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 france signs up ali bongo. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

ALI BONGO, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF GABON?

As for President Nikolas Sarkozy and his French people, it does not matter what the wishes of the Gabonese people are; as he sends his country's congratulatory message to the newly "elected" President Ali Ben Bongo of Gabon?
Like every other European colonial master of yore, Africa in the eyes of the French is just another source of raw materials to service their continent; so why bother who rules them? So, provided they are allowed unfettered access to the abundant natural resources therein, it does not matter really who the local despot controlling the daily affairs and misfortunes of Africans, is? Icheoku says, it is because of this business as usual premise, that Paris have hurriedly signed off on and sent an official seal of approval for Ali Ben Bongo to become the new lord of manor in Gabon.
That the opposition is crying foul is immaterial, as it fell on deaf Parisian ears; so also was the disregard for the expressed Bongo-fatigue of Gabonese! Icheoku says, it is the same French people who put and propped up the late President Omar Bongo in power for over forty two years that are now signing up his son? This is in total disregard that this will institutionalised dynas­tic-rule in the oil-rich nation, and despite the fact that Gabonese never felt any better in the hands of the father-president Bongo's 42 years despotic rule; during which period, he practically converted the country's fortune into his private family's assets whereas the majority of 1.4million Gabonese live in abject poverty? So which side is the French on? Also a formidable opposition made up of a former prime minister as well as other six cabinet ministers failed to persuade the French's support; because in their calculation, the devil they know is better than the new saints coveting the keys to Libreville.
Ali Ben Bongo, eldest son of and a former defence minister in his late father's cabinet, was declared president last Thurs­day, September 4, 2009. He allegedly won with 41.7 percent votes while two opposition candidates garnered 25.8 and 25.2 per­cent of the vote respec­tively. Icheoku asks, how can he then govern with less majority votes, than the opposition and instead of engineering a run-off election, the French government preferred to support an electoral fraud by recognising an aberration? Rightly called by one of the opposition candidate for what it is, “It’s not just a pos­si­bil­ity of fraud. Its fraud pure and sim­ple.” Icheoku adds, the French by rushing to recognise Ali Ben Bongo are now accessory to the fraud of an election which took place in Gabon! Hopefully Ali Ben Bongo will be unable to govern amidst such lack of a clear mandate, lack of transparency and legitimacy occasioned by wide­spread voter irreg­u­lar­i­ties.
Africa, what a cursed continent that must rise up in a second revolutionary war of independence, in order to free herself from both the neo-colonialist Europe and her Africna stooges - the new internal colonialists; being sustained by the former colonial masters for their very selfish reasons. Icheoku says, what an unfortunate day for the people of Gabon to be once again put under another internal colonialism and enslavement, this time of a baby-despot Ali Ben Bongo, under the watchful eyes of Élysée Palace! So it ain't so, Gabonese!