ROGER STONE'S SENTENCE: RIGHTLY COMMUTED.

ICHEOKU says the imperative is that the president has the power, the prerogative of mercy, to pardon or commute the sentence of anyone. The discretion is absolute, with or without cause, provided the president deems such a proper and right thing to do and wants to do it. Roger Stone is not the first person ever to be pardoned or had his sentence commuted nor will be the last person to receive such a presidential stay out of prison gift card. Bill Clinton was famous for pardoning Mark Rich and Barack Obama pardoned transgendered Chelsea Manning who actually levied war on the United States of America by sabotaging the United States military. 

So, the president was not out of place nor did he overreach himself when he showed mercy to Roger Stone. The baseline is that the Russian Collusion from which Roger Stone's prosecution or rather persecution was triggered was a phantom investigation. Therefore,  having collapsed, everything arising and attaching therefrom should also summarily collapse as well. It is akin to the fruit of a poisoned tree doctrine because without one there would not have been the other, case closed. If the foundational one is wrong other things following should be wrong as well. The president exercised his right as he deemed it fit and anyone who is not at home with it should either run for office or work to change the law. 

As always, Mitt Romney is a jerk; he never praised the president for the many  things he gets right, but readily jumps at any opportunity to register his disdainful displeasure and disquiet at the president. What manner of a man is he anyway, but a squirrelly eyed piglet who envy and jealousy is eating deeply from the inside. 

ICHEOKU says well done Mr President for doing what is right, especially when similarly impacted people on the other side were never charged nor convicted, yet they want to make an example out of Roger Stone simply for being steadfast to the president. What a bunch of decrepitude. ICHEOKU hopes that Roger Stone has placed a patent on his trademark double hand victory sign. What a happy man the president just minted. Way to go!

LINDSEY GRAHAM: SOMETHING IS CHALLENGING HIS CONSCIENCE.

ICHEOKU says his personal life is shrouded in mystery as he has severally denied being a homosexual gay man, yet he behaves like one and looks like one. He has no family, wife nor children and he is always impeccably dressed with his hair frequently made up and every strand in place. All hallmarks of a gay man or at least a metrosexual. However, Lindsey Graham's personal life is not the subject of this essay, only that it might have influenced his seemingly wishy washy grandstanding on issues of certain importance to the conservatives and Republicans at large. 

Prior to his defense of Judge Brett Kavanugh during the Senate confirmation hearing, his fortunes with the Republican Party conservatives was somewhat waning. But he came out strong, made a passionate speech in defense of the Judge and rekindled his place among the people who identify with the conservative credentials of the Republican Party. But it seems that he was got to by some forces as he has since withdrawn back to his equivocated positioning on things and issues. Many people have been asking themselves what happened to the Lindsey Graham at Judge Brett Graham's hearing.

He used to be a RINO alongside John McCain, his bosom friend and after McCain died, he momentarily warmed himself up to President Donald John Trump. Needless to add that Lindsey Graham looked the other way during the time John McCain was fighting the president, begging the question, how sincere his rapprochement to the president really was. 

Lindsey Graham promised the nation that his Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate Hunter Biden's BURISMA corruption scandal, which would have ended Joe Biden's campaign a long time ago during the primaries. But somebody again got to him and he went cold with the investigation and more than two years now, nobody has heard anything about Lindsey Graham's promised Hunter Biden's investigation. It is on record that Lindsey Graham ended whatever investigation he was doing or never started it after Joe Biden's wife Jill Biden complained that Lindsey Graham is their family friend and that she does not know what happened to Lindsey Graham that warranted his threat to investigate their son Hunter Biden. 

ICHEOKU says if Lindsey Graham could drop the investigation of Hunter Biden which would have somewhat benefitted the president with his reelection campaign, which side is he then really on, anyway? Does it mean that all the attempt to woe him by the president with several golfing sessions did not succeed or that his loyalty to the Washington DC establishment power bloc is stronger than whatever loyalty he owes the Republican Party and by extension the president. ICHEOKU says does not know about you but there is something about Lindsey Graham that loudly shouts "cannot be trusted" and all the unrealized expectations from the Hunter Biden's aborted investigation buttresses this. It also adds credence to his lack of political fortitude, not being fully committed and down with the struggle to Make America  Great Again. There is something about Lindsey that is anti Trump.

MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO: BLACK LIVES MATTER STRIPPING, A SKEWED PRIORITY.

ICHEOKU says it is rather unfortunate that instead of focusing attention and resources on what will in fact improve black people's lives, Mayor Bill de Blasio is busy throwing Black Lives Matter a mere bone, painting a Black Lives Matter sign in front of Trump's Tower on 5th Avenue. What exactly is that supposed to be except pure confrontation, an in your face harassment of a man who worked hard to mount his flag in New York City. Will the Mayor's next move be to make New York pass an ordinance for the removal of the sign Trump Tower from the building or banish the president from New York. 

But how exactly is the stripping of Black Lives Matter at that particular section of 5th Avenue going to improve Black Lives Matter's lives and how many black people will it put food on their table or help pay their children's school fees or their family's energy bill. How does the stripping help black people overall. Will it stop black people's shooting themselves or by the police? Will it stop black peoples family dysfunction? Will it stop the use of crack cocaine and other drugs in black community? Will it stop domestic violence in black community? Will it create jobs for black people? What exactly is the intent and purpose of the street stripping that addresses the complaints of Black Lives Matter? 

ICHEOKU says such unnecessary pandering is what is wrong with politicians as they overlook the big picture items and tunnel-focus their energies on how to get under the skin of their opponents. After the defacing of the street, what next? Hopefully the Mayor will not rudely find out someday in the future when he needs a Federal government's bailout or any other help from Washington DC that an otherwise avoidable antagonization of a president is not a good idea. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman just found out when his due promotion can only be assented to by the president and it forced himself out of a military career of over 21 years. 

What exactly did the president do to and that hurt black people, afterall he was not the Mayor of Minneapolis nor the police chief there where George Floyd was murdered. The president does not run the City of New York nor is he in charge of the New York Police Department that Black Lives Matter people complain about. The president did not infest black neighborhoods with drugs nor guns with which they kill themselves. The president did not author the 1994 Crime Bill that destroyed a lot of black families, Joe Biden did. So instead of painting Black Lives Matter in front of the president's building, why did the Mayor not paint the Black Lives Matter where it should've mattered, in front of the buildings of those responsible for the actions which Black Lives Matter are complaining about, the NYPD's building or even City Hall for that matter. 

But distraction is the name of the game and a shinning object thrown somewhere will serve to take the attention off the people who are really responsible for the complaints being made by Black Lives Matter. Mayor Bill de Blasio has descended to a new low, actively participating in such an affront and you wonder how he plans to get anything else done in New York with such a septic mindset. It is not only black people that live in New York and the president never did a thing to warrant such blatant defacing of a street in front of his building. It is a sad day when elected officials start being so openly partisan and you wonder what will happen if any red State's City Mayor decides to paint "Joe Biden authored 1994 Crime Bill" on their Street or even MAGA for that matter. Bill de Blasio, shame on you.

SO LONG LIEUTENANT COLONEL SIR.

ICHEOKU says luckily for him he was allowed to retire with his benefits and not fired through a dishonorable discharge. What a rat and he lied against his Commander in Chief and expected to be still respected. Such a snitch does not belong in the military and should have been summarily dismissed and not allowed the honor of retirement for wrongly challenging the president of the United States of America and his Commander in Chief. A perfect telephone call but "Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman thought otherwise, resulting to an impeachment of the president based on a hoax. There is no soldier in him and he will not be missed. What a joke. Now he can proceed to Ukraine and accept their defense minister's offer.

VLADIMIR PUTIN: DESTROYING RUSSIA WITH SIT TIGHT LEADERSHIP.

ICHEOKU says a successful constitutional amendment to elongate power notwithstanding, the fact of the matter is that nobody lives forever. Someday Tsar Vladimirovich Putinya will also go the way of all mortals and will make finding a someone to fill his shoes extremely difficult. He has created a huge gap in succession through his vice hold on power and when he is gone, it will be impossible to fill peacefully. 

How can just one man think that he alone knows what is best for Russia and that without Putin, Russia will no longer exists or go like Afghanistan or Somalia. What happens when he can no longer preside over Russia, either willingly or unwillingly, due to old age, incapacity or death or is his inevitable mortality not cross his mind? 

Any good leader just like any good parent should be preoccupied with what happens after their death than what is currently possible, otherwise what then is the use of all these extensions of power, aware that a day will come when such extensions cannot be possible or his power hold amenable to extension. What will happen then? Why has Vladimir Putin not deemed it necessary to begin grooming a successor after nearly 21 years in power. Bill Clinton was American president when Vladimir Putin first came to power in 1999 and four American presidents later, Vladimir Putin is still in power in Russia and now plans to stay indefinitely or 2032, whichever one comes first. ICHEOKU wonders whether he ever asks himself what will become of Russia when he dies or does he not plan to die someday? 

But he does not seem to care nor worry about the long term welfare of Russia, otherwise he would have seriously started thinking about his successor and working to have him or her enthroned while he san still help nurture him. Why would someone who claims to be of a civilization that is advanced enmesh himself in such prolonged power hold and you wonder what then distinguishes him from the rest of third world countries in Africa and other places where leaders perpetuate themselves in office. It is not a good resume for Russia or Vladimir Putin and it is about time it ended. 

It is not for love of Mother Russia that Vladimir Putin has stuck to power for so long and still continuing into the future; rather it is for love of Putin by Putin; a burning desire to remain the unchallenged leader of Russia, the modern day Tsar Putinya. It is not good; it is not healthy and it can only lead to a fractious third world country like Russia with so many people vying for power the day Putin dies or in no longer able to wield power. For a nuclear armed Russia, such scenario is rather better not contemplated as some of their many nuclear warheads might fall into the hands of terrorists and the result is what nobody wants to think about. 

ICHEOKU says for the interest of a functional Russia after Putin is gone, Dear President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, please reconsider your decision to remain the paramount ruler of Russia in perpetuity. If 2007 wasn't enough and 2015 wasn't enough, 2036 will also not be enough for your power hold. It is greedy; it is evident power lust and it is a foolish egotistic maniacal behavior. Why does Putin look down on Russians this so much that he has convinced himself that there is no other person in Russia who is good enough for Russia's presidency and leadership. But just in case he needs to be reminded, Vladimir Putin is still human and he will surely die someday. What happens then? For the greater good of Russia, Putin should please start grooming a successor now. What a joke.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT GOT THE VIRUS TOO.

ICHEOKU says it is reality check for strongman Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who thought that he could wish away the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease by simply acting strong. Now that he has been struck by the dreadful killer disease, it is time President Donald John Trump start taking additional precaution including wearing of a face mask. There should be no more joking, thinking or feeling of braggadocio that the virus will not get him, because it has been shown that the coronavirus is a no respecter of person nor office. ICHEOKU wishes President Jair Bolsonaro well and a quick recovery. Get well Mr President. 

THE GREAT MOUNT RUSHMORE SPEECH: THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN DELIVERED.

"Well, thank you very much. Governor Noem, Secretary Bernhardt, we very much appreciate it. Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and a very special hello to South Dakota. As we begin this 4th of July weekend, the First Lady and I would wish each and every one of you a very, very happy Independence Day. Thank you. 

Let us show our appreciation to the South Dakota Army and Air National Guard and the Air Force for inspiring us with that magnificent display of American air power, and of course our gratitude as always to the legendary and very talented Blue Angels. Thank you very much. Let us also send you our deepest thanks to our wonderful veterans, law enforcement, first responders, and the doctors, nurses, and scientists working tirelessly to kill the virus. They are working hard. I want to thank them very, very much. We’re grateful as well to your state’s congressional delegation. Senator John Thune. John, thank you very much. Senator Mike Rounds. Thank you, Mike. And Dusty Johnson, Congressman. Hi, Dusty. Thank you. And all others with us tonight from Congress, thank you very much for coming. We appreciate it. 

There could be no better place to celebrate America’s independence than beneath this magnificent, incredible majestic mountain and monument to the greatest Americans who have ever lived. Today we pay tribute to the exceptional lives and extraordinary legacies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. I am here as your president to proclaim before the country and before the world, this monument will never be desecrated, these heroes will never be defamed, their legacy will never ever be destroyed, their achievements will never be forgotten, and Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and to our freedom. 

We gather tonight to herald the most important day in the history of nations, July 4th, 1776. At those words, every American heart should swell with pride, every American family should cheer with delight, and every American patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world and it will soon be greater than ever before. 

Our founders launched not only a revolution in government, but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of America and no people have done more to promote human progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was all made possible by the courage of 56 patriots who gathered in Philadelphia 244 years ago and signed the Declaration of Independence. They enshrined a divine truth that changed the world forever when they said, “All men are created equal.” These immortal words set in motion the unstoppable march of freedom. Our founders boldly declared that we are all endowed with the same divine rights, given us by our Creator in Heaven, and that which God has given us, we will allow no one ever to take away ever. 

1776 represented the culmination of thousands of years of Western civilization and the triumph of not only spirit, but of wisdom, philosophy, and reason. And yet, as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled, they bled to secure. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities. Many of these people have no idea why they’re doing this, but some know what they are doing. They think the American people are weak and soft and submissive, but no, the American people are strong and proud and they will not allow our country and all of its values, history, and culture to be taken from them. 

One of their political weapons is cancel culture, driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to our culture and to our values and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America. 

This attack on our liberty, our magnificent liberty must be stopped and it will be stopped very quickly. We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nation’s children from this radical assault, and preserve our beloved American way of life. In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished. It’s not going to happen to us. 

Make no mistake. This left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence, and hunger, and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery, and progress. To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage. 

That’s very true actually. That is why I am deploying federal law enforcement to protect our monuments, arrest the rioters, and prosecutors offenders to the fullest extent of the law. 

I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C., and in addition, hundreds more have been arrested. Under the executive order I signed last week pertaining to the Veterans Memorial Preservation Memorial and Recognition Act and other laws, people who damage or deface federal statues or monuments will get a minimum of 10 years in prison and obviously that includes our beautiful Mount Rushmore. 

Our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, abolitionists and many others. The violent mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal Democrats in every case is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism, and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes but that were villains. 

The radical view of American history is a web of lies, all perspective is removed, every virtue is obscured, every motive is twisted, every fact is distorted and every flaw is magnified until the history is purged and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition. This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore. They defiled the memory of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. Today we will set history and history’s record straight. 

Before these figures were immortalized in stone, they were American giants in full flesh and blood, gallant men, whose intrepid deeds unleashed the greatest leap of human advancement the world has ever known. Tonight I will tell you and most importantly the youth of our nation the true stories of these great, great men. From head to toe George Washington represented the strength, grace, and dignity of the American people. From a small volunteer force of citizen farmers, he created the Continental Army out of nothing and rallied them to stand against the most powerful military on earth. 

Through eight long years, through the brutal winter at Valley Forge, through setback after setback on the field of battle, he led those patriots to ultimate triumph. When the army had dwindled to a few thousand men at Christmas of 1776, when defeat seemed absolutely certain, he took what remained of his forces on a daring nighttime crossing of the Delaware River. They marched through nine miles of frigid darkness, many without boots on their feet, leaving a trail of blood in the snow. In the morning, they seized victory at Trenton after forcing the surrender of the most powerful empire on the planet at Yorktown, General Washington did not claim power but simply returned to Mount Vernon as a private citizen. 

When called upon again, he presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and was unanimously elected our first president. When he stepped down after two terms, his former adversary, King George called him the greatest man of the age. He remains first in our hearts to this day, for as long as Americans love this land, we will honor and cherish the father of our country, George Washington. He will never be removed, abolished, and most of all, he will never be forgotten. 

Thomas Jefferson, the great Thomas Jefferson, was 33 years old when he traveled north to Pennsylvania and brilliantly authored one of the greatest treasures of human history, the Declaration of Independence. He also drafted Virginia’s constitution and conceived and wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a model for our cherished First Amendment. After serving as the first Secretary of State, and then Vice President, he was elected to the presidency. He ordered American warriors to crush Barbary pirates. He doubled the size of our nation with the Louisiana Purchase and he sent the famous explorers Lewis and Clark into the west on a daring expedition to the Pacific Ocean. He was an architect, an inventor, a diplomat, a scholar, the founder of one of the world’s great universities and an ardent defender of liberty. Americans will forever admire the author of American freedom, Thomas Jefferson, and he too will never, ever be abandoned by us. 

Abraham Lincoln, the savior of our union, was a self-taught country lawyer who grew up in a log cabin on the American frontier. The first Republican president, he rose to high office from obscurity based on a force and clarity of his anti-slavery convictions. Very, very strong convictions. He signed the law that built the Trans-Continental Railroad. He signed the Homestead Act given to some incredible scholars as simply defined ordinary citizens free land to settle anywhere in the American West, and he led the country through the darkest hours of American history, giving every ounce of strength that he had to ensure that government of the people, by the people and for the people did not perish from this earth. 

He served as commander in chief of the U.S. Armed Forces during our bloodiest war, the struggle that saved our union and extinguished the evil of slavery. Over 600,000 died in that war, more than 20, 000 were killed or wounded in a single day in Antietam. At Gettysburg 157 years ago, the Union bravely withstood an assault of nearly 15,000 men and threw back Pickett’s Charge. Lincoln won the Civil War. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He led the passage of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery for all-time and ultimately his determination to preserve our nation and our union cost him his life. For as long as we live, Americans will uphold and revere the immortal memory of President Abraham Lincoln. 

Theodore Roosevelt exemplified the unbridled confidence of our national culture and identity. He saw the towering grandeur of America’s mission in the world and he pursued it with. 

In the world and he pursued it with overwhelming energy and zeal. As a Lieutenant Colonel during the Spanish-American War, he led the famous Rough Riders to defeat the enemy at San Juan Hill. He cleaned up corruption as police commissioner of New York City, then served as the Governor of New York, Vice President, and at 42 years old, became the youngest ever President of the United States. 

He sent our great new naval fleet around the globe to announce America’s arrival as a world power. He gave us many of our national parks, including the Grand Canyon. He oversaw the construction of the awe-inspiring Panama Canal and he is the only person ever awarded both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was American freedom personified in full. The American people will never relinquish the bold, beautiful and untamed spirit of Theodore Roosevelt. 

No movement that seeks to dismantle these treasured American legacies can possibly have a love of America at its heart. Can’t happen. No person who remains quiet at the destruction of this resplendent heritage can possibly lead us to a better future. The radical ideology attacking our country advances under the banner of social justice, but in truth, it would demolish both justice and society. It would transform justice into an instrument of division and vengeance and it would turn our free and inclusive society into a place of a repression, domination, and exclusion. They want to silence us, but we will not be silenced. 

We will state the truth in full without apology. We declare that the United States of America is the most just and exceptional nation ever to exist on earth. We are proud of the fact that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and we understand that these values have dramatically advanced the cause of peace and justice throughout the world. We know that the American family is the bedrock of American life. 

We recognize the solemn right and moral duty of every nation to secure its borders and we are building the wall. We remember that governments exist to protect the safety and happiness of their own people. A nation must care for its own citizens first. We must take care of America first. It’s time. We believe in equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion and creed. Every child of every color, born and unborn, is made in the holy image of God. 

We want free and open debate, not speech codes and cancel culture. We embrace tolerance, not prejudice. We support the courageous men and women of law enforcement. We will never abolish our police or our great Second Amendment which gives us the right to keep and bear arms. We believe that our children should be taught to love their country, honor their history, and respect our great American flag. We stand tall, we stand proud, and we only kneel to Almighty God. 

This is who we are. This is what we believe and these are the values that will guide us as we strive to build an even better and greater future. Those who seek to erase our heritage want Americans to forget our pride and our great dignity so that we can no longer understand ourselves or America’s destiny. In toppling the heroes of 1776, they seek to dissolve the bonds of love and loyalty that we feel for our country and that we feel for each other. Their goal is not a better America, their goal is to end America. 

In its place, they want power for themselves, but just as patriots did in centuries past, the American people will stand in their way and we will win and win quickly and with great dignity. We will never let them rip America’s heroes from our monuments or from our hearts. By tearing down Washington and Jefferson, these radicals would tear down the very heritage for which men gave their lives to win the Civil War, they would erase the memory that inspired those soldiers to go to their deaths, singing these words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, “As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, while God is marching on.” 

They would tear down the principles that propelled the abolition of slavery and ultimately around the world ending an evil institution that had plagued humanity for thousands and thousands of years. Our opponents would tear apart the very documents that Martin Luther King used to express his dream and the ideas that were the foundation of the righteous movement for Civil Rights. They would tear down the beliefs, culture and identity, that have made America the most vibrant and tolerant society in the history of the earth. My fellow Americans, it is time to speak up loudly and strongly and powerfully and defend the integrity of our country. 

It is time for our politicians to summon the bravery and determination of our American ancestors. It is time. It is time to plant our flag and to protect the greatest of this nation for citizens of every race in every city in every part of this glorious land. For the sake of our honor, for the sake of our children, for the sake of our union, we must protect and preserve our history, our heritage, and our great heroes. Here tonight before the eyes of our forefathers, Americans declare again, as we did 244 years ago, that we will not be tyrannized, we will not be demeaned, and we will not be intimidated by bad, evil people. It will not happen. 

We will proclaim the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and we will never surrender the spirit and the courage and the cause of July 4, 1776. Upon this ground, we will stand firm and unwavering. In the face of lies meant to divide us, demoralize us and diminish us, we will show that the story of America unites us and we will show that the story of America unites us, inspires us, includes us all, and makes everyone free. We must demand that our children are taught once again to see America as did Reverend Martin Luther King when he said that the founders had signed a promissory note to every future generation. Dr. King saw that the mission of justice required us to fully embrace our founding ideals. Those ideals are so important to us, the founding ideals. 

He called on his fellow citizens not to rip down their heritage, but to live up to their heritage. Above all, our children from every community must be taught that to be American is to inherit the spirit of the most adventurous and confident people ever to walk the face of the Earth. Americans are the people who pursued our Manifest Destiny across the ocean, into the uncharted wilderness, over the tallest mountains, and then into the skies, and even into the stars. 

We are the country of Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Frederick Douglas. We are the land of Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill Cody. We are the nation that gave rise to the Wright brothers, the Tuskegee airmen, Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Jesse Owens, George Patton, General George Patton, the great Louis Armstrong, Alan Shepard, Elvis Presley, and Muhammad Ali, and only America could have produced them all. No other place. 

We are the culture that put up the Hoover Dam, laid down the highways, and sculpted the skyline of Manhattan. We are the people who dreamed the spectacular dream, it was called Las Vegas in the Nevada desert, who built up Miami from the Florida marsh, and who carved our heroes into the face of Mount Rushmore. Americans harnessed electricity, split the atom, and gave the world the telephone and the internet. We settled the Wild West, won two World Wars, landed American astronauts on the moon. 

And one day very soon, we will plant our flag on Mars. We gave the world the poetry of Walt Whitman, the stories of Mark Twain, the songs of Irving Berlin, the voice of Ella Fitzgerald, the style of Frank Sinatra, the comedy of Bob Hope, the power of the Saturn V rocket, the toughness of the Ford F150, and the awesome might of the American aircraft carriers. 

Americans must never lose sight of this miraculous story. We should never lose sight of it. Nobody has ever done it like we have done it. So today, under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I am announcing the creation of a new monument to the giants of our past. I am signing an executive order to establish the National Guard of American heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live. 

From this night, and from this magnificent place, let us go forward united in our purpose and rededicated in our resolve. We will raise the next generation of American patriots. We will write the next thrilling chapter of the American adventure. And we will teach our children to know that they live in a land of legends, that nothing can stop them, and that no one can hold them down. They will know that, in America, you can do anything, you can be anything, and together, we can achieve anything. 

Uplifted by the titans of Mount Rushmore, we will find unity that no one expected. We will make strides that no one thought possible. This country will be everything that our citizens have hoped for for so many years, and that our enemies fear, because we will never forget that the American freedom exists for American greatness. And that’s what we have, American greatness. 

Centuries from now, our legacy will be the cities we built, the champions we forged, the good that we did, and the monuments we created to inspire us all. My fellow citizens, America’s destiny is in our sights. America’s heroes are embedded in our hearts. America’s future is in our hands. And ladies and gentlemen, the best is yet to come. 

This has been a great honor for the First Lady and myself to be with you. I love your state. I love this country. I’d like to wish everybody a very happy Fourth of July to all. God bless you. God bless your families. God bless our great military, and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.

ED HENRY: ADDICTED TO SEX OR ANOTHER VICTIM OF #METOO CANCEL CULTURE.

ICHEOKU says for alleged sexual misconduct of several years ago, really? It is getting ugly and soon any man that dares open his mouth and say what these crazy loonies do not want to hear can and will be similarly canned. Why does men not learn from the experiences of others and stay clear of these mercenary women or is it in the DNA and the feeling that it will not happen to them that keep on trapping them in this spider's web. One would think that after Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes, that Ed Henry would have learnt enough to be smart with his penis; but it turned out not to be so. 

The fact of the matter is that monogamy is a joke, it doesn't work as humans are not meant to be that way, the reason those who are in such pretentious relationships often veer into the arena of the other woman or man as the case may be. Given the chance, many married people would readily openly keep a side woman or man as they indirectly envy those societies that practice polygamy and polyandry or even those here in America that practice open relationship like Will Smith and Jada Picket. Ed Henry did not do what many others have not done, only that it does not give his former Network, FoxNews, a good reputation and is understandable why they let him go. 

But should they have fired him or simply removed him from the screen and give him a desk assignment, who knows what other complaints that preceded this that triggered his almost summarily firing, tried on Thursday and terminated on Monday following. That was indeed a very swift and speedy trial by any standards measured and imaginable. Possibly because the new head honcho of FoxNews is a woman and she does not take kindly to men cheating on their wives. According to the story, FoxNews received the complaint about a sexual misconduct on June 25th, suspended him the same day and then fired him few days later. Who knows if Ed was allowed to state his defense and why was the woman believed when Tara Reade was not believed or were they different kinds of women? 

Why would a stripper be more believable than a former assistant to then Senator Joe Biden who accused him of molestation, yet her case has been dumped and set aside by the leftist media and their #MeToo foot soldiers. Las Vegas stripper and escort Natalia Lima Albrandt claimed that Ed Henry had a sexual relationship with her and that was it? It was consensual and they were both adults, so what exactly was the crime that Ed Henry is now being punished for with loss of job. Why take his job, reputation and possibly family because he had a sexual relationship with a stripper. The paramour was mad when she couldn't make Ed Henry leave his wife for her as he broke off the relationship and went for the kill. She threatened Ed Henry to make it right by paying her hush money, a shakedown like Stormy Daniels did, but when Ed refused or couldn't afford it, she went public and now FoxNews has pushed him out for the sexual indiscretion. 

Unfortunately, Ed underestimated the fury of a woman scorned, otherwise if he knew that it would coast him his job, he would have taken a second mortgage on his house to pay her off. He also forgot or rather dismissed the fact that women have taken over America and have instituted a culture which now makes believing women compulsory unless the woman is Tara Reade. He did not know that Natalia kept a diary of their sexual exploits, including text and email messages, which chronicled their illicit liaison. She also said that each time Ed visited Las Vegas, it was sexual romp all day all night and that Ed has a very high libido. It is instructive that Ed started cheating on his Chinese wife Shirley Hung of NPR five years after marriage. 

But if his wife is not mad or has forgiven him, what should any other person or FoxNews be mad or dabble into such a purely private matter. It is also unfortunate that he was fired so closely following his donation of portion of his liver to his sister Colleen Henry and you wonder if sudden loss of income will not trigger depression or delayed healing from the surgery. What is the way forward for Ed Henry who left CNN to join FoxNews or could he possibly go back to CNN and would they forgive and rehire him in reciprocity, afterall FoxNews hired Donna Brazile who was fired from CNN for stealing debate questions and giving them to Hillary Clinton. 

Whatever happens, it is another career cut short by the wokeism of the left which is aiding and abetting the nasty #MeToo attack on American men. It seems that those vicious vengeful women have now turned their ire on media personalities; it was MSNBC's Christ Matthews the other time and now it is Ed Henry and who knows for who the bell will toll tomorrow. What a kinky nice guy who wants to make love to his paramour over and over until they are worn out and fall asleep, Now that he has no more job to go to, will have all the time in the world to practice his art, provided his wife does not kick him out of the house and he saved enough money to support his addiction to sex. It is unfortunate that he lost his job over this and it is possible he could also lose his wife in addition. Sad.

CHINA READY TO RUMBLE WITH THE WEST: HONG KONG GONE, TAIWAN NEXT TO GO.

ICHEOKU says the Western World lost its sting when Russia's Vladimir Putin annexed Ukrainian Crimea in 2014 without even firing a shot, while they stood aloof and did nothing in response. They talked and they barked but Putin stood his ground. More than six years later, Putin continues to  consolidate his hold on Crimea, having formally annexed it. With every day that passes by, it is increasingly becoming more difficult that he will ever give Crimea back to Ukraine. 

Russia was emboldened to make the move on Crimea after it successfully seized two Georgian cities of Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008 without the West doing anything about it. Russia figured that since it could so easily have its way in Georgia why not extend the same maneuver in Ukraine and recover Crimea and it again, successfully took Crimea and again, the West stood by and did nothing about it. This is the impetus driving the current quest by China to recover its long claimed territories of Hong Hong and Taiwan. China probably concluded that if Russia can do it, so could China; and it is NOW one down with Hong Kong and one to soon go with Taiwan. 

China was a very studious student of the developments therein Ossetia, Abkhazia and Crimea and having graduated, is now using the same Russian tactical template to prosecute its own territorial  grabs. Like Russia did with its neighbors, China does not mind muscling her weaker neighbors by swallowing them into its huge bowels. China is showing its own zero tolerance as it begins to fully implement its own agenda in South Asia, using the same tactic which worked for Vladimir Putin in his Russia's takeover of Ossetia, Abkhazia and Crimea. Russia has no respect for international order on respect of territorial boundaries and so is China; and you wonder why the world still accommodates the two countries in world organizations and bodies that requires countries to play by the rule. If they won't conform by the guiding tenets of such bodies, why have them as part of the membership. 

ICHEOKU says after Hong Kong is completely and fully ossified into China, the next move by China will be to also swallow Taiwan. The weakened and frightened West did nothing to forcefully state their ground in opposition on Hong Kong and so will they do nothing when eventually China rolls up Taiwan. It is not a matter of if China will takeover Taiwan, but when it will happen. China will eventually turn the turrets of battle to Taiwan and it will be very swift. Look at the ease with which those Hong Kongites quickly surrendered, just a law, and they folded like an umbrella. Why not continue to resist and let China lock up the 7.5 million of them for flying their Hong Kong flag. But fear of life in prison is real and it overwhelmed their resistance and will to fight on. So why would the West even go to their rescue when they have displayed such cowardice. It might not be worth the trouble one may say. 

The West lost its appetite to fight because political correctness has neutered Europe and without many macho men now left, the sissies over there would rather surrender than firm their backs and fight, especially a costly long drawn out war with either China or even Russia. They will not spend blood and treasure to stipulate their opposition to the politically charged development in Hong Kong. A matter made worse because once China gets away with Hong Kong, their next move will be on Taiwan and when the time comes, they will roll into Taipei, no questions asked nor entertained or answered. Britain wants to evacuate more than half of the people in Hong Kong and you wonder whether British people who spearheaded Brexit because of threat to their population will now agree for their government to saturate their country with Chinese Hong Kongites. Evacuation should not have been the first move; rather recall of ambassador and threat of breaking off diplomatic relationship. 

Europe is so weak and plagued by lack of courage that were Russia to invade them now, they will seek a peaceful surrender rather than engage militarily. Their weakness reeks and the sharks of Russia and China smell it and are prowling the waters looking for any opportunity to to devour them. The two countries are not afraid, they are no longer intimidated by the West and they are prepared to do battle to affirm their position, aware that Europe is no longer what it once was and used to be. Rather they have become the scarecrow, tin man and the frightened lion combined due to a veer to sissy cultural change that admits only make beliefs and not real tangibles. Europe have lost the will to fight for causes dear to them and it will someday hurt them badly, when America fully disengages from them and a Europe tethering on the edge of tip over is not good for America. 

America on the other hand is tired of being the policeman and the fighting force for the good of the world, especially a world that hardly appreciates what America sacrifices in order to keep them safe and going forward. But currently, their is no interest or appetite in America to fight China militarily over Hong Kong, at least not for now. Moreso, majority of Americans will not support a military campaign in Asia now as there is nothing for them over there worth risking lives and resources on. So it is likely that America will be prepared to let Hong Kong go and possibly do the same with Taiwan if Europe is not ready to substantially support such a fight. But South Korea and Japan will definitely be a no compromise for America as there will be compelling interest to engage. It is unfortunate the decadence of Europe as it has retreated into a shell and with it, the new powers of China and Russia can do with them however they please. So long Hong Kong and Taiwan get ready. 

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, AMERICA!

 

ICHEOKU says it was spectacularly beautiful in South Dakota as President Donald John Trump joined South Dakotans at Mount Rushmore to celebrate America's Independence Day 2020. At least for now, the Black Lives Matter and their associated political Wokeist anarchists who are destroying things American, have not yet extended their venomous tentacles to our Independence Day as well as the majestic, awe-inspiring art that crests Mount Rushmore. Could they some day, may be; as anything is possible and nobody foresaw a few years ago that they will be destroying revered historical American statues today. 

If their continued open ended demands are not checkmated immediately and continues to be met by their enablers in high places, it might get to a point some day when nothing is safer spared from their maniacal rage against America. But until that time comes, if ever, we will continue to celebrate America's Independence Day which anniversary is on every 4th of July. Therefore, in the spirit of the occasion, another 4th of July, and despite the fog of the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus over the nation, may we have a wonderful Independence Day celebration. Happy anniversary America! 

MOUNT RUSHMORE WAS GREAT: HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AMERICA!

GHISLAINE MAXWELL CAPTURED: WILL SHE STAY ALIVE TO TELL HER STORY?

ICHEOKU says arresting her is one thing, afterall Jeffrey Epstein was similarly arrested; but protecting her and keeping her safe from the long reach of those who don't want the story to be told is yet another thing. Will she live long enough to tell her story or will she be similarly silenced, like Jeffrey Epstein, before she spills the beans on so many powerful individuals who participated in the sex with minors escapade. This is the only question hovering in the minds of so many people because if those goombahs could reach Jeffrey Epstein, they could similarly also reach Ghislaine Maxwell. 

But who are these people who would go to any length, including committing murder, just to cover their behind and avoid being outed. The nation should be thankful and grateful that at last, a window into who they are, is about to be opened with the arrest of the Epstein-connect sex madam. And yes, there once was the DC Madam who hooked up Congress people with women of pleasure as well. 

ICHEOKU prays that Ghisllaine Maxwell is kept alive long enough to provide the names of those who participated in the sex with minors orgies that they may be shamed and possibly prosecuted for what they did. Nothing must happen to her and not even a sudden death by coronavirus will be an acceptable death. Like Don Corleone in The Godfather, even if lightening strikes Michael's plane, he will blame it on the feuding families; and so will America blame the government should anything silence the voice of Ghislaine Maxwell. Jeffrey Epstein's "suicide" is one too many and Ghislaine Maxwell's "suicide" will be simply put, unacceptable. Therefore she must be protected like every life is dependent on her safety to guard against another high profile detainee from committing "suicide" so cavalierly. 

Strangely enough, Ghislaine Maxwell thought that she was smart enough and could hide in plain sight, but she proved herself too stupid to have underestimated America's security and intelligence agencies overarching reach. Despite anonymously buying her secret hideaway by payment in cash, she just discovered that a gold fish has no hiding place. How she ever thought that the vegetation and seclusion provided by a 156 acres property in isolated New Hampshire village will be a good cover is beyond ICHEOKU. Wiley Bolger successfully hid from the authority for so many years blended in a City, in an apartment building; while Ghislaine Maxwell forgot the increased attention such an isolated place would bring. 

ICHEOKU says congratulations to the authorities that reeled her in and let her singing start immediately and now. As an additional layer of security, even her lawyers should be closely monitored and scrutinized to prevent them from smuggling a cyanid pill to her as those who murdered her boss and former boyfriend will move mountains to ensure that she did not talk. Stories abound of suspects who have popped the cyanid pill before and it will be a very easy thing to smuggle into a detention facility. But hey, the watch party just got together and will stay awake until justice is served. 

AUGUST ALSINA AND JADA PICKET SMITH AFFAIR: I BELIEVE HIM, NOT HER.

ICHEOKU says as opposed to the existing mantra of ''believe all women' until the woman is Tara Reade, believes the man involved in this saga. Why would he lie about such a thing and he only confirmed what everyone already knows and have been talking about for quite some time now. Also, pictures don't tell lies and there are certain ways a man does not publicly hold a woman except there is something going on between them. A matter made more poignant because the parties involved are public figures, celebrities of international renown and wouldn't want to be seen in such light if there was nothing to it. We are talking about Jada Picket Smith, wife of Will Smith and the artist August Alsina. 

Just look at their pictures, particularly their lit up eyes and you will see that there is some electricity flowing between the two parties. Even if you want, another man's woman, especially such a high profile Jada Pickett Smith, will not allow another man who she has nothing going on between them to hold her so intimately as to suggest otherwise. Yes indeed, Jada Pickett Smith had something going on with August Alsina but whether it was with Will Smith's approval as he claimed, is both debatable and deniable. That is the only issue that needs further validation assuming the world wants to pursue the story to a logical conclusion, otherwise, it was just sex between a cougar and her sex fantasy. It is the Demi Moore and Ashton Kushner styled Hollywood approved old women preying on stronger, more libidinous, virulent younger men for satisfaction of their never ending sexual urge. 

ICHEOKU says does not believe that any occasion warranted August Alsina going to Will Smith for consent to sleep with his wife. Jada Picket Smith wears the pantsuit in the house and does not need Will's approval to sleep with whoever she is feeling horny for. It is common knowledge that the couple have an open relationship marriage and each freely enjoys the intimacy of whoever sleeping mate they want, periodically. So, once Jada flags it on, August does not need to seek any further additional blessing from Will and which man gladly signs off for another man to sleep with his wife. The guy is whack, which sane man gives himself totally to another man's wife. 

Anyway, he is lucky to be alive and narrating such insane encounter with a married man who consented to his dating his wife. So many others who ventured as much did not survive to tell their own stories of messing around with another man's wife to her husband's knowledge. But the Smith couple is something else, they are absolutely in a very weird relationship, so nothing shocks anyone about stories concerning them any longer. ICHEOKU says it is more probable than not that the affair, as told by August Alsina, did in fact take place, admitted real men don't kiss and tell.

AUGUST ALSINA: THE DAIRY OF A LOVE FORLORN MAN.

“Walking away from it butchered me — It almost killed me. Not almost. It did — it pushed me into being another person. It broke me down. It probably will be the hardest thing I ever had to experience in this lifetime. It’s difficult because I never want to be the person to cause confusion or step on toes, but I want to honor myself and I want to honor my authenticity. And if honoring my authenticity means you hate me, stone me, shoot me, crucify me, whatever, bury me an honest man.” - August Alsina.

MEDIA APPEARANCE SINCE 89 DAYS: JOE BIDEN DID ALRIGHT.

ICHEOKU says in the spirit of low expectation, his penchant for forgetfulness and many previous and continuing misspeaks factored in, former Vice President Joe Biden did exceptionally well in his second coronavirus media briefing since March. Although it took a long time in materializing, but what is most important is that the Democratic Party's presidential candidate made it happen. 

For his fortitude and perseverance under a certainly very challenging times and circumstances, ICHEOKU commends Joe Biden for showing up on the podium and particularly, for taking questions thereafter. While teleprompter is a good assistant in making speeches, answering questions on the fly is more daunting, as it requires processing the question and then articulating the required answers. Joe Biden acquitted himself reasonably well and far beyond what many people were expecting of him since he went into hibernation in his basement bunker due to fear of the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease. 

ICHEOKU is not a hack partisan and in fact not a partisan at all, but offers commentary based on rational assessment. Joe Biden is definitely not the best candidate to go up against President Donald John Trump, admitted his Democratic Party's honchos and Deep Staters concluded otherwise. His days are since long gone and the Donald John Trump who eviscerated Hillary Clinton in 2016 will make a mince meat of Joe Biden. He will walk all over Joe Biden. It does not matter how unapologetically optimistic any Democrat is, one thing to accept is that Joe Biden's best days are no longer around and being a man, people will not expect the president to go easy on him during the debates. 

The former Vice President will not get the safety cordon like Hillary Clinton got in 2016 with the president being mindful not to be overly aggressive at her for fear of being called out as mean to a woman. With Joe Biden, no similar societal constraint exist and the president will be at liberty to pounce on and hammer him down on the debate stage, no apologies made nor expected. 

Anyway, ICHEOKU was impressed with the level of life still left in Joe Biden that he was able to stand up on his own ability and for as long as he did; read through the teleprompter without fumbling much and of course went on to take and answer some questions. ICHEOKU hopes that the former Vice President and presidential candidate can make his meet the media event more frequent and that way, rev up his preparation for the presidential debates which has a way of making or marring candidates. That is believing that he will stick to the agreed three debates and not shirk away due to doctor's advise.

During the debates, will Joe Biden avoid making mistakes, mispronunciations and will he be able to remember his lines, particularly the one-line zingers which keep presidential debates interestingly fascinating. Will he on the other hand, volunteer that his time is up or say let's just forget about it or never mind? ICHEOKU says only a clairvoyant with power to see the future can safely vouchsafe what situational condition Americans will find Joe Biden before November 3rd. So, until then, ICHEOKU wishes Joe Biden best of luck. Congratulations Joey.

AMERICA'S BLOODLETTING: WHEN SHALL IT END?

ICHEOKU says if America is not at war at home, why then is it acceptable to continuously  tolerate the many killings going on in America. Why does the lives of these victims not matter and they are blacks since Black Lives Matter. Imagine a 20 months old child shot and killed in his father's vehicle and another 14 year old girl killed while she was inside her father's second floor residence, from a drive by bullets fired from a moving vehicle. 

Many have been killed inside churches and other places of worship including mosques and temples. Others have been shot inside their own homes and even as they slept on their beds; some were shot and killed as they watched movies in movie theaters and many others as they studied in classrooms. Work places are not an exception as so many have been murdered while working to pay their bills. Being shot on the road as one is driving is also common, thus begging the question, where else is safe in America. 

Now, Chicago is about completely losing it as nobody is safe anymore in a particular section of the city, South Chicago. This fella in this picture shot and killed two teenagers just for merely asking him how tall he was; and anyone finds such senseless killing acceptable? What has overcome these street thugs that human lives no longer mean a thing for them. Majority of these victims and perpetrators alike are black Americans, whose lives are supposed to matter, except it is appears to only matter when the police did the killing. 

Since George Floyd died, more than 100 black people have been shot and many killed, but they remain just nameless and faceless statistics, who nobody, including the Black Lives Matter anarchists, cares for. Why? It is a shame that America is busy safeguarding and protecting other countries men and women, but American citizens are being murdered daily by domestic enemies and it is okay? Isn't the government supposed to protect Americans from all enemies, foreign and domestic? Enough of the bloodletting.