# 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:** 500
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9981 "2025-02-20T13:10:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > > the world of Idiocracy was random events > > Not actually random, though. Smarter people delayed their families for practical/personal reasons, while lower-intellect people just bred like rabbits, leading to an increase in less intelligent people. Education, in its way, made the country stupider. > The reality is almost certainly more complex. The evidence that smart is genetic is lacking, human intelligence is not on a linear scale, and the things that spur intellectual growth are at least partly, if not mostly, environmental Yes, I didn’t like the initial premise of Idiocracy because it did seem to play into bigoted folk wisdom that the “wrong people” are having too many children. But they needed some kind of set up for the movie, and at that time it was hard to imagine the kind of wilfull ignorance that social media and outrage-driven “news” would bring. The thing I like to say with Idiocracy is that, in terms of leaders, reality is much, much _worse_ than Idiocracy. No hyperbole. Camacho acknowledged actual problems, had the best interests of his people at heart and tried to find experts to help him solve the problems. There’s no comparison. (sorry for the slight tangent) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9982 "2025-02-20T13:40:02Z")
He also thought outside the box and pulled in a convicted felon who had a genius IQ to advise him. Real “I’d have a beer with that guy” energy. _Brought to you by Carl’s Jr._ ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9983 "2025-02-20T14:03:01Z")
Well, that kind of “thinking outside of the box” could be argued – even by people opposed to MAGA – as what Trump does and is. I want to be back in the box. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9984 "2025-02-20T14:12:16Z")
It’s a pity neither Trump or Musk have any facial hair, or I’d have an excellent explanation for what’s going on in the USA: it’s a magic mustache and we’re all under its spell. > **[Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid)...](https://www.amazon.com/Fake-Mustache-Presidential-Election-Mastermind/dp/1419711636)** > > Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind \[Angleberger, Tom\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Fake Mustache: Or, How... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9985 "2025-02-20T18:31:36Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Well, that kind of “thinking outside of the box” could be argued – even by people opposed to MAGA – as what Trump does and is. In Trump’s case it’s a litter box. It just means he’s pooping all over the floor. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9986 "2025-02-20T19:47:56Z")
No sing? No money! Simple, huh? > **[Alabama schools must broadcast national anthem weekly or lose funding under...](https://www.al.com/politics/2025/02/alabama-schools-must-broadcast-national-anthem-weekly-or-lose-funding-under-proposed-amendment.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=redditsocial&utm_campaign=redditor)** > > "The Star-Spangled Banner has served to inspire generations of patriotic Americans, and it is imperative that students have exposure to this history and inspiration." ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9987 "2025-02-20T20:08:55Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > No sing? No money! Simple, huh? It’s an unfunded mandate! I’d play either Jimi Hendrix or Rosanne Barr’s version. Only. ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9988 "2025-02-20T20:10:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > or Rosanne Barr’s version. Why do you hate children? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9989 "2025-02-20T22:57:56Z")
I’m a little surprised Republicans haven’t banned the Star Spangled Banner, since it glamorizes resistance to a tyrannical government. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9990 "2025-02-20T23:00:50Z")
And it acknowledges Spanish-speaking immigrants. “Jose, can you see…” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9991 "2025-02-20T23:39:54Z")
“But it’s not talking about **our** tyrannical government!” ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9992 "2025-02-21T00:07:06Z")
I’m surprised they aren’t requiring “Dixie.” ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9993 "2025-02-21T11:18:05Z")
Give it a while and it’ll be Horst Wessel. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9994 "2025-02-21T15:16:18Z")
Here’s a twofer. Steve Bannon doing the Nazi salute and Kanye whining about not being allowed to do it himself. [![](https://imagez.tmz.com/image/5d/4by3/2025/02/21/5d3252b4e8c048dc9a245168a8756d24_md.jpg) ](https://imagez.tmz.com/image/5d/4by3/2025/02/21/5d3252b4e8c048dc9a245168a8756d24_md.jpg) Edit: It’s a three-fer, they’re also lying about lowering egg prices. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9995 "2025-02-21T23:27:54Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Might as well post a picture of yourself giving Oranganus a bj. > > [Congresswoman Tenney Moves to Make President Trump’s Birthday a Federal Holiday | Representative Claudia Tenney](https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-moves-make-president-trumps-birthday-federal-holiday) She is far outmatched in her bj-ery by Howard Lutnick. Get a load of his hymn of praise to the Dear Leader during his swearing-in. “Your flag” indeed: > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lipr26hg5l2s)** > > Lutnick: "I'd like to thank you President Trump. It is the greatest honor to work for you, to be with you, to carry your name, your leadership, and your flag throughout the world ... I know him as the smartest, most thoughtful, and most intuitive... (38-second video.) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9996 "2025-02-22T04:29:41Z")
Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary was pontificating on CNN about Elon Musk cutting government departments blindly, and he said they should cut another 20% more. His claim was that when businesses are failing and get bought out, they go through and cut cut cut personnel, and the companies end up better for it. It works out. This is incredibly tone deaf - it misses that corporate bigwigs merging/buying out companies in order to downsize them are already a trope for _the bad guys_ in movies. It isn’t applicable because making _any_ change is likely to improve a _failing_ business, and the US was not failing (though it soon will be). And it ignores that that is exactly the process that took Boeing from one of the most safety conscious corporations in the world to having airplanes fall out of the sky. McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing and canned all the Boeing execs with the Boeing culture. This is the trigger point for Boeing’s woes. Burying the software change in the 787 max autopilot to save money on training pilots and recertification costs was directly counter to the way the old Boeing would have worked. Shitcanning the people who know what they are doing may eventually lead to a failing business getting better, but only once the new people learn how to do it or hire people who do. I can see why he’s the least favorite Shark on Shark Tank. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9997 "2025-02-22T04:51:08Z")
Well, that, and cut, cut, cut worked so well for K-Mart, Sears, GE, Circuit City, etc. It’s almost like massive cutting without any planning or strategy is a sign the people at the top don’t know what they’re doing… ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9998 "2025-02-22T05:06:39Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Might as well post a picture of yourself giving Orang **anus** a bj. > > [Congresswoman Tenney Moves to Make President Trump’s Birthday a Federal Holiday | Representative Claudia Tenney](https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-moves-make-president-trumps-birthday-federal-holiday) Are you sure you have the correct side, there? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9999 "2025-02-22T20:21:27Z")
Maga CEO: The government spends too much money and that’s why we need Elon Musk to cut spending by $2 trillion The same maga CEO: Let’s give everyone $5,000 > **['It's a fraud': CNN host bluntly calls out conservative CEO proposing a 'DOGE...](https://www.rawstory.com/doge-divident-fishback/)** > > Normally mild-mannered CNN host Michael Smeroconish shut down an investment firm CEO on Saturday morning who has been pitching what he calls a "DOGE dividend" where government savings would be refunded to taxpayers.Simply put, the CNN host dismissed... ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/10000 "2025-02-22T21:08:05Z")
Anything I might get from President Musk and Shadow Puppet Trump would be split equally between Planned Parenthood and the local YWCA womens’ shelter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=499) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=501)