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, March 29, 2022

THE SLAP AT THE OSCARS IS BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE: CANCEL WILL SMITH.

ICHEOKU says if he was that tough he should have volunteered to travel to Ukraine to go help them defend their country from the Russians. If it was a white host, would he have dared? But no, it was a fellow black man and Will Smith felt that it was ok to arrogantly strode onto the stage and brazenly deliver a dirty slap on the face of Chris Rock. Chris Rock apparently thought that Will Smith was coming to whisper something into his ears and extended his cheek to him only to be bewildered by Will Smith's dirty hot slap. 

ICHEOKU tuned-off from everything Hollywood a long time ago due to their woke idiocy gone amok and did not watch the Oscars. ICHEOKU saw the perfidy later in the news and initially thought that it was a staged act, part of a well rehearsed script added for maximum effect and to improve Oscars ratings, only to learn that it was a malicious act. A deliberate act of aggression and violence, an assault and battery, perpetrated by one black man against another black man, two Hollywood high profile personalities. Will Smith should be punished for what he did. He thought about it, stood up and left his seat, walked several feet to the stage, approached Chris Rock, leaned backward to make it count and then delivered the dirty slap. 

It is condemnable and it is here condemned without any reservations whatsoever; and should be condemned by every right thinking sane person, whether in Hollywood or outside the sleazy circle of great pretenders who think that they are the oxygen which society breathes. The assault and battery by Will Smith on Chris Rock should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and prison term handed to Will Smith so that he could have some quiet moment to himself to reminisce and think through his action. Such a public display of actual violence, in real time, is not acceptable and cannot be excused and no amount of apologies will be enough to atone for what he did. He did the crime and should therefore do the time. 

Will Smith was too full of it to think that he could just take matters into his own hand, defied every protocol and respectability, disrespected and disregarded the venue, the event and reason for the evening's gathering, had no regard for the host and did what he did. Like Russia's President Vladimir Putin who defied the world to invade Ukraine, Will Smith defied the host of Oscars and millions of viewers world wide who tuned in to watch the Oscars and did what he did. The only commensurate punishment for what he did is to treat him in kind, by defying every pretentious apology and fake cry of his and visit him with the harshest punishment ever, including taking his Oscars away. He does not deserve the honor, following what he did, period.

He disrespected the Oscars. What he did is not good for the image of the Oscars. It was an affront on everyone who tuned in to watch the Oscars, including children who heard his profane-laced diatribe. Some of his fans might now be thinking that it is ok to commit flagrant acts of violence on people simply because their favorite star did the same. As a society, we should collectively say no to violence, which becomes more egregious when a public figure commits it and so brazenly, with millions of television viewers watching. Will Smith should be punished for what he did and severely too, as to make an example out of him. 

It was a career-killing slap and the career of Will Smith should be ended forthwith. His movies should be boycotted and yanked from theaters showing them. Will Smith should be canceled as nothing justifies what he did. So what, if Chris Rock did not keep Will Smith's wife's name out of his "fucking" mouth? What is so incendiary about joking about a person's hair cut or hair loss that should attract a slap by the person's putative husband? What is so atrocious in suggesting that Jada Picket's hair resembles Demi Moore's haircut in the movie 'GI Jane' that Will Smith should take matters into his own hands and commit such an assault on Chris Rock? 

What is wrong with some of these black Hollywood people that think they rule the world and therefore untouchable and above the law; and decide which laws to follow and which laws to freely break. Will Smith has now morphed into a Jussie Smollett 2.0 and can never recover from what he did no matter how much he pretends to be contrite about it. He overreached himself, crossed the proverbial redline and therefore must be held accountable for what he did. The law should take its course in order to repudiate such thuggish behavior as unacceptable from anyone, no matter how highly placed or regarded. The conduct belongs in the street and not at the Oscars in front of millions of global television audiences. 

When you think that it was only Kanye Ye West that is on the bend, here comes Will Smith emphatically hollering, me too, deal me in. When Kanye Ye West went on stage and yanked the microphone away from Taylor Swift, at least he neither slapped her nor used profanity on her. Will Smith not only went to the stage, he slapped a host of the Oscars and by necessary implication, slapped the entire Oscars organizers as well as millions of television audiences who tuned in to share the evening event. He must be made to pay for his action, it was unwarranted and it is a very arrogant behavior, the feeling of he can do whatever the heck he wants and get away with it. It is sad that he slapped Chris Rock and sadder that he also repeatedly used foul language, profanity, in addressing the slap.

ICHEOKU commends Chris Rock for not escalating the situation by slapping Will Smith back or engaging him in a fight. Someone like Dave Chapelle would have reacted differently, admitted Will Smith would not have dared if Dave was emceeing the event. Will Smith has damaged himself beyond repair as he will, going forward, be seen as a thug. It is not as if that will be the first time a person, particularly a comedian, ever made a joke about a person's wife. Roasting is part of our pop culture as Americans and a joke never a person killed. Will Smith ignored every decency and respectability and took such umbrage to walk to the stage and slap a comedian who was hosting the Oscars, just because he joked about his wife's hair. Really? Still wondering why the Oscars was "so white" for a long time, now you know. #CancelWillSmith. #BoycottWillSmithMovies.

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