# 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:** 1665
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33282 "2017-03-29T00:00:30Z")
Can’t forget[Jeff Flake](http://www.complex.com/life/2017/03/arizona-senator-jeff-flake-asks-supreme-court-nominee-neil-gorsuch-that-100-duck-sized-horses-or-one-horse-sized-duck-question), who makes McCain and Goldwater roll over in their graves at what passes for an Arizona senator these days. During the Gorsuch hearings, he actually used his time to ask if he would rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck. But wait, that’s not all! He followed up by asserting “Even President Obama’s two Supreme Court nominees were recognized for their ability to do the job and confirmed without incident.” Yes, both of them. You twatwaffle, you really think your constituents are that dumb? Okay, maybe they are, they elected \*your \*ass. ---
**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 29, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33283 "2017-03-29T00:57:00Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Can’t forget[Jeff Flake](http://www.complex.com/life/2017/03/arizona-senator-jeff-flake-asks-supreme-court-nominee-neil-gorsuch-that-100-duck-sized-horses-or-one-horse-sized-duck-question), who makes McCain and Goldwater roll over in their graves at what passes for an Arizona senator these days. McCain did more than roll over, he actually made a statement this morning… "I think there needs to be a lot of explaining to do,” McCain told “CBS This Morning.” “I’ve been around for quite a while and I’ve never heard of such thing.” Inelegantly phrased perhaps, but better than most other dead people 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33284 "2017-03-29T04:52:47Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > So I don’t understand your “Huh?” then, it sounds like you understand what’s going on. None of us understand what’s going on. It’s part of the fun! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33285 "2017-03-29T05:14:40Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > House Republicans [vote overwhelmingly](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to-wipe-out-the-fccs-landmark-internet-privacy-protections/?utm_term=.d7ce980a9786) to allow internet providers collect and sell their customers’ Web browsing history, location information, health data and other personal details. > > Fuck’in pricks. So why don’t conservatives mind this, especially when it comes to their kids? ---
**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 29, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33286 "2017-03-29T05:52:14Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > So why don’t conservatives mind this, especially when it comes to their kids? You know, just becau$e. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33287 "2017-03-29T06:04:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You know, just becau$e. I meant the voters, who don’t see a dime of that $. I’m wondering what the BS justification is. ---
**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 29, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33288 "2017-03-29T06:29:35Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I meant the voters, who don’t see a dime of that $. I’m wondering what the BS justification is. Fox News hasn’t told them to be outraged about it. ---
**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 29, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33289 "2017-03-29T12:46:33Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I meant the voters, who don’t see a dime of that $. I’m wondering what the BS justification is. This morning I heard a clip of Congresscritter (I didn’t catch who) claim that this leveled the playing field for Comcast and Verizon with Google and Facebook. Neglecting to mention, of course, that the transport companies are not providing content and the content providers aren’t providing transport. Well, Facebook isn’t. I think Google has been experimenting with that. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33290 "2017-03-29T13:14:14Z")
It should be noted that the vote wasn’t to allow something, it was to stop a last minute regulation by the Obama administration from going into effect. We’ve had the internet for quite some time now. Is this regulation solving a problem that people have actually been complaining about, or was Obama dissatisfied with the level of campaign donations coming from Silicon Valley? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33291 "2017-03-29T13:29:53Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I meant the voters, who don’t see a dime of that $. I’m wondering what the BS justification is. Obama was against it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33292 "2017-03-29T14:26:45Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Is this regulation solving a problem that people have actually been complaining about Yes. Quite vociferously. > [@](#): > > was Obama dissatisfied with the level of campaign donations coming from Silicon Valley? Usual unsupported innuendo noted. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33293 "2017-03-29T14:31:30Z")
Just wondering why this happened at the end of his term. IT’s a fair question. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33294 "2017-03-29T14:40:45Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Just wondering why this happened at the end of his term. IT’s a fair question. So you’re saying he’s not supposed to do _anything_ during the last year of his term? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33295 "2017-03-29T14:48:55Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > This morning I heard a clip of Congresscritter (I didn’t catch who) claim that this leveled the playing field for Comcast and Verizon with Google and Facebook. Neglecting to mention, of course, that the transport companies are not providing content and the content providers aren’t providing transport. Well, Facebook isn’t. I think Google has been experimenting with that. Service providers _want_ to be providing content, though. Or rather they want content providers to sell them content or pay them to prioritize it. ---
**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 29, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33296 "2017-03-29T15:07:41Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Obama was against it. Exactly. And I laugh that **adaher** essentially confirmed exactly what you said, while being blissfully unaware. Whatever Obama did, the Republicans must be automatically against it. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33297 "2017-03-29T16:00:11Z")
It seems to me that **adaher** ’s question is more along the line of “Why THEN? Why wasn’t this regulation written years ago? What happened around that time that necessitated this regulation?” I’m kind of curious myself, even being someone in favor of the regulation - why wasn’t it done years ago? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33298 "2017-03-29T16:43:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This is truly amazing > > [Utah Forces Doctors To Tell Women Some Abortions Are Reversible | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/utah-bill-medication-abortions-reversible_us_58d96c6be4b00f68a5c96c25?ewa3cmsmscbx1or&) Pretty bad, but not as bad as the bill requiring women undergoing an abortion to hold a rattle and a pair of booties and watch a slideshow of sad-faced babies over a Sarah McLachlan song. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33299 "2017-03-29T16:59:08Z")
Shit For Brains [lifts a moratorium](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/29/trump-promised-to-bring-back-coal-jobs-that-promise-will-not-be-kept-experts-say/?utm_term=.df8e598d686c) on federal coal leases. ---
**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 29, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33300 "2017-03-29T18:46:14Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Shit For Brains [lifts a moratorium](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/29/trump-promised-to-bring-back-coal-jobs-that-promise-will-not-be-kept-experts-say/?utm_term=.df8e598d686c) on federal coal leases. Indeed. Coal is [on the way out in China and India](http://www.mining.com/web/china-and-india-could-destabilize-global-coal-market-2/) - the recent drivers of coal utilization. Coal mining is a sunset industry. This is very well known. It’s not a surprise. The only thing left now is for the US coal companies to squeeze the very last of the profits out, preferably by relaxing environmental regulations lowering wages and safety spending and getting taxpayer subsidies. This is the only way they can get more money in the short-mid term. In the long term, they simply plan on leaving environmental disasters for the public to pay for. Regulations are needed for corporations, because they are amoral. This is not a bad thing - “amoral” does not = “immoral”. Corporations have no morals because that is not how they are designed. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33301 "2017-03-29T18:59:39Z")
Maybe coal miners should retrain and start driving [these.](http://www.buggy.com/hansom.html) With the amount of horseshit Trump and the Trumpettes spread, surely they have enough horses to supply one for every miner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1664) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1666)