RADIOJanuary 06, 2025

THIS Made Glenn HATE Daylight Saving Time

Donald Trump has said that he will try and finally end Daylight Saving Time. But where did it even come from? For his whole life, Glenn believed that it was about helping the farmers. But recently, he discovered the shocking – and infuriating – truth. As with everything annoying in our country, you can trace it back to … Woodrow Wilson. Glenn reviews the real history of Daylight Saving Time, from Benjamin Franklin to the Germans in World War 1 to Wilson and FDR. So, can Trump do away with yet another pointless progressive legacy?

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GLENN: Yesterday, we were kind of having this argument, I think, off-air, of Daylight Savings Time.

And I was like, okay.

I seem to remember, it has something to do with farmers. Okay? They have too much.

They need more sunlight. Or, I can't remember. And I'm like, it's farmers!

I'm sure it's farmers! And so I've got to check this out. Because if it's about farming, I'm for it.

STU: That's a good stance.

That's how we get a giant 500 billion-dollar farm bill every year. Is it about farming? So here is the -- I said to you yesterday, I'll do my homework.

Let me look into where it started.

STU: I'm interested to know where it landed on this.

GLENN: Oh, you won't believe.

Okay. So if you start looking into all the dark corners of human history, you find a man named Benjamin Franklin.

STU: That's not a dark -- he's my favorite founder.

GLENN: Right. Founding father. Inventor.

Love of lightning. Lover of libraries. Pretty good guy, right?

So he's in Paris.

And in 1784. He writes, now, remember in America, he wrote an op-ed, under a pseudonym.

A non deplume. And it was all just comedy, basically.

He was just ripping things apart, comedically.

Okay?

Well, he does this in the Journal de Paris.

And he writes this letter, because he -- he thinks the Parisians are lazy.

Now, who would have thought --

STU: Where did that come from, jeez?

GLENN: How things have changed, huh?

So he said, I've got an idea.

First of all, I can save you a fortune on candles.

And candles, if you woke up a little earlier, you wouldn't need the candle at night.

Because you would be tired.

And you would go to bed.

So in this, he said, and we should tax shutters.

Because if you don't have a shutter, the light would come in, and you would wake up, and you would go to work!

Okay.

And if that doesn't work.

We should fire cannons at sunrise.

Get out of bed!

Okay?

So he's writing this about basically making fun of the French about being lazy and laying in bed.

Okay!

He didn't mean it, but a seed had been planted. So now we have to go 100 years into the future.

Another guy who becomes very serious about the clocks. Is George Vernon Hudson.

He's an entomologist in New Zealand.

Okay? And he's like, you know, Benjamin Franklin was right!

Why?

Because this guy collected butter flies after his job, and it got dark too early.

STU: For his butterfly collection?

GLENN: For his butterfly collecting. I mean, this is insane. So he stirs up a big deal.

He's like, we have to drop our clocks back. But he didn't say an hour.

He said like 20 minutes.

20 -- 20 minutes!

What are you talking about?

You know how screwed up everything would be if we set our clocks.

I want to set them back 16 and a half minutes.

STU: We can't handle the most basic of tasks.

Imagine that.

GLENN: All right. So he's doing this, because, again, he's collecting insects.

All right.

1895, is when he did that.

It didn't come back again, until William Willett in 1907.

He was a wealthy English man.

He said, just like Benjamin Franklin, except he was sincere about it.

Nobody's working anymore. Why can't -- now, this is -- you have to remember, this is a wealthy English man. Why aren't my workers on the plantation early in the morning?

I should be woken up by the sound of hard work.

He said, this is a waste!

And he writes a pamphlet. A waste of daylight.

He also suggests we only turn the clocks back 20 minutes.

All right?

So he lobbied parliament. Nobody listened to him.

Okay?

1916.

1916, the beginning of the great war.

All across Europe, countries are desperate to do what?

What are they doing? They're fighting, right? If you're fighting, what do you need? Don't think daylight. What do you need?

STU: Night.

GLENN: No. No. Forget the time.

What is valuable? What's valuable is armaments! Okay. And how do you make armaments back then!

Coal.

STU: Okay.

GLENN: They want the light to last as long at night as possible.

So the coal plants can -- are taking all the coal, instead of giving it to people for energy in their houses. So they can turn on all their lights.

They can make armaments. So they have a shortage of fuel, of coal. All right?

STU: It's a winding road. I would not have gotten that.

GLENN: This is why I did this dusty, dusty work yesterday.

STU: Yeah. It is.

GLENN: Okay. Suddenly, Germany is like, hey, wait a minute. Remember that guy that was -- Germany did this, not England. Germany said, remember that guy, who was in parliament. Who said, you should set the clock back?

Yeah. Twenty minutes.

And so a German said, how about a full hour?

Would that save things?

April 30th, 1916, Germany was, nothing good comes from Germany.

Sorry. Really good desserts. Really good desserts. Other than that, nothing good -- okay. BMWs are pretty nice. Mercedes, pretty nice.

But other than that, nothing comes out of Germany, that is good.

STU: Aren't you German?

GLENN: There's a few exceptions. Okay.

So all across Europe, the war is raging.

Germany sets their clocks back. So they can have the daylight. So they're not -- they're not wasting coal.

And England is like, hey. Wait a minute.

Six weeks later. England joins in.

Then Europe joins in.

Everybody is doing this, for the war effort.

And Wilson.

Then Wilson comes in. And he does it, as well.

In the United States. So the first time it ever happened. Was under Woodrow Wilson.

I could end the story there, and that explains why I'm now not for Daylight Savings Time.
I could end it there!

So after Wilson, because of the progressives, this is so amazing. Think about this, in history.

The progressives in 1919, were -- became very unpopular.

Because Woodrow Wilson had had a stroke his last year in office.

Was absolutely incapable of running anything in the White House.

He wasn't in charge, his wife was, does any of this sound familiar. And he had taken America and pushed it into socialism.

And we had -- we had lost freedom.

And it scared the American people, because at that time, they knew the Constitution, and it happened in eight years, and they were like, we've got to get away from this. So they reversed it. And all the things he did, they reversed. Including Daylight Savings Time.

And then World War II happened.

And FDR came in. And he called it wartime.

And he did it for the same reason. To save on coal.

Save energy.

So to conserve resources, again, we put in wartime.

And then we never let it go. So 70 countries, now, still observe Daylight Savings Time. That's a third of the world!

Across Europe, the clouds spring forward, fall backward, like clockwork. Pun intended. Over in Europe, it's called summertime.

In North America, United States, Canada, and Mexico, we're still dancing to this tune. Except, Mexico is starting to opt out.

Parts of Australia and New Zealand still observe it. But in Asia, Africa, and most of South America.

They are like, these guys are stupid. What are you doing?

They're like, yeah. That's -- that's not really -- I mean, we don't have candles anymore.

Or coal.

So, you know, I think we're -- you know, I think we're pretty good with this.

And it messes with our bodies. And doctors show, that the time change increases. Heart attacks.

Strokes. Car accidents. And grumpiness. The one thing it is, it's on a Saturday. And you're like, oh, I missed church. Gosh darn it, I didn't set my clock. Now, that's not a very good -- that's not a good reason to be against it. Wilson is.

Your kids miss buses. Anyway, so that is what happened.

Now, if we don't -- if Donald Trump comes in and says, we're getting rid of Daylight Savings Time.

That means, the sun in Boston, will come up at 4:07 a.m.

Like 4:11 in Minneapolis. Around the same in Seattle.

That is significant! 4:20, I think, in Los Angeles.

But it's still light until 7 o'clock at night. 8 o'clock at night.

I'm pretty cool with that. I'm pretty cool with that.

I don't like it when it -- you know, the problem is, in the winter, it gets dark so early.

You -- you kind of like.

Wait. I don't need it to be darker.

You know, at three in the afternoon.

I went to -- where was it? Copenhagen, I think. It was in Sweden. And I was doing a deal on the Muslim uprisings over there. This was years ago. And like the sunrises at like 9:30. 9:45. And goes down at 3:00. You know, 2:45. And it never gets past like the sunset.

It's never above 20 degrees horizon. And so it just kind of circles the edge. It always looks like dawn or dusk. I think I would kill myself!

I don't care how good the chocolate is, or whatever. I think the Swiss Miss would be fashioning a rope for me, really quickly.

Oh, my gosh. I don't think I could handle it. So, anyway, that's the story. Donald Trump, right again!

STU: He is right. On this one.

GLENN: Anything that goes against Woodrow Wilson! And FDR.

I fully 100 percent back!

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GLENN: There's a difference between a revival and an awakening. We are in a revival right now, but that doesn't necessarily lead to anything. Except, oh, I have to re-learn those principles. But that doesn't mean you apply them in your life. Okay?

That's an awakening. There's been two great awakenings in American history. One brought us the American Revolution. The second one brought us the Civil War and the freedom of slaves.

We have the possibility of going into a third great awakening. That's the only thing that will save us. If you don't know the difference between a revival and an awakening. Let me give you the negative print of a godly awakening. Our kids right now, they don't have any purpose. They don't have any meaning.

They look at everything, and it doesn't -- it's not real. None of it is real. It's money. It's fame.

It's -- you know, it's ever changing truths and definitions. And they have no purpose in their life. Okay?

So they're looking for that. Because man has to have purpose in his life. Man has to search for meaning.

So they're searching for meaning. And they found a group of people that actually mean something. And they're willing to die for it. And it's ISIS.

And so they're like, at least these people believe in something. They believe it. And they're willing to die for it. I'm going to stand with them. And they put that twisted understanding into action. That's the -- that is -- that's an awakening. It's just an awakening to the dark side. And that one is already happening. It has to happen on the good side. And let me speak directly to young men: Look, you are inheriting a very loud, angry, cynical and worst of all spiritually starving and malnourished society. And you are being sold a future of cheap pleasures and hollow heroes and screens with blue light that just rob you of your strength, one distracted second after another.

And in the middle of all that noise, may I just give you one piece of instruction. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praise-worthy, seek those things.

Don't admire them. Don't nod at them. Seek them!

Hunt them. Chase them. Build your life around those things. A man who will do that. A boy. A young man who will do that, will become different. Noticeably different.

He will stop letting the culture feed him garbage. He stops applauding the trivial. He stops laughing at the obscene or cheering for the cruel.

He will become a curator of -- of real, lasting beauty in an age that has forgotten what beauty even looks like.

When other men are chasing down or holding up cynicism, this man holds up hope!

When everyone around him is chasing dopamine, he chooses discipline. When others will blame their circumstance, he'll take responsibility for his own action. When the world worships the shallow, he goes and searches for the deep!

You want to know what the secret of becoming strong is, or becoming trusted, or becoming the kind of man that your future wife, your future children, your future nation can depend on?

Here it is!

You become what you seek. If you seek trash, you become trash. If you seek virtue, you become a man of virtue. You seek excellence, and your life will begin to shine, not loudly, but steadily. Like the steel glow of a blade being forged.

That's who you'll be.

The world has a plentiful, seemingly never-ending supply of angry boys. We don't need any more addicted boys.

We don't need any more distracted boys. The world needs men. Whole men. Clear-eyed men.

Men whose souls are anchored to something higher than the algorithms, trying to own them!

Build a life worthy of admiration. Forget about the applause. Fill your mind with words that make you wiser. Fill your days with work, hard work, that makes you stronger. Fill your home with beauty that lifts every soul who walks into it.

Have your home a place where people walk in and go, man, I say so great here. I just love it here. I don't know what it is about your house. I just love it. It's the spirit that's there! Because you built it! You protect it.

Protect your integrity like a watchman on the wall. Don't lie. Don't cheat. Don't steal. And when you fail, and you will, stand back up again.

Because a man who seeks the virtuous, is not a man who never fails. He just -- he just becomes a man who refuses to stay on the ground.

If you seek things that are lovely and pure, trustworthy, praiseworthy, you'll become a kind of man this age almost never produces. A man whose very existence is a rebuke to the darkness.

That's your calling. That's why you were born.

Not to be lost. Not to play video games. Not to give up. Not to say, there's no hope. Not to end up in the trash bin of human history because you've -- you've taken so many drugs, you can't stand up straight anymore.

You're not destined to be alone.

You were destined for great things. You are destined to find an amazing woman!

Believe me. I didn't think I would ever find an amazing woman. Because I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't think I was worth it.

And until I started understanding how God works. That, yeah. I'm not worth any of the stuff that I have.

When you realize, it's all a gift. It's all a gift. And even if you work your brains out, you may not ever get all the things that you want. But you're going to have everything you need. Once you realize, carefully selecting friends makes a difference. My mother used to always say, show me your friends. I will show you your future.

It's true. Be careful who you select as friends. Watch your language. Watch what you're putting into your brain and what's coming out of your mouth. Because the brain is so amazing. It's being turned to mush. Did you know that there is a new study that just came out. I have to tell you about it next week, maybe.

New study going out. It is -- it's AI. And it has access to social media, and they have found that the AI -- the AI that is scrolling through social media all day, just to keep updated on everything that's going on in social media. It's getting brain mush. It's actually becoming dumber. It's become less effective!

It's a machine. What do you think this, flesh and blood, this thing is going to do?

We say life is meaningless. And life is the only thing that has any value. And yet, we spend all of our time, on things like social media. And that has absolutely no value.

But we think that's life.

I'm not that smart. I've just lived a long time. And I've made so many mistakes.

And I decided at one point, I'm going to stop saying, it's somebody else's fault. I'm going to start saying. Maybe -- what did I do to create that?

What did I do to attract that?

Why does this thing keep happening to me?

Why is it that I always find myself involved with these same kind of people?

Because, Glenn, dummy, it's you!

What you think, it's like -- it's like think of yourself as a -- as a beacon. It's just -- you're a beacon. Your GPS pin, that is constantly saying, here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

Except, it's transmitting more than just your location. It's -- it's transmitting what you're looking for, who you are. And it's attracting other dropped pins to you. It's saying, "I like this. I think this way. I believe these things. I am afraid of these things."

Whatever it is, you're thinking. It's constantly putting that out.

And saying, here I am. Is there anything else like that?

Anything else that can reinforce that? Anything else that can live like this?

Because that's me. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

That's why you keep finding yourself in exactly the same situations. Nothing will change, if nothing changes!

And the only thing that you can change, is you!

Seek the things, that have virtue.

Seek the things, that have beauty in music, in -- in art, in life, in architecture, in clothing! Whatever it is. Look for real, lasting beauty and value.

Find the things that are true! Truly true.

Universally true. Find the things that uplift. Seek those things!

And you will change your life and your world!