# 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:** 444
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8861 "2013-03-04T17:12:24Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Fun fact. Wells came up with the title 1984 by reversing the date 1948, the year he wrote it. > [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Funner fact: Wells never wrote 1984 AT ALL! You’re forgetting that **Enderw24** was best buds with Eric Blair. Blair used to call him “Endsie,” and **Enderw24** called him “Wells.” That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. And for a small fee, I’ll permit **Enderw24** to stick to it as well. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8862 "2013-03-04T18:22:28Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Reading the article he left himself some wiggle room such that he might be _technically_ correct. It isn’t that bicycles cause more pollution than cars, it’s that people riding bicycles breath harder and so produce more carbon dioxide than people driving cars. However the amount of CO2 produced by either is so miniscule as compared to the amount of CO2 produced by the driver’s automobile that it’s entirely moot. I put this in the other thread: > [@](#): > > Once again, the amount of oxygen used per human being per year is 260kg. To drive a car at 50km an hour requires 22.25kg of oxygen per hour, which is roughly 750 times the amount needed by a human being. Therefore as we drive happily along in our cars, we unknowingly take 750 oxygen-breathing slaves along with us. These slaves, however, do not breathe out nice, healthy carbon-dioxide and water as we do, but they spew out a noxious concoction of poisonous gases. > **[Energy, Oxygen Consumption and Production | 100777.com](https://100777.com/node/1278)** The real problem here is a teahadist trying to deal with something “scientific”. He was bound to fail. Understanding science and being a teahadist are mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8863 "2013-03-04T18:22:53Z")
I wonder if the editors of The Week read the dope? [10 Dumbest things Republicans said last month.](http://theweek.com/article/index/240838/10-dumbest-things-republicans-said-last-month) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8864 "2013-03-04T18:51:24Z")
[Wisconsin Republicans move to make fewer hours available to vote absentee](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/03/04/17168233-wisconsin-gop-wants-end-to-weekend-voting?lite) I swear, party leaders should invest in a shit ton of spray bottles to keep around for all their crazy legislators. Every time one of them brings up cutting voting hours or mentions the word “rape” somebody give them a squirt to the face and yells “No! Bad!” It’s the only way to discourage this repetitive destructive behavior. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8865 "2013-03-04T18:57:44Z")
Defeating them at the ballot box \*should \*be another way, but it doesn’t seem to have worked all that well yet. Maybe if we try harder? 😉 ---
**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 4, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8866 "2013-03-04T22:03:17Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > I swear, party leaders should invest in a shit ton of spray bottles to keep around for all their crazy legislators. Every time one of them brings up cutting voting hours or mentions the word “rape” somebody give them a squirt to the face and yells “No! Bad!” It’s the only way to discourage this repetitive destructive behavior. Could try the newspaper swat on the rump and hope not too many actually like 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 4, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8867 "2013-03-04T22:31:13Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Reading the article he left himself some wiggle room such that he might be _technically_ correct. It isn’t that bicycles cause more pollution than cars, it’s that people riding bicycles breath harder and so produce more carbon dioxide than people driving cars. However the amount of CO2 produced by either is so miniscule as compared to the amount of CO2 produced by the driver’s automobile that it’s entirely moot. And someone needs to explain to the scientifically illiterate Republican politician the difference between short term cycling of CO2 (plants (photosynthesis) – animals ( respiration) – back to plants) which takes a short time: Vs. Massive and rapid release of carbon which has been kept deep in the earth for millions of years (fossil fuels) by internal combustion engines. One of these leads to an increase in atmospheric CO2 levels. Can you guess which one? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8868 "2013-03-04T23:15:17Z")
And let’s not forget all the air in those bicycle tires, just soakin’ up carbon from the rubber. Can you imagine what would happen if they all blew out at once? Catastrophe! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8869 "2013-03-05T18:07:29Z")
- Three years after the organization disbanded. > **[Republicans Cut Defunct Agency (Again) In New Budget Measure](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/acorn-gop-budget-bill_n_2810345?1362489640=)** > > Republicans Cut Defunct Agency (Again) In New Budget Measure > [@](#): > > Congress cut off all federal funding to the organization. The provision in the current GOP budget bill [PDF], buried on page 221 of 269, would duplicate legislation that has already passed, to target an organization that does not exist. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8870 "2013-03-05T19:22:22Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > - Three years after the organization disbanded. > > [ACORN, In New GOP Budget Bill, Would Be Defunded Again, Even Though It No Longer Exists | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/acorn-gop-budget-bill_n_2810345.html?1362489640) If you don’t pound a wood stake through their heart, they might come back. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8871 "2013-03-05T19:42:14Z")
I have no trouble with the GOP defunding non-existent organizations. Let them at it. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8872 "2013-03-05T22:33:24Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > - Three years after the organization disbanded. > > [ACORN, In New GOP Budget Bill, Would Be Defunded Again, Even Though It No Longer Exists | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/acorn-gop-budget-bill_n_2810345.html?1362489640) If ACRORN’s _really_ disbanded, how did they steal the election for Obama? You can’t explain that, can you, Mr. Smarty-Pants? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8873 "2013-03-05T22:52:08Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I have no trouble with the GOP defunding non-existent organizations. Let them at it. As long as they don’t then try to claim it as a victory for cost cutting and smaller government. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8874 "2013-03-05T23:00:36Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > - Three years after the organization disbanded. > > [ACORN, In New GOP Budget Bill, Would Be Defunded Again, Even Though It No Longer Exists | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/acorn-gop-budget-bill_n_2810345.html?1362489640) Was the defunct organization getting funds for the last 3 years? ---
**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 5, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8875 "2013-03-05T23:19:39Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Was the defunct organization getting funds for the last 3 years? No. Or are you Just Asking Questions? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8876 "2013-03-06T00:02:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No. > > Or are you Just Asking Questions? Sorry, I did not read the quoted portion closely enough. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8877 "2013-03-06T00:31:19Z")
[http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/iowa-pol-easy-divorce-can-lead-to-promiscuous-kids-88426.html?hp=l9](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/iowa-pol-easy-divorce-can-lead-to-promiscuous-kids-88426.html?hp=l9) > **[Iowa GOP Lawmakers Try To Curtail Divorce](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iowa-divorce_n_2808001?utm_hp_ref=politics)** > > Iowa GOP Lawmakers Try To Curtail Divorce GOP state Rep. Tedd Gassman(R) Iowa, wants to eliminate no fault divorce in Iowa. He’s afraid girls (specifically his granddaughter) will become promiscuous due to parental divorce. > [@](#): > > Under the law, one of the partners in a marriage would have show that their spouse was guilty of adultery, had been convicted of a felony or had abandoned the family for a full year to qualify for a divorce. Parents could also get a divorce after living apart for two years. > [@](#): > > Speaking about his granddaughter, whose parents recently divorced, Gassman said, “There’s a 16-year-old girl in this whole mix now. Guess what? What are the possibilities of her being more promiscuous? What are the possibilities of all these other things surrounding her life that a 16-year-old girl, with hormones raging, can get herself into?” I’ll make a prediction as to how this bill is going to be defeated. Someone will point out that (divorce) trial lawyers will love it. It would bring back the days of manufactured cause, and boost fees. Also, the often trumped up grounds make great reading for the former minor children when they get older and more curious about their parents’ divorce. The GOP is really the party of the family, isn’t it? The fact that anti-family violence groups oppose the measure speaks for itself. ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8878 "2013-03-06T00:34:19Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > If ACRORN’s _really_ disbanded, how did they steal the election for Obama? You can’t explain that, can you, Mr. Smarty-Pants? Simple: It was the New Black Panthers who stole it for.him. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8879 "2013-03-06T01:03:42Z")
Two black guys with a stick. Not even two sticks, just one between them to share. OK, so more black guys. With sticks. ---
**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 6, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8880 "2013-03-06T01:36:40Z")
Louie “The Troll” Gohmert is now just [proposing legislation making it illegal for the President to play golf.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/03/05/1677941/gop-rep-offers-amendment-prohibiting-obama-from-playing-golf-until-white-house-tours-resume/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=443) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=445)