# 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:** 1307
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26122 "2015-12-11T16:42:06Z")
Just how would the United States go about preventing Muslims from entering the country? Is there an opportunity here for a breeder of Muslim sniffing dogs? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26123 "2015-12-11T16:48:04Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Just how would the United States go about preventing Muslims from entering the country? > > Is there an opportunity here for a breeder of Muslim sniffing dogs? That’s easy – if they’re Muslims, they won’t pet the dog. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26124 "2015-12-11T17:06:17Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Just how would the United States go about preventing Muslims from entering the country? Everybody coming through customs would be required to eat a piece of bacon. Effective screening, and tourism would skyrocket. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26125 "2015-12-11T17:09:49Z")
And we could screen out them annoying VEGANS! ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26126 "2015-12-11T17:40:18Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > And we could screen out them annoying VEGANS! Of course; they’re just malnourished terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26127 "2015-12-11T19:18:39Z")
Yeah, maybe, but do you want to be the poor TSA agent when one of them breaks out the full-combat \*tai-chi \*? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26128 "2015-12-11T19:29:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, maybe, but do you want to be the poor TSA agent when one of them breaks out the full-combat \*tai-chi \*? Or worse, full combat _chai tea_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26129 "2015-12-11T19:39:07Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see any mention in this thread, nor in the other Stupid Trump Idea Of The Day thread, of this incident from a couple days ago: > > Trump proposes banning Muslims from entering the United States. (Okay, this much had been remarked upon already.) > > [Trump mouthpiece Katrina Pierson spars with one S. E. Cupp on CNN](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/09/s_e_cupp_and_trump_spokeswoman_brawl_over_muslim_immigration_ban_so_what_theyre_muslim/): (Bold added, which is the point of this post.) I can see an interpretation that’s not technically racist, just cold: that Muslims are, in modern times, so politically and socially controversial that there are a lot of people who won’t care what they think or want. But then, the reason for that IS racist, and I can’t help but read the quote as spoken in a gleeful tone. And can someone update me on what conservatives think Scalia “really meant”? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26130 "2015-12-11T19:53:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, maybe, but do you want to be the poor TSA agent when one of them breaks out the full-combat \*tai-chi \*? The occasional ass whupping is a small price for having unfettered access to the leftover bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26131 "2015-12-11T22:59:00Z")
[Paul Ryan’s new beard means he has converted to Islam.](http://theslot.jezebel.com/wow-paul-ryan-really-should-have-known-better-1747571663) Not too sure how many of those people are joking. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26132 "2015-12-12T00:32:12Z")
Ryan has vowed that he will not shave until there is a Republican in the White House. Following his stint as speaker he plans to audition for Z Z Top. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26133 "2015-12-12T00:41:02Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > And can someone update me on what conservatives think Scalia “really meant”? I’m guessing (and this is just WAG on my part) that Scalia believes that the [Mismatch effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States#Mismatch_effect) is real and the analysis behind it is solid. I’m guessing (another WAG on my part) his supporters either agree because they feel the same way about the “science” behind it or they agree because they’re racist dirtbags. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26134 "2015-12-12T02:32:49Z")
The Governor of Georgia has issued an executive order forbidding all state agencies from working with Syrian immigrants. When the state agency refused to issue food stamps to the newly arrived immigrants, the federal government told the Governor that he is in violation of federal law. [The Governor has told the federal government to take the state to court](http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/rift-opens-between-georgias-republican-leaders-ove/npdzW/). ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26135 "2015-12-12T03:44:36Z")
[Starbucks is continuing their war on Christmas by selling polar bear cookies with their throats cut. Cookies which no, they haven’t actually sold for five years.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/the-war-rages-on#.bcymzn7P6) ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26136 "2015-12-12T03:53:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Governor of Georgia has issued an executive order forbidding all state agencies from working with Syrian immigrants. When the state agency refused to issue food stamps to the newly arrived immigrants, the federal government told the Governor that he is in violation of federal law. [The Governor has told the federal government to take the state to court](http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/rift-opens-between-georgias-republican-leaders-ove/npdzW/). Another win for Southern hospitality. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Time_Hockey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26137 "2015-12-12T04:53:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Governor of Georgia has issued an executive order forbidding all state agencies from working with Syrian immigrants. When the state agency refused to issue food stamps to the newly arrived immigrants, the federal government told the Governor that he is in violation of federal law. [The Governor has told the federal government to take the state to court](http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/rift-opens-between-georgias-republican-leaders-ove/npdzW/). Jesus Christ. Sometimes I am truly embarrassed to be an old white guy… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26138 "2015-12-12T15:11:11Z")
> [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](#): > > Jesus Christ. Sometimes I am truly embarrassed to be an old white guy… I take comfort in the fact that I am an old white guy from Minnesota. > **[Dayton: Calls by state governors to bar Syrian refugees are 'ludicrous'](https://www.startribune.com/dayton-calls-by-state-governors-to-bar-syrian-refugees-are-ludicrous/351123481)** > > Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says other governors declaring their states closed to Syrian refugees are guilty of political "showmanship" and are turning their backs on people trying to escape terrorism in their homeland. ---
**Author:** ![BigBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@BigBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26139 "2015-12-12T16:18:37Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Study: Scalia Better Off in “Less Advanced” Court](http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/study-scalia-better-off-in-less-advanced-court) > BY ANDY BOROWITZ > > Brilliant Yeah, Scalia says something you disagree with, so an article stating that he should be in a less-advanced court is brilliant. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BigBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@BigBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26140 "2015-12-12T16:23:40Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > UT is a good school but it isn’t MIT. It isn’t even Rice. If the girl had devoted that time & money to education, she could have finished two years in community college & been ready to step up to a university. > > Maybe. Fisher is an LSU graduate. Nice try, though, dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26141 "2015-12-12T16:45:21Z")
> [@BigBlue](#): > > Yeah, Scalia says something you disagree with, so an article stating that he should be in a less-advanced court is brilliant. :rolleyes: Borowitz is satire. You DO recognize satire, correct? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1308)