Kobe, Mahomes and 'unwoke' blacks

wnd.com ^ | 1/29/2020 | Jack Cashill

[rktman]

In the words of grrrrrrreta---HOW DARE YOU?! Thanks gentlemen for actually considering the truth in the matter. Kobe, RIP. Mahomes, good luck in Miami.

[blackdog]

How in God’s name did Kobe Bryant’s insurance carriers allow him to have a helicopter and pilot without an instrument rating?

[semaj]

“How in God’s name did Kobe Bryant’s insurance carriers allow him to have a helicopter and pilot without an instrument rating?”

For real?

[Red Badger]

He had Instrument Rating.
It was the company rules that did not allow IFR............

[Red Badger]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3812198/posts

[al baby]

simmer down grown up are talking

[SanchoP]

Why does Mahomes have to be black unless you go by the Jim Crow "one drop" rule? Isn't that racist?

His mother.

[Obadiah]

"There is a bigger issue in terms of being an African American athlete, and the box people try to put you in because of it," he told McGrath. "And it's always a struggle to step outside of that."

Get back on the Plantation. How dare you!

[bramps]

Good article.

[rktman]

Stuff happens. Maybe he promised to only fly on nice days? Pretty dang sad. I kinda thought the same. And, I heard the chopper hadn’t had the suggested terrain proximity upgrade.

[Antoninus]

"There is a bigger issue in terms of being an African American athlete, and the box people try to put you in because of it," he told McGrath. "And it's always a struggle to step outside of that."

Kobe was able to step outside of that box in part because he spent seven years in Italy as a child (and spoke Italian fluently, btw). He never acquired the virus of victimhood that many young Black males in the US have thrust upon them.

[Truthoverpower]

Moms a hottie. Laz ?

[loveliberty2]

"There is a bigger issue in terms of being an African American athlete, and the box people try to put you in because of it," he Kobe told McGrath. "And it's always a struggle to step outside of that."

Sadly, the Progressive Left in America, from its beginnings in the late 1800's, relied on identifying and categorizing, or, in the words of this brilliant young man, putting individuals in a classification "box" in order to manipulate and/or control them or their image in the community/world.

For a recent example, just recall that Alinsky acolyte, Hillary Clinton's, arrogant "deplorables/irredeemables" categorization of 63 millions of her fellow American citizens who preferred the freedoms advocated for by Trump over the authoritarian "boxing in" of her potential presidency.

[Tallguy]

How in God’s name did Kobe Bryant’s insurance carriers allow him to have a helicopter and pilot without an instrument rating?

1. Kobe no longer 'owned' the helicopter. He leased it from an aviation services company. Perhaps insurance-issues forced the decision to sell it?

2. The helicopter pilot did have an IFR-rating, but his company was not licensed to fly customers in IFR conditions. It's been suggested that because of the almost perfect daily flying conditions in Southern California that few companies -- outside of air ambulance services -- go to the extra expense to train for IFR.

3. There is a lot of speculation flying around about how the accident could have occurred. It's understandable. But at the same time there are very few known facts at this time. The formal accident investigation is going to take about a year before some of the basic questions can be definitively answered.

[kearnyirish2]

It is a valid question, but would be more relevant while he was still playing - and it would be the sports team contract, rather than an insurance carrier, that would deal with it.

The same issue arose when Ben Roethlisberger was in a motorcycle accident without a helmet (PA didn’t require helmets); the contract was the issue.

[7thson]

Wow! Mahomes is 6’3” and his mother is only a couple inches shorter than he. Is that his dad that is cut off in the photo? He looks to be 6’5” or 6’6”. Good genes at work.

[zerosix]

His girlfriend could be a younger sister to his mom! (ps: some guys choose wives who resemble their moms.)

[Kickass Conservative]

The Pilot had an Instrument Rating and the Helicopter was not owned by Kobe.

[SanchoP]

Been watching Mahomes since his days at Texas Tech and he refuses to be “defined” by the media. It’s gonna be interesting to see how he reacts to being a SuperBowl MVP. (KC is gonna win big.)

[EEGator]

The helicopter was not Kobe’s.