# 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:** 469
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9361 "2013-04-27T05:44:54Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > No idea if that last will fly. I’m no lawyer, and as I recall, the schools I went to were able to mandate attendance at all sorts of things. Classes, for instance. 😉 I don’t know about false imprisonment, but that’s got to be a fire code violation. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9362 "2013-04-27T05:50:53Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Mississippi, this time. [A school is holding mandatory Christian assemblies](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/26/mississippi-school-forces-students-to-listen-to-christian-lecture-teachers-block-exits/) and barring the doors so students can’t leave. > > A clever student has managed to record one of the April assemblies. [A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the students, alleging violation of the Establishment clause](http://www.scribd.com/doc/137789500/Complaint-in-M-B-v-Rankin-County-School-District). > > Gotta love this: > > No idea if that last will fly. I’m no lawyer, and as I recall, the schools I went to were able to mandate attendance at all sorts of things. Classes, for instance. 😉 Any evidence that the person(s) who caused this were Republicans? Because the thread title says “Stupid Republican idea of the day” not “Stupid Religious Fanatic idea of the day” or “Stupid Fundamentalist idea of the day”. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9363 "2013-04-27T06:01:13Z")
Yeah!!! We can’t discount the 0.00001% chance that these were hardline, Democrat fundamentalists in deep-red rural Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9364 "2013-04-27T06:06:22Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Any evidence that the person(s) who caused this were Republicans? Because the thread title says “Stupid Republican idea of the day” not “Stupid Religious Fanatic idea of the day” or “Stupid Fundamentalist idea of the day”. Assuming Republican upon seeing certain types of stupidity is a “fallacy” I’ve made myself in this thread. But the assumption hasn’t been wrong yet. I have a counter-question: _If you were a bookmaker, what odds would you offer on this person’s voting alignment?_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9365 "2013-04-27T13:06:28Z")
If you can’t stand the heat, [whine and pout until it dies down](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/us/texas-perry-cartoon/index.html): > [@](#): > > Texas Gov. Rick Perry is demanding an apology from a California newspaper that published a cartoon that seemed to link his push for less regulations to the recent fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14… > > The cartoon, published Thursday, shows Perry standing at a podium in front of signs about lower taxes and lower regulations proclaiming “Business is booming in Texas.” > > The next frame of the cartoon shows a huge explosion alluding to the April 17 fertilizer plant tragedy in West, Texas, that killed 14 people, injured up to 200 and destroyed more than 100 homes… Good job giving an extra round of attention to the issue raised by the cartoon, Rick. To its credit, the newspaper is standing behind the cartoon. Personally, I would have sent a reply saying I’d consider the request for an apology if Rick can, off the top of his head, support it with three arguments. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9366 "2013-04-27T13:55:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Louie Gomer (Goober-R): > > “This administration has so many Muslim Brotherhood members that have influence that they just are making wrong decisions for America.” > > I swear. I am not making this up. No, _really!_ > > [http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/26/bonus\_quote\_of\_the\_day.html](http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/26/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html) Name one, or shut the fuck up. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9367 "2013-04-27T14:37:50Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I’m pretty sure that this supposed Louie Gohmert person is just something someone invented to test whether liberal northeasterners like me will believe ridiculous things about Texans. Jim Nabors should have sued him for demeaning Gomer Pyle’s intelligence by his similar name. ---
**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 28, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9368 "2013-04-28T03:42:12Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I mean, threatening violence to further your political goals…isn’t that terrorism? That all depends. Might be enacting regime change. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9369 "2013-04-28T05:24:04Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Rep. Steve Stockman [makes a funny about the Boston tragedy](http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04/20/1898681/during-standoff-gop-congressman-tweets-global-warming-joke-about-boston-marathon-bomber/). Yes, that IS pretty humorous. And then Stockman comes up with something even more bizarre: If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted! > **['If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted.' Is Rep. Steve Stockman serious?](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2013/0414/If-babies-had-guns-they-wouldn-t-be-aborted.-Is-Rep.-Steve-Stockman-serious)** > > Rep. Steve Stockman sees himself as a conservative insurgent and likes to shock. But his new bumper sticker promoting his pro-gun and anti-abortion views might have a specific agenda. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9370 "2013-04-28T07:31:19Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > That all depends. Might be enacting regime change. Now, now. Everyone knows we didn’t go in to Iraq to further any _political_ goals; that was all about economic goals. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9371 "2013-04-29T03:43:37Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Assuming Republican upon seeing certain types of stupidity is a “fallacy” I’ve made myself in this thread. But the assumption hasn’t been wrong yet. > > I have a counter-question: _If you were a bookmaker, what odds would you offer on this person’s voting alignment?_ Were I that bookmaker, I’d probably put odds at around 99:1. That’s not the point though. There are stupid people the world over and there’s no end to Republican stupidity, as a subsection of it. But what this thread is about is stupid Republican ideas, which means policy-makers, conservative news organizations, and current and former elected officials, not merely a stupid person who happens to vote Republican. We have to keep reminding the people trying to post in the “stupid Liberal ideas of the day” so I felt it hypocritical not to bring it up here 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:** [April 29, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9372 "2013-04-29T19:07:25Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Were I that bookmaker, I’d probably put odds at around 99:1. That’s not the point though. There are stupid people the world over and there’s no end to Republican stupidity, as a subsection of it. But what this thread is about is stupid Republican ideas, which means policy-makers, conservative news organizations, and current and former elected officials, not merely a stupid person who happens to vote Republican. > > We have to keep reminding the people trying to post in the “stupid Liberal ideas of the day” so I felt it hypocritical not to bring it up here as well. I did about ten minutes of internet research on the county Republican Party, the church and the principal who were all named. I did not see any connections. The church’s Facebook page did not have any reminders on it back in Oct/Nov to vote the right way and no one with the principal’s name was mentioned on the county Republican website. That little bit only proves it isn’t easy to connect the GOP to the incident at the school. I did see a PDF of the complaint letter: [http://www.americanhumanist.org/system/storage/63/17/b/4074/Letter\_to\_Northwest\_Rankin\_High\_4-11-2013\_D2.pdf](http://www.americanhumanist.org/system/storage/63/17/b/4074/Letter_to_Northwest_Rankin_High_4-11-2013_D2.pdf) \ ***Apply the Islam test** Offer the same e-mail with forced attendance and a Muslim prayer at the end. Would they go for it? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9373 "2013-04-29T22:01:41Z")
First they questioned DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about the Drudge and Forbes article about a conspiricy - now we have the bill taking shape. [OK Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Boost Domestic Ammo Supply](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_14_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNEwMW2c15lFfvzmFWwflrw7dSwSgQ&cid=52778136664951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news9.com%2Fstory%2F22102238%2Fstate-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-boost-ammunition-supply&ei=BuZ-UdDwM5SztweSpAE&sig2=W_ZtpT8KGdJfH38Ct3iBdA&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=7973181053200947658&sid=3561038501528646764) The article title is somewhat misleading. Our good Sen. Inhofe (christian zealot, crappy pilot, anti-gun control nut) and some other forgetable Rep. Frank Lucas see government conspiricies to take away all our ammo. Some of the money quotes from guys who devote all day searching for ammunition so they can [del]go shooting and terrorist hunting[/del] put meat on the family table. “It’s a rat race to try to get ammunition everywhere you go. I come here every day,” said ammunition buyer, Chuck Butler. “You basically go all day if you’ve got the time, you go around and try to find someone who’s even got a small shipment. And even then, you only get one box per day, at a time, per caliber,” said ammunition buyer, Jim Mitchell. “I think it would be a good bill because the people is what it’s all about. And we’re the ones who are wanting and needing the ammunition.” [Jim **Inhofe** : Federal Government Has ‘Taken’ All The Ammunition - Huffington Post](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CEwQqQIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Fjim-inhofe-ammunition_n_3179117.html&ei=hOh-UcjuHMTBrgHatYCoBg&usg=AFQjCNFJkQS5qHjykBzATBZo9WIZsb6n7A&sig2=gQvg7bv5EfLmMDQLkMxAMg&bvm=bv.45645796,d.aWM) “The federal government is so opposed to firearms, in fact, that it has gone on an ammunition-buying spree so that there won’t be any bullets left for law-abiding Americans,” Inhofe charged Monday. Seems Federal agencies getting together and buying ammunition in bulk so they get the Defense Department contract price and SAVING tax dollars is a topic on the gun boards. (Note this stuff has been mentioned before - “THE’RE STOCKPILING AMMO SO THEY CAN ARREST AND SHOOT US ALL”, “WHY DO THEY NEED ALL THIS AMMO - IT’S AN OBAMA PLOT”). ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9374 "2013-04-30T02:30:43Z")
Isn’t the ammo shortage because so many people, have been buying guns lately? And aren’t so many people buying guns lately because they’re afraid the government is going to pass major gun control legislation? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9375 "2013-04-30T03:00:14Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > If you can’t stand the heat, [whine and pout until it dies down](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/us/texas-perry-cartoon/index.html): > > Good job giving an extra round of attention to the issue raised by the cartoon, Rick. > > To its credit, the newspaper is standing behind the cartoon. Personally, I would have sent a reply saying I’d consider the request for an apology if Rick can, off the top of his head, support it with three arguments. 😛 Some people just never seem to grasp the [Streisand Effect.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9376 "2013-04-30T16:06:01Z")
WA state senator Mike Hewitt is sponsoring a bill in the legislature that would [make it legal for businesses to discriminate against gays.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/04/26/1925671/washington-discrimination/) That’s pretty stupid in itself, in addition to being blatantly in violation of the state and federal Constitutions. The real stupid here, however, comes from one of his staffers. During a phone conversation yesterday, a caller asked how the bill would affect gays living in rural areas if the only store in town refuses to sell them food or gas, as the bill would allow them to do. [The staffer, who refused to give his name, had an interesting response;](http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/26/office-of-anti-gay-bill-sponsor-reportedly-argues-that-gay-people-can-just-grow-their-own-food-if-stores-wont-serve-them) [QUOTE=Anonymous staffer] Well, gay people can just grow their own food. [/QUOTE] On behalf of my home state, I’d like to apologize that our educational system produced this man. ---
**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 30, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9377 "2013-04-30T16:25:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > WA state senator Mike Hewitt is sponsoring a bill in the legislature that would [make it legal for businesses to discriminate against gays.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/04/26/1925671/washington-discrimination/) That’s… blatantly in violation of the… federal [Constitution.] Sadly, not so. At least not yet. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9378 "2013-04-30T16:29:07Z")
How the hell are they going to know? Has functional and practical gaydar become a reality? ---
**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 30, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9379 "2013-04-30T16:39:40Z")
They’ll probably ask for [Gay Bacon](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gay-bacon-strips). Seriously, though, the articles notes that the bill is a response to a lawsuit against a florist for refusing to provide flowers at a same sex wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9380 "2013-04-30T17:19:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > How the hell are they going to know? Has functional and practical gaydar become a reality? Ironically, they’ll have to hire a gay guy to use his gaydar to tell them which customers are gay. But to make sure only people with accurate gaydar get these jobs, there will have to be some kind of testing and licensing set up, where a bunch of mixed gay and straight people are mulling about. The testee has accurately pick out a high percentage of gays to be licensed. This firm might have to operate out-of-state, since in WA they might discriminate against hiring gay people for the test, rendering it useless… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=468) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=470)