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.

Showing posts with label 23 years is cruel and unusable punishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 23 years is cruel and unusable punishment. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2020

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: 23 YEARS FOR SEXUAL ACTS?

ICHEOKU says it does not matter what the women later alleged, the state of mind of the accused person and now convicted felon, at the time of the sexual contacts, is imperative. Did Harvey Weinstein indeed truly believe that he was raping those women or just having his way with them because of what he had to give them in return, fame and fortune in Hollywood. 

This should have been the controlling authority and not what some nut jobs loose women later alleged took place, especially after reaping the promised benefits which accrued to them as a result of their saying yes, even if implied. They had a choice to reject his offers and advances and walk away, but they didn't, as the allure of fame and fortune too tempting that it overwhelmed their will of resistance. What was the parties mood during the sexual contacts, did they object and complain or were they cordial, believing that their giving in to what Harvey wants, would in return and did in fact greatly improve their odds in Hollywood. 

Now, a man is given 23 years prison sentence because of what he honestly thought and sincerely believed was a side show, extra marital affairs he was having with women he bequeathed fame and fortune in Hollywood. Going forward, should men make women to first sign a consent form before having sex with them to avoid such a change of story later. ICHEOKU says why can't men be believed as well or should Bill Clinton now be similarly put away for what he did to Monica Lewinsky just because Monica said he raped her? 

What protection do men have against women who manufacture stories or changed heir minds after sex. Mike Tyson suffered similar consequence for having sex with Desiree Washington who came over to his hotel suite in skimpy see though lingerie and so late in the night, yet she was believed when she alleged rape. When will men rise up in defense of themselves or will they just lay supine in surrender as this vendetta seeking mean gals Me Too machine grinds them all up. 

Unlike Bill Cosby who in fact raped his victim-women using date rape drugs and got ten years, why is Harvey Weinstein being so excessively punished with such a lengthy prison sentence of 23 years and he did not drug any person. How can 23 years in prison for having sex which one party considered consensual and which one party now alleged was rape be a "fair and just punishment?" Isn't the accused entitled to the same right to fair hearing  which prohibits cruel and unjust punishment, just like the victims have the right to have the crimes against them investigated and punished. 

ICHEOKU says agrees with Donna Rotunno that the sentence was rather ridiculously obscene" and obnoxious. Query, if a sex pervert could get such a very lengthy sentence, how about murderers and child molesters, many of who have gotten less than five years. Is rape under any circumstance a more egregious crime than murder? It is not fair, it is excessive and the injustice done to Harvey Weinstein in this case cries to high heavens. It shows that something else influenced the sentence rather than purely the evidence presented. 

ICHEOKU says also agrees with Harvey Weinstein that the Me Too Movement (MTM) has gone off the reservation and that thousands of men are losing their due process in courts which are pandering to these crazy nut jobs. Certainly a worrisome development for the country as a certain dark cloud has gathered on men in America and every one of them now has a bayonet dangling at the back of their necks, ready to hack them down with tales of woes from rape and other sexual offenses. 

For just for having sex and they shared wine, caviar and champaign, a man is going away for 23 long years for something his own truth says was a consensual sex between a cheating husband and some grown up ladies, who wanted what the man offered as a quid pro quod and now it is rape? American men, this one is for you to process and strategize a way to fight back, because if they did it to Harvey, they will do it to you. If you keep silent because it was Harvey Weinstein, just remember the admonition of Martin Niemoller. ICHEOKU prays the appellate court will right the injustice in this case and either set Harvey free on compassionate ground for what he has done for society or drastically reduce the sentence to a reasonable period. What a joke wokeism has become which has empowered some nut jobs to needlessly target men for vengeance.