# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 102
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2021 "2010-08-20T01:27:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t know that this is specifically a Republican idea, but I have my suspicions. > > And actually, I’m not at all shocked by the kerfuffle, for whenever the words “Ten Commandments Monument” is in the headline of a news story, I can already predict the details of the news item with startling accuracy. However, [this news story](http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12989865) offers some prime-choice quotes: > > “What right do they have to prevent my Ten Commandments of the United States of America which I served in the marine corps to defend the right to put it there.” > > “We do not appreciate you traveling 300 miles to come down here to tell us how we should live. How we should believe and how we should respect the gospel truth.” > > “I’ve never knowingly listened to or face a atheist, I want you to know you make me sick to my stomach.” > > So can we please all just stop persecuting the poor Christians for once and for all? Actually, one of the comments is… insightful: > [@](#): > > When churches are willing to have secular monuments on their pimp- the-idolaters of sky wizards properties Translated into English, I’m pretty sure that suggests it’s okay to put a 10 Commandments monument in the town square if I can put a Burma Shave sign on the church… which is as it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2022 "2010-08-20T01:51:32Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > > [@Nametag](#): > > > > Why, exactly? I mean, why, in particular, is a rabbi defending a 10 commandments monument “the best part”? > > Well, you might expect a rabbi to know that the Ten Commandments aren’t of American origin. I would expect a Doper to recognize that that’s not what he said; I feel quite certain that it’s not what he meant. I’m quite sure that he meant the same thing that every asshole who wants to put Moishe Letterman’s Top Ten List on public land says – that it’s somehow at the root of American jurisprudence and culture, and isn’t an “establishment of religion” at all. It’s bollocks, but a far lesser grade of bollocks than what you suggest. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2023 "2010-08-20T01:52:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > …Actually, one of the comments is… insightful: > > > [@](#): > > > > When churches are willing to have secular monuments on their pimp- the-idolaters of sky wizards properties > > Translated into English, I’m pretty sure that suggests it’s okay to put a 10 Commandments monument in the town square if I can put a Burma Shave sign on the church… which is as it should be. Let me give this a shot… “When priests wear designer jeans, others will worship the houses of air traffic controllers.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2024 "2010-08-20T01:54:06Z")
Regardless of what he meant, there’s no way to parse the phrase “Ten Commandments of the United States of America” without intimating that they are in some way American. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2025 "2010-08-20T02:23:27Z")
Oddly enough, God was born in America, even before creating the universe. It turns out Jesus was an anchor baby, because Mary was an illegal. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2026 "2010-08-20T03:38:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oddly enough, God was born in America, even before creating the universe. > > It turns out Jesus was an anchor baby, because Mary was an illegal. Really? You’d think they’d have made a ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ about it. ---
**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 20, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2027 "2010-08-20T04:02:05Z")
But that would mean that an illegal was virtuous. Heads would assplode. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2028 "2010-08-20T05:20:15Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Oddly enough, God was born in America, even before creating the universe. > > > > It turns out Jesus was an anchor baby, because Mary was an illegal. > > Really? You’d think they’d have made a ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ about it. They did, but they didn’t air it because of threats from, er, oh… somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2029 "2010-08-21T19:01:45Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Let me give this a shot… “When priests wear designer jeans, others will worship the houses of air traffic controllers.” Hey … _I’m_ an air traffic controller! Let me check outside … nope. No worshipers. Darn. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2030 "2010-08-21T22:42:30Z")
I haven’t seen any priests wearing designer jeans… yet. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2031 "2010-08-21T22:48:35Z")
You must not be a Unitarian. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2032 "2010-08-21T23:54:54Z")
Maybe, maybe not. I’ve heard that very first Unitarian church was in Heisenberg, Germany. That may well be true also. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2033 "2010-08-22T00:24:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Maybe, maybe not. I’ve heard that very first Unitarian church was in Heisenberg, Germany. That may well be true also. That part’s true, but we have no idea how fast it was going. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2034 "2010-08-22T00:32:30Z")
Come to think of it, I’m sure I’ve seen a priest in designer jeans, but I can’t be sure where he was. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2035 "2010-08-22T01:24:15Z")
Altar boys can wear designer jeans now? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2036 "2010-08-22T01:26:33Z")
Any boy who gets too close to a Catholic priest is likely to be altered. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2037 "2010-08-22T02:11:39Z")
Pat Boone, [“The mosque at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue”](http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193897): > [@](#): > > This isn’t easy to write. It’s not fun to say. It’s virtually unthinkable to realize and acknowledge. > > While the controversy still rises and rages on, around the proposed “Cordoba House” mosque and Muslim cultural center right on the edge of Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center stood till Sept. 11, 2001 – there is a world-famous building, dedicated by its current residents to similar purposes, in the middle of Washington, D.C. > > We call it the White House. Okay, granted, this isn’t an idea. But Jesus Christ on crutches made of crackers, these people are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2038 "2010-08-22T02:55:19Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Okay, granted, this isn’t an idea. But Jesus Christ on crutches made of crackers, these people are nuts. No, they’re not nuts, they’re just spreading any old lies they can come up with to maximize their chances of achieving more political power come November. Calling _them_ nuts for sewing fear today is as foolish now as was calling Osama bin Laden nuts after his brilliant attack on 9/11. The insult does nothing to address the actual problem raised by these hyperpartisans. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2039 "2010-08-22T06:13:48Z")
deleted because I quoted the wrong post. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2040 "2010-08-22T06:14:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@elucidator](#): > > > > Maybe, maybe not. I’ve heard that very first Unitarian church was in Heisenberg, Germany. That may well be true also. > > That part’s true, but we have no idea how fast it was going. We could if we could just see it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=103)