# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/161 "2022-02-11T19:13:35Z")
Congressslime Thomas Massie thinks people have the right to own nuclear and biological weapons. > **[Thomas Massie says Americans must own enough weapons to overthrow the...](https://www.rawstory.com/thomas-massie-2656635531/)** > > A U.S. Congressman is calling on Americans to own "sufficient" weaponry to overthrow the government, suggesting they should do so "if 30 to 40 percent agree" the nation is living under "tyranny.""If 30 to 40 percent could agree that this was... ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/162 "2022-02-11T19:18:23Z")
I was the first to offer up my face to be eaten! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/163 "2022-02-11T19:18:25Z")
Of course, if 12.4% of Americans think they’re oppressed, it’s just crybaby bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/164 "2022-02-11T19:34:30Z")
I looked up groveling sniveling spineless toad in the dictionary… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/165 "2022-02-11T19:38:59Z")
QAnon crazy who claims that she can time travel so she knows that Individual 1 will be reinstated, and who was convicted of fraud for raising money for fire victims but kept it for herself (and then did it again by raising money for veterans but kept it for herself) is running for Secretary Qf State (her spelling) in Ohio. She says she will remove all election machines, replace them with pen and paper, and televise the vote count. > **[QAnon Grifter Who Claims She Can Time Travel Is Running for Office in Ohio](https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxdpwz/ohio-terpsehore-maras-qanon-time-traveler)** > > Secretary of state candidate Terpsehore Maras isn’t even trying to hide her affiliation to QAnon. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/166 "2022-02-11T19:46:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who got on Individual 1’s bad side so much that he endorsed her primary opponent, decided to show just how brave and upright she is by traveling from her home state of South Carolina to New York City, so she could stand outside Trump Tower and post videos of her with the Trump Tower name in the background talking about how she was one of the first to endorse him. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > I was the first to offer up my face to be eaten! I’m pretty sure the leopards won’t eat what’s left of my face! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/167 "2022-02-11T20:05:13Z")
Here’s something I was unfamiliar with, and haven’t seen on any news outlet. I knew that the Republicans had passed legislation – the Unfunded Pension Liabilities Act – in 2006 requiring the Post Office to pre-fund its retiree benefits for 70 years into the future. No other government agency has or had to do such an absurd thing. It cost the Post Office $5 billion per year. I originally thought that this was just another Republican roadblock intended to pave the way for the privatization of the postal service. But it turns out that there was a more immediate goal to this bill – it prevented the replacement of postal vehicles with electric and hybrid vans, which Post Office officials were saying that they were planning on doing. The dead-of-night legislation blindsided the Post office and cut this off at the knees. This is relevant now because Biden has revived the idea of the postal service buying electric vehicles.as cost-effective and clean alternatives. But our Postmaster Louis De Joy refuses to even consider that – he’s committed to buying gasoline-powered vehicles. Shouldn’t we have gotten rid of this guy by now? I though Biden installed two new members on the Post Office Board. > **[Why Republicans Now LOVE the Post Office](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/11/2079804/-Why-Republicans-Now-LOVE-the-Post-Office?utm_campaign=trending)** > > The Republicans are about to win a major battle in their war on electric vehicles, this time with the second largest vehicle fleet in America owned by the US Postal Service. It’s an outrageous story that most Americans don’t know a thing about. To... ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/168 "2022-02-11T20:18:47Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Shouldn’t we have gotten rid of this guy by now? I though Biden installed two new members on the Post Office Board. This is addressed in the article you cited. > Because Republican senators are holding up confirmation of Biden’s Postal Board of Governors’ appointees, DeJoy can’t be fired by the current Trump-appointee-dominated board, a fact that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [pointed out](https://www.postaltimes.com/postalnews/senator-whitehouse-calls-for-confirmation-of-usps-board-of-governors-nominees-to-address-major-operational-problems-under-postmaster-general-dejoy/) last week, demanding the Senate move the Democratic nominees forward over GOP objections. > > But DeJoy is itching to sign the contract for all those gas and diesel vehicles, and he still has the power to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/169 "2022-02-11T20:19:25Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Dear Penthouse Forums, you never would believe how hard I fucked my country… You joke, but way back when, there was one a friend showed me. A guy goes camping in Northern Canada, and digs a hole to get off with. The one line I remember is, “I was fucking Canada…” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/170 "2022-02-11T20:22:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Secretary **Qf** State Please tell me people are pronouncing that “[queef](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Queef)”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/171 "2022-02-11T20:32:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > She says she will remove all election machines, replace them with pen and paper, and televise the vote count. I say do all elections by a show of hands. With all the drones and satellites-- have people stand out in the street, raise their hands, take pictures, and count everyone. No way to fake that, amirite? 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/172 "2022-02-11T20:33:35Z")
Yes, and if you vote wrong, the drone drops a wee (too Trumpian) tiny bomb on you. Two birds, done and dusted and all that. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/173 "2022-02-11T20:48:30Z")
And that if 30-40% of people can agree that there’s tyranny, they should be afforded the right to violently overthrow the government. When do we get to use the… powers of impeachment to get dangerous people like this out of Congress? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/174 "2022-02-11T20:49:03Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The one line I remember is, “I was fucking Canada…” Did she think of England? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/175 "2022-02-11T20:54:58Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > And that if 30-40% of people can agree that there’s tyranny, they should be afforded the right to violently overthrow the government. Here’s the wonderful thing about revolutions. If you really have 30-40% of the population ready to engage in violent revolution, and all agreeing on what that means, they don’t need to be “afforded” anything, they can just start the war. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/176 "2022-02-11T21:10:13Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > This is addressed in the article you cited. That was a cry of exasperation, not a request for information. Will no one rid us of this turbulent Postmaster? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/177 "2022-02-11T21:12:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > She says she will remove all election machines, replace them with pen and paper, and televise the vote count. Is she under the impression that people can write legible and intelligible replies for the vote? She IS a Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/178 "2022-02-11T21:18:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon crazy who claims that she can time travel so she knows that Individual 1 will be reinstated, and who was convicted of fraud for raising money for fire victims but kept it for herself (and then did it again by raising money for veterans but kept it for herself) is running for Secretary Qf State (her spelling) in Ohio. Holy hell, if she can time travel then she’s a lock. If she goes forward in time and finds that she lost the election, she can find out why and correct things! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/179 "2022-02-11T22:08:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > If she goes forward in time and finds that she lost the election, she can find out why and correct things! She finds out it’s because she’s crazy, which she can’t fix [/TwilightZone] ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/180 "2022-02-11T22:32:15Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Holy hell, if she can time travel then she’s a lock. If she goes forward in time and finds that she lost the election, she can find out why and correct things! Correct?? She can get rid of the people who voted against her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=10)