Posted on 08/30/2016 1:52:34 PM PDT by Kevin in California
Hey, Kaepernick. Maybe instead of being such a whiny priss, you could listen to some advice. Start by listening to your mom.
Kaepernick’s birth mom, Heidi Russo isn’t having any of her son’s drama.
After his slamming of America in the press over the weekend, Heidi had something to say.
If the 49ers start him, they have a chance at a winning record. With Gabbert, they will be lucky to get four wins.
I just had to post this from IFI. Laurie Higgins does her homework!!!
Colin Kaepernick’s Clumsy Caper
Written by Laurie Higgins
Colin Kaepernick, NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has generated a dust-up over his refusal to stand during the “Star Spangled Banner.” Kaepernick said “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
While some “progressives” are defending his stunt, arguing that a verse of the National Anthem that is never sung—anywhere—has a racist message, Kaepernick didn’t mention the National Anthem, he referred to the flag.
For those who don’t know, Colin Kaepernick was adopted by a white family after his destitute, 19-year-old, white birth mother gave him up. His black biological father abandoned him and his mother before his birth. Kaepernick excelled at basketball, baseball, and football in high school and in addition to a football scholarship, he was offered multiple scholarships to play collegiate baseball. He has made millions playing for the NFL since 2011.
So, some questions for Kaepernick:
When you say the country, what exactly do you mean? The government? Every branch of government? Every department? Every elected official? The Constitution? Laws? Which laws? The police? Every police department? Every police officer? Teachers in government schools?
Does your assessment of the unworthiness of America include the sacrifices of soldiers who have given their lives to defend and protect people all around the world? Does it include men like my father who served and suffered during WWII? Does it include missionaries and medical personnel like Jim Elliot and Natalie Bullock who sacrificed the comforts you enjoy and sometimes their lives because they love people of color?
Could it be that the “country” that oppresses people of color is primarily constituted by Democrats?
• After all, it was Democrats who supported Jim Crow laws in the South.
• It was only 23 percent of Democrats in Congress who supported the passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, while 100 percent of Republicans supported it.
• It was Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• It’s Democrats who have been promoting policies and laws that have incentivized fatherless families, which has long been known to be the central cause of poverty and anti-social behavior.
• It was Democrats who through their demand that homoerotic unions be legally recognized as “marriages” have now institutionalized fatherless (and motherless) families.
• It’s Democrats who for decades have controlled virtually every major American city where schools are failing people of color and where crime destroys lives.
• It’s Democrats like Barack Obama who, while sending their children to elite, expensive private schools, deny school vouchers for inner city families of color whose children are instead forced into underperforming and dangerous schools. And it’s Democrats who protect teachers unions that enable terrible teachers to keep their jobs.
• It’s Democrats who support Planned Parenthood, the baby-killing machine that profits from the deaths of far more babies of color than colorless babies.
One of the many problems with public schools today is the imbalanced and dishonest way they address the entwined issues of race and American history. Leftist “agents of change” (also known comically as teachers) present a lopsided view of American history, emphasizing the injustices that mar America’s history while de-emphasizing America’s social and political progress and acts of justice and compassion that ignite the imaginations of oppressed peoples around the world. America undeniably has a troubling history with regard to race, but that’s not the whole story.
America also has a remarkable history of racial and ethnic integration and an admirable history of self-correction. Is there a country on the planet that has as successfully integrated as many diverse racial, ethnic, and religious groups as America? Is it possible to walk through a mall or a public school in America without seeing interracial couples or interracial, inter-ethnic groups of teenagers chatting and laughing together? Can you enter a church without seeing families that are multiracial by choice through adoption?
This is a country whose founding principles and documents have made possible the kind of social progress that enabled a biracial baby to be adopted by a white family and go on to earn millions. This is the country Kaepernick sees as “oppressive” and others see as a social and political marvel.
The American flag represents the greatest nation in history. It’s a country that countless people have died to defend or died in the attempt to arrive at its shores. While Kaepernick continues to publicly demonstrate his disappointment with our imperfect union, perhaps he could tell us which country’s flag he finds worthy of respect.
#FireKapNow
Umm.....Russel Wilson ring a bell?
A game the Niners didn't play in? Or do you mean SB XLVII? A game the Smith didn't play in? Where they had the ball on 1st down on the 7 yard line, Kaepernick threw 4 passes and couldn't get it in for the win? Yeah, that's Alex Smith's fault.
You're nuts.
Yes I did. He was faltering before that
Did you actually watch the Super Bowl against Baltimore. Kaep brought the team back in re3cord-setting fashion from a huge deficit. Then Greg Roman called the same play to Michael Crabtree for four plays! Unfortunately, the one run the called was a penalty on the offensive line. Greg Roman threw the game away.
B.S. Greg Roman was terrible in 2014.
What is his new name? Abdul? Muhammad? Buraq? Hussein? Osama?
Colin got lucky his first year. He stepped in and confused folks with his running. Lost the super bowl on a rookie mistake The next year he was a mixed bag. Ran too much and was dicey on his passing. He has always had jiggly feet. He cannot plant
Okay, Jed York. Kaep can make throws no other QB in the league can.
Anyone can have an opinion, stats don’t lie. Smith is tied for the 7th lowest all time career interception record (2.3%) and the 27th best pass completion record (61%). Kaepernick doesn’t make the top 180 in either category.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_cmp_perc_career.htm
Rush Limbaugh today: “Opening Sunday in the National Football League this year is September the 11th, the 15th anniversary of 9/11. And if a number of you endeavor to try to steal the stage of the National Football League to call attention to a personal political issue, you run the risk of doing grave damage to the league and a business which depends on massive public love and support and attention and money.”
I’ll self correct. He doesn’t make that list because he hasn’t had 1500 attempts yet. His numbers are better than I thought. A little better than Smith on interceptions, a little worse on completions. But Smith played hurt on a lot of very bad teams for years, without the same Offensive Coordination two years in a row. Kaep had the luxury of starting out in a team that was hot.
Pound sand. Colin can’t pull the trigger
In addition his new love life showed in his lousy one quarter during the preseason
HE’s Great and a great guy...but those running guys...all it takes is one hit
HE SEEMS to be more careful about sliding and not being reckless
but he has a tendency to throw passes into the endzone during superbowls :) ..ducking
Damn, that’s gonna leave a mark. But I bet it was a last ditch effort to save him from radical Islamic hatred and brainwashing.
Tim Couch had 11 game winning drives in the four years he played for the Browns between 1999 and 2003, which I believe is a team record. All this for a miserably bad, EXISTENTIALLY BAD expansion team with an abysmal offensive line. His career would probably have been markedly different if he had played for a team with an o-line of even average quality. Just my two cents worth.
I might have misread that...
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