GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

RUSH LIMBAUGH: BATTLES HIS BIGGEST BATTLE.

ICHEOKU says a real man who is not afraid to battle controversy and he was good at it. He was a force of nature and although his critics silently admired his guts and wished they could develop his audacity, more then 25 million of his listeners love him dearly. ICHEOKU says confesses admiration of the man behind the golden EIB microphone and ardently tunes in daily to be educated in his university of no graduation and it was fun. 

Regardless of what happens, as stage 4 cancer is always very grave, he transformed himself into immortality and generations yet unborn will some day read about the man who had half of his brain tied to the back just to make it fair; and don't forget his talent is on loan from God. 

ICHEOKU prays for the Almighty God to grant him the strength to fight his affliction and not let him suffer too much pain and if the end has come, to make it quick. Rush Limbaugh will forever be remembered as the man who runs America and of course, despite the controversies, did a whole lot of good championing so many good causes. ICHEOKU wishes he had grown those beards a little sooner as they look good on him. All the best Rush.

Monday, February 3, 2020

SUPER BOWL LIV: CHIEFS DEFEATS 49ERS 31-20: THE CURSE OF NANCY.

ICHEOKU says Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi, this defeat is for you. Crazy Nancy has deprived so many Americans joy since she became Speaker with her never ending power-tripping shenanigans and she herself will never know joy until she mends her ways. She wanted to at least celebrate one victory following the many defeats handed to her successively within the last two week, including forcing her to hand over the hijacked Articles of Impeachment to the Senate and the defeat of the Impeachment itself by the foreclosure of calling additional witnesses and presenting of more documentations. 

But the Gods are wise and they decreed that she was not deserving of any joyful occasion and denied her San Francisco 49ers a Super Bowl victory that was within their reach.  The 49ers were at the cusp of grabbing the Lombardi trophy but a Kansas City Chiefs' late rally saw it evaporate into the thin air. With impeachment down the drain and 49ers dream Super Bowl victory now flushed down the toilet; on November 3rd, the mother of all humiliation will be handed to her in addition, when President Donald John Trump secures a landslide victory in his reelection to a second term. 

The defeat of San Francisco 49ers was a sweet victory for many because of Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi who was looking forward to celebrating, but was denied the opportunity. Now she is more angry than she was already crazy and you wonder how miserable her week will be. Kansas City Chiefs victory is also a testament that there is still a whole lot of good left in fly over country and that the Midwest is still a thriving region of the United States of America, despite the picture which the wild eyed, crazed out, liberal Californians and New Yorkers would rather paint of it. Further, the victory was a big slap on the face of the social experimentation going on in California, where an openly homosexual lesbian, a female, is now coaching an NFL 49ers team. Imagine the noise that would have erupted throughout the country had the 49ers won as the demand that every NFL team hire a female coach on their coaching roaster reaches fever pitch. 

ICHEOKU says has nothing against women or homosexual lesbians, but the NFL is a men's sport and should be strictly left a men's affair. If the NFL wants to be fair to women, let them start a WNFL for women and let women have their own football league. The NBA did it with WNBA, ditto MSL with WMSL which has produced the Women National Soccer side. That is the right way to inculcate women into NFL sports, but definitely not by forcing a 240 pound alpha male to take football instructions from a 100 pound homosexual lesbian. It is psychologically humiliating and traumatizing that so many guys would rather walk away than take instructions about football from a female. Based on what experience are they giving the instructions? 

Anyway, congratulations to Kansas City Chiefs on a well deserved victory over Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 49ers. The new comeback kids who came back from a near defeat to snatch victory. Way to go fellas; now let Madam Speaker people add the defeat to the impeachment and extend their mourning period. 

Saturday, February 1, 2020

BERNIE SANDERS: THE NEED TO ISSUE AN ULTIMATUM TO THE DNC.

ICHEOKU says Bernie Sanders must let the Democratic National Committee know that he will not tolerate any meddling in the 2020 primaries and that he is very serious about it. He needs to hold a press conference and read the riots act to the DNC, that any such intervention will lead to unimaginable consequences for the party. That unlike in 2016, this time around he will not take it, will not do as told and will not play the good party man. That if they dare deny him the ticket again, he will consider so many options including running as an Independent, asking millions of his supporters to boycott the election or at worse, to vote for the other guy, President Donald John Trump. 

The Democratic National Committee have sized Bernie Sanders up, the reason they stole the nomination from him in 2016. They have no respect for him and they do not fear him, due to how easily he capitulated in 2016 and did not take a stand nor extracted some serious concessions from them before yielding to their demand that he throw his support behind Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton. Therefore, Bernie Sanders, in order to recover his mojo back, must force his will on the DNC and make them either respect him or fear him. Nobody can effectively lead when the person is neither respected or feared and Bernie Sanders can easily achieve leadership by earning either of the two today. He can do this by issuing a threat to the DNC not to interfere with the ongoing primaries, unless they want to bury the party. 

ICHEOKU says without such a direct express threat, the DNC will do whatever they have to do to stop Bernie Sanders from securing the party's presidential nomination and once again deny him the Democratic Party's platform to stage his presidential quest. They did it before in 2016 without suffering any consequences and will readily do it again this 2020 if Bernie Sanders acquiesces and indulges them with his sullen silence. The DNC already perceive Bernie Sanders as a dutiful party man who will not cause any trouble and will expect him to accept their decision and fall behind whoever they manipulated into place. But will Bernie Sanders go quietly into the night, sobbing and sulking, bemoaning the cruel fate which the Democratic National Committee dealt him again. 

ICHEOKU says it is extremely doubtful, especially with The Squad solidly behind him and ready to fight for him. But Bernie Sanders must first exude the leadership that is needed to coalesce such a frontal support and he can provide this today by making a clear eyed threat to the DNC that he will run as an Independent should the DNC engage in any hanky-panky with the primaries. This is the only thing that will resonate with the DNC and force them to respect the wishes of the people participating in the primaries and in any other event, reach an acceptable compromise with the Bernie Sanders and his impassioned supporters. ICHEOKU says Bernie, please Bernie Sanders, don't let them steal it again, not in this 2020. Please tell them that you know the game which they are playing and that you are vigilant. 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

SUPER BOWL LIV: 49ERS V. CHIEFS.

ICHEOKU says NFL Super Bowl 54 comes down on February 2, 2020 at Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens Florida, between NFC champion San Francisco's 49ers and AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs. ICHEOKU wishes both sides well and prays for a good game overall. May the better side win. Hopefully there will be some commercials to remember. Go Niners! Go Chiefs!

KOBE BRYANT: KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH.

ICHEOKU says the shock is reverberating throughout the sports world as well as among those who knew him and had closely followed his career, watched him became one of the greatest basketball greats ever lived. What a life cut so short and in its prime. Adieu KB.

BERNIE: THE REAL DEAL CLEAR CHOICE OF DEMOCRATS!

ICHEOKU says the DNC must not tamper with or mess it around this time and must allow the wishes of millions to prevail in the primaries. If they try a repeat of what happened in 2016, when they stole the nomination from Bernie Sanders and handed it to Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton, by once again depriving Bernie Sanders of the nomination and giving it to Joe Biden, there will be a hefty price to pay. Bernie Sanders will run as a third party Independent candidate and like Ralph Nader and Ross Perot did to Al Gore and George Herbert Bush respectively, the party's nominee will suffer the consequences. The Democratic National Committee must therefore respect the wishes of the electorates and let their choice candidate win the nomination. If it is Bernie Sanders, so be it!

THE CORONAVIRUS: IF IT WERE THE CHINESE?

ICHEOKU says if the roles were reversed and the Coronavirus was an American affliction, would China not have since placed a ban on flights originating from America into China. But why the health authorities in America as well as the government in the White House have chosen to do nothing so far in that regards, is but anyone's guess. You can blame it on economic considerations and the need not to panic the flying public which will cause disruptions in world economic activities. 

Recall the speed with which the government in Beijing grounded all Boeing 737 Max airplanes following the second crash in Ethiopia. They did not even consider any of these factors when they summarily grounded the planes, just to protect the flying Chinese public. It led to a world wide hysteria about the safety of the airplanes which precipitated their world wide grounding. America was forced to order them out of the skies to the ground where they have remained since then and for nearly one year now. Whether they will ever fly again is debatable because it will take much to regain the confidence of the flying public that the planes are safe for them to fly on them again, if ever. 

The correlation being that for the Chinese government, the safety of their Chinese citizens is paramount; it comes first and trumps every other considerations in formulating their policies, including the general world economy. They did not hedge their bets nor gave room for further observations and consultations, they just acted; begging the question would the Chinese government have allowed the continuing operations of flights into China from America were America the hotbed of the Coronavirus? 

ICHEOKU says would argue for an immediate but temporary suspension of all flights from Wuhan and surrounding cities into America, until a determination is made about the virility and lethality of the Coronavirus, because prevention is always better than cure. It is good enough China has quarantined the province and there is no more originating flights in and out of Wuhan; a good proactive measure which will help contain the spread of the virus. The other good development is that they have also authorized World Health Organization to step in to help resolve the matter. Hopefully, together they will get to the bottom of the virus, find a vaccine and other ways to contain it and treat victims and save the world from a threatening catastrophic event. 

ICHEOKU says hopes too that Chinese government will be truthful and very open about the virus and not be their usual secretive self; otherwise it might turn into a scourge of humanity. May the world quickly find solution to the threatening killer virus and save us all from an assured mass death, in an inter connected world of today where people freely mingle with one another, with only few flying hours separating societies. It is such that anything which happens somewhere, so easily impacts the next place; the reason the Wuhan born Coronavirus is now a virus of global mass spreading. Sadly, human vectors are passing the virus to each other and in a sad way, with love (hate) from Wuhan.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

PRINCE HARRY HAD MANY CHOICES, DIVORCE INCLUDED.

ICHEOKU says feels like grabbing Harry by the ear and pulling it wide open for being such a foolish girlie man who allowed a total stranger to lead him astray and away from his family. Is any woman worth the trouble of loosing one's family, including an only brother, a father and a grandma, people who dote on him so dearly. They forgave him for running butt naked buck wild in a Las Vegas hotel with a bevy of girls. They forgave him for bringing home a trailer trash for a wife. Yet this is how he decided to pay them back for all their love, care, affection and unyielding support. To walk away from the family, at the instigation of a strangler and abandon his family for her. 

ICHEOKU says hopes he pays a hefty price someday down the road for what he did to his loving family, possibly when his eyes are eventually clear of the spell which he is currently under, bewitched by an evil, ever restive street wench who he has no business being with in the first place. He brought home such an uncouth and ill mannered woman who is not educated nor steeped in royal traditions, etiquette and mannerisms, he was accommodated. He was most grudgingly allowed to marry her and this is how he is now thanking his family for all they had to put up with, including a lavish, no expenses spared, fairly tale come alive, royal wedding. There is a reason eagles do not flock with vultures otherwise they will learn to feast on putridity. Harry breached this cardinal rule of societal hierarchy when he crossed over to the other side of the track to pick Meghan as his wife. 

How could Harry think of her as such a big shot and more valuable than his family that he traded them for her; including of course his doting grandmother, Her Majesty, the Queen of England. That Harry could do such a thing to his old grandmother shows that he is either cold bloody heartless or out of his mind; possessed by a remotely controlled voodoo in the hands of Meghan. Harry met world leaders and captains of industries, thinking that he is now a big shot, while forgetting that those people received him as Her Majesty's envoy and as a respect to the Queen of England. He was caught on video pitching Meghan for a voice over gig to Disney's CEO Bob Iger, thinking that Mr Iger owe him a thing, not remembering that the Disney honcho was only extending a hand of fellowship to Her Majesty by listening to her grandson. 

If Harry is in doubt about his real standing amongst these top doyens, let him place a call to the guy and see if he picks up the phone. Now many of his prospective potential partners will be edgy and very reluctant to deal with him, afraid that they may draw the ire of the British Monarchy as well as the government, for being seen as taking his side with Harry in a purely family's contest of will. In wealth, power and influence, Harry has nothing to offer these people compared to Her Majesty and the British government; and it is obvious the side which they will readily take in the interest of wealth, power and influence. 

What exactly is the truth that harry wants people to hear from him, if ICHEOKU may ask; that it is was okay for him to walk away from his family which have sheltered him for 35 long years and traded them for a trailer trash who he barely knew? That his family wasted their time and resources raising him in princely etiquette and mannerisms as well as manly conduct, flowing from the tragedy that took his mother's life at a very young age? If the United Kingdom is his home and he loves it as he claimed, why then did he abandon it to become an emigre in a foreign land, Canada. Yes, Meghan was "accepted" by the Queen, thinking that such a gesture will make Harry happy and assuage his rebellious tantrums, but regrettably, that wasn't the case as events have since proved. And this is how Harry paid the Queen for bending over backwards to accept Meghan into the royal family, despite all her many shortcomings. 

ICHEOKU says it is doubtful if he was indeed hitched, rather he was bewitched by magical powers which has blinded him to the reality of the now. So, until he wakes up from the spell and realize what happened to him, he is only a zombie, acting a script written by his controlling puppet mistress Meghan. ICHEOKU says Meghan did not uphold his values otherwise she would have disciplined herself to stay a princess by falling in line and stoically performing her royal duties without being this mischievous. ICHEOKU says completely disagrees with Harry that there was no option for him but to walk away, as so many options abound including divorcing Meghan and marrying a decent wife befitting of his royal status. 

But he wants to eat his cake and still have it, to keep all the perks and functions as comes with being a prince; but would not observe the compunction and discipline required of the office. Harry wants to go back to his old partying ways including his Las Vegas butt naked wild orgies, forgetting that paparazzi could land a picture which will be so scandalous as to threaten the royal family's existence and relevance. That there is a reason people in his standing live their lives in near complete seclusion behind walled off compounds. Suddenly Harry discovered that royal living is not peaceful, a victim of brainwashing by a grudge holding and bitter Meghan; and you wonder where else will there be peace. 

ICHEOKU says Harry should not blame the media but himself for going astray in his choice of wife; afterall he is not the only one who is a member of the royal family and if he had behaved well as expected, no media will be in his business. If indeed Harry as he claimed, will always have the utmost respect for his grandmother, his commander in chief, why then bring such dishonor to Her Majesty by marrying so down and disobeying Her Majesty's command not to split her family. Loyal soldiers do what their commander in chief tells them without question, so why did Harry adamantly relocate to Canada despite all the entreaties not to do so. If as claimed by Harry, the British people showed Meghan support, why then the complain about lack of peace which necessitated the move away. 

ICHEOKU says nobody else but his overbearing wife supports his present loss of mind misadventure outside the royal family. May he not find it any rewarding such that he is forced to run back quickly to his family, begging for forgiveness as any prodigal son would. Harry will soon find out that every power and influence he once wielded came from the Queen, as Her Majesty's representative. Now, lets see who wants to be seen as favoring him and antagonizing the Queen by continuing to associate or relate with him. Harry is nobody without his royal pedigree and the Queen has spoken out clearly that Harry no longer represents nor works for Her Majesty and the world took notice. Hopefully, Harry will be wise enough to take the off ramp provided to him by the option to rethink his decision within the next one year and return to his roots, with or without Meghan, or forever be an outlaw..

Monday, January 27, 2020

BERNIE SANDERS: THE PLOT TO STOP HIM THICKENS.

“The notion that Bernie Sanders would be allowed to lead the national Democratic Party is repugnant, because he’s not a Democrat.” - Peter Shumlin, a Democrat and former Vermont governor. 

ICHEOKU says that explains the conspiracy that stopped him in 2016 in favor of Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton; an increasingly clear prospect this 2020 in favor of Joe Biden. But will Bernie Sanders just suckle and suck it up and do nothing about it? Will he allow himself to be fooled twice and twice shamed; or will he man up, revolt and scatter everything for everybody? Unlike last time, this time around, the enfant-terrible Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is on his corner and the Democrats will see trouble if they dare. But we shall see.

WHO KILLED KOBE BRYANT?

ICHEOKU says the National Transport Safety Board must work hard to rule out any foul play in the death of Kobe Bryant. They must find out who authorized his helicopter to fly when every other helicopter was grounded due to low visibility fog induced bad weather? They must find out who at the Air Traffic Control center signed off on the flight to take off despite the no fly bad weather condition prevailing through out the period preceding and continuing thereafter the crash. There are just too many questions needing some explanations and until satisfactorily answered, ICHEOKU is not ready to accept that a twin engine Sikorsky helicopter in a superb operating condition would suddenly just go down like that killing all on board. It also did not appear that it hit something before crashing into the mountain side of Calabasas. 

Like Don Corleone of The Godfather, ICHEOKU says has grown into being suspicious of things, including the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant. If Jeffrey Epstein could "kill" himself inside a maximum security detention center under the circumstances in which he allegedly did, then Kobe Bryant's helicopter could easily have conveniently crashed. Then Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's military plane's radar mysteriously malfunctioned and did not detect a mountainous range in Dubrovnik Croatia and plowed into it, while on a government mission flying from Zagreb to meet with Croatia's President Franjo Tudman, killing all 35 people on board. 

A theory of collusion and conspiracy to take his life arose, which were further buttressed when then President Bill Clinton was caught on video laughing and hi-fifing some fella while coming to the lectern to brief the nation about the plane crash. But on noticing the camera, his demeanor suddenly swung to "I am in a mourning and I am sorrowful" and you wonder what the laughter and slapping of hands were all about of a president whose Commerce Secretary just died in plane crash and he was coming out to announce it to the nation. It just did not make any sense at all, the reason so many people till this day did not believe that Ron Brown died by accident. 

Anyway, ICHEOKU says hopes that Kobe Bryant was not yet another victim of some conspiracy somewhere, probably business, which choreographed and chaperoned the events leading up to the helicopter crash that took his life. Call it conspiracy theory for all ICHEOKU cares, but certain things do not just happen in the ordinary course of life; such as permitting only his helicopter to take off in such a bad weather condition when every other helicopter was grounded. But he is now dead and only a satisfactory explanation of the reason why his helicopter was specifically signed off to take off under the circumstances will somewhat clear the cobwebs of doubts swirling everywhere. If somebody killed Kobe, why?

Sunday, January 26, 2020

KOBE BRYANT: REST IN PEACE!

ICHEOKU says it is shockingly so sad to contemplate that Kobe Bryant is no more; forever gone, never to be seen or heard from ever again. Life in indeed so full of it and you begin to wonder why are we even here in the first place. Why all the toil to become this and that, if life will be so cavalierly snuffed off just like that. In bleating seconds, without time to say goodbyes or kiss loved ones. It is tragic and it is traumatic; only that it draws us back to Ecclesiastes 1:2 that all is vanity. May his soul now rest. Adieu 24.

KOBE BRYANT: GONE TOO SOON, RIP.

ICHEOKU says like with every other major traumatic event such as Kennedy assassination and 9/11, millions will forever remember where they were and what they were doing when the news broke about the tragic death of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in Calabasas California. January 26, 2020 is a day that will live in infamy for all those fans and family and friends of now late Kobe Bryant. He was 41 years old. Adieu Mr Basketball.


Saturday, January 25, 2020

WAR ON BERNIE: WILL BERNIE FIGHT BACK AND RUN AS INDEPENDENT?

ICHEOKU says as the conspiracy to once again stop him and Ince again deny him the Democratic Party's platform reaches fever pitch, the recurring question now is whether Bernie Sanders will fight back and if not possible, run as an independent. He took it on the chin in 2016 and endorsed the woman who stole his ticket in the interest of party unity. But whether he will take it again, lay supine, as the same forces deny him the ticket is anybody's guess. 

Will he have the bold audacity and courage to go rogue on the party and run as independent. This is the thinking within the wider voting society, particularly amongst Bernie supporters. Bernie Sanders has been running as Independent in Vermont and might as well do the same with his presidential bid; aware that come hell or high water that the Democratic Party honchos will not allow him to commandeer the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. He is too hard to control and they will not risk it all by allowing a non Democratic Party wild card to hijack their party and use it to get into the White House and then throw everyone out as he implements his Change and Remake America agenda.

It must not always be Bernie Sanders that is asked to make sacrifices in the interest of party unity and in order to "defeat" President Donald John Trump. How about the Democratic Party making "sacrifices" by allowing the will of its electorates who are involved in the process of choosing their preferred candidate to prevail in the primaries. How about the Democratic Party acknowledging that the Bernie Sanders wing of the party also have equal right like any other wing of the party; and that their interest is always hurt each time their candidate is schemed out of an obvious victory. How about the Democratic Party practicing what they preach by being fair to both Bernie Sanders and Bernie Supporters in the interest of party unity, aware that Bernie supporters might sit out the election in protest of any perceived short handing of their candidate. 

The sitting out of the election 2020 should weigh heavily in the minds of the Democratic Party's leadership as they continue in their conspiracy to again deny Bernie Sanders the nomination of the party. Although there is no clear leader of the Democratic Party right now, but it appears there is a triumvirate of persons seriously vying for the honor of the position. This three individuals must therefore ensure that the Democratic Party respects the wishes of its electorate when they decisively choose their preferred candidate for the presidential nomination. One of this leaders, Joe Biden, is jostling with other candidates for the nomination; but the other two, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, must do whatever they can to ensure a fair primaries, aware that their influence will be weighty in the final outcome of choosing the party's nominee. 

It is also instructive that the three co-leaders of the Democratic Party may have their various preferred candidate respectively. It is also noteworthy that the relationship between them is frosty and not easily thaw-able. They do not like each other's guts and their relationship has so degenerated that they hardly speak to one another. Insider sources have it that Barack Obama is still seething that Joe Biden ignored his advise not to run for president. The same sources also said that Barack Obama does not entertain the idea of Hillary Clinton ever taking another stab at the presidency, especially after the abysmal disgrace that was her 2016 campaign run, losing to a first time political newbie and now President Donald John Trump. 

ICHEOKU says since Obama will have neither Joe Biden nor Hillary Clinton as a candidate, who then is his secret candidate of choice, who he is keeping so very close to the vest. Who will Barack Obama rather have instead of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttiegig, Amy Kloubachar and Tom Steyer. But regardless of his preferences or the preferences of Hillary Clinton, who ever emerges in a fair primaries should be allowed to fly the party's flag in the 2020 presidential election. If it is Bernie Sanders, regardless of what Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama's opinions of him may be, they must yield way and allow Bernie to pick up the nomination. Bernie supporters will not tolerate  another denial of ticket of their candidate in this 2020 election cycle and will force a third party run on the party by demanding that Bernie Sanders go it alone as an independent candidate. 

The Democratic Party cannot afford such internecine war within their party, especially in their clamor to defeat President Donald John Trump. Hence, their only viable option is to allow a fair process to play itself out in the primaries, such that the primaries electorates will in fact choose the party's nominee. They must not jettison such result for one by a bunch of people at the top who once again wants to rig out Bernie Sanders and sneak in their preferred candidate. ICHEOKU says since none of the candidates can defeat President Donald John Trump, at least let whoever emerges have a fighting chance at not being totally disgraced with a miserable trouncing. In spite of all the skewed polls that gravitate towards Joe Biden, the only person capable of putting up the strongest showing remains Bernie Sanders, because he has a cultivated base who fervently believe in him, added to the support of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. But should thunder strike twice and Bernie is rigged out again or blatantly stopped, he should run as an independent.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

THE QUEEN: MAJESTICALLY CARRYING ON.

ICHEOKU says a graceful but pained heart who has been brought a heavy grief by a recalcitrant grandson. A pain in the butt of the family, who decided to turn his back on his grandma, his only brother, his father, as well as the other members of the royal family. All because of a trailer trash street wench without any proven pedigree, who could not handle the demands of real life royalty, stoicism and seclusion, and wanted out. 

But instead of quietly walking away as she had sneaked in, Meghan decided to tear the royal family apart, dragging Prince Harry with her, whether by voodoo magical power and potion or express blackmail. But definitely not by Prince Harry's free will as Prince Harry is out of his mind and does not know exactly what he is doing. Prince Harry is an example of a real life bewitched person, now dancing to whatever tune his puppet mistress Meghan plays.

ICHEOKU says hopefully, the prodigal Harry will wake up from whatever spell he is currently under and realize that he had made a wrong bargain by taking side with a stranger and against his family. A black sheep turncoat who allowed himself to be led away from his pure bred flock by a femme fatale vagrant for an eventual slaughter by abandonment and divorce. ICHEOKU says never knew Prince Harry has a fish brain and is incapable of logical thinking not to see through the Meghan snare being laid with a serpentine cunning dexterity. It is sad.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

NOBODY LIKES HIM - HILLARY CLINTON ON BERNIE SANDERS.

ICHEOKU says the Democratic Party machine plans to stop Bernie Sanders is increasingly ratcheting up speed. Now, they are telling the progressive wing of the party that they should back off from their support of Bernie because he will not be allowed to secure the nomination. Their Chief Madam, Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton, said that nobody likes Bernie as he has nothing to offer and the party will not hand him the party's presidential nominee flag for 2020. 

In her own words, Bernie Sanders was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician. It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it. She also accused Bernie of permitting the misogynist culture in his campaign and also somewhat supporting it. Hillary Clinton was also mad at Bernie Sanders for saying in 2016 that she was unqualified for the office of presidency which she sought. 

ICHEOKU says what a woman who holds grudge and never yielding. She is still possessed by the ghost of the 2016 presidential election and has the gut to attack a man who was in fact rigged out in order to make way for her. What an ungrateful Jezebel, who should instead be apologizing to Bernie Sanders for dealing him such a fatal blow, the only time indeed Bernie stood a chance of becoming president. But ICHEOKU has no sympathy for the grandpa who blew his opportunity to retire Hillary Clinton from that 2016 Democratic Party's primaries by saying that "Americans are tired of the damn emails." What a missed opportunity and now look who is dagger working his vertebrates in return. 

But does anybody like Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton in the real sense it, except for the crazed out, wild eyed liberal nut jobs and dogs in heat who craved the toppling of the male but rudely got served in 2016. A case of the kettle calling the pot black one would say. Imagine Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton talking about nobody likes him. ICHEOKU says she can tell that to Bernie's wife, children, relatives and millions of Bern Babies who are maniacally possessed by their beloved one, The Bern. Anyway, it is the mind game the Democratic power holders are playing on Bernie Sanders' supporters; but this time around, unlike in 2016, the Democratic honchos will only pull that off at their own peril. They stole the ticket from Bernie once in 2016 but if they dare do it a second time this 2020, they will pay heavily for it as Bern Babies have threatened. What is wrong with some women, especially this particular woman.

Sunday, January 19, 2020

ELIZABETH WARREN: REFUSAL TO SHAKE HAND, RUDE AND UNPROFESSIONAL.

ICHEOKU says when one thought that the rift between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2008 was just too much, it appears that the mother of all rifts is finally here, between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. A matter which has now grown impetus by the publicly refusal of Elizabeth Warren to shake the extended hand of fellowship and friendship of Bernie Sanders. 

Why she took such a stand publicly, concluded that Bernie, by necessary implication of not admitting to what she alleged, called her a liar and therefore not worthy of her handshake is indeed mind boggling. Why did she take it so personal as to now create enmity between them, afterall politics is supposed to be without bitterness. So what if Bernie denied her accusation or was she expecting a confession from a political rival who also wants the same presidential ticket which she wants. 

It was a she said and he said situation, recalling what was allegedly said in a private setting, without any third party witness present or any additional collaborating evidence to back it up. Yet she wants everyone to believe her side of the story simply because she is a woman because women ought to be believed; admitted Elizabeth Warren herself is a woman and she was lied about being Indian, yet women ought to be believed. If she lied then, is it possible that she is lying again now by wrongly accusing Bernie of what she has no way of collaborating. 

But just believe women, a misplaced position which flies in the face of a plethora of catalogue of incidences of women misleading everyone and in fact lying their way to their preconceived destinations. It is nothing new as it began with Adam and Eve, then enter Samson and Delilah, Lord Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton and of course Elizabeth Warren, yet women should be believed? ICHEOKU says do so at your own risk; as trust but first verify is always the survival move.

By going up against Bernie Sanders, she has damaged the progressive wing of the Democratic Party as Bernie's faction and her faction will never see eye to eye again. The bond of trust has been broken and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez will never forget and might move to Massachusetts to primary her next time she is up for election. 

ICHEOKU says it does not matter how any partisan chooses to dice and dissect the narrative, the basic lesson is that politics is supposed to be without bitterness; and like sports, parties meet and greet after any contentious outing, especially members of the same political party. ICHEOKU says does not know if it is the women's thing or that some politicians take politics too personally, as if they are entitled to a position which they occupy or an office which they seek as of right. 

It started with Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton in 2008 who could not believe that a young black man could trounce her in a presidential election primaries and it took a lot of goading before she agreed to endorse Barack Obama's candidacy. It took several interventions before the animosity she created against Barack Obama could be resolved; including by the Deep State which promised her the presidency in 2016, the reason she is still protesting her defeat by President Donald John Trump till date. 

What type of moral example are these women showing to the young and easily impressionable, up and coming, politicians by their bitterness. In Georgia, another woman, Stacy Adams, lost the governorship election, but instead of moving on, she, like Hillary Clinton, is still protesting, insisting that her electoral victory was denied her when the governor "stole" her mandate. 

It seems to be a trait common among the Democrats as Al Gore was headed that way until reason prevailed and he pulled back. This has nothing to do with partisanship or misogyny; but truth be told, statistics shows that most protested elections are by women and the Democratic Party. 

It is the same mad desire to win by whatever means possible that led to Donna Brazile stealing questions from CNN and feeding them to Hillary Clinton ahead of time in her debates with Bernie Sanders. We all knew the role Deborah Wassermann Schultz, then Democratic Party chairwoman, played in rigging the primaries against Bernie Sanders, had the DNC computers destroyed and refused the FBI access to them just to hide her criminal behavior. 

There are just too many of such cases to go on, but American people can end this feeling of entitlement by these politicians who cling to power by demanding term limits in Washington DC today. Such a limited cameo in Congress will discourage the stupidity of power addiction and with it the attendant corruption, which lures politicians into personalizing public offices, such that  most of them die in Washington DC, the only way they ever get to relinquish the position or separated from their office. 

What if old grandpa Bernie Sanders did not recall telling Elizabeth Warren that women cannot win the presidency. What if Elizabeth Warren made up the story, afterall she had made up so many stories in the past. It was her word against Bernie's as there were no witnesses or other participants in the alleged meeting; begging the question, why does Elizabeth Warren want Bernie Sanders to drink from the poisoned chalice by admitting to her allegation, fully aware of the ramifications of such admission; especially in this ME TOO era where women are out to draw blood. 

It is akin to pointing a .45 on Bernie's head and ordering him to either sign his withdrawal from the race or his grey-matter will be spilled on the paper. If Elizabeth Warren did not have bad intentions, why did she leak an alleged private communication between her and Bernie? If the shoes were on her feet, would she admit to such a bombshell hit job allegation. 

ICHEOKU says desperation could not be better defined; here is a progressive Elizabeth Warren who could not manage her early rise in the polls and is now trailing behind her fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, Instead of working off the kinks in her staggering campaign, decided to attack her progressive rival by throwing dirt him. But while her lead lasted, old man Sanders never tried to hurt her campaign in any way; but worked tirelessly so hard despite his heart condition to get where he is now. 

Why does Elizabeth Warren think that she can do what Hillary Clinton was unable to do; if she is the it of womanhood and has the secret sauce, why did Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a woman, reject her candidacy by endorsing a man, Bernie Sanders? Should we believe Alexandria Ocasio Cortez that Elizabeth Warren is not the ONE, the reason she is not supporting her; otherwise why are all the progressive women not lining up behind Elizabeth Warren. There must be something they know which American people already know themselves which makes the candidacy of Elizabeth Warren toxic and unacceptable. 

Anyway, ICHEOKU is glad that Bernie handled the situation like a matured person by not engaging Elizabeth in her game of the mud. Except for President Donald John Trump, no man ever wins a fight with a woman and if Bernie had tried, he would have been rudely shocked as Elizabeth came prepared to fight dirty. She said that Bernie called her a liar on national television by not admitting to her accusation. What if it was Elizabeth Warren who called Bernie a liar by falsely accusing him and expecting him to just fold up, as s guilty conscience would? By then saying that he did not say it, appears to be lying.

Yet this is a woman who said that she will unite her party and by extension America, but holds grudge. You wonder how can she do unite people when she holds such bitterness and rudely left Bernie's outstretched hands hanging, refusing to shake him with millions of people watching her attempted humiliation of Bernie, admitted she ended up exposing herself as a very rude mean gal. Elizabeth Warren was rude, impolite and mean spirited by refusing to shake Bernie's extended hand of fellowship and friendship. Whatever was said or not said and/or denied, by extending his hand, Bernie has put it all behind him and wanted to move on past it, in the spirit of sportsmanship which politics is all about. 

Politics is supposed to be without bitterness, but Elizabeth was bitter, angry and rude beyond pale that she now looks like a desperado who would rather destroy the progressive wing of the Democratic Party than see Bernie clinch the nomination. She does not have to be the ONE and there is nothing in the Constitution that stipulates that a woman has to be president either. If she wants her so badly, then let her work so badly to secure it, but all these hit job made up stories ain't gonna cut it. 

But in any event, even if Bernie called her a liar, whats the big deal; afterall she has been severally called a liar by so many people including the president because she lies. For instance, did Elizabeth Warren tell the truth when she claimed to be an Indian? So what's all the fuss about that Bernie added his voice to the truth by calling Elizabeth Warren a liar. ICHEOKU says Elizabeth Warren is a liar, so now what?

Thursday, January 16, 2020

RUSSIA UNDER PUTIN: A JOKE OF A DEMOCRTIC COUNTRY?

ICHEOKU says is always worried and concerned about the power vacuum that will exist in Russia the day Vladimir Putin is finally no more, gone to be with the angels of mother Russia. But as long as Putin lives, he will always find a way to manipulate himself into power, regardless of any term limits whatsoever; his latest move of what post 2024 Russia power hold will be like,  factored in. The stuff dictatorships are made of that the absolute control of Russia is firmly in the grip of just one man. 

How can Russians explain their willingness to be led by the nose, dictated to and controlled by one man since 1999; that's 21 odd years now, yet they pride themselves as a civilized society and ridiculously claims to be democratized. What is going on in Russia under Vladimir Putin is what somewhat gives some ironical relief to what the Democrats are doing to the president, showing the world that America people can freely attack their president and that there is no consequences for doing that. Imagine trying to pull off such stunt in Vladimir Putin's controlled Russia and Nancy Pelosi and her coterie of hate Trump minions would have been since cooling off in a gulag in Siberia, forgotten. 

Vladimir Putin tweaks Russia however he sees fit and pleases; and as would give him advantageous control over Russia. First he was an executive president, then he transmuted to an executive prime Minister who his hand picked President Medvedev reported to. Thereafter he morphed back to being president, restoring his executive control over Russia, while making the same Medvedev his prime minister. Now, he is planning to dilute the powers of the president and return powers to the DUMA, the Russian congress, with powers to appoint a prime minister from among themselves, who will now report to a council, likely to be chaired by the same Vladimir Putin. It is also instructive that whatever Constitution Russia might have, if any, is such a watered down document that it can be so easily manipulated to fit into just one man political gimmicky. 

Could somebody please tell ICHEOKU how what Putin is doing in Russia with Russians is any different from what Saddam Hussein did in Iraq or Moummar Gaddafi did in Libya. Why is the West not insisting that Russia democratize or is it a case of what is good for the goose not being good for the gander? Where are the once proud Russians that kicked out the Tzars and led the Bolshevik revolution? Did they not transfer their genes to the current Russians that seem to have been humbled and humiliated by a potentate, who admits of no opposition and has imposed his will on Russians for 21 years now. 

Although Russians feel good about Putin's tough guy image and see him as defender of Russia from the West, but don't Russians worry about what will become of Russia when eventually Putin assumes room temperature down the years to come; afterall no person lives forever. Are they not afraid that a power vacuum created by his absence could lead to power struggle which could unravel their country. But hey, it is the Russians and they are quite different and do things in somehow different manner; but that they would acquiesce to the Vladimir Putin's never ending manipulations is rather shockingly surprising, especially when they still want to lay claim to being a civilized democratic society.