# 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:** 409
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8161 "2013-01-12T18:30:44Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Fox News: Algebra is Liberal Agenda Of course! It’s PRACTICALLY a portmanteau word! After all you can’t spell Libe\*\*\*\*r Agenda without **algebr A**. If you try, it just comes out Lienda. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8162 "2013-01-12T19:47:55Z")
No bong before posting. We talked about this. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8163 "2013-01-12T21:05:12Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7QKcSlk0g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7QKcSlk0g) > > Fox News: Algebra is Liberal Agenda > > Poutrage. And, apparently, teachers get their antiperspirant from health food stores. It all fits together. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8164 "2013-01-12T21:18:59Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7QKcSlk0g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7QKcSlk0g) > > Fox News: Algebra is Liberal Agenda > > Poutrage. [del]Reality[/del] Numbers have a well-known liberal bias. Plus, ain’t algebra Arabic/Islamic mathematics? Creeping [del]charlie[/del] sharia!!! CMC ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8165 "2013-01-12T22:38:31Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Plus, ain’t algebra Arabic/Islamic mathematics? Yes, the word is derived from the Arabic al-jabr. I, for one, favor changing its name to FreedomBra. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8166 "2013-01-12T23:02:10Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Yes, the word is derived from the Arabic al-jabr. > > I, for one, favor changing its name to FreedomBra. I’ll support the motion, on the grounds that I would have paid much more attention to high school maths had there been even a misleading hint of boobies being involved. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8167 "2013-01-12T23:05:47Z")
Math. Not even once. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8168 "2013-01-13T01:45:30Z")
Sometimes I really hope these stories are being misreported: [Paul Ryan Once Again Sponsors the Bill That Would Make It Possible for Women’s Rapists to Sue Them](http://jezebel.com/5975076/paul-ryan-once-again-sponsors-the-bill-that-would-make-it-possible-for-womens-rapists-to-sue-them) > [@](#): > > Like, if a woman who was raped in a state that banned abortions went to a state that didn’t ban abortions and had an abortion? Her rapist could theoretically sue to stop the abortion from happening, and probably win. And it doesn’t stop there with the reproductive weirdness, if passed, it’ll probably make many forms of IVF illegal. Go on then - please tell me this is not an accurate representation of what the bill could potentially do. Please. I’m begging you here. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8169 "2013-01-13T01:51:55Z")
The RCC, and therefore probably Ryan, would like to make ALL forms of IVF illegal. Claim that it just ain’t natural. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8170 "2013-01-13T02:02:19Z")
nm ---
**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:** [January 13, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8171 "2013-01-13T07:33:30Z")
Well, that’s out of left field - it’s not in Texas, it’s not in Arizona, it’s not even in Florida. Could this be a neeeeew challengeeeer ? Wyoming State Rep. Kendell Kroeker [puts forward a bill that would make it a felony to enforce any federal gun bans in the State of Wyoming](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/wyoming-gun-control_n_2451438.html). Penalties for _federales_ caught trying to enforce federal law would be up to 5 years in prison and a $50.000 fine. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8172 "2013-01-13T07:40:10Z")
We see this sort of thing now and then – absurd State laws against the enforcement of Federal laws… Say, aren’t these guys sworn to defend the Constitution? Don’t they ever actually read the doggone thing? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8173 "2013-01-13T17:47:52Z")
Reading for comprehension has a liberal bias. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8174 "2013-01-13T18:53:41Z")
If they go to arrest a Fed and he says “No, fuck you, I’m a Fed”, then they have to pull out their gun, yes? Isn’t that some sort of crime, right there? Don’t recall what they call it, rhymes with “reason”. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8175 "2013-01-13T20:02:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Sometimes I really hope these stories are being misreported: > > [Paul Ryan Once Again Sponsors the Bill That Would Make It Possible for Women’s Rapists to Sue Them](http://jezebel.com/5975076/paul-ryan-once-again-sponsors-the-bill-that-would-make-it-possible-for-womens-rapists-to-sue-them)Go on then - please tell me this is not an accurate representation of what the bill could potentially do. > > Please. I’m begging you here. The pathetic thing about this is, if they simply changed the who has standing to sue, like give the state the right to sue to prevent the abortion, they wouldn’t have to basically let rapists force this on the women they violated in the first place. Its not much better, but for PR purposes, its a lot better than “Rapist sues to prevent victim from having abortion”. And they think Ryan will be a 2016 frontrunner? The guy’s an idiot, a blithering, fucking slimebag ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8176 "2013-01-13T20:59:34Z")
Great pecs, though. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8177 "2013-01-13T23:35:16Z")
I dunno. They look like B-cups to me. An awkward size and shape on a man. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8178 "2013-01-14T01:19:10Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > The RCC, and therefore probably Ryan, would like to make ALL forms of IVF illegal. Claim that it just ain’t natural. As I understand, it’s not so much that it “isn’t natural” (because what good family values politician doesn’t want MOR PRESHOUS BABEEZ however you can make them) but that it produces extra embryos that aren’t used. And the argument that’s been made for a while that “Oh, they can all be adopted by other infertile couples!” doesn’t really fly when there are over 600,000 already existing embryos, and the number of actual “adoptions” is in the low thousands. Plus, estimates are that maybe only 50% of frozen embryos even survive the thawing process, and even fewer actually successfully implant to become a viable pregnancy, so IVF kills many many preshous babeez before they even get to be babeez, so clearly it’s evil. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8179 "2013-01-14T03:03:06Z")
Was _Every Picture Tells a Story_ really released over forty years ago? Maybe I should quote newer songs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8180 "2013-01-14T03:20:59Z")
Yeah, well, I’m 40 myself, so if you quote anything too\* new\*, I won’t get that either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=408) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=410)