USA 2008 ELECTIONS: - THE FINAL EPILOGUE!

Our job is done! We are happy! American are happy! The whole world is happy that America got it right this time! President-elect Barack Obama is now the president in the waiting of the United States of America! Icheoku will now pivot to other issues of political and social concern to us and which matters to world. We are not saying that we shall no longer comment on President Barack Obama or the American elections and/or his future government; no, all that we are saying is that we are making room for other issues and will no longer spend the greater part of our coverage on the United States of America elections!

As we write our final epilogue of the historical election, Icheoku will take a look at what produced the outcome. Senator John McCain was gracious in defeat and had since indicated that he will do whatever is asked of him to assist Barack Obama govern. It is a widely accepted premise that Senator John McCain's loss was primarily because of the 'wild-eyed Alaskan Moose-hunter' Sarah 'the' Palin he chose as his running mate. A beauty and no brain hockey-mom who can see Russia from Alaska as her only foreign policy experience. The same blood-hound who said that Africa is a country with South Africa as the capital! The same eye-winking 'whore of Alaska' who believed that the great flood took place in Grand Canyon! The same Sarah 'Jezebel' Palin who said under no circumstance should a woman get medical procedure for her pregnancy even where she was raped or made pregnant by her father! Needless to say that her seventeen year old teenage daughter is pregnant out of wedlock under her watch? Anyway, Senator John McCain brought it upon himself by choosing such an air-head as his vice presidential candidate. Icheoku had earlier commented that her choice was an insult on American women for in the midst of the many so highly qualified women of America, it was such an ordinary low-level intelligentsia, Sarah Palin that Senator John McCain decided upon!

Also contributory to Senator John McCain's loss were those racist right-wing talk-radio jerks Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Bill O'Reily and Lou Dobbs whose inflammatory bigotry over-reached themselves during this election cycle. They painted their candidate Senator John McCain, in the eyes of decent Americans, as an extreme right-winger, having not disassociated himself from their full-throttle all cylinders support. By keeping silent in the face of their vituperation, Senator John McCain tacitly approved of this their discredited, divisive and corrosive campaign antics hence was perceived as a corroborator by the American people. Having lost his credibility, honor and candour, his straight-talk express acquired a new acronym, crooked-talk express and that was the final boom to descend on his moribund campaign. Senator John McCain's also sold his soul to the devil when he failed to coral his campaign away from giving false information on then Senator Barack Obama's very limited contacts with Bill Ayers.

The rest is now history and Icheoku wishes our dear Grandpa Senator John McCain the best of luck in his future endeavors. As for the future plans of Alaskan Moose-killer Sarah 'the' Palin, she need to consult her Kenyan 'marabout' pastor who foretold her governorship of Alaska to once again, foretell her future! But until then, she should stay in the wild Alaska and not bother the lower forty-eight until she is fully 'refined' in the ways of a civilized modern society. Sarah hunter Palin views are too scary and fundamentalistic that she is been designated an American Taliban!

As for President-elect Barack Obama, all that could be said in his honor has been said and any other attempt will be to belabor the obvious. Icheoku now wishes the newly elected president of America, God's guidance and protection as he now prepares to tackle the gargantuan task of governing America and by extension, the world.

Grandpa Senator John McCain and his alien-looking wife, Cindy McCain should now look for another hobby to pursue, while nursing their pain at the denial by the good people of America, of their application for the eighth mansion, the White-house! Icheoku says to the McCains, seven mansions are more than enough!

Icheoku now officially conclude our very special and extended coverage of the United States of America 2008 elections, particularly that of our endorsed presidential candidate, now president-elect Senator Barack Obama. However we shall keep an eye on his governance to ensure that he follows through with his campaign promises and will report to you accordingly. So remain a loyal visitor as we now tackle other issues affecting our collective social and political challenges of our time. Thank you for being there for us!

ICHEOKU BRINGS TO YOU THE FIRST FAMILY, BARACK AND THE GIRLS!

They are cute! They are together! They are happy! They will make America proud! Ladies and gentlemen, Icheoku takes the pleasure to introduce the America's in-coming first family to you! Please pray for their God's continuous protection and may the election of the man of the family bring to America and the world all that is good for them! Once again, Icheoku says what a wonderful family we have in the OBAMAS!

ICHEOKU SAYS, THANK YOU AMERICANS FOR A JOB WELL DONE!

Icheoku formally congratulates the people of the great United States of America for being smart in this election. Once again, the people of United States of America has proved that they can rise above board when push comes to shove. By overwhelmingly rejecting the George W. Bush maladministration of the past eight years and voting to reject his sidekick, Senator John McCain, Americans has distanced herself forever from George W. Bush ignominious rule! George W. Bush, Americans say to you, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!

Only in America, the lighthouse of democracy in the world. President-elect Barack Obama came, saw and conquered the White-house and today he is poised to bring to the world his brand of the new vision of change and hope. Icheoku is happy to be part of the team that made this historical landmark possible. We wrote, we called, we contributed, we voted, we called on people to vote, we made phone-calls and we are happy our efforts were handsomely rewarded big time! But the greatest debt is owed to the people of the United States of America for turning into a new leaf. BRAVO AMERICA!

With one rational decision, Americans has spoken that bigotry is now a thing of the past! From the cotton plantations of the deep-south to now the White-house, what a transition! The Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of America are now jobless as racism has been finally laid to rest with the election of Barack Obama as president elect of the United States of America. Icheoku uses this opportunity to thank all Americans who made us proud with their valued votes by rejecting fear, intimidation, racism and crass-hatred to do right by electing the better of the two candidates.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you America! The world has forgiven us the sins of the last eight years and once again we shall become part of the world community where common sense and respect for other people's viewpoint shall reign supreme! America, this one is for you! All hail President-elect Barack Obama! Long live the newly elected President. God bless America! God bless Barack Obama and guide him as he brings to us the much anticipated hope and change! One world, one people, one destiny! Our fortunes are yoked together and together we shall rise or fall! With a resounding mandate, President Barack Obama can now go ahead to move this great country to the new direction as ensconced in his campaign! VIVA BARACK OBAMA! VIVA AMERICA!

CONGRATULATION: - ALL HAIL THE NEW PRESIDENT - LEADER OF AMERICA, BARACK OBAMA!

It is a new day in America! A non-violent revolution has taken place and today, November 4th, 2008 an African-American, Senator Barack Obama has been elected as the 44th President of the United States of America! And he has a MANDATE! All gratitude to God Almighty!

A president is always elected and a leader is usually born; hence it is often very difficult to find a president-leader in one person in any country. But, today, November 4th, 2008 a leader-president has finally emerged in the United States of America and to the Almighty God, be the glory! His name, President-elect Barack Obama!

Peradventure, this historic election marks a new beginning for the entire mankind: - for American-blacks, a turning point in history when their chequered past slave-status and racial discrimination has been over-looked to elect one of them as the president of the United States of America. To Americans-whites, a final forgiveness of their sin of slavery! To the other Americans including Hispanics, Indians and Asians this election of Barack Obama is an audacity of things possible and that someday, one of their ilks can also be elected president of United States of America! And to the rest of the world, a new beginning from the past horrendous eight years of a drunken United States of America foreign policy. In a short summary, America has, with this election of Barack Obama, finally hit the 'RESET BUTTON'!

Once again United States of America will become part of the world - a law-abiding integral part of the world community, that is. At least there will be no more unwarranted invasion of a sovereign nation without any justifiable cause whatsoever other than a pack of lies of the existence of weapons of mass destruction; which has since been discredited and proved false. Instead of ordering people around with gun-boat diplomacy of my way or the highway, there will be a more conducive atmosphere of brain-storming to find solutions to the myriad of problems confronting mankind. It is going to be entirely a new day in America and the world!

In President-elect Barack Obama America has luckily found both a president and a leader. All hail the president-leader of America, Barack Obama! Icheoku wishes Barack Obama God's continued protection as he delivers to American and the world at large, the dividends of the hope and change campaign themes upon which his election was made possible. Like King Solomon, all President-elect Barack Obama need now is to ask of God to give him the wisdom to navigate what has been entrusted upon him! Icheoku prays he is sure-footed in this terrain. Once again, congratulations, President-elect Barack Obama for a well deserved victory in the United States of America presidential election!

PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA SAYS, "CHANGE HAS COME TO AMERICA!"

Icheoku presents to you the full text of President-elect Barack Obama's address to the American people on the occasion of his winning the presidency of the United States of America, November 4th, 2008. Happy reading fellas!

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America. It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America. I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead. I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done. But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you. I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory. I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there. There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people. Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity.

Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too. And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope. For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can. When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can. When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can. She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can. A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can. America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made? This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America."

BARACK OBAMA, THIS LITTLE ANGEL KNOWS BEST!

Little Eleanor Kissel, 3, holds up a sign from the shoulders of dad, Tom Kissel of Evansville, Indiana, at a rally for Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama. An innocent child is the nearest best thing to God and what he/she approves is already signed-off by God Almighty. May the smile on this little beauty's face remain on Wednesday morning, November 5th, 2008 after Senator Barack Obama would have won the presidential election and become our President-elect Barack Obama.

Senator Barack Obama has outperformed the opposition in every department of the contest and his victory shall be well deserved. Oh, Dear God let the fruit of his labor come to fruition and may all the lands and nations on this earth rejoice that at last, a rational man has come to occupy the White-house to fester world peace!

Icheoku calls on all voting-age adults to help little Eleanor Kissel realise her dreams and sustain the happiness on her face. VOTE for her future, VOTE for Senator Barack Obama! Please heed her call and VOTE for Senator Barack Obama on November 4th, 2008! Duty calls for all reasonable, rational, smart, non-racist men and women of this country to VOTE for the better of the two candidates, Senator Barack Obama. Senator Barack Obama is our candidate of hope, change and the future!

YOUR SUNDAY WITH PROPHET M.K.O. TIBETAN!

Today Sunday November 2nd, 2008 Icheoku.com brings to you part three in our new series "YOUR SUNDAY WITH PROPHET M.K.O. TIBETAN"! This man of God writes on whatever subject he deems topical and Icheoku will merely publish same seriatim without any input whatsoever, since we are not all that versed in the ways of God to have an opinion. Today, Prophet Marcus Korodele Oluwatomisin writes on "BY THE WORD OF GOD". Please enjoy his perspectives:-

"When we take a look at the creation of the world, the word of God rules supreme. When we look at the book of Luke 5, the fishermen had toiled for so many days and nights without catching any fish, until the Lord through his word instructed them to re-cast their net wherein they caught caught so many fish and their hope was restored. Going back to the word of God in the book of Genesis 1 vs. 10, God only spoke the world and creation took place. HE said let there be day called light and the night called darkness, the light shines and the darkness cannot comprehend it. In the book of Genesis 6 vs. 9-13, The Almighty God was displeased with every creature under the heavens because we have neglected him in our thoughts and deeds.

When we look at things today, many people through the word of their mouth have condemned themselves, family and company instead of waking up in the morning and blessing themselves like the American do say “God Bless America” and God is really blessing America. These people have both physically and spiritually killed themselves, family and country. It is the spiritual manifestation of the word from our mouth that we see in the physical. Many of my beloved brothers and sisters are here abroad condemning their country as opposed to praying for their country to become a better place, where they can return to when they leave this slavery camp called Diaspora; because we are just here like a fish out of the sea that can do nothing other than swim in the little box called aquarium that we are confined to.

For how long more are we going to keep working to enrich other people’s country? It is time to use the power that God almighty has given us that is the word of our mouth to put us where we belong. The power in the word of our mouth is sharper than two edged sword, it can kill and can give life, if used properly in the ways of the Lord. The Bible says that it is not what comes into our mouth that makes us sin but the word that comes out of our mouth. In Acts 9 vs. 23-26 God commanded Peter to kill and eat a particular meat but Peter condemned it by the word of his mouth. In Acts. 5 Ananias and Sapphira were killed by the word of their mouth. In Joshua 7 vs.16 -26 Achan by the word of his mouth destroyed himself and his family. Joshua and Caleb by their positive confession possessed the land of Canaan (promise land). In II Samuel 17 David by the word of his mouth had God deliver Goliath to him.

Therefore, what is that Goliath in your life today that God through the word of your mouth can not destroy? Is it marital problems, inability to find a wife or husband, house rent or mortgage problem or any other financial problems, or even childlessness? Just challenge God to do it for you - start making positive utterances (confession) today and HE will take you to your own promise land. Take this as your motto for the month of November, read it day and night, make it your Anchor, the word of God written in Hebrew 13 vs. 6.

Until next week when I shall visit with you again, please remain blessed and have a fruitful week ahead. May the United States of America's presidential election go on without a hitch and let the outcome be as anticipated, in Jesus name we pray, AMEN! Please note that I am still on assignment overseas through the end of November 2008 and should you want to reach me before my return to the United States, you can try any of my international numbers in Ireland: 353861033987; London 07903093637 and Nigeria 8054853828. I will be shuttling through Europe and Africa and hopefully you will be able to reach me at one of these numbers. As always, I am always available for your spiritual needs and prayers. God bless!

BARACK OBAMA, ICHEOKU WISHES YOU GOD'S SPEED THIS TUESDAY!

The exploration, the declaration, the fund-raising, the primaries, the nomination, the campaign, the debates and then the campaign. It has been a grueling twenty-one months but you sure did mesmerise America and she is awe-struck by your talents and abilities; and if Icheoku says your smile too was a factor, are we stoking your 'trouble'? Icheoku says we don't think so and Barack Obama concurs.

However you have done whatever is expected of any mortal running for the presidency of the United States of America and you delivered! The rest is for Divine intervention to move those minds still wavering to firmly pivot to you. Icheoku believes HE will do that in addition to staying with you as you race through the finish line, on Tuesday November 4th, 2008, like Jamaica's Usain Bolt!

The "O" in the picture above right stands for Obama and if the heavens says "YES" nobody can say no! Psalm 127 vs 1 tells us that "Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain". It is our conviction at Icheoku, as people of faith, that your effort at the presidency is with the LORD's approval and blessing; and surely you will enter the promised land since our Lord does not mince words. You are the sentinel who watches the tower and the lord is with you!

Icheoku strongly believes that your guiding angels are legion and that they will surely chaperon you into the White-house. This Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 marks the official formal and final step to your occupation of the White-house and you feet will remain assured. Like the eagle, you will take off without any hiccup! Icheoku is preparing a congratulatory message for publication at midnight that same Tuesday after the battle has been won by you but lost by the other guy; and we are optimistic that our wish shall come through and not a thousand John McCains can prevent it.

Until then, Icheoku wishes you God's speed as you cruise to victory in the presidential election on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. Please visitor, hearken to Barack Obama's call, GO VOTE! Vote for Barack Obama + Joe Biden for America's good and you can do it now!

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES WAR AGAINST BLOGGERS!

As if the arrest and detention of Jonathan Elendu of the www.ElenduReports.com was not enough stain on Nigeria's image as a suppressor of freedom of expression, these coyotes have struck again - this time on Emmanuel Emeke Asiwe of www.Huhuonline.com! Icheoku says "na them go tire" as all these attempts at silencing fearless journalism will be in vain - all their intimidation will surely come to naught. Their attempt to muzzle civilized opposition to their lacklustre governance shall fail! "Soldier go soldier come, barracks no dey close" Umaru YarA'dua, shame on you for going despotic!

Ibrahim Babangida's government killed Dele Giwa to silence true journalism but did he outlast Nigeria? No! What about the midget of Kano state, Sani Abacha? He is gone! And Olusegun Obasanjo, he is now history so let Umaru YarA'dua play the field, someday he too will become history if his terminal sickness does not get him before too long. Umaru YarA'dua claims to be an educated with a bachelors degree in chemistry yet he behaves like a junta. What happened to his avowed respect for the rule of law? It is as pitiful as it is regrettable that these class of "human-beings" are running the affairs in Nigeria and you ask yourself, why the Nigerian engine is sputtering? This latest arrest smacks of a society that is in chains and is evidence that the clueless Umaru YarA'dau's government is too jittery!

Emeka Asiwe was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as he arrived the country for a burial. According to family members, shortly after his arrest, Asiwe was reportedly flown to the SSS headquarters, Abuja and detained. He has not been allowed access to lawyers or family members.

On the allegation of "subversive reports" the SSS accuse bloggers of engaging in, Icheoku asks is it the truthfulness or lack thereof that is the beef or that the SSS would rather such story does not take flight? Whatever reports that was made concerning Umaru YarA'dua, Icheoku says that it is he, Umaru Yaradua that is the "subvertor-in-chief" as he subverted the will of Nigerians when he corroborated with the madman of Otta, Olusegun Obasanjo to subvert democracy in Nigeria. In other words, who elected Umaru Yaradua in the first place or with whose mandate is he really ruling Nigeria? In the strict sense of it, Umaru Yaradua has no standing even to arrest anybody because he is occupying Aso Rock wrongfully since he never won any election, as none was conducted.

In conclusion, Icheoku calls on the Nigerian authority to release forthwith their current blogger-guest. If only they know the reach and power of the blog-sphere community they will know that they are messing with the wrong crowd. Nigeria authority should learn how not to mess with bloggers. They should stop arresting some beautiful minds that Nigeria have and face the spiralling criminality which has turned Nigeria into a state under siege.

VINCENT OGBULAFOR, A WHACK JOB!

Vincent Ogbulafor the unrepentant, "unelected but imposed" chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria was recently quoted as saying that his PDP will continue to rule Nigeria, uninterrupted, for the next six decades (60years). According to this oxygen-nose, it does not matter what anybody thinks as he does not care a hoot if Nigeria becomes a one-party state!

Icheoku says, what a way to enthrone a real working democracy in Nigeria? To tell every other aspiring opposition parties in Nigeria, that they might as well jump off the bridge since they do not stand any chance at ever rising to power? One party state has never worked in any polity and any attempt to impose it on Nigerians will be resisted. Even in Mexico where it was tried it for several years and witnessed the worst official corruption in the history of their country it did not succeed and thrown out by the people recently. The Vincent Ogbulafors of Nigeria should be apprised of the words on the marble of the great American 35th president, John F. Kennedy, who in a 1962 speech at the White House said "those who make peaceful change impossible make a violent revolution inevitable". Vincent Ogbulafor and his fellow co-travellers in this their dream-land of perpetual rule, must be careful not to stretch the tolerance of Nigerians.

The irony of his statement is that these usurpers in PDP were not even elected by Nigerians hence have no real mandate whatsoever to impose their warped will on the rest of the country. Were it that they have the mandate of Nigerians, may be Vincent Ogbulafor could be assumed to be speaking the minds of the people of Nigeria; but the whole world including Nigerians are witnesses to the way these band of fringed-loonies raped democracy in Nigeria under the supervision of Olusegun Obasanjo throughout the last ten years.

For the records, what has Vincent Ogbulafor achieved since he assumed the chairmanship of the PDP? First Olusegun Obasanjo is still the head/chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP despite all his rabble-rousing that he is going to implement the Alex Ekwueme panel's recommendation that the way Olusegun Obasanjo assumed the board chairmanship of PDP should be revisited. What has this lucky bastard achieved since assuming office when he cannot persuade the lords of the manor at Abuja to treat the River Niger bridge as a national emergency or is he waiting for its final and total collapse before fire-brigading anything thereon? Or is Vincent Ogbulafor and his party not aware that the dilapidated bridge's lifespan has since expired? What has Vincent Ogbulafor achieved since becoming chairman of the PDP when the Andy Uba generated crisis in Anambra state is still festering? It is instructive to remind our visitors that it is the same Uba family through Chris Uba that kidnapped a seating governor of Anambra state and visited the state with unbridled mayhem without any repercussions whatsoever? Does it mean that Vincent Ogbulafor is a mere ghoulish figure-head chairman without any meaningful authority or power whatsoever? Remember the days of Tony Anenih's chairmanship and how everybody trembled at this feet.

Vincent Ogbulafor, Icheoku says it is this kind of rhetoric that invites the khaki boys back to power, especially when there is no democratic dividends coming from your PDP controlled government to the people of Nigeria. It is this kind of uncontrolled political loose-talk that makes agitation by the disenfranchised majority get so loud that discord sets in in the land. Vincent Ogbulafor, if you must open your wind-pipe this loud, at least make sure that a fair election is allowed to hold in Nigeria and if your party is elected, then and only then can you pretend to be holding the brief of the Nigerian people. Vincent Ogbulafor if you must shout on the mountain top on how you will perpetuate your illegitimate rule on Nigerians, is it not fair that you let Nigerians decide if you are the caliber of people they want to perpetuate in power? How did you even get to the mountain top in the first place or did you rig yourself to the top?

Finally Icheoku says that were Nigeria a real democracy there is no way the PDP would have returned to power in 2007 judging from the ineptitude of their past Olusegun Obasanjo's administration; talk-less of ruling Nigeria for 60 years. Were Nigeria to be a democracy, Olusegun Obasanjo would have since been arrested and tried for all his crimes against humanity, economic treason, massacres of Odi and Zaki-Ibiam communities and his incestuous relationship with his daughter-inlaw - his son's wife! Yet Vincent Ogbulafor continues to allow and/or tolerate this denigrate person, Olusegun Obasanjo to remain his party's board of trustees chairman? Vincent Ogbulafor, our advise to you is to shut up or better still, stop making unguarded statements; leave it to your spokesman who may be better trained to read the polity and know what not to say to upset the apple-cart. Vincent Ogbulafor, you should endeavour to have something written on your epitaph such as the man who finally brought about the second river Niger bridge to fruition otherwise your chairmanship of the PDP means nothing to the zone which you are representing in the party's arrangement. Do something to honor your legacy and stop provoking the people of Nigeria by flaunting a stolen illegitimate "mandate". How dare you suggest that your Peoples "Democratic" Party will rule Nigeria for sixty years? What have you been snorting lately, Mister Nose? Get it?

Mr Loud-mouth shouts again and says 'Only PDP Can Check Military Intervention -Ogbulafor '

THE MALDIVES ISLANDS, CONGRATULATIONS !

The Maldives, a group of about 1,200 islands, 200 of which are inhabited, separated into a series of coral atolls, north of the Equator in the Indian Ocean is free at last. The Maldives was long a sultanate, first under Dutch control, and later under British protection. It gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, and three years later, declared itself an independent republic. For the very first time, since her independence from Britain in 1965, the people were allowed to chose their leader and they spoke overwhelmingly by throwing away the old guard. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had ruled the islands for about 30 years, was defeated by Mohamed Nasheed, a former "prisoner of conscience", in what was seen as the country's first truly democratic election.

Mr Mohamed Nasheed, the leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), pictured left, who is known on the islands as "Anni", won 54 per cent of the vote in a two-horse presidential race with the outgoing president, Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, pictured below. Mr Nasheed becomes the third president since the island nation in the Indian Ocean was granted independence from Britain in 1965. Over 209,000 Maldivians were registered to vote in the contest and turnout was extremely high at 86 per cent. In a statement following his victory, Mr Mohamed Nasheed said "We are very happy that President Gayoom peacefully conceded defeat'!

While in power President Gayoom was repeatedly criticised for his abysmal human rights record and style of governance. As a prominent pro-democracy activist Mr Mohamed Nasheed was targeted by the authorities and was a constant guest of the government as a prisoner of conscience for his pro-democracy activities. He served several jail terms and was tortured while in custody. But he was magnanimous in victory praising the "dignity and honour" shown by Mr Gayoom after he accepted the election result.

Some of the islands were severely damaged during the December, 2004 Tsunami.

Icheoku says that what happened in The Maldives is a message in real democracy where the peoples voice is heard and respected. African "leaders" such as Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Kenya's Kibaki, and Nigeria's ruling PDP should take a cue from the good example of the outgoing president of The Maldives and know when to take a graceful bow. Once the people had freely expressed their will, such must be respected. With this peaceful concession of power, whatever sins the outgoing president Gayoom committed or may have committed have been washed away!

Once again, Icheoku says congratulations to the people of The Maldives for regaining your voice and may your new president-elect bring to you, lots of fulfilment of hopes and aspirations!

OBAMA ASSASSINATION PLOTS: - DOMESTIC TERRORISM!

Two additional white supremacists rednecks, racist bigots were arrested in Tennessee & Arkansas on October 22, 2008 for once again threatening the life of Democratic Party's Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama. These depraved urchins are the third batch of so far arrested evil-plotters since this election campaign cycle - lunatics who were planning to bring harm and mayhem to this country. The first was the 22 year Floridian Raymond Hunter Geisel (pictured here right) from Miami, who was arrested earlier this year by the Secret Service and charged in court for threatening to assassinate our dear Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama - see BEHOLD, THE FACE OF TERROR! Following him were three other possible assassins from Colorado. Now enter the latest anti-American, hate-filled racists douche-bags Daniel Cowart 20 of Bells Tennessee and Paul Schlesselman 18 of West Helena Arkansas. It is not a ploy nor coincidence that these plots are unravelling but by the special grace of God Almighty and the yeoman's job of our secret service, no harm shall ever come the way of our future leader Senator Barack Obama. The devil can plan all it wants but it shall come to naught.

Daniel Cowart (pictured here left with a rifle) and Paul Schlesselman were charged in a criminal complaint with making threats against a presidential candidate, illegal possession of firearms (a sawed-off shotgun) and conspiracy to rob a gun dealer. The two planned to massacre 88 people and behead 14 African-Americans, before assassinating Senator Obama while dressed in tuxedos and top hats, the complaint revealed. The numbers 14 and 88 are symbols in skinhead culture, referring to a 14-word phrase attributed to an imprisoned white supremacist: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children” and to the eighth letter of the alphabet, H. Two “8“s or “H“s stand for “Heil Hitler.

These bastards discussed a "killing spree to include targeting a predominantly African-American school and attempting to assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama. Both knuckle-heads met via the Internet a month ago and have "very strong beliefs and views regarding 'White Power' and 'Skinhead' views. Cowart had bought one rifle and stockpiled two handguns, both stolen from his grandfather. They planned to steal another high-powered rifle from a gun store in Jackson, Tennessee, as well as a series of robberies to finance their bloody actions. "Schlesselman stated that they planned to drive their vehicles as fast as they could toward Senator Obama shooting at him from the windows. Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt. Daniel Cowart who never graduated from high school, lived with his grandparents in a southern, rural part of the county and no family information is available on Paul Schlesselman (pictured here right in glasses) except that Helena-West Helena, on the Mississippi River in east Arkansas’ Delta, with a population of 12,200, is 66 percent black and is in one of the nation’s poorest regions, trailing even parts of Appalachia in its standard of living.

In late August, the alarm was also raised when it was revealed that three men who wanted to assassinate Barack Obama, were arrested with a weapons cache near the Democratic Party's convention in Denver, Colorado. See FBI investigates 'Obama assassination plot'. However the US Attorneys office later gave all clear saying that there had been no credible threat against Obama because no sufficient evidence of a “true threat” was found. The three men were said to be drug abusers who probably were under the spell of high dose of methamphetamine. “From a legal standpoint, the law recognises a difference between between a true threat and the racist rantings of drug abusers. The three men — Shawn Adolf, (bottom left in blue), his cousin Tharin Gartrell, 28, (top right with blond hair), and Nathan Johnson, 32, (top left in grey t-shirt), have long criminal records for illegal gun possession, drug dealing and theft. There were multiple outstanding warrants for their arrest and all three were being held on drug and firearms charges

The spectre of assassination arose in May 2008 when Senator Hillary Clinton had to apologise after appearing to suggest that the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 during his presidential campaign was a good reason for her staying in the race. Mr Obama is often compared to John F. Kennedy; but it is his skin colour that has added to concerns for his safety in a country that has more than 200 million legally held firearms and 30,000 gun deaths each year.

Icheoku says who has put a bulls-eye on this harmless, kind, loving and apparently benevolent patriot who wants to bring positive change to America? Senator Barack Obama is harmless and means very well for this our great country and all the machinations of the devil will be in vain. All these urchins can plot all they can but at the end of the day, Barack Obama will be safe and God willing, he will be our 44th president. Only six days to go and every smart America must renounce these rascals and say to them that the present day America has no room for this kind of bigotry, by voting overwhelmingly for Senator Barack Obama on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. Viva Senator Barack Obama! God's speed as you coast through to a well deserved and hard-earned victory on November 4th!

Archive Topic: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Video: FBI investigates 'Obama assassination plot' - Times Online

TED STEVENS' UNFLATTERING END?

The lesson of the guilty verdict in Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens corruption trial was succinctly articulated by Harry Reid, the Senate Majority leader. According to Harry, “This verdict is a personal tragedy for our colleague Ted Stevens, but it is an important reminder that no man is above the law. Senator Stevens must now respect the outcome of the judicial process and the dignity of the United States Senate"

The "no man is above the law" aspect of his remarks is what does not obtain in so many countries of the world including NIGERIA where the likes of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo have proved over the years to be above the law! Ibrahim Babangida at one time asked a duly constituted judicial tribunal to come to his home if they so desire his testimony. That Dele Giwa as well as Bola Ige were murdered in cold blood without any meaningful investigation speaks volume that these two men are really above and beyond the reach of Nigerian law, if any? But Senator Ted Stevens is Icheoku's object of commentary today so we must pivot back to the senator.

Senator Ted Stevens, the Senate’s longest-serving Republican and Alaska’s dominant political figure for more than four decades, was found guilty of violating federal ethics laws for failing to report gifts and services that he was given by friends. The jury of District of Columbia residents convicted Senator Ted Stevens, 84, on all seven felony counts he faced in connection with charges that he knowingly failed to list on Senate disclosure forms the receipt of some $250,000 in gifts and services used to renovate his home in Girdwood, Alaska. The home pictured here left, was remade (upgraded) under the supervision of his wife, Catherine Stevens, from A-frame cabin to a grander, two-story residence fitted with two decks, a new garage and amenities like a whirlpool, a steam room and an expensive gas grill.

The indictment charged that he had received some $250,000 in gifts and services from a longtime friend, Bill Allen, the owner of a huge oil services construction company, and gifts from other friends like a sled dog and an expensive massage chair. Mr. Allen, who was convicted for his role in a scheme to bribe Alaska state lawmakers to help his oil exploration projects, agreed to cooperate with the government and have his telephone conversations with Mr. Stevens recorded. Mr. Allen, who was the prosecution’s chief witness, testified that Mr. Stevens knew he was receiving the goods and services free and even sent an emissary to ask that no bills be sent.

Mr. Stevens’s defense was largely built on the notion that he had not asked for, and had no use for, many of the goods and services he received. In the case of the massage chair, he said it had not been a gift from Bob Persons, a friend and restaurant owner who had bought it from a Brookstone store and sent it to the Stevenses’ Washington home. It was a loan, Mr. Stevens testified, even though it had remained in his Washington home for more than seven years and he once wrote to Mr. Persons that he enjoyed using it and even fell asleep in it.

Although Senator Ted Stevens was still defiant after his conviction claiming that he was innocent but his republican party Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was more realistic, issuing a statement saying that, “Senator Stevens was found guilty by a jury of his peers, and now must face the consequences of those actions. As a result of his conviction, Senator Stevens will be held accountable so the public trust can be restored.”

In conclusion, Icheoku says that Senator Ted Stevens should be made to pay restitution, resign his seat in the senate but should not serve term. Our reason is his very advanced age coupled to his long service of over four decades for Alaska. Let Ted be allowed to spend his twilight years reminiscing about all the things he did right like this airport in Anchorage right, watching the sun set in his home rather than in the big house gritting his teeth over some gift which he should not have received. Senator Ted Stevens conviction is more than enough punishment and if Scooter Libby could be pardoned, then let Grandpa Ted enjoy the same magnanimity. But this is just our thoughts and in no way meant to affect the course of justice!

See generally this link U.S. v. Stevens: Indictment and Trial Exhibits for the full gamut of the trial.

HOW FAT CAN A GROOM GET?

It was a very big fat wedding for the world's fattest man, Manuel Uribe, 43, who married his his long-term girlfriend, hairdresser Claudia Solis in Mexico on Sunday October 26th, 2008.

Manuel Uribe who once weighed over 1000lbs, was named the world's fattest man by the Guinness Book of Records in 2007. Although Manuel has been losing weight gradually but he has remained confined to his bed which he has not been able to leave in the past four years. However that did not stop him from making the 30-minute trip to the civil ceremony at a makeshift altar in a local town hall in his home town of Monterrey, Mexico.

Manuel Uribe was dressed in a white satin shirt and with a sheet covering his legs while his bride was wore a strapless ivory satin dress, a tiara and holding a bouquet of fresh lilies, looked equally as excited, smiling for the swarm of international photographers. As the couple was declared husband and wife, Mr Uribe broke into tears later saying that "I have a wife and will form a new family and live a happy life." For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, the newlyweds held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad. For wedding limousine, Manuel Uribe, a former car parts dealer was transported to the wedding on a specially-reinforced four-poster bed, draped with cream and gold and adorned in bright sunflowers, on the back of a truck left. Mr Uribe's doctors were among the 400 guests at the wedding reception which had a "low-calorie banquet" with meat, creamed mushrooms and buttered vegetables.

Icheoku says how much fat could a man pack when women are always derided for being fat? Is it fair enough for a man to be this fat on his wedding day and will that be ok for the bride? Anyway, on matters of the heart, only the parties know what attracted them to each other. On this note Icheoku wishes this amazing couple Manuel Uribe and his lovely wife Claudia Solis Uribe happy married life. However, Icheoku will keep its antennas up to learn how they eventually start their proposed family, especially the copulation aspect of it!

Former world's fattest man to wed his fiancee