UMARU YARADUA: - HE IS ALIVE!

It is official, he is still hanging in there - he is alive! Umaru Yar'Adua was sighted in Aso Rock Abuja-Nigeria today, Monday September 8, 2008. The rumoured demise of Nigeria's "illegitimate president" Umaru Yar"Adua is a ruse as his final call has once again been defered by his creator. How long this very sick weakling will live no one knows; but surely his days appears numbered. Umaru Yar'Adua is a very sick man! His health is not yet out of wood; it is still a cause for concern for many Nigerians who honestly and reasonably fear the catastrophy his sudden death will bring about in Nigeria. He is a northerner whose turn it is to rule Nigeria and his vice president is a southerner. Who will succeed him upon his eventual death is still subject to many debates as to whether the Nigerian constitution should prevail over a domestic political party's arrangement of the PDP which zoned the office to the north?

Anyway, whatever happens, it will be good that Umaru Yar'Adua make up his mind sooner than later. Icheoku ordinarily would have advised him to resign his office and face his failing health but not in Nigeria where men are so power drunk that they would rather be taken out in a gurney than willingly cede power to another.

Is it also possible that his religious inclination, being a Muslim, is stalling his ailing kidney's transplant? It should not be the case as a lot of Muslims undergo transplant surgery. This blogger knows of many Muslims particularly from Saudi Arabia who throng to University of California San Francisco (UCSF), medical center of excellence to replace their organs; so Umaru Yar'Adua you may look west to California for a solution to your health problems before it is too late! In the meantime, Nigeria has once again been spared the bullet of political anarchy with Umaru Yar'Adua's final emergence today at Aso Rock to perform investitures on his newly appointed military service chiefs!

THE HIT LIST - our incredible but true story series: Serie 8!

1. Behold one (1) million miles odometer truck

PALESTINE, Texas - A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas. Brent Boyd, 51, on Thursday surpassed one million miles on his UPS delivery truck, the same vehicle he's driven for 22 years with the company.
The odometer on Boyd's 1987 GMC truck rolled over to all zeros as he began his delivery route near Palestine. He said he's never had an accident with his company vehicle.
Boyd says the truck is "like home" and feels like "sitting in the recliner in your house."
Palestine is 105 miles southwest of Dallas.

2. Virgin Brides for a King!

Behold as tens of thousands of bare-breasted virgins competed for Swaziland King Mswati III's eye during the traditional Reed Dance festival. What a glorified nudity!
Walking through the dense crowds of scantily-clad teens, the loincloth wearing sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch was expected to choose his 14th wife. King Mswati III, who has courted controversy for his lavish lifestyle while two thirds of his subjects live in poverty, sets a bad example by encouraging polygamy and teenage sex in a country where about 40 per cent of adults live with HIV.
These teenage wanna-be moms are excited at the chance of escaping abject hardship and poverty by marrying into the kingdom's affluence. A sixteen year old temptress, Tenene Dlamini opined that "I came here to dance. I wish the king would have chosen me because it's nice at the king's place. The wives live a nice life; Everything is done for them. They don't work. They earn."

The Reed Dance has been a big date on the Swaziland cultural calendar since Mswati began the ceremony in 1999. But he may not be as relaxed this year among the throngs of young half-naked women. Political groups seeking democratic reforms have become more active in a country where the opposition has been effectively banned since 1973 by royal decrees. Still, some of Swaziland's women came to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to show their admiration for the monarch. "I respect the king and I respect my culture," said Nontobeko Sdidlamini, 16, carrying a shield made of animal skin and wearing an orange bracelet, which read "Sex Can Wait." Some said they would not want to be part of a polygamous arrangement with the king and were taking part in the ceremony to prove their virginity. Others fear they lost out. "My sister is the king's tenth wife. I don't think he can choose me because he has already chosen my sister," said Zandisile Ntentesa, a 21-year-old prison employee. The king, flanked by bodyguards with pistols and sticks, may face pressure from emboldened critics. But he can take comfort from the wealth, which wins him tributes and songs at the reed ceremony. Last month, Forbes magazine listed him as the 15th-richest monarch in the world. He was the only African on the list. During the reed festivities, one of the king's wives drove up in a fancy BMW. Policemen told people to look the other way.

3. Tired of women, Man finally weds dog!

Now from the land of everything is possible comes a dog bride! We have all heard the 'man bites dog' stories, but how about a real-life 'man marries dog' tale? This one takes the biscuit, and it could only happen in India, the land of the Kama Sutra. But you won't find this kind of love story between man and beast in the ancient Indian sex manual. It took place for real during a traditional hindu ceremony at a temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The groom in question was a 33-year-old Indian farmer named Selvakumar, and he was wed to a female dog named Selvi. Family members chose a stray female dog who was then bathed and clothed for the wedding occasion. Selvi the bride was brought to the temple by village women and a Hindu priest conducted the ceremony. The paper showed a picture of Selvakumar sitting next to his canine bride, which was adorned in an orange sari and flower garland.

4. Mother microwaves her child!

A woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the chance for parole for burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave after fighting with her boyfriend. Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman lashed out at 28-year-old China Arnold, who opted to watch her sentencing from a side room on a monitor. "No adjectives exist to adequately describe this heinous atrocity," Wiseman said. "This act is shocking and utterly abhorrent for a civilized society."
The judge rejected a plea by Arnold's attorneys for a minimum sentence of life in prison with the chance of parole after 25 years. A jury last week spared Arnold the death penalty when it couldn't reach a consensus. "I am innocent of these charges," Arnold said in a statement read by her attorney, Jon Paul Rion. Arnold was convicted Aug. 29 of aggravated murder in the death of month-old Paris Talley in 2005. Prosecutors said she intentionally put her baby in the microwave after a fight with her boyfriend. The couple had argued over whether the boyfriend was the biological father.

5. Expensive Television!

This blogger thought he has seen it all while shopping in a local electronics shop where a television with this price tag was in display! But wait a minute, this is very cheap compared to what is available out there for well healed and jet-paced money men and women. Now see for yourself and ask yourself if that flat screen television in your house is worth all the noise!

Modern projection television, flat panel LCDs and plasma TVs have come a long way since the black and white tubes which were first introduced in the 20th century. The TV is the centerpiece and often the TV is the most expensive purchase for one’s home theater system. Someone who truly wants to impress others with their set might ask what is the most expensive television in the world!
From Italian company Keymat Industrie comes an expensive television studded with 160 real diamonds, 20 carats. Costing €100,000, the Yalos Diamond is the most expensive TV in the world. This expensive TV has no visible screws or welds, and the aesthetics are the work of Japanese designer Takahide Sano.
Not everyone can afford such an expensive LCD TV, but for those who absolutely must have the world’s most expensive television, the Yalos Diamond is the current choice. If you were thinking of upgrading to your first HDTV, this may not be the best option, but if you are remodeling your mansion, consider this expensive TV set.

SENATOR JOHN McCAIN IS TOXIC FOR AMERICA!

"I'm going to fight for my cause every day as your President. I'm going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I'm an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach. Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight for what's right for our country. Fight for the ideals and character of a free people. Fight for our children's future.Fight for justice and opportunity for all. Stand up to defend our country from its enemies. Stand up for each other; for beautiful, blessed, bountiful America. Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. Nothing is inevitable here. We're Americans, and we never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history. Thank you, and God Bless you!"

With the above fighting words Grandpa Senator John Sydney McCain concluded his acceptance speech of his party's nomination as presidential candidate for the Tuesday November 4th 2008 Presidential election; thus bringing to an end an otherwise drab Republican Party's convention! His acceptance speech was same old worn out Republican vitriolic without any futuristic agenda. John McCain cannot be trusted to bring any meaningful change to the establishment where he holds a platinum membership. John McCain is too old to care about the future of this country! John McCain is just the same as George Bush and all these feeble attempt to distance himself from the failed Bush eight years will fail as no one can run away from his shadow!

So America, prove that 2004 was a dumb mistake by voting right this time! Whatever your political inclination/affiliation, be smart by half and vote with your head this time! There is only one way and truly one way only and that way is not Grandpa Senator John McCain! John McCain is still under seemingly psychological nightmare and spell of his torture in a Vietnamese prison and does not have the presence of sound mind to navigate the affairs of this nation. Please reject the Republican Party and do not be fooled by the cloak of Palin or McCain or whatever decoy they may throw your way. Icheoku says, fool me once shame on you but fool me twice shame on me. Do not allow yourself to be led by the nose again to cast your lot with the drunken elephants! Reject John McCain! Reject George Bush's third term! Reject the Republican Party! Reject the eight inglorious years of GW and all the sad memories associated with it! Whatever you do, please do not vote for Senator John McCain! Remember your children and their future, John McCain does not have much left so he could care less! Vote reasonably, do not be a plebeian; do not just vote becuase of party! Please do not vote for Senator John McCain!

When you go into the voting booth, before you check that box, just think and think one thing alone GEORGE WALKER BUSH!

Full text of Senator John McCain's speech:- McCain's acceptance speech

EFCC ANTI-CORRUPTION GIMMICKRY!

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been a blow-hot agency with so much rhetoric and drama but without any recorded conviction so far. What manner of agency is this that bandy about their photo-up effort to eradicate corruption in Nigeria with little or nothing to show for its' effort all these years. Maybe they should look west to America to see how it is done - it is called jail time for corrupt officials or persons. Jack Abrmoff is going to the big house for four years for corruption as well as the halibuton official accused of bribing Nigerian officials.

Now read the two stories: -

1. US lobbyist jailed for corruption

Abramoff's assistance led to other corruption convictions. Former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been sentenced to four years in prison for corruption. Abramoff had pleaded guilty in a Washington court to charges of trading expensive gifts, meals and sports trips in exchange for political favours. The case caused a scandal in Washington and sparked off a wide-ranging public corruption probe. Abramoff is already serving a six-year term for his role in an unrelated fraudulent Florida casino deal. 'Changed man' The court had heard how Abramoff made tens of millions of dollars by steering clients to consultants who charged excessive fees and then split the profits with him. Abramoff had faced a possible 11-year sentence but was shown leniency because of his cooperation in other corruption cases. In 3,000 hours of interviews with the FBI, he gave information leading to the conviction of a string of lawmakers and high-profile political figures, including one member of Congress. Abramoff told the court that he was "a broken man" and pleaded for leniency, saying it was "amazing for me to see how far I strayed and how I did not see it at the time". He said that much of the activity of Washington "lives in the loopholes" but that he had "blundered farther than even those excesses would allow". The BBC's Richard Lister in Washington says that the scandal was a disaster for the Republican party, leading to their loss of control in Congress in 2006. But, our correspondent says, the case is unlikely to have any impact on the current race for the White House. Abramoff's current jail term relates to the faking of a wire transfer to obtain loans to buy a fleet of casino boats.

2. Ex-KBR executive in guilty plea

KBR has been among firms involved in reconstruction in Iraq.The former chief executive of US construction firm KBR, Albert Stanley, has pleaded guilty to charges of corruption relating to Nigerian deals.Mr Stanley faces a seven-year prison sentence and must pay $10.8m (£6.07m), said the US Justice Department. He and others were accused of gaining construction deals worth more than $6bn by bribing Nigerian officials. KBR, which has caused controversy for its role in Iraq's reconstruction, had been part of Halliburton. Mr Stanley was accused of breaching anti-bribery rules under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act over a decade-long period. Today's plea demonstrates that corporate executives who bribe foreign government officials in return for lucrative business deals can expect to face prosecution," said Matthew Friedrich, acting assistant attorney general.As well as criminal charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made civil charges against Mr Stanley. Along with others involved in the scam, Mr Stanley "determined it was necessary to pay bribes to individuals within the Nigerian government in order to obtain contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities in Bonny Island, Nigeria," said the watchdog.

Nigeria's EFCC, Icheoku asks, when is your effort going to yield a prison term for all those insanely-corrupt officials in Nigeria including those implicated in the Siemens bribery scandal? The whole world is getting tired of all the road-shows being put up by your agency in the guise of fighting corruption in Nigeria and it is time you delivered or pack up your tent and go home. It is incredible as it is stupendous the pandemic corruption in Nigeria as well as the lip-service effort at eradicating it!

McPAL OPTION?

The Republican Party's national convention is gradually winding down in Minneapolis St Paul Minnesota; and it is now official, Sarah Palin is Senator John McCain's vice presidential nominee! So McCain + Palin = McPal! Will America be sold this ticket under a subterfuge of a pretty face hockey mom or will America go behind the veil to see that it is just the same as the departing George Bush's failed presidency?

Let us as Americans not repeat the mistake that gave us these past eight years of despondency, wars, foreclosures, depreciation of the dollar, loss of jobs, weakened economy, tension and above all divisiveness.

Grandpa John McCain could not freely choose a running mate of his choice, so how can we expect that he will freely run his government. The far right American-Talibans fundamentalist Christians will hijack his government as shown with their imposition of Sarah Palin on him. Are Americans ready for a fundamentalist government? Icheoku says, "I DON'T THINK SO!" It will be a cross too heavy for Americans to bear! Every extremism is dangerous for a country as diverse and multi-cultural as ours and this ticket therefore, must be stopped at the door!

So No McCain! No Palin! Enough of the Republican Party!

CKD HUMAN BODY PARTS FOR SALE!

Completely Knocked Down Human Body Parts for Sale! It is not out of a Stephen King's novel or one of those horror movies out of the studios in Hollywood; no it is real life imitating art right in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia! Two brothers Louis and Gerald Garzone, along with James McCafferty, who ran Garzone Funeral Home and crematorium admitted that they sold corpses to a company that trafficked in stolen body parts. They pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy, theft, abusing corpses and welfare fraud.

The macabre scheme involves selling bodies deposited with them for cremation to a body parts harvesting company Fort Lee (a New Jersey based Biomedical Tissue Services "BTS"). This company in turn harvests necessary bone, skin, tendons, tissues and other body parts for re-sale to a tissue reprocessing company in Florida, sometimes for a whopping price tag of $11,000 per a body. The Florida company then put these processed human body parts in the stream of medical commerce - selling to hospitals and patients needing transplants and implants throughout the country. In all, the Garzone brothers sold a total of 244 corpses to BTS in the scheme netting them over two hundred thousand dollars at $1000 dollars per corpse; all without the consent or approval of the deceased's family. Such a single body could in turn yield bone and tissues parts worth more than $4,000! It is also noteworthy that some of these bodies died of very contagious disease such as cancer, aids or hepatitis C but their causes of death were usually disguised; and also some of corpses were too old or too

diseased to be harvested legally.

The master-mind of the scheme and owner of the body parts harvesting part in New Jersey, Michael Mastromarino (pictured here left) pleaded guilty to the charges in Philadelphia, which could net him life behind bars. Michael Mastromarino, a former Fifth Avenue, Manhattan New York oral surgeon/dentist had earlier pleaded guilty to 14 counts in a similar New York case that included enterprise corruption, body stealing and reckless endangerment in which he faces between 18 years and 54 years in prison and will forfeit $4.68 million for running the operation.

The investigation covered a period during which a total of 1,077 corpses were sold and bought and carved up by the New Jersey based company; which netted body parts worth between $6 million and $12 million between 2001 and 2005. According to two convicted body parts cutters, Lee Cruceta, 35 of Monreo New York and Chris Aldorasi (right) their job involves removing bones from the legs and replacing them with plastic piping in case an open-casket funeral was held. In their own words, “we put poles in the body, sewed up the holes and waited for Joe to prep the bodies". Bodies were sourced from several funeral homes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania among which were that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke (left) who died of lung cancer on March 30, 2004 at the age of 95 ; Lois Elder, 58, of Philadelphia who died of complications from a stroke in April 2005; 74-year-old James Thornton and 81 years old husband Joseph Folger. See generally Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Albert Tomei for additional reading!

Capo Louis Garzone!

A DYING PRESIDENT?

The sickly weakling from Katsina State, Umaru Yar'Adua, who was imposed on Nigerians by the cabals led by disgraced Olusegun Obasanjo is dying! Will he be the first president to die in office in Nigeria? No, as the other munchkin, midget Sani Abacha also kicked the bucket while in office. But unlike the military succession that immediately produced Abdulsalm Abubarkar as successor to Sani Abacha, there will be crisis of no mean magnitude should Umaru Yar'Adua suddenly drops dead. First is that vice president Jonathan Goodluck will not be allowed by the north to succeed him, this ordinarily would have been the natural thing to do, but the Northerners will insist that they serve out their turn as president of Nigeria after Olusegun Obasanjo's Yoruba governance. Now the other problem will be whether Jonathan Goodluck will accept another pupillage under a new imposed president from the north?

And if a new president were to be produced, what will the process look like? Another imposition, an election or a national assembly-led intervention? But then what will the brand of Nigerian democracy be called for purposes of scholars and commentators? Will a power crisis between a down but not yet out Olusegun Obasanjo and the northern oligarchs ensue on who chaperons the succession and who will be at the receiving end of this fight of the titans - Nigerians of course!

Either way, there is no meaningful way out should the inevitability of Umaru Yar'Adua's demise happen now. This is what is wrong with Nigerians and the kind of leadership they have come to accept in that country. Were it to be a proper place where democracy is thriving, maybe a full disclosure-vetting of Umaru Yar'Adua's candidacy would have revealed that he is an unfit and improper person to even run for the presidency of Nigeria by reason of sickness. Better still Umaru Yar'Adua himself would have declined the offer to be appointed president of Nigeria and if appointed anyway, refused to serve! This shows the cross-roads of Nigeria and the reason there can never be any meaningful progression in that country. A mixed bag of very fickle and feeble leadership in a country with bountiful of men and women of gravitas who would have motivated and moved the country to greater heights. Olusegun Obasanjo mid-wived this imbroglio of Umaru Yar'Adua's failing health crisis and it was for a purpose; since he Obasanjo was fully aware of the debilitating health condition of Umaru and yet imposed him on Nigerians anyways.

Icheoku says, it shall not be well with you Olusegun Obasanjo and demands that Nigerians revisit and reconsider all the bonds yoking the different nationalities together with a view to granting some autonomies within the union and/or at least put in place a real working federation. This is in order to let the people who want to move be able to move forward to cart their destiny without undue encumbrance by an ailing man from far-away rustic Katsina State; who instead of marshaling out policies of state is busy fighting a battle for his life in various hospitals around the world, from Germany to Saudi Arabia! To Umaru Ya'Adua, Icheoku asks and demands that you come clean with a full disclosure of the nature of your ailment or quietly resign your office should you be too ashamed of Nigerians learning the nature of your sickness. There is nothing to hide about being sick because nobody inflicts sickness on himself. Finally whatever you do, you must not die in office as the ensuing crisis might destroy Nigeria as we know it!

For what other Nigerians are saying about their secretive dying imposed president Umaru Yar'Adua, click Disclose Your Ailment, Nigerians Tell Yar'Adua!

HURRICANE GUSTAVE!

Despite all the hype about Hurricane Gustave, it failed to deliver! It did not live up to all the hullabaloos upon touch down in the southern coastal states of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Florida. What happened? Was it the nay-sayer meteorologists at the weather institutes who never get it right or simply mother-nature once again fooling mankind's attempt at grasping its ways and means? Whatever it may be, one thing is certain - that Hurricane Gustav did not deliver the expected knock-out punch.

It was a weaker-than-expected hurricane which merely stoked New Orleans with just sending water sloshing harmlessly over its rebuilt levees/flood-walls. The storm that crashed ashore as a Category 2 hurricane had by late Monday been downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.

Gustav quickly marched inland reducing the prospect of heavy rain in southern Louisiana. The storm is expected to further slow down as it heads into Texas and possibly into Arkansas, and could bring 20 inches of rain to those areas. As Gustav passed, authorities turned their attention to Hurricane Hanna, which could come ashore in Georgia and South Carolina late in the week.

Until next time, Icheoku hopes southern American coastal states have dodged the bullet - Mr. GUSTAVE!

REPUBLICANS ARE HYPOCRITES!

They complained about Barack Obama's supposed "inexperience" and they chose a honky mom beauty pageant contestant from very remote Alaska for their vice president! Inexperienced? Tell Icheoku about that! Now it turns out that this bimbo cannot even raise a decent God-fearing family, her 17 year old daughter Bristol Palin is pregnant with a child outside wedlock! Her mother Sarah Palin was a "stripper" now her daughter is a "hooker" having sex and getting pregnant outside wedlock at just 17 years!

The over-sexed girl from Alaska daughter of Senator John McCain's vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is here pictured right wearing a white inner blouse with her father and her inept beauty contestant mother. She is just 17 years old and heavily pregnant outside wedlock! Emerging yet to be confirmed story has it that she is being coerced into marrying the "tout" who got her pregnant, just to save face and possibly her mother's political career.

How dare the Republicans shift the goal-post each time with varying templates just to suit their very parochial and warped minds? This makes them unrepentant racist bigots! What moral family values are we talking about here? First their presidential candidate Grandpa Senator John McCain dumped his wife of several years to marry the lizardly-looking Cindy McCain; now their vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, a beauty contestant from Alaska has a daughter who is pregnant without being married. So much for moral values, the Republican Party's style!

Now you may read the developing scandal of the 17 year old daughter of a honky mom from tundra God-forsaken Alaska named Sarah Palin whom Republican Grandpa Senator John McCain chose as his vice presidential candidate:- Gov. Sarah Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant

THE METHUSELAH PICKS A "STRIPPER"?

Technically, that is! A beauty contestant second runner-up for Miss Alaska 1984 for vice president? How about that for politics? Grandpa Senator John McCain is evidently manifesting early stages of age-related infirmities of both the mind and the brains. Grandpa's recent actions and words are highly suggestive of his near senility! Where is the republican conservative values when a woman who had "stripped and walked the podium half naked, partly clad in bikini was selected to run for an office as high as the vice presidency? Tell Icheoku it is a joke! The very ancient Senator John McCain is a free-radical with this choice and we hope the Republican Party gets whacked for this atrocious choice. Or when was her conversion/repentance from the worldly to the Godly? When did this "Saul" of Palin become a Paul Palin? Why all of a sudden has the high holier than thou pedestal of the Republican Party been lowered just to accommodate Mrs Sarah Palin? All the shouts of inexperience hitherto fanned at Barack Obama has now been shown to be just an empty war-cry; meant to rally the racist bigoted base of right wing conservative fundamentalists. Grandpa Senator from Arizona John McCain has by this choice confirmed that his series of double-speak is ingrained in him and that he does not have the sound mind to be entrusted with the fate of over 300 million Americans including the most awesome fighting machine in the world - the United States Armed Forces. Grandpa near-centurion John McCain does not appear to be a person of a sound mind, coupled with his rabid temperament begs the question, are we going to entrust the nuclear ball briefcase in his hands? Americans please this time is too serious for such a folly and let every voting man and woman go behind the closed curtain with a clear head and not just a benumbed racists' ideologue. So all these rantings about longevity in Washington! means nothing to the Republican Party, otherwise why a honky mom from God-forsaken Alaska? And she kills animals for food? Where is PETA and all the animal rights groups?

At 72 plus years very old, the best John McCain could choose as his running mate is a former "stripper" turned evangelical governor of uninhabited former Russian territory of Alaska? Where lies her experience? Where is her economic expertise or who is going to manage the economy since McCain had admitted to his lack of economic knowledge? Where is her gravitas or is pretty face all that is now needed. Something is pathologically awry with the Republican Party and the gods are rallying around to finish them off? Sarah Who? Sarah no name! In 1984, Sarah Palin was second-place finisher in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant after winning the Miss Wasilla contest earlier that year. In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and also won Miss Congeniality. And now she's Grandpa John McCain's running mate? Is it possible that Grandpa is planning to dump wife No2 for Palin? After-all this is a man who dumped his first wife who faithfully waited for him and raising their kids while he was in prison in Vietnam only for him to return and rewarded her by marrying his current alien-looking wife, Cindy.

According to presently available information to Icheoku.com, Sarah Palin won her governorship election with a gross total votes of just 114,000 and you begin to wonder, if all it takes to win the governorship of Alaska is fewer than a typical city block; is this bimbo then suited for a very tasking and challenging high office as the vice presidency? What if ancient John McCain were to suddenly go to sleep and decides to sleep on, can this Bambie doll effectively command the American Armed Forces? If all her management prowess has been just Alaska, how then will she begin to grasp a 300 million people in America with very extensive bureaucracy? In summation, as Icheoku continues to dig into this beauty contestant background especially our high-geared effort to secure some lacy pictures as we strongly suspect that some must exists somewhere, knowing what beauty pageants are like, we will keep you posted on the latest political suicide of Grandpa John McCain. Please whatever you do, do not vote for this duo as the top ticket is too old and the bottom of the ticket is just a bimbo beauty contestant who brings nothing to the ticket. This shows that John McCain is very unforgiving otherwise why did he not pick the economic "guru" Mitt Romney or the exorcist governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal - may be because the latter is of Indian extraction amidst a bigoted racist Republican party! What about the pretty evangelist Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota or the American Taliban fundamentalist Mike Huckabee? Grandpa Senator John McCain owes America a more solid explanation for his choice of this pretty face!

If Grandpa Senator John McCain wanted a woman vice presidential candidate, Icheoku would expect him to choose a woman with gravitas and not just a feather weight beauty contestant from remote far away Alaska! If the Republican Party are not hypocrites and the embodiment of biblical Pharisees our lord Jesus warned us against, why did they not strong-arm Grandpa John McCain to pick from the pool of well qualified women of substance bountiful in America? Why did Grandpa John McCain pick a honky mom he barely knew, having met her only once before as his vice president? There are a lot that has not meet the eyes and the whole America awaits his candid explanation. Did John McCain seek counselling from his lizardly-wife Cindy McCain before choosing a bimbo as a vice presidential candidate? Icheoku hopes Grandpa John McCain will not elope with Miss Alaska runner-up?

Talk of women of substance, what about the likes of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas who could easily supply all the necessary experience for the administration?

Also since Grandpa Senator John McCain does not know anything about economics - this much he admitted on national television, why did he not pick a seasoned corporate feline like Carly Fiorina of the Hewlett Packard (HP) fame!

What about the other compatriot of Fiorian in the corporate world like the Margret Thatcher of E-bay woman CEO Meg Whitman?

There is such a trove of highly qualified eves from which Grandpa Senator John McCain would have picked a woman vice presidential candidate but instead he chose to once again manifest his fabled maverick streak. If this run-away train syndrome is what a Senator John McCain's administration is going to look like, please Dear God, spare America and the world this old man's dream. May he not win and if elected may he not be sworn in and if sworn in, may he not serve! Grandpa Senator John McCain is not what America needs now especially after the eight years of uninspiring Bush administration. America needs a breath of fresh air and the whole world is waiting to exhale with a fresh dynamic inspiring administration in Washington DC in January 2009. Away with McBush - it is toxic!

A thousand and one questions beg for answers but Grandpa Senator John McCain is too sleepy even to contemplate their answers. How can a 70 years plus old man who has been drawing on social security these past seven years be our president? Something is not right and please help put an end to htis madness - DO NOT VOTE FOR McCAIN or McBUSH or McPALIN or the REPUBLICAN ticket - it is suicidal!

THE HIT LIST - our incredible but true story series:- Serie 7

1. Awesome art of mother-nature:

Is there any artist like mother nature? Is it when it chooses to make the sky the canvass or the seas or some mountain side. In this story the object of adore of mother nature is a tree which it had sculptured into a very delicate piece of fine art. Can you imagine the intricate weaving that went into this and the beautiful thing about the art is that it was done with a living tree - so it is all organic! Were this piece of art to be in Soethbys', Icheoku bets it will be a collector's item ranging in the millions of dollars but unfortunately a tree grows where-ever it pleases or better still in the yard or farm of whoever plants it. Going back to the first allusion that a tree grows wherever it pleases, this blogger have witnessed a tree-grower who could not grow a tree in a particular location despite the desire to so do. Anyway this piece of art is not in any gallery or private collector's home, so enjoy the sight - Happy viewing!

2. A werewolf in London?

This time it is for real! All the musical and movie adaptions are now out the window with this 11-year-old Pruthviraj Patil of where else but the land of perplexities India. He was born in Sangli a sleepy town near Bambay now Mumbai. His very ape like hairy condition called hypertrichosis is also known as Werewolf Syndrome - all his body including face and back with the exception of the soles of his feet and palms of his hands is entirely carpeted by thick dark hair.

3. Count yourself lucky!

Meet Mr. No Face! What would you do if you are faceless or wakes up one

morning to see that your face is gone -
hidden behind an over-sized tumour without any immediate palliative cure by medical science. Would you jump the bridge or pull the trigger or drink an overdose prescription drugs? What would you do yet you cry everyday because of some economic hardship or love misfortune. My friends, please wake up and count your blessings if only Mr. Jose Mestre of Lisbon Portugal is one tenth lucky to have a face just like you.

4. What a paradise on earth!

When last did you spend a night in a hotel? Have you ever had the privilege

of indulging yourself just once? Will you ever get the opportunity to so do during your lifetime. Now get ready and get going to the middle east city of Dubai. There you will see the only 7 star rated hotel of unparalleled luxury in the world. Hotel Burj Al Arab is one of a kind both in design, height and pure luxury. It is one of the pecks of well healed men and women of this world who like to indulge themselves. At $2000 per night for junior suites, now you understand?

5. Do you have a WC?

Where do you do your privates? Do you have a toilet in your house or do you go the old fashioned way - take it to mother nature in a little shrub coverings or behind a tree? If you have a contraption for a toilet seat is it comfortable? Does it sing, warm up your behind or massage it while you do your business? DO you have a state of the art loo which you proudly show-off to your visitors at the slightest whiff? Now meet what Icheoku would consider the mother of all that sees our private parts unhindered. This is what Icheoku calls, state of the art and if you have one, advertise it!

FYI: Until next Sunday when we come your way again, always remember what you pray for? The notorious American Taliban Fundamentalist James Dobson's Focus on the Family group prayed to their "god" to send down rain to mar Barack Obama's open-air acceptance speech at Invesco Stadium in Denver. However their "god" was sleeping and could only wake up after the beautiful convention speech was long over. Now it is answering their prayers late with Hurricane Gustav to stop their own evil Republican Convention slated for Monday, September 1, 2008 at Minneapolis! Who says "gods" do not answer prayers? The way to go, James Dobson and crew!

MICHEAL JACKSON TURNS 50, HURRAY!

The young ABC song singer fame, Michael Jackson - a little boy of yesterday who turned a super star at age 9 has grown into a matured adult. Michael Jackson turned 50 years old on Friday, August 29th, 2008. What a presence in the world stage spanning over four decades. Icheoku says, Happy Birthday, King of Pop Jacko Wacko! Your melodies will live forever and will always be a party-shaker till the end of time! Congratulations on turning half a century, it is a wonderful milestone indeed!