those Californians that championed the recall and voted to recall him know that he got their message and that their grievances have been noted and that he will work tirelessly to once again become a governor for all Californians, irrespective of party affiliations. 

Anyway, the result was as expected and thankfully the status-quo remains; and no time will be wasted trying to put in place a new administration with its attendant headaches. ICHEOKU says congratulations to Governor Gavin Newsom for starving off the hounds that came for his governorship seat and now he will live to fight another day, come 2023. It was the outcome which most Californians expected and they are glad that they were not disappointed. Larry Elder has a black exterior but a white interior, and really has no solid base in California's diverse voting blocks. He ran just for the heck of it, the bragging right; and not because he stood any chance or had plans to fix anything. It is good that Californians outrightly rejected his gimmickry. Now that the distraction of the recall has been put to rest, may California begin its full and complete recovery from the coronavirus disruption. Carry on Governor Gavin Newsom; God's speed.

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