# 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:** 479
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9561 "2013-06-03T03:38:28Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > The Islamic indoctrination of our children continues. I’ve read we now teach them Arabic numerals and something called _al-jabr_. Didn’t he play for the Lakers? But seriously, at what point do conservatives decide to take back the Republican party from the mouth breathing idiots that are now their public face? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9562 "2013-06-03T05:30:54Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > **Cathie Adams: Grover Norquist ‘Showing Signs Of Converting To Islam’ Because He Has A Beard** > > Not a parody: Along with Santa Claus, Jesus, and King Triton from The Little Mermaid? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9563 "2013-06-03T15:03:22Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > The Islamic indoctrination of our children continues. I’ve read we now teach them Arabic numerals and something called _al-jabr_. That’s nothing. They’re in our bars too! I hear they’re now serving something called _al-cohol_. And they’re infiltrating our computer systems, using _al-gorithms_! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9564 "2013-06-03T15:07:45Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > That’s nothing. They’re in our bars too! I hear they’re now serving something called _al-cohol_. And they’re infiltrating our computer systems, using _al-gorithms_! I thought that was a former Veep trying to dance. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9565 "2013-06-03T15:15:38Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > That’s nothing. They’re in our bars too! I hear they’re now serving something called _al-cohol_. And they’re infiltrating our computer systems, using _al-gorithms_! And giving us our weather reports with al-rokers. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9566 "2013-06-03T15:17:52Z")
And putting admirals in charge of the Navy. Admirals! ---
**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 3, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9567 "2013-06-03T15:24:43Z")
You guys are getting weird with this Al thing. ---
**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 3, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9568 "2013-06-03T15:26:33Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **GOP injects ‘scandals’ into discussion of student loans** > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/31/gop-injects-scandals-into-discussion-of-student-loans/](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/31/gop-injects-scandals-into-discussion-of-student-loans/) > > WTF? Why talk scandals when there is a simply policy issue at stake that should be essentially non-political? [QUOTE=From link] On MSNBC this morning, GOP Rep. Luke Messer — the President of the Republican Freshman Class — accused Obama of hyping the difference between the two plans as a way to distract from the “scandals.” [/QUOTE] Passing legislation is a distraction from the real work of congress, namely obstructing the president. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9569 "2013-06-03T15:28:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And putting admirals in charge of the Navy. Admirals! It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9570 "2013-06-03T15:31:58Z")
And they’ve seeded evil-empire colonies all over outer space, e.g., Algol, Aldebaran, Betelguese, Deneb, Altair, and Mizar!! :eek: ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9571 "2013-06-03T18:50:24Z")
Today, Fox News’ print edition (i.e., the Wall Street Journal) has taken a bold stand against one of the most insidious threats to our way of life to ever darken our golden shores. A cruel totalitarian scheme wrought at the hands of a shadowy all-powerful lobby, supported by an autocratic regime against which the common man is completely helpless. I refer, of course, [to bike-sharing.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/06/03/2093411/wall-street-journal-totalitarian-bike-shares-rabinowitz/) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9572 "2013-06-03T18:54:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I refer, of course, [to bike-sharing.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/06/03/2093411/wall-street-journal-totalitarian-bike-shares-rabinowitz/) They’re a plague, I tells ya! > [@](#): > > New York’s best neighborhoods are being “begrimmed…by these blazing blue Citibank bikes ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9573 "2013-06-03T19:17:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today, Fox News’ print edition (i.e., the Wall Street Journal) has taken a bold stand against one of the most insidious threats to our way of life to ever darken our golden shores. > > A cruel totalitarian scheme wrought at the hands of a shadowy all-powerful lobby, supported by an autocratic regime against which the common man is completely helpless. > > I refer, of course, [to bike-sharing.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/06/03/2093411/wall-street-journal-totalitarian-bike-shares-rabinowitz/) I have to admire the reporter who was interviewing (well, shilling for) Dorothy Rabinowitz in that piece, for keeping a straighter face than I could have managed. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9574 "2013-06-03T19:22:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today, Fox News’ print edition (i.e., the Wall Street Journal) has taken a bold stand against one of the most insidious threats to our way of life to ever darken our golden shores. > > A cruel totalitarian scheme wrought at the hands of a shadowy all-powerful lobby, supported by an autocratic regime against which the common man is completely helpless. > > I refer, of course, [to bike-sharing.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/06/03/2093411/wall-street-journal-totalitarian-bike-shares-rabinowitz/) Just watched the video. Ddamn, she’s crazy. > [@Dorothy Rabinowitz](#): > > I represent the majority of citizens. :dubious:Somehow I doubt that, Dorothy. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9575 "2013-06-03T19:29:39Z")
Obviously, if they got rid of the bikes, no car driver would ever get stuck in traffic in NYC again. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9576 "2013-06-03T19:30:43Z")
Surrender Dorothy. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9577 "2013-06-03T20:25:48Z")
[Obviously, President Obama is failing because he isn’t compromising with Republicans enough.](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2144101,00.html) It was all I could do not to scream in frustration in the middle of the bookstore. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9578 "2013-06-03T20:53:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I refer, of course, [to bike-sharing.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/06/03/2093411/wall-street-journal-totalitarian-bike-shares-rabinowitz/) I kept expecting something along the lines of \[oh “bike” sharing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0)\ ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9579 "2013-06-03T21:24:01Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > I kept expecting something along the lines of \[oh “bike” sharing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0)\ Never mind. Bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9580 "2013-06-03T21:31:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Surrender Dorothy. Now, when you say “Surrender Dorothy”, do you mean for Dorothy to surrender herself, or for others in her company to arrest her and offer to extradite her, because the context is ambiguous, m’hay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=478) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=480)