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, September 30, 2021

MANNY PACQUIAO HANGS UP HIS BOXING GLOVES: WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2022.

"To the greatest fans and the greatest sport in the world, thank you! Thank you for all the wonderful memories. This is the hardest decision I've ever made, but I'm at peace with it. Chase your dreams, work hard, and watch what happens. Goodbye boxingTo the boxing fans all over the world, thank you very much. Thank you for always praying for me and watching my fights through the years. I would like to thank the whole world, especially the Filipino people, for supporting Manny Pacquiao. Goodbye boxing. It is difficult for me to accept that my time as a boxer is over. Today, I am announcing my retirement." - Manny Pacquiao.

ICHEOKU says with those words, he signed off from the ring and gloves, and will now squarely dedicate himself to politics. He gave it his all and he had much to show for it. He dared dream of greatness and was handsomely rewarded. A storied 26-years boxing career that saw him battle 72-fights, winning 62, lost 8 and drew 2. It is also instructive that 39 of his wins were by knockouts. He won 12 world titles and is the only fighter in history to win titles in eight different weight classes. He is currently a Senator, elected since 2016; and has announced his candidacy for president to succeed current President Duterte Rodrigo in 2022. 

Coming from nothing in his rural Philippines's country side to what he eventually became, a global personality with immerse fame and fortune, is an exact definition of rising "from grass to grace" and he achieved it all through sheer determination to succeed and will to become great. Hopefully he will win the presidential election in 2022 as a crowning glory to his boxing and political exploits; and further motivate millions more around the world, particularly those in Philippines, who will see in him that only you can stop yourself from becoming whatever you want to be. 

It would have been better had he ended his boxing career with a win rather than a loss to Yordenis Ugas, who now is forever etched in history as the last boxer who Manny Pacquiao fought in his boxing career and who also joins the only ten people to ever defeat Manny Pacquiao. Manny himself would have loved to have ended on such a high note but he did not write the script of his life and can only accept what destiny wrote for him, including how his boxing career would end, by losing his last fight. But all is well that ends well as he dropped his gloves without suffering any major career ending injury and retired on his own terms. May God be praised for blessing him so abundantly. 

ICHEOKU says Manny Pacquiao is right when he said that he will never forget what he accomplished in his life, and neither will his fans and the general world of boxing as well as the political class in the Philippines forget. So long Peoples Champ, Mr Pacman and National Fist of Philippines as he plunges headlong into becoming the next president of the Philippines. At 42 years old, he still have a lot of years ahead of him to do whatever his heart desires including become president and help make the Philippines great again. All the best with succeeding President Duterte Rodrigo as the next Philippines' president in 2022. President Manny Pacquiao  definitely sounds good to ICHEOKU and also millions of Philippines people. God speed, Pacman!

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