Subject: Kaepernick
> I believe this is the best article ever written
> about this clown Kaepernick. Colonel West hit the ball
> out of the park with his
> insightful assessment of behavior. Please note the
> remarks made in the last few paragraphs.>
>
>
> TO KAPERNICK FROM
> RETIRED U.S. ARMY LT. COL. ALLEN WEST...........REMARKABLE
>
> SPEECH...................
>
>
>
> Message from a non-oppressed black man to
> Colin Kaepernick…
>
>
>
> By Allen West1:44pm August 28, 2016
>
>
>
> If there’s
> one thing I live for, it’s football season, especially
> college. Saturday night
> I was enjoying a fantastic game between Charleston
> Southern University and
> North Dakota State University. The game went into overtime
> and ended with the
> Bison of NDSU winning 24-17. However, as I watched this
> thrilling game, it was
> an item on the ESPN news ticker that disturbed me — to
> which I see a need to
> respond to this “teachable moment.”
>
>
>
> As reported yesterday, San
> Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to
> stand for the National
> Anthem in Friday’s pre-season game against Green Bay
> because he was protesting
> “black oppression” in the United States. The Niners
> went on to
> lose.
>
>
>
> The NFL issued a statement that said players are encouraged
> but
> not required to stand for the national anthem. Hmm, this
> is the same NFL that
> refused to allow the Dallas Cowboys to wear a helmet decal
> in honor of the
> fallen Dallas Police officers gunned down on Thursday July
> 7th.
>
>
>
> This is
> the same NFL that said nothing when players from the St.
> Louis Cardinals
> displayed the false narrative symbol of “hands up, dont
> shoot” — which we know
> didn’t happen. I find it rather interesting that the NFL
> has no issue
> disrespecting law enforcement officers but only
> “encourages” players to
> respect the symbol of our nation, the American flag, and
> our anthem, the Star
> Spangled Banner.
>
>
>
> However, I would recommend a simple scripture from the
> wise King Solomon for Mr. Kaepernick, Proverbs 17:28
> (NIV): “Even fools are
> thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they
> hold their
> tongues.”
>
>
>
> Or, as the old folks down South would say, “best for a
> stupid
> person to keep their mouth shut and not open it and let
> everyone know they
> are.”
>
>
>
> Mr. Kaepernick, a bi-racial young man adopted and raised by
> white
> parents, claims America is oppressing blacks at a time
> when we have a black,
> bi racial president who was twice elected. We’ve had two
> black attorneys
> general and currently have a black secretary of homeland
> security, along with
> a black national security advisor. Here in Dallas our
> police chief, whom I
> know, is an outstanding black leader. The officer in
> Milwaukee who shot the
> armed assailant after issuing an order to drop his weapon
> was black. Is Mr.
> Kaepernick following suit and cherry-picking what he terms
> “oppression?” First
> of all, let me clarify to you sir, you are a
> multi-millionaire “one-percenter”
> just because you can throw a ball and kiss your biceps.
> Men like Jesse Owens,
> Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Oscar Robertson, Ernie Davis,
> and Bernard King
> and Condredge Halloway of my alma mater were athletes who
> knew of oppression.
> You sir may certainly have the right to sit upon your
> “fourth point of
> contact” when the National Anthem is played but never
> forget, you live in a
> nation that has provided you the privilege to have that
> right.
>
>
>
> My story
> is one I wish to share. My dad was a corporal in the U.S.
> Army and served
> during World War II. He was born in 1920 and knew
> oppression. Yet, when he sat
> me down on the steps of our home, 651 Kennesaw Ave NE in
> Atlanta, he shared
> with me that there was no greater honor or privilege, than
> to wear the uniform
> of these United States. Perhaps that ‘s why his first
> and middle sons, along
> with his grandson, are all U.S. combat veterans, just like
> Dad. Herman West
> Sr. was not a victim, and he raised men who would never
> allow anyone to
> suppress or oppress them. Perhaps you should stop trying
> to make victims and
> admonish people, black people, to be victors — try it,
> and you may find that
> more satisfying than your insidious action and word
> vomiting.
>
>
>
> If you
> want to know about oppression of blacks in America, past
> and present, how
> about you ask Rep. Nancy Pelosi of the San Fran Bay Area
> about the policies
> that decimated the black family? Maybe you can cross the
> Bay over to Oakland
> and ask Rep. Barbara Lee about the 13 to15 million black
> babies killed since
> 1973, and ask her who is Margaret Sanger?
>
>
>
> Or perhaps you can ask the
> two California senators, Boxer and Feinstein, about who
> doesn’t support better
> education opportunities for black children in the inner
> cities — school
> choice, vouchers, charter schools, home schooling.
>
>
>
> Perhaps you didn’t
> know Barack Obama was the one who cancelled the DC school
> voucher program for
> deserving young black children — talk about oppression.
> Is that something
> you’re willing to do, or is it just too difficult?
>
>
>
> You should look at
> who’s been controlling the communities and cities where
> blacks live. This
> isn’t not about what America has done; it’s about what
> a certain group, a
> political party has done. And your somewhat backhanded
> comment towards our law
> enforcement officers — well, wonder how many times San
> Francisco PD has
> protected you?
>
>
>
> Here is the deal young man. My recommendation is that
> you apologize. Be a stand up fella and admit you made a
> very stupid comment.
> Humbly state that you do realize how very special this
> country is and the
> opportunities it has afforded you — and many others. You
> should take that
> stand and apologize to all of those who are currently
> serving in our Armed
> Forces and those veterans who’ve been willing to make
> that last full measure
> of devotion. You see, when the National Anthem is played,
> it has a very
> special meaning to us — maybe you should take a hiatus
> and go over to Helmand
> Province in Afghanistan and spend a week and understand
> why. Go over and throw
> a football with the men and women who enable you to earn
> those millions of
> dollars.
>
>
>
> The American flag has a very touching meaning for those of
> us
> for whom it will drape our coffin — as it was for my
> Dad…and it will be for
> me. That song defines who we are as a proud and
> exceptional people. This is a
> land where so many dream of coming to and earning the
> title of American. Your
> actions were shameful, disgusting, despicable and
> disrespectful.
>
>
>
> You do
> have a right and a freedom of expression. But know, there
> are consequences to
> your ignorant action, which is what it was.
>
>
>
> When the National Anthem is
> played, I salute because I am a black man born and raised
> in the inner city
> afforded the opportunity for greatness in my own right.
> May you seek God’s
> forgiveness and find humility, because we, the people are
> not going to forget
> what you did and said.
>
>
>
> THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF HIS
> ACTIONS.....
>
>
>
> The media won't tell us this. Turns out Kaepernick is
> engaged to a Muslim woman who is a BLM activist. In the
> off season he
> converted to Islam. She appears to be radicalizing him by
> looking at his
> Instagram and other accounts. He is a VERY angry man and
> should be watched.
> His actions now are making sense!!
>
>
>
> ISLAM is EVIL and spreading like
> wildfire!!! OUR flag means everything to American's
> FREEDOM.
>
>
>
> Don't
> like it. LEAVE!!!
>
