Saturday, October 3, 2026

D.L. Gardner: Let's Make October Politics-Free

Ok, everybody. It’s time to relax. Let’s talk about college football and hunting seasons. The World Series is coming soon. We’ve wasted way too much time talking about POLITICS! Really? What is a woman? Who identifies with whom these days? Why does the White House need a new ballroom? Is it AI (artificial intelligence) or SI (super intelligence)? Xi and Trump agreed it should be SI. It’s settled. 

October is the natural month that gives us permission to talk about anything but politics. The election is not until November. Chill! Who is going to make any difference in issues between now and election day? Nobody. We’re tired. Just give us a break. Sure, gas prices are high! So are beef prices. What is anyone going to do about high prices between now and November? 

Besides, November has Thanksgiving! Quit your beefing! It won’t solve anything. It’ll be Christmas soon enough. Who cares whether Democrats are blocking legislation that would help the middle-class next year? “Next year” never comes in politics! Neither do weeks or months. And, for that matter, how long has it been since anyone has been “held accountable” for fraud, or rigging elections, or lying to the American people? 

For Pete’s sake, stop rioting to “free” Palestine! There is no Palestine. Let’s give the world the month of October as our gift to get over it! Y’all over there on your side of the earth work out your squabbles amongst yourselves. There’s not a college student in America who even knows where you are or what issues you have with those around you. 

Think about it. What could Washington do between now and election day that will change anything in the rest of the world, much less in America? I mean, President Trump could make some changes. He’s the only one in Washington who’s made any real differences. Granted, his changes have not only been for Americans, but also for other nations who are prospering now instead of rotting away under socialism. Ask Venezuelans whether Trump has helped their nation. 

The United States of America is a pretty good country, don’t you think? We’re free to do whatever we want to do as long as we don’t murder someone, in most cases. In other nations, people just shoot to kill. We should cancel politics until January. That will give us a nice stretch of peace from all the damage politics has done this year. 

President Trump promised to give every family $5,000 if we elected Republicans to Congress. That’s not a bad deal. Republicans are already the majority. Don’t mess it up. Democrats just promised the same old things. Lower gas prices and food prices, more money to help with costs of daily living including 100% of healthcare costs. All that stuff is good, but frankly they’ve never given us enough to make that much difference. Still, they’re looking out for all the people, not just the rich ones. 

Let’s pledge to enjoy October without any arguing over politics. We could spend more time with family and friends. You know, we could catch up, find out who needs a little help, who’s been going through some rough times. That would be a perfect time to plan for Thanksgiving and gift giving the last two months of the year. 


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

 


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trump and Xi are on the same page about AI because both of their benefactors want AI to have informational guardrails. They don’t honestly believe AI is going to get loose and cause havoc. They don’t want their people knowing uncomfortable historical facts. China agrees that their frontier models will give sanitized responses to Americans, Australians, and Europeans and our frobtier models will censor on behalf of the PRC. China will also restrict access to their fully open source local models (the ones anyone can run on their own hardware) if congress fails to pass laws banning them. Congress is working on placing strict bans on 3D printing, open source drones, robotics, and numerous other fully open-source applications and hardware. The US tech sector must be a walled guarded protected from DIYers and anything that will disrupt the nee AI economy.

Anonymous said...

“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t. We have to keep winning. We have to win more!’” DJ Trump

Anonymous said...

"We’ve wasted way too much time talking about POLITICS!"

This coming from one of the worst offenders.

Anonymous said...

Forget politics and watch wwe wrestling

Anonymous said...

Politics and wrestling have quite a few things in common.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't want to talk politics if I was a Republican right now.

Anonymous said...

4:42, such a bad memory about Democrats in charge. It’s nice not hearing all the BS we had to hear under Biden. I love talking politics now, the only disappointment is not being able to vote for Trump again. People feel a little pain at the pump and ready to scrap the whole government. Lol

Anonymous said...

The real problem is we have so many blind loyalists in both parties willing to walk in " goose steps"! We also have too many politicians who were born into or inherited wealth and have no clue about " real life" costs or effort. The top 1% hold 31% of our wealth. WORSE ,the top 10% hold 68% of our wealth.
We are becoming a failed state thanks to those believe what they want to be true and march instead of being party propaganda. Who were the " good " Germans? Those who wanted to believe Hitler and found him entertaining. Media makes propaganda so much easier to dish out!
Freedom depends on a strong middle class...the most important commonality in prosperous, free countries.
It's not like we don't have thousands of years of history to guide us!

Anonymous said...

Huge 'Please Clap' vibes...


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