Stephen Gardner

20 year Army vet. Mostly conservative. Believe we can be good stewards of what we have without the government telling us how to do it.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@iowahawkblog The original poster seems to imply the only people that matter are those that bet on the Vikings. What about those that bet on the Dolphins? Also, If you bet -10.5 on the Vikings, seek help. I say that as a diehard Vikings fan.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

What a great game to be at.

[Casual Minnesota @CasualMinnesota]

Two days until @GopherFootball, you say? Well, I say let’s watch No. 2️⃣ Tanner Morgan (@T_morg2) go 18-of-20 for 339 yards and 3 TDs with no INTs (281.9 passer rating) to lead No. 17 Minnesota to a 31-26 win vs No. 4 Penn State on 11/9/19.
#RTB | #Gophers

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@JonKrawczynski Well that stinks for those of us that travel for work or the out of states fans that don’t want to pay for the full league pass.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

This is worth the read.

[Jeremy Boreing @JeremyDBoreing]

Happy 250th Birthday to a nation like no other.

America is exceptional because it is the exception — a place where a particular set of ideas, a particular set of values, and a particular set of customs, formulated by a particular set of men in a particular place at a particular time created a covenant nation.

That the covenant has extended to men with different beliefs and histories — first to Catholics and to Jews, Irish and German and Italian, freed slaves and others, so long as they would embrace the ideas and values and customs and swear fealty to the same in the form of our Constitution — has not been a weakness but a strength, as has been borne out by the incredible rise of the new nation to heights previously unknown in human history.

The American Experiment, the “experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people,” as George Washington called it, is always just that. It’s never fully proven. It is a promise made by the republic to us and by us to the republic and to each other.

It is a republic, if we can keep it. A republic conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

The promise is ours to keep or to discard at our great peril.

The promise has been abused, both by the state and by ourselves and our neighbors.

It has been strained and tested.

It is being strained and tested now.

The ideas and values and customs are often attacked or co-opted by novel philosophies, or overwhelmed by uncontrolled and unassimilated migration, or hollowed out by our lack of faithfulness to them and to the Creator who is their author.

The covenant isn’t fragile. It has endured in the face of many faithless acts over two and a half centuries.

But nor is it, like the New Covenant of our Salvation, secured by the blood of Christ.

No. It is secured only by our own blood — and some incalculable measure of God’s grace.

It is ours only so long as we fight for it —against all enemies foreign and domestic — even the chief domestic enemy, our own faithlessness and fear and anger and despair.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes. The American experiment should not be abandoned simply because it is showing wear. So beautiful, if a bit bruised, a reed we should not break.

To do so would be to forsake the blood of our fathers, and to flaunt the greatest blessing of God to man in almost half a millennium.

Today, let us renew the covenant. Let us carry on the great experiment, and let us embrace the exception so that it may remain exceptional.

Let us live out the great creed handed to us by those particular men and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.

God bless America and help us to keep her.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@iowahawkblog This seems to be a hill you are willing to die on. You are factually correct though. It wasn’t a fair catch signal. It was an invalid fair catch signal.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@rocknrollofall Grind

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@rodriQuez @ATRightMovies This is the right answer.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@verysadvikings Same. I said at the time our luck would be a Viking would slip on one as they tried to score. What a ridiculous and fun game.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@mikeroweworks Put it on the ground near the bush. The mother is likely nearby watching or gathering food. It will be ok.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@athenaeumbc Once An Eagle and Gates of Fire

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@redsteeze @jarvis_best That is in fact Quinn Hughes asking for a beer.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

This is worth a watch. Well done Mr Rubio. Well done.

[Department of State @StateDept]

WATCH: Secretary Rubio Delivers Remarks to the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. https://t.co/MSnxmlRf2w

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

My family and I won trivia night at the bar because we respect the segment and got a question right about wassailing. Best segment on the radio. @DanBarreiroKFAN @TheRealCarlG @Gaardsy

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@ProFootballTalk I am pretty sure I still have mine. Skol!

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

Excellent thread about one of my favorite books.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

Everyone remembers The Count of Monte Cristo for revenge.

But read closely, it’s a story about faith. 🧵

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

This was a good show for sure.

[Procore Technologies @procoretech]

🤯 Jim Gaffigan knows about change orders? Shout out to Jim for his incredible stand up comedy at our closely keynote of Groundbreak 2025. What a way to end the day! #GBK25

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@Chris_Hawkey @FabArmadillos Great show!

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

Genius.

[john randle @johnnyrandle93]

Bye Week: Purple Friday edition #skol #purplefriday #thedude

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

@Gaardsy You are 100% correct.

[Stephen Gardner @ISGSteveGardner]

Skol.

[NFL Network @nflnetwork]

.@JamieErdahl has the @Vikings defeating the Broncos in the Super Bowl for their first championship 👀