# 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:** 470
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9381 "2024-12-16T03:14:57Z")
But, he shot _a girl_. Dad always taught me not to do bad things to girls. They are made of sugar and spice. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9382 "2024-12-16T04:17:13Z")
And now some lead. ---
**Author:** ![Hurrilon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@Hurrilon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hurrilon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9383 "2024-12-16T04:37:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Fuck Abbott](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/us/texas-marine-floating-barriers-migrants/index.html) and his fucking “floating border wall”, which is designed to ensnare and drown people trying to cross. Really? And I suppose you have definitive proof of that claim? If so, please post it. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9384 "2024-12-16T05:20:56Z")
Fuck Abbott. There is ample evidence that he is a loathsome sack of turds. If anything offers me the opportunity to think worse of him, I will accept. I have seen enough on him that there is no needed to meticulously document his ugly. He could just go roll in a whole Sonora of various chollas and it would not be enough. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9385 "2024-12-16T05:28:21Z")
How long before the global warming that Abbott doesn’t believe in turns the Rio Grande into a creek about knee-deep at high tide? ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9386 "2024-12-16T05:50:20Z")
The Rio Grande arises about 10 miles west of Silverton Colorado (if you are a corvid). The weather patterns in that area do not pay much attention to the continental divide. Last time we were in western Colorado, the lakes and rivers were showing how very much deeper they used to be. Colorado is the primary water source for a large fraction of the US. It will vary some, but the way it looked, I would not be surprised to see Arroyo Grande to be barely enough to get Abbott’s wheels wet, in his lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9387 "2024-12-16T06:18:24Z")
The Rio Grande has never been an especially deep river anyway. It’s not navigable in any real sense. Maybe around its mouth. Otherwise, I don’t think it gets much deeper than 50 feet at any point along its course and usually much shallower. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9388 "2024-12-16T06:28:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The former governor of Maryland reports the constellation Orion as a formation of drones over his house. > > [@atrupar.com on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ldd4gxzjbc2n) Sadly, it appears that he is Sirius here. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9389 "2024-12-16T07:21:47Z")
Oof. That was below the belt. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9390 "2024-12-16T15:59:26Z")
For folks who might not have Bluesky, a related link. > **[Former Governor of Maryland Mocked for Posting Video of "Drones" That Appear...](https://futurism.com/former-governor-maryland-drones-stars)** > > Former governor of Maryland Larry Hogan claimed he "personally witnessed" drones in the night sky. X users believe he's seeing stars. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9391 "2024-12-17T01:21:09Z")
James Comer and the Newsmax host interviewing him can’t agree on whether the drones are good (because they’re searching for an Iranian nuke that Biden allowed into the country) or bad (and should therefore be shot down by Kentuckians with small arms.) > **[James Comer: People can use their 'Second Amendment capabilities' to shoot...](https://www.rawstory.com/james-comer-2670461238/)** > > Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said his constituents would use their "Second Amendment capabilities" to shoot down drones flying in Kentucky.During a Monday interview on Newsmax, host Chris Salcedo told Comer,... ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9392 "2024-12-17T01:51:55Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > What I meant is that as a group, people are stupid, much stupider than one expects. > > Each individual, however, is likely much smarter than most people assume. " A _person_ is smart. _People_ are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." –Agent K, _Men In Black_ ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9393 "2024-12-17T02:11:14Z")
> [@Hurrilon](#): > > Really? And I suppose you have definitive proof of that claim? If so, please post it. How do you think it’s supposed to work? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9394 "2024-12-17T06:52:33Z")
Yeah, I am very enthusiastic about the idea of a bunch of guys randomly identifying things in the sky as drones and shooting at them. Some of the bullets will miss, but those will fall harmlessly to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9395 "2024-12-17T17:15:31Z")
Speaking of drones… > **[Did Pa. politician think Star Wars prop was a drone? Mastriano’s X post...](https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2024/12/17/pennsylvania-doug-mastriano-tie-fighter-star-wars-drones-new-jersey/77047223007/)** > > A post on X by Pa. Sen. Mastriano calls for action against the drones over New Jersey, but includes picture of a TIE fighter from Star Wars. I won’t link to the original Xitpost but there’s a link in the article if you want to look at it. TL:DR: Doug posts picture of TIE fighter prop, labels it an “unidentified drone”, blames Biden. Then gets dragged. Then claims it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9396 "2024-12-17T17:56:57Z")
From the article @Smapti linked above: > [@](#): > > During a Monday interview on Newsmax, host Chris Salcedo told Comer, with no evidence, that “incompetent boobs in charge of the United States” may have allowed a nuclear device into the country. I, for one, am looking to the new Trump administration, when all our boobs will be competent again. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9397 "2024-12-17T21:46:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [James Comer: People can use their 'Second Amendment capabilities' to shoot down drones](https://www.rawstory.com/james-comer-2670461238/) Some of the drones are said to be the size of small cars. So, when shot down, positively CAN’T harm any persons or property!!! There are _so_ many reasons to wish that we lived in a just world, but wanting to see James Comer pay a price for advocating this is definitely high on my personal list. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9398 "2024-12-17T22:23:39Z")
Can’t we shoot down the TIE fighters with Jewish space lasers mounted on Italian satellites? I…think I need my medication. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9399 "2024-12-17T22:26:27Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Can’t we shoot down the TIE fighters with Jewish space lasers mounted on Italian satellites? “Somehow, Hugo Chavez returned.” ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9400 "2024-12-17T22:28:05Z")
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