# 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:** 1360
**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 7, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27182 "2016-02-07T06:49:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **Fun in the Republican controlled Wisconsin legislature.** … [Oh, and who needs local control of water?](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/bill-to-ease-sales-of-water-supplies-into-private-hands/article_d811c1cb-1ed9-5868-b707-02400d8a1940.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > The legislation was introduced at the request of a private water and sewer corporation based in Pennsylvania that may wish to acquire water utilities here, said Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, the proposal’s lead author. umm … did he just say, “_Hey, look who’s lining my pockets! I’m on the take!_” ? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27183 "2016-02-07T08:52:25Z")
…lead author. Lead has an author? That’s plumb ridiculous. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27184 "2016-02-07T11:07:22Z")
> [@someone](#): > > The legislation was introduced at the request of a private water and sewer corporation based in Pennsylvania that may wish to acquire water utilities here, said Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, the proposal’s **lead author.** I see what someone or other did there! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27185 "2016-02-07T13:49:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Let’s rain in the homophones here. Hey, homophones are people too! ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27186 "2016-02-07T14:47:31Z")
Knot that their’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27187 "2016-02-07T16:12:20Z")
Still, insisting that “their” people can use the same bathroom as “there” people is a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27188 "2016-02-07T16:42:14Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Rein in hell? From a lacerated sky! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27189 "2016-02-07T17:24:36Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > From a lacerated sky! I see what you did there. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27190 "2016-02-07T20:25:45Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > \*\*Fun in the Republican controlled Wisconsin legislature. \*\* None of the promised laser focus on jobs but they’ve got time to try to [defund Planned Parenthood](http://www.jsonline.com/business/bills-targeting-planned-parenthood-may-end-up-doing-nothing-b99662607z1-367432851.html)(Federal program, no state authority) and [they want to pass a law aimed at a specific potential Democratic candidate for State Senate.](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-fitzgerald-wants-to-bar-county-executives-from-legislature/article_63fe688e-c278-5a4e-af54-6c81aa27d0fa.html) > [Oh, and who needs local control of water?](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/bill-to-ease-sales-of-water-supplies-into-private-hands/article_d811c1cb-1ed9-5868-b707-02400d8a1940.html) More laser focus on jobs: [Walker to sign bill legalizing concealed switchblades](http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Walker-to-sign-bill-legalizing-concealed-switchblades-367877191.html) > [@](#): > > Manufacturing, selling, transporting, purchasing or possessing a switchblade has been illegal in Wisconsin for decades. The Republican-authored bill eliminates the prohibition as well as permits anyone who can legally possess a gun to carry concealed knives of any length without a concealed carry license. The bill also bars local governments from enacting knife regulations stricter than state law. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27191 "2016-02-07T20:45:56Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > More laser focus on jobs: > [Walker to sign bill legalizing concealed switchblades](http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Walker-to-sign-bill-legalizing-concealed-switchblades-367877191.html) When will the GOP stop pandering to the outlaw-biker lobby?! ---
**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:** [February 7, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27192 "2016-02-07T20:51:22Z")
[Republicans in the Michigan legislature passed a law outlawing “the abominable and detestable crime against nature” whether straight or gay.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/06/michigan-republicans-pass-bill-that-would-put-gay-and-straight-couples-in-prison/) It was attached as a rider to a bill outlawing animal abuse. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27193 "2016-02-07T20:52:18Z")
Honestly, I’m fine with that bill. At least it shows a little bit of internal consistency in belief that the right to “bear arms” is a right to carry weapons for personal and societal defense. The Republicans who legalize firearms while banning squirt guns are the ones who clearly have no morals and just pander to the gun crowd. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27194 "2016-02-07T20:52:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republicans in the Michigan legislature passed a law outlawing “the abominable and detestable crime against nature” whether straight or gay.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/06/michigan-republicans-pass-bill-that-would-put-gay-and-straight-couples-in-prison/) > > It was attached as a rider to a bill outlawing animal abuse. No more sodomizing ewes?! **That** ain’t gonna fly in Michigan! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27195 "2016-02-08T01:00:28Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > Honestly, I’m fine with that bill. At least it shows a little bit of internal consistency in belief that the right to “bear arms” is a right to carry weapons for personal and societal defense. The Republicans who legalize firearms while banning squirt guns are the ones who clearly have no morals and just pander to the gun crowd. Yeah, that may be the first thing Walker has done as governor with which I can agree. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27196 "2016-02-08T03:46:54Z")
[Governor of Texas wants to put Christian crosses on police cars.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/07/texas-governor-wants-christian-crosses-on-cop-cars/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27197 "2016-02-08T14:24:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor of Texas wants to put Christian crosses on police cars.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/07/texas-governor-wants-christian-crosses-on-cop-cars/) Kinda puts a new kind of pressure on the cops . . . “DON’T MOVE, SCUMB-- . . . ermm, that is, we really need to talk, my brother.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27198 "2016-02-08T14:40:51Z")
Right wing gamer buddy of mine. Last week: “Democrats are so divisive! They’re tearing this country apart!” This week: Shares long foul mouthed rant by Ted Nugent about Democrats. Sure buddy, tell me again who is being divisive here… ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27199 "2016-02-08T15:31:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republicans in the Michigan legislature passed a law outlawing “the abominable and detestable crime against nature” whether straight or gay.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/06/michigan-republicans-pass-bill-that-would-put-gay-and-straight-couples-in-prison/) > > It was attached as a rider to a bill outlawing animal abuse. Could it be Rick Snyder is worried about being sent to prison himself? Back in 1974, during the tail end of Watergate, the joke was Nixon was going to send a prison reform package up to the Hill. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27200 "2016-02-08T15:35:27Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Right wing gamer buddy of mine. > > Last week: “Democrats are so divisive! They’re tearing this country apart!” > > This week: Shares long foul mouthed rant by Ted Nugent about Democrats. > > Sure buddy, tell me again who is being divisive here… Did you inform said buddy of his idiocy? Or cease to be his buddy? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27201 "2016-02-08T16:57:40Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Did you inform said buddy of his idiocy? Or cease to be his buddy? I called him out on it. He eventually conceded that it was a little extreme. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1361)