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 greek pm eats the humble pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greek pm eats the humble pie. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

GREEK PM ALEXIS TSIPRAS, HUMBLED AND NOW SEEING WISDOM IN 'TALK IS CHEAP?'

Icheoku says when he swept into office riding on a populist agenda, based on a flowery campaign rhetoric to roll back decades of austerity measure in his country in decline, little did the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras know that the formulators of 'talk is cheap' were well versed in letters and had great wisdom. Suddenly, less than six months in office, he is now totally subdued, completely humbled and literally begging for mercy as his country plummets deeper and deeper into economic sinkhole. How such a tiny island country of Greece, that practically produces nothing and with very tiny percentage contribution to global GDP, would think that they can just have their way, with her prime minister promising of heaven on earth to the people but without much to back it up, still baffles many thinkers. 

Now the country of eight million people owes more than they can pay, a total of about three hundred billion dollars, and like Oliver Twist are still asking for some more. So which creditor, in good fate, would, when the ones already lent has not been repaid and without any viable guarantees or plausible repayment plan, freely lend some more? Icheoku does not think it will be a smart business move to continue pouring more money into such a bottomless abyss of an economy, barring Greece's unconditionally accepting stricter terms on all future lending. It is time to administer the bitter medicine that usually cures the sickness; it should henceforth be a case of the beggar not having any choice in the matter. If the Greeks want money, the Greeks should comply with terms of getting the money, period; otherwise let their creditors count their losses and shut off the spigot for good. 

Unfortunately, like the Greeks, Nigerians will very soon also find out that their President Muhammad Buhari's campaign promises were equally all hot-air and no substance. Talk is cheap and campaign speeches and promises are even cheaper. Anyway, Icheoku wishes  Nigerians happy trails, as they, filled with their own wild expectations, await for the miracles that were promised them by their leader to materialize. But they might end up like the Greeks, beggars wishing to ride horses? Like Andy in 'Living in Bondage', a Nigerian movie, eloquently surmised that if only the whole nine yards were succinctly explained to him before he dabbled into it", Nigerians might soon so confess. Just like the Greeks' current 'had we known", Nigerians might soon regret if only they were seized of the whole facts, they would have voted differently. But is it too late for both countries to undo what they did, falling prey to soaring campaign rhetoric and now finding out that they have been taken for a ride and got shafted? Your guess is as good as Icheoku's, admitted the jury is still out on the case of Nigeria and for the Greeks, a called election might see Prime Minister Tsipras out of job.

Icheoku says that Greek's Prime Minister Tsipras u-turn is one sure example of someone eating the humble pie, forced to make a u-turn from his avowed rolling back of austerity and in its place more austerity. This  will leave Greek voters wondering what kind of trade they made, electing a prime minister to lead them out of their austerity only for him to lead them back into more austerity. Icheoku honestly believes that this was not the bargain the Greeks intended and they reserve the right to claim fraud and recall their prime minster from office. Regrettably, similar fate  ironically awaits Nigerians, as they too, like the Greeks, will very soon similarly wish they never traded Jonathan for the snake-oil that is President Muhammadu Buhari. But Icheoku will like PMB to prove us wrong as we cannot wait to swallow our words back; so President Muhammadu Buhari, make our day.