# 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:** 1716
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34302 "2017-06-20T14:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > Perry sees climate denial as evidence of being ‘intellectually engaged’\*\* > > … > > In an apparent attempt to drive the reality-based community batty, Perry added that his skepticism towards climate data is a sign of a “wise, intellectually engaged person.” > > It’s not just the cabinet secretary’s rejection of climate science that rankles; it’s also Perry’s explanation. He not only fails to accept the effects of carbon pollution, Perry believes climate change is the result of oceans “and this environment.” > > What does that mean? I have no idea, but just as importantly, there’s no reason to believe Perry has any idea, either. > **[Perry sees climate denial as evidence of being 'intellectually engaged'](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/perry-sees-climate-denial-evidence-being-intellectually-engaged-msna997646)** > > It's not just Rick Perry's rejection of climate science that rankles; it's how he chooses to explain reality in a willfully ignorant way. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34303 "2017-06-20T14:13:06Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Shakespeare way over rated talentless hack! Nobody likes is plays! Total loser!!! 😕 I thought he’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34304 "2017-06-20T20:01:25Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > 😕 I thought he’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more. His crossover album with Fredrick Douglass was da bomb. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34305 "2017-06-20T20:13:39Z")
Pity they both were victims last night in Sweden. Or was that Bowling Green? ---
**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:** [June 20, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34306 "2017-06-20T20:49:02Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > 😕 I thought he’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more. His plagiaristic habits have been well established. The literary world has decided that there is no way that that guy could have written that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34307 "2017-06-20T20:52:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > His plagiaristic habits have been well established. The literary world has decided that there is no way that that guy could have written that stuff. I don’t know if I’d go as far as plagiarism, but I agree that Hamlet looks a lot like The Lion King with the serial numbers filed off. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34308 "2017-06-20T20:55:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > His plagiaristic habits have been well established. The literary world has decided that there is no way that that guy could have written that stuff. And the fact that he worked all those cliches, popular sayings, and book/movie titles into his plays–what’s up with that? Didn’t the guy have one original thought? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34309 "2017-06-20T21:27:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > His plagiaristic habits have been well established. The literary world has decided that there is no way that that guy could have written that stuff. I just read Hamlet, and wasn’t impressed. It’s just one cliche after another! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34310 "2017-06-20T22:49:09Z")
Reruns are so awesome > [@"\[CNBC](#): > > ([Energy Secretary Rick Perry says CO2 is not the main driver of climate change](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/19/energy-sec-rick-perry-says-co2-is-not-the-main-driver-of-climate-change.html))"]Asked whether CO2 emissions are primarily responsible for climate change, (Energy Secretary Goodhair) told CNBC’s “Squawk Box”: “No, most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in. The fact is this shouldn’t be a debate about, ‘Is the climate changing, is man having an effect on it?’ Yeah, we are. The question should be just how much, and what are the policy changes that we need to make to effect that?” His superhero alt-ego is **Pretzelman!** ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34311 "2017-06-20T23:00:50Z")
“…most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters…” Your superhero name for him is too kind, but less redundant than the one I thought of: Typical Republican Full Of Shit Man. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34312 "2017-06-21T00:24:44Z")
“…primary control knob…” Good news, we can dial it to eleven. Bad news, we are about fifteen. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34313 "2017-06-21T00:49:34Z")
I can think of a few other knobs that have some influence. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34314 "2017-06-21T00:51:27Z")
Missouri House [approves new abortion regulations](http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article157226724.html) which **includes repealing** (that’s right, **repeals** ) a St. Louis ordinance that bans employers and landlords from discriminating against women who have had an _abortion_, use _contraceptives_ or are _pregnant_. And this is after Republicans stripped out some of the more divisive provisions of the bill. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34315 "2017-06-21T06:26:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Pity they both were victims last night in Sweden. Or was that Bowling Green? Are you surprised that Billy Boy was targeted, ever seen a picture of him ? Long hair, earring, and molestache. Wearing lace and pantyhose. What a piece of work is man ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34316 "2017-06-21T16:24:28Z")
This one isn’t real. Well, it may only be merely exaggerated, but in any case it didn’t happen. But the photoshopped McConnell is still a sight to see! > **[Panicking Mitch McConnell Shoves Entire Senate Healthcare Bill Into Mouth As...](https://www.theonion.com/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-healthca-1819580036)** > > WASHINGTON—Quickly crumpling up all 500 pages of the legislation upon hearing footsteps in the hallway, sources reported Tuesday that a panicked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shoved the entire Senate healthcare bill in his mouth as a... ---
**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:** [June 21, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34317 "2017-06-21T17:52:21Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > This one isn’t real. Well, it may only be merely exaggerated, but in any case it didn’t happen. But the photoshopped McConnell is still a sight to see! > [http://www.theonion.com/article/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-hea-56289](http://www.theonion.com/article/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-hea-56289) I can tell by the lack of pixels that the picture is _not_ Photoshopped. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34318 "2017-06-21T19:49:28Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Missouri House [approves new abortion regulations](http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article157226724.html) which **includes repealing** (that’s right, **repeals** ) a St. Louis ordinance that bans employers and landlords from discriminating against women who have had an _abortion_, use _contraceptives_ or are _pregnant_. > > And this is after Republicans stripped out some of the more divisive provisions of the bill. :eek: As far as any kind of legislation regarding women who have had an abortion or use contraceptives, how the fuck is anyone but the women going to know that? Do they have some law that this information has to be given to employers or landlords? And discrimination against pregnant women, well, I’m going out on a limb here and say they mean single pregnant women but didn’t want to say that out loud. Pro-life my ass. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34319 "2017-06-22T01:53:09Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > This one isn’t real. Well, it may only be merely exaggerated, but in any case it didn’t happen. But the photoshopped McConnell is still a sight to see! > [http://www.theonion.com/article/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-hea-56289](http://www.theonion.com/article/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-hea-56289) Wow- that actually improved his appearance! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34320 "2017-06-22T01:55:58Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > As far as any kind of legislation regarding women who have had an abortion or use contraceptives, how the fuck is anyone but the women going to know that? Do they have some law that this information has to be given to employers or landlords? > > And discrimination against pregnant women, well, I’m going out on a limb here and say they mean single pregnant women but didn’t want to say that out loud. > > Pro-life my ass. Not pro-life-- “pro-FETUS.” Once the baby is born, they could give a rat’s ass about medical care, parental leave, early childhood education, or \*\*any \*\*education, for that matter. Once that baby is born, it’s on its own. And God help it if its parents aren’t citizens. Or if it is and its parents aren’t. I read somewhere on this board that Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34321 "2017-06-22T14:58:57Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > As far as any kind of legislation regarding women who have had an abortion or use contraceptives, how the fuck is anyone but the women going to know that? Do they have some law that this information has to be given to employers or landlords? Possible scenario, Women gets pregnant. Tells boyfriend that she is getting an abortion. The have a row about it, and in a fit of vindictiveness, he tips off her god bothering landlord who kicks the slattern out of her apartment. ETA: Possibility 2: [get them from the AG](https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/11/1513905/-MO-legislator-demands-names-of-women-who-ve-had-an-abortion) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1715) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1717)