# 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:** 1020
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20382 "2015-03-26T23:27:12Z")
Four-function calculators have a known liberal bias. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20383 "2015-03-27T03:08:52Z")
All Kinds of Wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20384 "2015-03-27T03:41:51Z")
It’s not a law yet, but the Arizona legislature has passed a bill that would prevent the name of any police officer who shoots and kills a civilian [for at least 60 days](http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2015/03/citizens_speak_out_against_secret_police_bill.php). The sponsor of the bill is from Maricopa County. I wonder if he’s friends with Sheriff Joe. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20385 "2015-03-27T05:02:52Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Arizona State Senator thinks [church attendance should be mandatory:](http://www.kpho.com/story/28620533/az-senator-church-attendance-should-be-mandatory#.VRQRQyTkWcc.twitter) Cool. So she wants every church to become a public accommodation. Should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20386 "2015-03-27T06:09:35Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > It’s not a law yet, but the Arizona legislature has passed a bill that would prevent the name of any police officer who shoots and kills a civilian [for at least 60 days](http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2015/03/citizens_speak_out_against_secret_police_bill.php). > > The sponsor of the bill is from Maricopa County. I wonder if he’s friends with Sheriff Joe. Why is that neccessarily bad? In today’s internet environment I can see benefit in collection facts before the hysteria and circus starts ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20387 "2015-03-27T11:33:29Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Why is that neccessarily bad? In today’s internet environment I can see benefit in collection facts before the hysteria and circus starts While I can see your point, and perhaps a shorter span, maybe 15 days, would be appropriate, I think police departments and prosecutors willingness and history of covering for officer misdeeds necessitates immediate transparency in our current environment. Overall, I think the point was that proposing a bill for less transparency for police was the stupid idea. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20388 "2015-03-27T12:40:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [John Bolton writes in the NYT: Bomb Iran!](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/26/john_bolton_to_the_rescue_how_his_raving_nyt_op_ed_helps_the_obama_administration/) Get McCain and Nugent out there with him and the Beetch Boys could be touring this summer… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20389 "2015-03-27T15:52:16Z")
"[Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin](http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article16304408.html) paid $200 to file the [‘Sodomite Suppression Act’]. It refers to ‘sodomy’ as ‘a monstrous evil’ and specifies that anyone who touches another person of the same gender for sexual gratification be put to death by ‘bullets to the head’ or ‘any other convenient method.’ “McLaughlin’s initiative also requires that anyone who transmits ‘sodomistic propaganda’ to a minor be fined $1 million per offense, imprisoned up to 10 years, or expelled from the state.” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20390 "2015-03-27T16:15:39Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > "[Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin](http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article16304408.html) paid $200 to file the [‘Sodomite Suppression Act’]. It refers to ‘sodomy’ as ‘a monstrous evil’ and specifies that anyone who touches another person of the same gender for sexual gratification be put to death by ‘bullets to the head’ or ‘any other convenient method.’ > > “McLaughlin’s initiative also requires that anyone who transmits ‘sodomistic propaganda’ to a minor be fined $1 million per offense, imprisoned up to 10 years, or expelled from the state.” Must be an evil twin. Paging [matt\_mcl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20391 "2015-03-27T16:23:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [John Bolton writes in the NYT: Bomb Iran!](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/26/john_bolton_to_the_rescue_how_his_raving_nyt_op_ed_helps_the_obama_administration/) This strikes me as a classic case Stupid Republican projection: Bolton knows that he wouldn’t honor any agreement, therefore Iran wouldn’t honor one either. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20392 "2015-03-27T17:00:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Arizona State Senator thinks [church attendance should be mandatory:](http://www.kpho.com/story/28620533/az-senator-church-attendance-should-be-mandatory#.VRQRQyTkWcc.twitter) How about the Church of Satan? She didn’t specify which churches must be attended… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20393 "2015-03-27T17:39:23Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > He’s the POTUS, Dr. Carson. Most POTI look great for their public appearances and television appearances too. They have handlers to make them look great. It’s traditional. They can’t all be Jimmy Carter, wearing a cardigan or whatever. How does that explain [Obama’s tan suit?](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/president-obama-peter-king-tan-suit-rant) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20394 "2015-03-27T17:43:44Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > "[The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill that requires abortion providers to tell women the effects of an abortion medication might be reversible.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/arizona-legislature-passes-bill-on-abortion-restrictions/2015/03/25/08ae32e2-d348-11e4-8b1e-274d670aa9c9_story.html) > > "It is believed to be the first time such legislation has passed in the U.S. Critics say there’s no science to back up the provision. > > “The proposal by Republican Sen. Nancy Barto of Phoenix …” > > More here: [Arizona abortion bill: No, abortions can't be "reversed."](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/03/26/arizona_abortion_bill_no_abortions_can_t_be_reversed.html) > > See, this is why I reminded folks flaunting the hash tag on Twitter, “#IfWomenRuledTheWorld,” that they were playing with fire. Some women are dumber than a wet bag of hair. And some are just plain evil. Like this one. I would kill myself if Phylis Schlafley, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin et all ruled the world. I don’t get this. Wouldn’t this just encourage more women to have abortions? I make more mistakes with pencil than with a pen because I know I have an eraser. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20395 "2015-03-27T18:50:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How does that explain [Obama’s tan suit?](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/president-obama-peter-king-tan-suit-rant) It’s absolutely nutty at this point. Obama looks good - get’s criticism. Obama wears a tan suit. Gets this: > [@](#): > > “There’s no way any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday,” King said on NewsMaxTV on Friday. At long last, THIS is what they have sunk to. Complainng about the president’s wardrobe choices. I am genuinely not sure whether I should be amused or depressed at the pathetic nature of the Republican Party. They have sunk to the lowest of the low. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20396 "2015-03-27T19:04:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I am genuinely not sure whether I should be amused or depressed at the pathetic nature of the Republican Party. They have sunk to the lowest of the low. Just wait till tomorrow. Somehow, they always seem to outdo themselves. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20397 "2015-03-27T19:24:20Z")
You know, this is so absurd, it deserves its own internet meme. “_The Tan Suit_” ---
**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:** [March 27, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20398 "2015-03-27T19:47:00Z")
Could’ve been worse. He could have worn it _after_ Labor Day. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20399 "2015-03-27T19:48:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 That goes way beyond “no science,” it doesn’t make any kind of sense. If the drug works at all, then it expels the embryo from the body. How could that possibly be reversible?! I dunno. Bungee cord? ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20400 "2015-03-27T19:58:56Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > In the near future, Justice Moore will valiantly stop a gay couple from intercourse by diving between them as they are about to copulate, causing the penis to penetrate his eye and into his brain, instantly killing him. Horrified at their deed, the gay couple become Evangelical Christians, traveling around the country to speak out against the evils of gay marriage. Their rapid rise in influence forces a beaten Obama to reluctantly sign an Amendment banning gay marriage. Moore is declared a national hero and a statue is erected in his honor at the Capital Building, which is coincidentally where the first people were Raptured as they prayed beneath his stony gaze…as Roy Moore writes in his own fan fiction of How Roy Moore Saved the World "erected’ heh. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20401 "2015-03-27T20:12:27Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > They need to get rid of pennies, and get rid of dimes. > > This is all you need: > > Nickel > Quarter dollar > Dollar > Five dollar > 20 dollar > 100 dollar > 1000 dollar, etc. > > Tell me you can’t easily reach any dollar amount you regularly run into with these denominations, give or take 3 pennies. For starters, the United States does not have pennies. Never has. Since the mint started operation in 1793. We have cents. Right now the melt value of a mainly zinc US cent is [$0.0054397](http://www.coinflation.com/) so the USA still makes a profit issuing them. (Maybe not since production costs aren’t included in that figure.) The rounding you propose would be wonderful for the sales tax revenues of the states since they always round up. However, retailers would hate switching from $9.99 to $10.00 since they feel customer resistance to higher prices might cost them sales. In any near future no $1,000 denomination or even $500 FR notes will be printed. Such large bills would be too convenient for drug dealers. * * * What you say actually has a good deal of common sense, but it might be easier to get the USA on the metric system of measures than to convert coinage and currency to something reflecting a couple of centuries of inflation. (Well, OK, we have eliminated the half cent, the two cent and three cent coins. But we have not yet eliminated the two dollar bill.) Wider usage of dollar coins would be nice for the mint and the bureau of printing and engraving. But I’m not sure if enough people want to make anything easier on the “evil” US government. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1019) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1021)