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THE UNIVERSAL ISSUE: -In the first and second republics in the nigerian political firmament, the issue was always CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO. Everybody wanted to know where he was standing, and who he was supporting or who those in his camp were. From his perceived positioning politically, all other players defined their own positions. He is regarded by many including my humble self, as the leader who would have transformed Nigeria into a well managed fast developing country; and very much respected in the international gathering/ comity of nations on the world political stage. He was a man of an intimidating and gargantuan, nearly all round profile. Generally described as “The best President Nigeria never had,” he is seen by some as a tribalist who according to them introduced tribalism to Nigerian politics. But his fans and faithful followers see him as a realist and a performer par excellence.
On the world stage, the issue is who was occupying the position of The President of The United States of America. Elections to this position are the most watched and monitored elections all over the world. The reason is not far - fetched. That position is the most powerful one on earth at least for now; the USA being the most powerful nation on earth today. So whoever won the elections will automatically become the most powerful man on earth.
In the spiritual (and physical), encompassing every part of creation, across the universes, galaxies, right from the immediate vicinity of the throne of ALMIGHTY GOD to the dark regions of hell, earmarked for eternal punishment, the UNIVERSAL ISSUE is JESUS CHRIST. You are either for him or against him.
BASKETMOUTH AND HIS CULT OF WHITEPOLLOI: POLITICS OF VERBAL CHOLERA & UNBRIDLED INSULTS.
Basketmouth's “birther” embarrassment of President Barack Obama, at the inception of his first term, its roots deep in racism, garnered him a followership of a kind; and helped to thrust him quite forcefully into partisan politics. With the first African American president in the White House, people in this near cult to which Basketmouth would readily provide leadership, were like – “What have we done? We let the boy in the house.” They sorely miss the good old days of lynching and sundry crimes against the black man. The same cult following of what would later be deceptively known as “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” also informed the sad scene on the floor of the congress when an elected congressman shouted “You lie Obama, You lie.” Driven by the same racist sentiment, they sadly reflect a quite blatant nostalgia for the dark past many decent whites and conscionable human beings everywhere would prefer never to revisit. Not congressman Joe Wilson. Definitely, not Mr. Donald “Basketmouth” Trump.
Like a fiercely burning out comet in its final stage of self immolation, the many times bankrupted businessman and 3 times married pseudo Christian took the stage on a blazing platter of insults both to fellow republicans, democrats and a wide range of others. He has not spared women, the handicapped, journalists, war heroes, living and dead, etc. He has had time to respond to even the minutest hint of disagreement or criticism with just about anybody. He turned tweeter into a battlefield for nocturnal missiles lunching to just about anyone who dared to hold a different opinion or was perceived as being critical of his views. This has quite befittingly earned him the now infamous “Anyone you can bait with a tweet” not fit to be president and commander - in - chief of the USA.
The first time I saw him on TV saying “I am really rich.” And “I am rich and I am running for president.” I knew he was the poorest man on earth with maybe a lot of money in his pocket. Scriptures tell us to test the spirits behind utterances and teachings.
A truly rich man needn’t even say it. And when a truly rich man is described by others as rich, he would jokingly deny it or accept it with all modesty. MODESTY here is the key word. There are so very many young men and women of his children’s age many times richer than Basketmouth would ever be. The tiger never has the need to proclaim its tigeritude. It’s simply there for all to see. If you are scared to release your tax returns for all to see while running for the highest office on earth, you don’t need to be told who and what you are. You are only “very rich” when you boast. And you are very broke when the IRS comes visiting. Sick.
This followership of scarcely educated WHITEPOLLOI, with no intellectual dept, almost like their cult leader, and never questioning, but led like a bunch of zombies, have created a veritable cult around the present day harbinger of the man of evil, who is thriving on fear and divisiveness. Brooking no challenges or criticism of any kind, he like The Beast demands absolute worship from his cult followers. And knowing how dangerous he had become, he asserted “I could shoot somebody and not lose votes.” The Beast brought unbridled insults to presidential electioneering in the USA. On debate nights he was there with a bag of insults for everybody. Frustrated Gov Jeb Bush warned him “You can’t insult your way to the White House.” Even after so many gaffs WHITEPOLLOI would not leave him alone. He has become their god, since he has confidently asserted “I alone can fix it (USA).”
For the first time in the history of the USA, parents fearing for their young children had resorted to sending them off to bed before the presidential primaries of the Republicans, not wanting their dear children to pick up vulgar terms and expressions. Who wouldn’t, in a debate that all of a sudden, so debased, now called for asinine issues like size of the male organ; and by extension, sexual prowess? Every responsible parent would fight to protect their children from picking up bad habits and expression from irresponsible and sick adults who have become so depraved as to not know the need for decency, while they are on the world stage ostensibly to debate issues that may qualify them for election to the most powerful office on earth. This was vintage Basketmouth, the author and finisher of this new style electioneering that has reduced the level of discourse to frightening depths in the nether regions of Satan and his henchmen. So the republican primaries featured debates that looked so crazy that Bernie Sanders actually promised to invest a lot of money into psychiatric researches because of what was coming out of the republican debates. Put simply, Trump lowered the level of discourse to abysmal depths.
According to pollsters who should know, the class of the whitepolloi, made up of very gullible non college educated whites, to whom Basketmouth had lent his bombastic and abrasive if vulgar leadership are mostly pained that other Americans of different colors, through the intervention of a number of factors that may or may not include, acquisition of higher education, improved welfare system and even believe it or not, OBAMACARE are beginning to have the better life. The whitepolloi are unhappy with the current climes that no longer assure them better or privileged treatment and regard simply because of color of their skin. Some in this cult of whitepolloi are having to work very hard to make ends meet; sometimes keeping 3 very low paying jobs. The huge paradox here is that instead of working hard for college education and applying themselves for enhanced productivity, they seek a messiah who would turn the tables on everybody else; and to their advantage. They have faith that Basketmouth would provide this utopia.
Thank God, in downtown Baltimore and great swathes of America and the world, co – habiting peacefully, with best friends and buddies across the broad spectrum of skin colors are very color blind Americans. Here the content of your character determines who you are in the eyes of these ones. Blessed in their color blindness, they have rejected Basketmouth and his divisiveness; and divide and rules tactics perfected in Africa by the former colonialists, many now call neocolonialists.
A silver lining, indeed a backhanded compliment in the Basketmouth phenomenon is the jobs that could accrue from his crazy statements and leadership. The modus for him is simple – say something damnable and syntactically ambiguous, like imply Hilary Clinton would be assassinated as he did recently. Quickly, an army of explainers, interpreters, translators, discussants, editors, etc, scramble to explain, interpret, discuss, paraphrase, etc WHAT HE REALLY MEANT. Could this be his idea of job creation? Nobody else in the whole electioneering process has this distinction. To be presidential, one needs to communicate lucidly. You don’t elect to confuse the people whose votes you covet and need to carry an election. It is criminal to suggest assassination of anyone simply because you are losing at all the relevant polls. Donald Trump brought electioneering to an abysmally ridiculous level. The only thing to save this process from further contamination is for the Republican Party to dump him now; and sacrifice this presidential election. The party must focus on the senate and congress.
When the Republican Party stalwarts mistook the white House for an enemy to be checkmated everywhere, they unwittingly paved the way for a Basketmouth overthrow. They needed to be statesmen who should commend the president when he sent a bill to them, should such a bill be laudable in their reckoning. Where necessary, they could objectively suggest modifications. During President Obama’s two terms, the impression created was that nothing good would ever come from the White House. So everything originating from the president was to be rejected. The impression was that the Republican Party wanted Obama to fail by all means, not caring what harm this attitude would cost the USA. The people suffered. Not Obama. A Basketmouth in the White House would be the greatest enemy of the party. He would redesign the party to suit himself, and humiliate the very prominent party stalwarts who may hold contrary views to his. This is serious.
Already he is setting the stage for another first time weird presence in presidential politics, as he did with the insults and sundry obscenities - the possibility of a rigged election and “BLOODBATH.” Will he ever change? No! We have seen his true self. Whatever he is coached to say now, is too late. And will not come from the real Basketmouth. The wind has blown hard and we now know what the chicken is hiding under its feathers.
True to my calling to work with Christian youths, I am pained to observe how the innocent young ones are being drafted to join in the fray. Every adult must responsibly work to bring up the young ones in our midst, whether they are our biological children or not. Whenever I see those little ones wearing obscenely captioned t – shirts and shouting obscenities – “Trump the b---h” at Basketmouth’s rallies, I feel truly sorry for him and the irresponsible parents of those ones. My father counseled that though little kids will always pick up bad habits from their friends in school and on the streets, responsible adults and parents must pray never to be the source of their children’s bad habits, because they must face the eternal consequences. In the word of scriptures:
Mt 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Mt 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Mt 18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Mt 18:14
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Mk 9:42
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Lk 17:2
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Until Basketmouth directly, humbly apologizes to all he has directly insulted, like Tom Cruz’s father, he doesn’t deserve any endorsement from any sane, self respecting American. And please leave these young ones out of your madness.
MSY
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I commend you on writing such a well-thought out article with an understanding that so many persons seem to miss. As I was reading it, my mind was drawn to Scripture, one of which is Revelation 13: 4 and 5: "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast; and they wroshipped the beast, saying Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." Thanks for sharing. I hope many will read your article.
I commend you on writing such a well-thought out article with an understanding that so many persons seem to miss. As I was reading it, my mind was drawn to Scripture, one of which is Revelation 13: 4 and 5: "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast; and they wroshipped the beast, saying Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." Thanks for sharing. I hope many will read your article.