Saturday, November 23, 2024

D.L. Gardner: Everyone Knows Nobody Knows

Nobody knows. Everybody knows that. Why does anyone believe his or her opinion? Some will never understand. All of the (economists, scientists, experts) agree. “The more things change, the more they are the same.” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr was a French critic, journalist, and novelist. “For what it's worth.”

Ok that last one is a Buffalo Springfield song written by Stephen Stills in 1966. “There’s somethin’ happenin’ here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear. There’s a man with a gun over there, A-tellin’ me I got to beware. I think it’s time we stop Children, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.” Three-thousand years or so ago, the wisest man on earth wrote, “There’s nothing new under the sun.”

Last week Hakeem Jeffries NY Congressman and House Minority Leader criticized President-elect Trump’s nominations for cabinet members saying, “when we're confronted with nominations like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are these the best individuals available to the incoming Trump administration?”

Congressman Jeffries was just putting in his own words the last verse of “For What It’s Worth.” “Paranoia strikes deep into your life, it will creep. It starts when you’re always afraid. You step out of line the man come and take you away. We better stop, hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.” That’s the way the last 4 years played out. We ain’t going back.

Congressman Jeffries is four years too late to ask that question of the outgoing administration. If only we had known then what we know now. Unlike the Biden administration, President-elect Trump’s administration has an electoral mandate from the American people demanding major changes in the federal government. President Trump is not handing out party favors, but is seriously selecting leaders who can and will make major changes demanded by the voters.

God had mercy on America four years ago when He put Joe Biden in the White House. That gave Donald Trump a four-year do-over and answered prayers of an overwhelming majority of American voters. Trump is now lazer focused on what needs to be done and who is best to lead every department, bureau, and agency. Donald Trump is God’s choice to make changes across America and especially in Washington, DC, to restore America’s leadership in the world and to bless America again.

Thanksgiving Day will be here before we know it. This year we can truly thank God for His blessings to reunite us in peace under His banner of love. It’s time to work together again and stop calling millions of fellow Americans names.

The fourth estate in America has suffered severely with lies and censorship. We’re already seeing changes in major news outlets. The New York Post headline was “LA Times owner to overhaul ‘very left’ editorial board, gives paradoxical reason for not endorsing Kamala Harris.” Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the Times, said “Harris’ support for Israel’s military actions in Gaza was one of the main reasons he refused to endorse the Democrat and said he wants to hire more conservative voices….”

During this period of postmortem after the election many are hoping news media from local to legacy will consider covering “more conservative voices.” They badly misjudged their readers and viewers who are far too conservative to tolerate nothing but woke news. Nevertheless, everybody knows nobody knows.

Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

DL Gardner doesn’t know how to spell ‘laser’.

MBrookes said...

I thoroughly enjoyed this column. That song was one of my favorites, even though, at the time, I didn't truly understand it.

Anonymous said...

Yikes. Is DL drinking?

Anonymous said...

The notion that God selected Trump to be President is offensive and idiotic.

Anonymous said...

Religion and government are two ways to suppress people's freedoms and take away their money. I strongly believe in God but organized religion is of MAN. Jesus would turn over the money boxes in churches just as He did in the temple! Trump is creating a dictatorship for himself and an oligarchy like Russia's for this country. I'm sad for our children and grandchildren and for those of you who imagine that loyalty at your socio-economic level will protect you. Whatever business or property you now enjoy is going to be " up for grabs". Those who lived under Soviet rule and Mao, know that. Indeed, one red state just eliminated over 20% of their workforce and tax base in one bill without a clue they did that. If they wait to pass it ( which they are planning to do), they also eliminated Governor veto power. There's no one to stop their incompetence of why laws they want to eliminate came into existence. So instead of "tweaking" the parts that are no longer needed, they throw out the whole damn law. They are too lazy to bother to learn what the hell they are doing. But, you all decided your 'instinct" was better than " knowledge". So, go to the local " herb doctor" when you get sick...same thing...a man who doesn't know what he doesn't know about diagnosis and medicine.

Anonymous said...

DL is very old. His only "teaching" was teaching public speaking and it was the " basket weaving" class we all loved to take for an easy grade. The athletes and coaches love him.

Anonymous said...

Good for you, I hope you enjoy both of them.

Anonymous said...

Why didn't you name the state, and the law that was eliminated?

Anonymous said...

For whom? You have no right to criticize the speculation as to God's motives. You can posit an opinion and so can that poster. You just go right on dropping that half dollar in the gold plate every Sunday.


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