Observations From the Back Row: Blacks, Leftists and Kneeling

By Rich Kozlovich

America still isn’t properly defining all of this. I'm still amazed that more haven't recognized this is part of an overall scheme to Balkanize America, turning our national community into tribes.

People in most nations live their lives in communities - tribes if you will - and those communities don't necessarily fit within the identity of their national boundaries.  The United States is one of the few that does and that's the goal of the left - destroy the American national identity - divide us into communities that are not harmonious and destroy the Constitution so they can - or at least think they can - take over via the one tool that's always the defining factor in leftist rule.  Tyranny and violence.   

This isn’t about race, it’s about treason, and the left will adopt any issue that will get them what they want. Whether it’s race, the environment or any one of the other many issues they adopt, it’s about destroying America and taking power. They must be insane, since we know leftism has been a disaster to every nation that's adopted it or had it imposed on them. 

That's history and that history is incontestable.

As for these athletes - they're merely what Stalin called “useful idiots”. It’s the owners who really disgust me since these are smart informed men - they have to know better - but they’re like all big business, and I include the pesticide manufacturers – as allies they are at best leaky vessels since all they care about is the bottom-line on their quarterly return and consistently fail to see the long term consequences of their pandering actions.

And now we find one owner is bribing the players to do what they've already contractually obligated to do.  This is a blatant attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the public, but this will backfire on the owners on many levels.  Do they really think appeasement is the answer to the actions of these spoiled brats who are paid obscene amounts of money to play a kid's game?    They're so arrogant one team conspired to play badly and let their quarterback get pounded over and over again until he's out with injuries because he wouldn't go along with them.  One of the team’s offensive linemen has been recorded saying:

“He wants to stand alone, he can stand alone on the field.” And now the Raider's quarterback is out for up to six weeks with a back injury.   "This possibly direct proof continues into an epic national scandal with a team official telling a local reporter, “If you report on this, you will be blackballed, you will not get access to the Raiders period. Your career covering the team will be over.”

Wait - I thought this is a First amendment issue?  Apparently the First amendment only applies to anarchists, leftists, racists, and misfits.  Make no mistake about this - it's only going to get worse. 

If I was the Raider's owner every lineman including the center who clearly was part of the conspiracy would be fired, and every receiver who failed to catch passes would be demoted. Here's my solution.  Do what every company in America does when employees fail to perform.   Fire the top player on each team every week until they get the idea they're hired help, and it's their job to salute, say yes sir, and do as their told - just like everyone else in America who has a job.

And based on what most of them are actually capable of doing outside of sports - there would to be a lot of 300 pound dishwashers available.

Take a Knee, Part III: What We Need is Clarity!

By Rich Kozlovich

This brings me to my conclusion of this series, and it's clear these protests aren't about racism or equality.  If these men were so concerned about the lives of minorities in America this wouldn't be the way to go about it. What is needed is a recognition of what's really causing the plight of blacks in America.   Once that's defined it can be fixed. And let's face it - This isn't really a minority issue.  This has been made a black versus white issue made by Colin Kaepernick and those participating in it with him.   Not by Donald Trump. 

So, let's define the cause of that plight now and who's at fault!

First off let's dispel this whole idea today's whites are now responsible for past black slavery.  Slavery has been with mankind forever, and ever person alive today has some ancestor that suffered that indignity, whether they're Caucasian, Oriental or Negroid. But the blacks who were slaves in America were not enslaved by whites.  They were enslaved by their own race and sold to Europeans and Americans.  Slavery is still going on in Africa today, especially in Muslim nations.

 Why aren't these million dollar athletes protesting that?

The so-called black leadership want to intentionally keep blacks on "an imaginary plantation" through the indoctrination of victimhood. This creates an entitlement mentality and worse yet - a feeling of helplessness and dependency.  Race baiters like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. John  Lewis, Louis Farrakhan, and those listed here in the media. perpetuate this mentality, with the political leadership enriching "themselves with unkept promises while the rest of the population floundered".   And that's the tip of the iceberg.  Without that constant drumbeat of hate by these anarchitsts groups like BLM, Antifa couldn't exist.  For that matter - the KKK couldn't exist either. 

The real problem lies in the cultural paradigms of American blacks.  When any community has a situation where  71 percent of their community (2013) are born to black unwed mothers, there's no fixing that communities problems until they fix that first.    Why?  Because these are children born into an unstable home life and brought up without a stable male figure to guide them.  Is it any wonder only only 59 percent of blacks graduate from high school, and in Detroit where black leadership has dominated for decades the rate is only 20 percent.

Why aren't they protesting that?

As a result - in spite of the billions of dollars American has poured into the black community - they live a life of poverty, drugs, crime, violence, murder, imprisonment and early death.  And while on the streets so many of them are dangerous thugs playing the "knock out game" , worse yet they been made to falsely believe cops are targeting blacks justifying "chants by Black Lives Matter "What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? Now!" The result is a war on cops with numerous officers killed in the line of duty in NYC, Dallas, Baton Rouge, San Antonio, and other cities throughout the land." And Colin Kaepernick donated $25,000 to a group that honors a convicted cop killer. 

It isn't the black community that needs to fear whites - it's the white community that needs to fear blacks.  That's history and that history is incontestable.

This brings us to the First amendment rights argument. 

The hypocircy in the NFL over this is outrageous. Yet in spite of the contractural obligation to stand during the anthem they did and said nothing when Keapernick refused to do so.  "In 2016, the NFL threatened to fine teams who decorated their cleats with a "Never Forget" logo commemorating the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. They prohibited the Cowboys from wearing helmet decals honoring the five police officers killed by a Black Lives Matter advocate." The NFL could have stopped this immediately by suspending Kaepernick and it would have ended. 

Now these cowardly owners - who clearly fear the players - are caught in a mess they can no longer control, and now they're going to have to face these players in negotiations and the players will dominate.  But the public is going to have a big say over what goes on in the NFL from now on, including monoploy exemptions the government has extended to them and the insane public funding for their stadiums.

Since Keapernick has embraced the BLM and Antifa narrative perhaps we should see what's in the offing. 

In an article by C. Mitchell Shaw, Antifa is planning communist revolution for America on November 4 as "the day they have chosen for the opening salvo in the American Bolshevik Revolution."

As The New American’s William Jasper wrote:

"As part of that plan to establish “an anarchist-communist dictatorship,” the communists in Antifa are not one bit above engaging in criminal behavior. Like their communist predecessors in other places and other times, Antifa has staged riots, burned or otherwise destroyed public and private property, and used violence and the threat of violence to cow their opponents into silent submission."

What this is really all about has nothing to do with racism, equality or First Amendment rights.  What this is really all about is what the left has desired since Stalin flooded the United States with spies and agents (many of who infiltrated FDR's administration, along with Hollywood, radio, newspapers, unions and academia) the total destruction of the United States.  The destruction of the American identity, the end of capitalism and destruction of the American economy and the overturning and elimination of the U.S. Constitution - the only things standing against a socialist ruled world under the auspices of the United Nations. 

What this is really all about is treason.  As for these foolish players, NFL owners, politicians, and media types - including some who profess to be conservatives - they're merely catspaws and enablers of that treason. 

I really do wish these people read a history book once in a while.  In the meanwhile - allow me to introduce you to The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals.

Part I
Part II

Editor's note:  This is the end of this series, but while doing the research I found tons of material on BLM and Antifa which I think is foundationally important to understand what's happening, including who's funding all of this.  And believe me when I tell you there's enough information for a book on this.  I intend to share that information.  RK.

Take A Knee, Part II: What We Need is Clarity!

By Rich Kozlovich

Colin Kaepernick started this whole national mess, but he's gone and his career is over. Now it appears his lack of talent and his penchant for adopting the Black Lives Matter's narrative that America is racist and treats minorities with inequality isn't why he wasn't chosen by some team to foul up their locker room.  It appears the left claims the only reason no team will pick him up is because they're racists. Well, the NFL is suffering a fate they brought on themselves -there's a whole cabal of NFL players who've now picked up his banner, and it's spreading to other sports.

We took a look at Colin Kaepernick in Part I - and this series will finish with Kaepernick to explain what this is really all about in Part III - but in the meanwhile let's take a look at these other players.

September 29, 2017 Daniel John Sobieski posted this article: NFL: The National Felons League Crime Spree saying"

It is hard to say what exactly NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem are protesting, but if it is alleged social injustice and police brutality against African-Americans, these players have to explain their own record of brutality and injustice against their fellow Americans. We are all familiar with the workplace sign touting the number of days since the last accident. NFL locker rooms should have a sign showing the last player arrest for a criminal act. As of September 25, as Joseph Curl points out at the Daily Wire, it had been a mere 23 days since the last NFL player had been arrested for a crime.  

The average is about a week between NFL player arrests:  

The average time between arrests is just seven days, while the record without an arrest is slightly more than two months, at 65 days, according to NFLarrest.com, which "provides an interactive visualized database of National Football League player Arrests and Charges," the site says.  

Players get arrested for a variety of crimes: drunk driving, drug offenses, domestic violence, assault and battery, gun violations, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, theft, burglary, rape and even murder  

The NFL virtually embraces players who abuse women. Take this report in the Chicago Tribune:  "In the first round [of the 2017 draft], the Oakland Raiders drafted Gareon Conley, who has been accused of rape. In the second round, the Cincinnati Bengals selected Joe Mixon, who in a much-viewed video punches a woman so hard that she falls down unconscious. In the sixth round, the Cleveland Browns selected Caleb Brantley, who was accused of doing pretty much what Mixon did."  

You might not be able to access NFLarrest.com. Recently the website was down due to heavy traffic, probably from disgruntled fans, many of them veterans, curious about the hypocrisy of the NFL and its players regarding violence and brutality. An early 2017 database of NFL player-criminals is available here........Another player arrested for a criminal act which killed people was Leonard Little. If you want talk about flaws in the criminal justice system, look at his crimes and the meager punishment:..............

If social justice is their concern, well they can start fixing this by conducting themselves like decent citizens and stop acting like rampaging out of control barbarians and respecting the rights of those they brutalized.  Admittedly, not all professional athletes act in this manner, but when players who are responsible citizens feel intimidated into going along with all of this - when owners and coaches are so afraid of their employees they go along with this - they share in the blame and the shame. 

On September 25, 2017 Trevor Thomas posted the article, Kaepernickitis Is Rooted in Lies outlining how Kaepernick's buying into the lies of Black Lives Matter hook, line, and sinker is the real social injustice which resides in the black community.  According to Heather MacDonald --  "The tragic truth is, the most dangerous place for a black American is not in the presence of a police officer. The most dangerous place for a black American -- especially for young black males -- is a black neighborhood. Again, as a 2016 report by the Manhattan Institute reveals:"

• In 2013, homicide was the leading cause of death among African-Americans aged 15–35.
• During 1990–2008, for 93 percent of black homicide victims, the perpetrator was also black.
• In 2009, in the 75 largest U.S. counties, blacks were charged with 62 percent of robberies, 57 percent of murders, and 45 percent of assaults -- despite constituting 15 percent of the population in those counties.
• In 2014, in New York City, blacks committed 75 percent of shootings and 70 percent of robberies, while constituting 23 percent of the population.
•  During 2005-2014, blacks were also responsible for 40 percent of murders of police officers nationwide.
• And perhaps the most shocking statistic of all: Black men in the U.S. are half as likely to die if they are in prison than if they are not.

I would ask everyone supporting this BLM narrative to explain to me what exactly what they think Social Justice means to them?  Why is it so dangerous and damaging to live in a black dominated neighborhood?  Why has the black family disintegrated in America?  What are the social justice consequences for that?  And who's responsible? 

Here is Part I, Part III will follow.

Take a Knee, Part I: What We Need is Clarity!

"Definition Leads to Clarity.  Clarity Leads to Understanding.  Understanding Leads to Good Decision Making. Good Decision Making Leads to Harmony."

By Rich Kozlovich

This will be the only post on Paradigms and Demographics today as I don't want anything else to distract from what I have to say.

My very good friend Mike Grace forwarded an e-mail to me of unknown origin, so I can't source it for you, but it was touching, profound and provocative, and it fits perfectly with this American Spectator cartoon.

It starts out like this:

"Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. If you don't know where that is, just Google it from the sidelines. Hold a musket ball in your fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real experience. Then take a knee. "

The e-mail talks about those who stormed the beaches of Normandy with absolutely no protection from the bullets except the dead bodies of their comrades.  Vets who suffered in the jungles of Vietnam and then came home to be spit on by on by their fellow citizens exercising their "first amendment rights".

Real men and women gave up their lives in behalf of their countrymen all over the world on nameless hills, bloody beaches, sweltering jungles, and in freezing cold - doing their duty.  All the while there was not one cheerleader in sight, no announcers praising their actions, and no cheering fans high fiveing when they committed some selfless act of heroism.  And no multimillion dollar contracts for their service at the end of their tours of duty.  When they took and knee it was to pray.

So then what's it really all about? 

• Is it really about racism? 
• Is it really about police brutality or misconduct against blacks?
• Are cops, especially white cops targeting blacks?
• Is this really about equality?
• Is this really a First Amendment Right issue?

Actually these issues are all part of a larger agenda, which I will address later. One thing it really is though - this really is an act of disrespect for America, Americans and what each stands for and represents, and any blather from the NFL or the media to the contrary is horsepucky. 

Another thing is also clear.  It wasn't Donald Trump who started this divisiveness, and it wasn't Trump who made this a racial issue - it was Colin Kaepernick who did - and along with Keapernick, the NFL bears total responsibility for all of this. 

Let's take a look at Kaepernick and the seeming origin of this "protest". 

Keapernick claimed he wouldn't stand for the Anthem because - "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." Yet at a post game interview he wore a Fidel Castro shirt giving the impression he was in support of one of the most oppressive murderous dictators who ever lived on this planet and a notorious racist.  He was also known to wear "pig cop" socks during practice.  So we really need to ask: Does he have a valid argument about cops targeting blacks?  Let's look at that first. 

Irrespective of what the media spouts about the "injustices" perpetrated by brutal racist cops - every one of these recent media crusades against cops over some killing - those killed were thugs and criminals.  Crime statistics show a cop is twice as likely to shoot a white criminal as a black perpetrator.  But statistics also show black crime is way out of proportion to their population.  If these activists want to lessen black confrontations with the police then encourage their community to stop perpetrating criminal acts.  With a few unfortunate exceptions, people who aren't committing crimes don't have confrontations with police. 

In the article September 29,2017 article, Blacks, Crime, and the Bended Knee, By Shari Goodman she notes:

It is not “whitey” who is committing 62 percent of robberies, 57 percent of murders, 45 percent of assaults in the 75 biggest counties throughout the United States. Despite comprising only about 15 percent of the population in those counties. 91 percent of blacks are murdered by other blacks . Blacks comprise 10 percent of the population, but commit 42 percent of the robberies and 34 percent of felonies. In a report from the Department of Justice, over a 30-year period between 1980 and 2008, blacks committed half of all homicides in the United States despite comprising only 13 percent of the population.

Furthermore, a 2007 FBI file reports there were 433,934 single-offender victimization crimes against whites by blacks compared to 55,685 crimes committed by whites against blacks -- eight times as many more crimes committed against whites by blacks. Interracial rape is almost exclusively a black on white crime with 14,000 assaults on white woman but not one case of a white sexual assault on a black female.

In her book The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe, Heather McDonald documents the inner city warfare committed by black males against other black males.  

In Chicago, 76 percent of all homicides are committed by blacks and 78 percent of all juvenile arrests involve blacks.

 Kaepernick's first and only justifications for his actions - "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color" - are blatant nonsense, especially from a mediocre quarterback who pocketed $39 million dollars over the last three years of his contract from his "oppressors".

Part II will follow.