# 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:** 1432
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28622 "2016-04-18T22:24:29Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Apologies to the saner residents trying for change. Thanks for remembering us amongst the (understandable) Texas-bashing. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28623 "2016-04-18T22:54:14Z")
I take a moment to send a shout-out to my pals and gals in the Loon Star State, from _waaay_ up here in the People’s Republic of Minnesota. In the meantime, could someone work out a way to send me some actual bar-b-q? Folks around here got no idea. Might get expensive, Fed Ex, or whatever. No worries, sell some blood. A kidney. Firstborn, whatever it takes… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28624 "2016-04-18T22:56:27Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Thanks for remembering us amongst the (understandable) Texas-bashing. Hang in there and keep voting. The state that gave us LBJ [has a native progressive tradition](http://www.amazon.com/Made-Texas-Southern-Takeover-American/dp/0465041213), and I’m sure it has not quite died yet. It will be a blue and civilized state again one day. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28625 "2016-04-18T22:58:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I honestly never even imagined a day would come when science would be sneered at, and that large segments of the population would embrace complete nonsense. It has always been so, hasn’t it? Only now, it’s political, and science-denial has attained the status of a tribal identifier. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28626 "2016-04-18T23:10:31Z")
The Virgin Islands Republican Party decided it would be a good idea to have a convention at a gun range. Nobody got shot, though the chair of the convention was armed, but the convention deteriorated into pushing and shoving, and the police were called. > **[Virgin Islands GOP Meeting Ends With Shoving, Shouting and Cops](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/in-the-virgin-islands-there-is-chaos)** > > Things are really spinning out of control for the Virgin Islands Republican Party. The Republican Territorial Committee held a joint meeting Saturday at a gun range in St. Croix… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28627 "2016-04-18T23:10:42Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > That’s like saying a doctor is more qualified to pontificate on planetary motion than a historian. Historians are scientists. HTH. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28628 "2016-04-18T23:38:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [John Kasich Wishes LGBT People Would Just “Get Over” Discrimination](https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-kasich-wishes-lgbt-people-135500889.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, the Ohio governor dismissed the outcry over anti-LGBTQ laws springing up in states across the country — North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee — saying those who face discrimination should take it in stride. > > > > “If you feel as though somebody is doing something wrong against you, can you just, for a second, get over it, you know, because this thing will settle down,” Kasich said. Just like all those Bible-waving “Christians” who are screaming about being discriminated against because, ya know, gays and stuff. They should just shut the fuck up and get over it. Right, John? Or “white” people and AA. Just shut the fuck up and get over it. Right, John? Rich people/corporations and higher taxes? JSTFUAGOI. Right, John? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28629 "2016-04-18T23:54:35Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Texas GDP is 1.64 trillion and China holds 1.2 trillion of US treasury bonds, and for sure GDP and debt are not the same thing, but seams like you would be selling Texas on the cheap. Who are you calling a “seam”? That sounds like … uh, nevermind … ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28630 "2016-04-19T00:28:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Who are you calling a “seam”? That sounds like … uh, nevermind … hey , it’s progress, I almost went with cheep for a twofer of misspelling ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28631 "2016-04-19T01:05:58Z")
If the Texas GOP _does_ vote for succession, can we just shoot the fuckers this time? None of this “reconstruct the Union” and “reconciliation” bullshit. Carpet-bag their asses, seize all their assets, and shoot every mother-loving one of them. Then bulldoze the Alamo, the city of Irving, and Globe Life Park. And send Ted Cruz the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28632 "2016-04-19T01:22:20Z")
Irving has historical value as the home of Robert E. Howard, and needs to be spared. Oh, yeah, the Alamo too. Shrug. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28633 "2016-04-19T01:47:16Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Oh, yeah, the Alamo too. Shrug. Yeah, the Alamo really only has historical significance to Texans. Since, in this hypothetical scenario, Texans have told us to fuck off, then fuck the Alamo. Burn it to the ground and then scatter the ashes. Then, when Texas is readmitted to the Union, make all of the good oil-bearing property Federal land. That’ll learn 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28634 "2016-04-19T02:19:19Z")
Can we keep the replica of the Alamo that was made for the movie? That has historical significance we can relate to: John Wayne was there! ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28635 "2016-04-19T12:53:56Z")
[The Governor of Utah must believe viewing porn burns your eyes, that’s how it’s a health hazard.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/health/utah-governor-porn-resolution-health-hazard/index.html) (The article cites a study that found Utah had the most online adult entertainment purchases per capita of all the states.) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28636 "2016-04-19T13:50:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If the Texas GOP _does_ vote for succession, can we just shoot the fuckers this time? None of this “reconstruct the Union” and “reconciliation” bullshit. Carpet-bag their asses, seize all their assets, and shoot every mother-loving one of them. Then bulldoze the Alamo, the city of Irving, and Globe Life Park. And send Ted Cruz the bill. And the Dallas Cowboys can stop referring to themselves as America’s Team. (I don’t know how they got that title anyway. I didn’t vote for them.) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28637 "2016-04-19T14:44:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The Republican-dominated state legislature of Kentucky has given $18 million dollars of state tax money in order to build the Answers in Genesis “Ark Encounter” amusement park](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/taxpayer-subsidized-noahs-ark-theme-park-will-only-hire-job-seekers-who-believe-earth-is-6000-years-old/). The park requires that all of its employees believe in a 6000 year old creation and in “One natural man, one natural woman” marriage. I hope somebody takes them to court over that. The Rawstory article is _very_ misleading. The Kentucky legislature passed a law providing tax incentives for tourism-boosting businesses like theme parks. The Answers In Genesis park claimed the incentives, and the state said they couldn’t have them because it would amount to an endorsement of their message (and also because of their discriminatory hiring practices). A federal judge ruled against the state (as is sort of alluded to in the article) so it has no choice but to give AIG the tax break. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28638 "2016-04-19T16:31:59Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > And the Dallas Cowboys can stop referring to themselves as America’s Team. (I don’t know how they got that title anyway. I didn’t vote for them.) They are, for the same people who think the Beach Boys is rock 'n roll. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28639 "2016-04-19T18:44:03Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > And the Dallas Cowboys can stop referring to themselves as America’s Team. The Arlington Cowboys aren’t even Dallas’s team, much less America’s Team. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28640 "2016-04-19T20:35:43Z")
[House Republicans want to remove 7000 schools from low income child food programs.](http://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/proposal-to-restrict-free-school-meals-option-could-increase-food) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28641 "2016-04-19T22:13:31Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Texas GDP is 1.64 trillion and China holds 1.2 trillion of US treasury bonds, and for sure GDP and debt are not the same thing, but seams like you would be selling Texas on the cheap. Pretty sure that GDP goes down when no longer affiliated with the US even with China acting as new overseers. Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1433)