# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 168
**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 19, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3341 "2026-02-19T23:11:59Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Exactly, they’re showing God who they are: hypocrites. Yes, that seems so obvious and has been obvious for millennia. Yet they go on doing it without shame. With regard to those ‘Christian nationalists’ and the entirety of the Regime, I look forward to eventually, in the fulness of time, being able to echo Matthew’s wise comment: > [@](#): > > Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3342 "2026-02-19T23:31:15Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > And yet wind turbines that tall are a blight on the landscape. 🤨 Thought experiment: if one put crossarms and a vertical header on a wind turbine, would it be acceptable? ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3343 "2026-02-19T23:40:13Z")
Another veteran Republican incumbent is headed for the door. > **[GOP titan quits in shock swing state announcement](https://www.rawstory.com/robin-vos-2675285080/)** > > In a political earthquake, one of the most powerful Republicans in one of America's most closely-watched swing states is calling it quits.According to Civic Media's Dan Shafer, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced on Thursday in a speech at... ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3344 "2026-02-19T23:51:19Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Thought experiment: if one put crossarms and a vertical header on a wind turbine, would it be acceptable? Swastiturbine? ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3345 "2026-02-20T00:03:27Z")
Either Nancy Mace is too drunk to remember who was president in 2019 (a distinct possibility) or she’s accusing Trump of having Epstein killed. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mf7n2bm2p22v)** > > NEWSMAX: Do you think Jeffrey Epstein killed himself? > > REP. NANCY MACE: No, absolutely not. I think he was murdered. I don't know if it was an intel agency or what it is. The data from the videos cameras was erased. ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3346 "2026-02-20T00:09:57Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Swastiturbine? That would definitely appeal to Stephen Miller, but what I had in mind was something along the lines of the cross in [post 3337](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3337). ---
**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, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3347 "2026-02-20T00:18:05Z")
Oh, I was just wondering, because the classic windmill was shaped like a cross. Heck, this one is called “Stone Cross Windmill”. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Stone_Cross_mill.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Stone_Cross_mill.jpg) (Though that’s because it’s at a place called Stone Cross, that’s not a description of it.) I believe that’s considered an inefficient design, though, so you never see modern turbines shaped like that. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3348 "2026-02-20T00:35:15Z")
I’ve heard that the most efficient number of blades depends on the size of the windmill, hence small farm windmills with dozens of blades, classic Dutch ones with four, and big modern ones with three or two. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3349 "2026-02-20T00:35:53Z")
Ok. I don’t get it. Hundreds of millions are wearing the symbol of the way Jesus was tourtured. They think he’s gonna be cool with that? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3350 "2026-02-20T01:01:40Z")
Not exactly on-point, but adjacent. Today I saw a bumper sticker that said “Normal isn’t coming back. Jesus is.” I had the impression the sticker’s owner thought that was a good thing. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3351 "2026-02-20T02:04:39Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Ok. I don’t get it. Hundreds of millions are wearing the symbol of the way Jesus was tourtured. > > They think he’s gonna be cool with that? There was a Christian stand-up comic years ago who said, “When he comes back, don’t you think that’s going to be the _last_ thing he wants to see???” ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3352 "2026-02-20T02:56:33Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > [Hegseth invites controversial Idaho pastor and self-described Christian nationalist to lead Pentagon's monthly prayer meeting](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/feb/18/hegseth-invites-controversial-idaho-pastor-and-sel/) Meet Doug and listen to his greatest hits like; _Doug Wilson Says Giving Women The Right To Vote Undermined The Family_ _Douglas Wilson Continues To Gripe About Women Having The Right To Vote_ _Doug Wilson Says That Muslims Would Be Banned In His Ideal Christian Nation_ _Douglas Wilson: "In The Republic I Envision, Hindus Would Not Be Able To Hold Public Office._ _RWW News: Non-Christians Will Be Second-Class Citizens In Douglas Wilson’s ‘American Ethnos’_ _Douglas Wilson Says Non-Christian Faiths Should Be Banned From The Public Square_, > **[Right Wing Watch](https://www.youtube.com/@RWWBlog/search?query=Doug%20Wilson)** > > Right Wing Watch is a project of People For the American Way (PFAW.org) that is dedicated to monitoring and reporting on the activities of right-wing political organizations, in order to expose the agenda of the extreme Right. We hope that by... ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3353 "2026-02-20T03:18:22Z")
Yeah, Doug is a real peach! I used to live in Moscow, ID where his cult originated so know all about him and his flock of sexual and child predators. I strongly recommend listening to season 2 of the podcast _Extremely American_. [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510381/extremely-american](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510381/extremely-american) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3354 "2026-02-20T04:50:19Z")
That’s the exact Gospel reading for yesterday, Ash Wednesday. Besides the admonition against praying in public, the reading says not to brag about giving alms in public (like someone who just bragged about donating his salary every year), and to not give false appearances about your piety (in particular about fasting). Conspicuous displays of a cross would probably fall under that. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3355 "2026-02-20T04:51:46Z")
That was Bill Hicks. I don’t think I’d call him a Christian stand-up; more of a stand-up who grew up Christian. He continued the bit by wondering how Jackie Kennedy would have felt if everyone would have started wearing rifle pendants in honor of her husband. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3356 "2026-02-20T04:54:23Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pJSZcxXe7IQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Bill Hicks - Crosses") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJSZcxXe7IQ) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3357 "2026-02-20T06:09:53Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I believe that’s considered an inefficient design, though, I volunteer at a local grain windmill. Built in 1796. The uses are very different. Electricity generating windwills have shapes optimized for the exact speed they need to work. Grain mills are far, far older designs, but there are several factors the Miller needs to thing about. Speed of wind, how close the grind stones are, how much sail to set on the arms. The arms are actually an aerodynamic shape, not flat, which usually is not obvious in photographs. Speed is controlled in two ways. If the wind is gusting, throw more grain between the stones. If it changes, either reef or unfurl the canvas on the arms, or if it changes direction, the whole cap of the mill can rotate around the machinery inside to face the wind. On a good day, we mill about 20 to 30kg of meal, but we, being amateur miller’s in a small mill that is more of a historical curiosity, we usually ended up with a few bottles of home-brew stout after a long day of showing visitors around. Not quite a TED talk, but thanks anyway. ---
**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, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3358 "2026-02-20T07:36:14Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I volunteer at a local grain windmill. How often does someone yell, “It’s Miller Time”? ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3359 "2026-02-20T09:26:27Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Thought experiment: if one put crossarms and a vertical header on a wind turbine, would it be acceptable? Conversely, we could just attach little Jesus figures to the existing wind turbines. What? > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > He continued the bit by wondering how Jackie Kennedy would have felt if everyone would have started wearing rifle pendants in honor of her husband. The GOP have got you covered there too, albeit for children murdered in school shootings. [![](https://time.com/redesign/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.time.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2Far-15-pins-republicans.jpg%3Fquality%3D85%26w%3D560&w=640&q=75) ](https://time.com/redesign/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.time.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2Far-15-pins-republicans.jpg%3Fquality%3D85%26w%3D560&w=640&q=75) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3360 "2026-02-20T10:53:44Z")
Not very often, to be honest. We brew our own beer at the mill, but we brew a wheat/barley stout, which is almost entirely consumed by the Miller’s after we shut down for the afternoon (once bottled and aged) Once set up, running a windmill can be done quite easily by one person, while the other tends to the beer making process. We do hand out bottles to visitors, as a “thank you” for their interest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=169)