# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/501 "2023-08-06T14:53:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Biden […] is now putting an official “I did that” sticker on his projects. I would really hate that from any other politician, ally or opponent, but if anyone’s earned that privilege, it’s Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/502 "2023-08-06T15:13:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Any of those projects that get stalled/delayed/halted It says right there on the sign “US Army Corps of Engineers”. Of course it’s going to be late and cost more than expected. They don’t do it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/503 "2023-08-06T17:27:06Z")
Don’t just about all construction projects go over budget and late? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/504 "2023-08-06T18:35:46Z")
I’m very ashamed that Colorado voted for her. Very ashamed. I wanted to send her an email with my opinion. Her website for contact info, for an email addy goes right to 404. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/505 "2023-08-06T18:55:29Z")
Take heart. You all came within a whisker of ousting her in 2022. I’m confident you’ll do it in 2024. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/506 "2023-08-06T19:43:15Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > > Boebert says she is ‘tired’ of separation between church and state Okay, so let’s introduce a bill to establish an Official Government Church, a Christian one, which deliberately disagrees with Boebert’s church on every major doctrinal question there is. Then add a rider banning all other Christian churches, as well as seizing their assets, and turning those assets over to the New Church of the United States. With a Pope chosen from the ranks of civil servants, naturally. Will that get the point across to her? Almost certainly not, but the Outrage will be funny as hell. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/507 "2023-08-06T19:45:57Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I would really hate that from any other politician, ally or opponent, but if anyone’s earned that privilege, it’s Biden. I want another sign added to projects in some locations: “By the Way, Senator X(R) and Representatives Y(R) and Z(R) voted against this project.” ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/508 "2023-08-06T19:49:53Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Don’t just about all construction projects go over budget and late? No. Some do of course, but USACE has a special knack for it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/509 "2023-08-06T20:37:15Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Will that get the point across to her? Almost certainly not, but the Outrage will be funny as hell. I wonder what the over/under would on her head exploding. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/510 "2023-08-06T20:44:08Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > All hail Church of Satan. All hail taxing churches. ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/511 "2023-08-06T20:52:52Z")
I guess it depends on what you mean by “just about all”, but most sources I’m finding indicate 80-90% go over budget and/or late. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/512 "2023-08-06T20:54:30Z")
I’m reminded of an old SF story (sorry, can’t recall the title or author offhand); the gist was that a national law was passed requiring that “community standards” for the entire country would be established using a series of random drawings. The way it worked was that first a topic would be selected, and then a region or city would be selected. After some early drawings concerning relatively minor issues, there was a drawing to determine something like “standard sexual activity” and the location chosen was San Francisco. The kicker being, of course was that at the time of the story San Francisco was generally considered to be a hotbed of homosexual conduct. As I recall, the story pretty much ended there, with the shock and dismay reactions of various groups of what this meant. Terribly un-PC, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/513 "2023-08-06T20:54:58Z")
I wonder if Boebert knows what 2 Timothy has to say about women holding authority. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/514 "2023-08-06T21:05:43Z")
Hasn’t she herself repeatedly argued that women shouldn’t hold authority? I mean, you can’t expect her to not be a hypocrite, can you? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/515 "2023-08-06T21:11:36Z")
Only women of Those People, not fine upstanding white Christian girls like her. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/516 "2023-08-06T21:36:26Z")
I don’t trust those CoS folks. I’m Temple of Satan 4 lyfe, as the youths say. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/517 "2023-08-06T21:48:08Z")
SPLITTER!!! > **Summary** > > Fuck off, Discourse. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xRvCwtLLV6I/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python's Life Of Brian @ PFJ Meeting: "Splitter!"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvCwtLLV6I) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/518 "2023-08-07T00:24:34Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t trust those CoS folks. I’m Temple of Satan 4 lyfe, as the youths say. “CoS” confused me for a sec, but then it clicked: I was thinking of the Co$, a completely different animal. Do you satanists do prayers, and do you conclude them with “Yee-ha!” ? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/519 "2023-08-07T01:45:40Z")
I’m DMing Curse of Strahd right now, and was totally confused for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/520 "2023-08-07T04:52:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m sure she’ll claim she’s been forgiven so she can go and sin no some more. You know damn well she’s one of them thar [OSAS types](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance_of_the_saints). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=27)