Showing posts with label Huffington Post. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Huffington Post. Show all posts

Monday, October 25, 2021

The Introduction To "Barack Obama, The American Dream and the American Nightmare"

The following is the introduction of my yet to be published book,
"Barack Obama, The American Dream and the American Nightmare"


For all my fellow bloggers in the blogosphere
From those croaking like frogs on the logs
To those barking and howling like dogs on their blogs
Who are not afraid to break the news
Like backbenchers screaming from the pews.


Introduction

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~ François Marie Arouet de Voltaire

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat." ~Jean-Paul Sartre
–posted 02/10/2008 at 10:46:07 


Barack Obama has caused me to write a book I would not have written. His political audacity provoked me to write it. Barack Obama is like seeing the American Dream unfolding like the petals of a rose before our very eyes. I am not a true artist if I cannot depict what I see. Even a mirage forms an image we cannot deny. I will separate the fantasy from the reality of this American Dream.

Yet Barack Obama would not have become so dramatic without the ironic passion of his fanatics. Barack Obama may end up as a cosmic irony in the political history of America. May God save Barack Obama from the fates of these interesting times. 

–posted 02/10/2008 at 10:23:56 


I have seen the parade of ignorance
In the masquerade of arrogance.


I prefer to call this book political graffiti on the current affairs in American politics, some aspects of global politics, and other do-or-die affairs. Please read at your own risk. Most of the political notes are (1) comments I posted in my replies to various news reports and articles on the Huffington Post and (2) informed commentaries on my political blogs. The comments are regarding the principal presidential candidates of the Democratic Party in the course of their political campaigns for the presidential caucuses and primaries before the presidential election in 2008. The headings of the comments and commentaries are the titles of the specific news reports and articles on the Huffington Post and other sources; therefore, you can use the titles to trace the sources online. Reading the original reports, articles, and blogs will give you more details and make it clear why I made the comments or wrote the informed commentaries. 

It is also an important documentary on how Barack Obama emerged as the first black President of America in the most turbulent period since World War Two and will be of immense benefit to everyone who is interested in the intellectual and political consciousness of Obama in the study of his life and the history of American politics in the 21st century.

The notes and commentaries are testimonies of my cosmopolitan political inclinations. I enjoyed the excitement of participating in the discussions on the dialectics, ethics, and polemics of American democracy and the glaring contrasts with the contortions and distortions of democracy in Nigerian politics and of course on the madness of terrorism.

Mentally Disabled Women Used in Bombings

All suicide bombers are mentally retarded morons. We should ban any religion promoting terrorism. Lest we forget, rape is also terrorism. Honor killing is equally terrorism.

All terrorists should be arrested and deported to the moon where they actually belong since they are worshippers of the moon. No wonder madness is associated with the moon’s cycle.

We, the civilized ones, cannot be safe in a world where terrorists are on the rampage. We must get rid of them before they get rid of us. No need for Guantanamo Bay—just deport them to the moon. 

–posted 02/01/2008 at 14:24:47 

Mrs. Stassinopoulos Huffington is my humorous address for the irresistibly bold and beautiful Arianna Huffington, the celebrated publisher of the Huffington Post and author of many books. This book is meant for entertainment and enlightenment, so enjoy.

~ Ekeyerengozi Michael Chima
Orikinla Osinachi
January 14, 2008
Bonny Island, Nigeria



Saturday, June 18, 2011

Huffington Post Report on the Boko Haram Terrorist Suicide Bomb Attack in Abuja




The Nigerian radical Islamist sect Boko Haam claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on the Louis Edet House, headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja (FCT) on Thursday, June 16, 2011. The following are reports of it from the Huffington Post.


  • Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing

    Jun 18, 2011 ... LAGOS, Nigeria — The radical Muslim sect has shot police officials and clerics from atop motorcycles, torched churches and even freed ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110618/af-nigeria-vio... - 1 hour ago

  • Nigeria Explosion Hits Police Headquarters In Abuja

    Jun 16, 2011 ... ABUJA, Nigeria — At least one person has been killed in an explosion outside police headquarters in Nigeria's capital Thursday, an emergency ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/nigeria-explosion-abuja_n_87796...

  • Blast at police headquarters in Nigeria capital

    Jun 16, 2011 ... ABUJA, Nigeria — At least one person has been killed in an explosion outside police headquarters in Nigeria's capital Thursday, an emergency ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110616/af-nigeria/

  • RNN | Nigeria : Reuters: Large blast shakes buildings in ...

    FROM @RassdNews: RNN | Nigeria : Reuters: Large blast shakes buildings... 9 minutes ago. FROM AP: AP names Peoples to New England politics post. ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/rnn-nigeria-reuters-large_81410713142312...

  • Explosion rocks police HQ in Nigeria

    BIG NEWS: · Iran · Middle East Protests · Julian Assange · Nigeria · Al Qaeda ... FROM @cnni: Explosion rocks police HQ in Nigeria ... 2 minutes ago ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/explosion-rocks-police-hq_81332812896145...

  • I just unlocked the "Player Please!" badge on @foursquare!

    FROM AP: Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing... just now. FROM AP: Mass. clammers say airport upgrade will harm them... 2 minutes ago ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/i-just-unlocked-the-playe_821182... - 1 hour ago

  • Please allow me a rare personal Tweet: Got married!

    FROM AP: Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing... 1 minute ago. FROM AP: Mass. clammers say airport upgrade will harm them... 3 minutes ago ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/please-allow-me-a-rare-pe_821176... - 1 hour ago

  • Suicide attacker suspected in Nigeria police bombing: ...

    FROM @AlArabiya_Eng: Suicide attacker suspected in Nigeria police... 8 minutes ago. FROM @Lujee: NadaAuf Nope, there's no deadline, but the sooner you. ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/suicide-attacker-suspecte_81321444935614...

  • Bachmann walks out to former-Christian-star-turned-I-Kissed-A-...

    FROM AP: Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing... 16 minutes ago. FROM AP: Refugee crisis mushrooms in Syrian army attacks... 21 minutes ago ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/bachmann-walks-out-to-for_821205... - 1 hour ago

  • Blast hits police headquarters in Nigeria capital

    FROM @AlArabiya_Eng: Blast hits police headquarters in Nigeria capital ... 2 minutes ago. FROM AP: Floodwaters approach makeshift levee at Iowa town. ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/t/blast-hits-police-headqua_81313729727315...




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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Ayoade's "Submarine" tops list of must see Indie movies



British Nigerian filmmaker Richard Ayoade's “Submarine” tops the list of Leonard Maltin’s five must see indie movies and you can see why and how he rated them on the Huffington Post.



1. Submarine
2. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
3. Midnight in Paris
4. Another Year
5. The Clowns

Ayoade is an only child of a Norwegian mother, Dagny (née Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade.



The film is based on a prize-winning novel by Joe Dunthorne. It is a dark indie comedy about a 15-year-old Oliver Tate who has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.

Peter Bradshaw reviewing Submarine in the Guardian of Thursday 17 March 2011 15.00 GMT, said Ayoade clearly has “a big future payday for him in Hollywood, if he wants it, but I can't help hoping he develops in depth and scope here, as a tremendous new voice in British film.”


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima