# 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:** 523
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10441 "2013-08-28T05:01:30Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2013/08/27/glenn-beck-vows-to-fire-employees-for-buying-fluorescent-bulbs-recyclables/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) > > **Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables** Pretty amusing coming from a living pile of compost. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10442 "2013-08-28T13:00:58Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Pretty amusing coming from a living pile of compost. More akin to toxic waste. Compost is usually beneficial. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10443 "2013-08-28T14:06:01Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2013/08/27/glenn-beck-vows-to-fire-employees-for-buying-fluorescent-bulbs-recyclables/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) > > **Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables** Erm, you know, Glenn, fighting global warming, existent or not, is not the **only** reason for reducing your operation’s energy consumption or non-recycleable-waste generation. There are other environmental reasons . . . and, it is also a money-saver in some ways. Good capitalist reason, that. You’re really spiting your face, here. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10444 "2013-08-28T14:33:26Z")
With that face, I don’t blame him. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10445 "2013-08-28T14:59:54Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2013/08/27/glenn-beck-vows-to-fire-employees-for-buying-fluorescent-bulbs-recyclables/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) > > **Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables** Hmm, new market? Let make a new line of conservative products: not only is nothing recycled, nothing energy efficient, and nothing environmental friendly, everything is in fact the opposite. Paper bags made from freshly cut trees that are designed to fall apart after one use. Tires that have built in igniters so they burst into flames when the tread gets low enough. Light bulbs that burn for less 100 hours each. Car maintenance products that have had a little bit from each bottle dumped into a natural watershed. Styrofoam used to package everything. Special styrofoam that gives off CFCs. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10446 "2013-08-28T15:06:13Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Hmm, new market? > > Let make a new line of conservative products: not only is nothing recycled, nothing energy efficient, and nothing environmental friendly, everything is in fact the opposite. Paper bags made from freshly cut trees that are designed to fall apart after one use. Tires that have built in igniters so they burst into flames when the tread gets low enough. Light bulbs that burn for less 100 hours each. Car maintenance products that have had a little bit from each bottle dumped into a natural watershed. Styrofoam used to package everything. Special styrofoam that gives off CFCs. I’ve always wanted a toaster powered by a two thousand horsepower gas turbine engine. And it only toasts one slice a a time. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10447 "2013-08-28T16:55:40Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2013/08/27/glenn-beck-vows-to-fire-employees-for-buying-fluorescent-bulbs-recyclables/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) > > **Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables** Yowza, that is a stupid amount of crazy, or a crazy amount of stupid. Hey, I have a new idea for a great business startup! Sell expensive, easily broken, completely non-reusable crap to conservatives who are against global warming! Light bulbs that have to be replaced every month! Styrofoam cups can’t be recycled! Paper plates that food bleeds though and you have to use like 2 or 3 of them to hold a taco! Its gold Jerry, gold! By comparison, [Steve Lonegan](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/08/28/corey_booker_s_gay_quote_gop_opponent_steve_lonegan_says_i_personally_like.html) is a genius. He’s the Republican running against Cory Booker who has a slight problem with Booker not refuting gay rumors. He likes being a guy, you see ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10448 "2013-08-28T17:42:30Z")
So, he’s not married, then? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10449 "2013-08-28T17:44:32Z")
The conjecture burning up conservative talk radio today (I like to aggravate myself) is that the chemical weapons used in Syria are the WMDs that were never found in Iraq. Here’s a story from the august Tea Party News Network with the dubious title “[Who’s Lying Now? Syria’s Chemical Attacks Indicate President Bush Didn’t ‘Lie’ About WMDs](http://http://www.tpnn.com/whos-lying-now-syrias-chemical-attacks-indicate-president-bush-didnt-lie-about-wmds/)”. > [@](#): > > As intelligence prior to the invasion of Iraq indicated that Saddam’s Iraq had sarin gas and amidst large speculation that such weapons were moved to Syria, the use of sarin gas in Syria might prove to vindicate the Bush Administration’s assertions that WMDs were, in fact, in Iraq. Similar assertions appear from the usual gang of idiots. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10450 "2013-08-28T17:47:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So, he’s not married, then? The Newark Star-Ledger had better stake out all the men’s rooms on the NJ Turnpike. There’s a news scoop coming, I betcha. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10451 "2013-08-28T17:54:47Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > The conjecture burning up conservative talk radio today (I like to aggravate myself) is that the chemical weapons used in Syria are the WMDs that were never found in Iraq. Here’s a story from the august Tea Party News Network with the dubious title “[Who’s Lying Now? Syria’s Chemical Attacks Indicate President Bush Didn’t ‘Lie’ About WMDs](http://www.tpnn.com/whos-lying-now-syrias-chemical-attacks-indicate-president-bush-didnt-lie-about-wmds/)”. > > Similar assertions appear from the usual gang of idiots. Bad link on my earlier post. [Here it is](http://www.tpnn.com/whos-lying-now-syrias-chemical-attacks-indicate-president-bush-didnt-lie-about-wmds/) if you really do need to see this for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10452 "2013-08-28T17:55:17Z")
“A man isn’t complete until he is married. Once he gets married, then he is finished.” - Zsa Zsa Gabor ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10453 "2013-08-28T18:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > The conjecture burning up conservative talk radio today (I like to aggravate myself) Heh. Analogous to an atheist reading the Bible, you’re better informed to argue with the misinformed about why they’re misinformed. As a delivery driver, I spent many an evening listening to the likes of Hannity, Savage, O’Reilly, and so forth. I heard what passes for arguments, saw how they simply shout down/disconnect/don’t respond to dissenting opinions, and realized pretty early on that the game is rigged. There’s a narrative, it doesn’t change, doesn’t matter what facts come to light. And if for some reason the narrative becomes widely discredited even among the audience for this tripe, eventually it gets brought back up whenever there is an opportunity to pretend like they were right all along. There are two objectives with conservative radio, Fox News, and religious organizations in general. 1. Preach to the choir by repeating falsehoods ritualistically and ignoring facts, which is one method of retaining political power. 2. Obtain money from your flock, which is just another form of power. You have to give credit where credit is due- it is a very effective way of keeping the masses ignorant and subservient, and keeping questionable authority figures in positions of power. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10454 "2013-08-28T19:08:47Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > The conjecture burning up conservative talk radio today (I like to aggravate myself) is that the chemical weapons used in Syria are the WMDs that were never found in Iraq. Here’s a story from the august Tea Party News Network with the dubious title “[Who’s Lying Now? Syria’s Chemical Attacks Indicate President Bush Didn’t ‘Lie’ About WMDs](http://http://www.tpnn.com/whos-lying-now-syrias-chemical-attacks-indicate-president-bush-didnt-lie-about-wmds/)”. > > Similar assertions appear from the usual gang of idiots. [Syria, North Korea, Southern Sudan, Egypt, and Angola are not signatories of the Chemical Weapons Convention](http://www.opcw.org/about-opcw/non-member-states/). Israel and Myanmar are signatories, but have yet to ratify. I believe Iraq was not a member of the CWC until 2009. Egypt used chemical weapons in the 60’s in Yemen. It was my understanding that Egypt sent chemical weapon artillery shells to Syria before the 73 war. Since then, the Syrians have developed an chemical weapons program. Perhaps we should invade Egypt? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10455 "2013-08-29T00:03:31Z")
[Steve King: Unemployed people are like kids trying to eat without doing chores.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/steve-king-unemployed-people-are-like-kids-trying-to-eat-without-doing-chores/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10456 "2013-08-29T00:07:23Z")
A nickel says he had an iron ass prick for a Dad. And he looks like the kind of guy who would be proud of that. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10457 "2013-08-29T00:51:26Z")
I’m a liberal who hates the script that was taught as “cursive,” but who wants all children to be taught proper handwriting, not just “printing.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10458 "2013-08-29T00:54:10Z")
What is the difference between “proper handwriting” and cursive? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10459 "2013-08-29T02:27:05Z")
Speaking as a recently unemployed person, I’d like to remind Mr. King that I did my chores for 12 fucking years for that company. Now shut up and chuck me a baked potato; and don’t skimp on the sour cream, asshole. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10460 "2013-08-29T02:34:34Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Steve King: Unemployed people are like kids trying to eat without doing chores.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/steve-king-unemployed-people-are-like-kids-trying-to-eat-without-doing-chores/) I love how he has high school kids count as unemployed at one end and the possibly retired(or disabled) at the other to boost his numbers. Guess in his world you don’t need to be educated past the third grade before picking up the slack. And then die at your post decades later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=522) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=524)