# 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:** 572
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11421 "2013-10-26T14:49:24Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Isn’t the Washington Times a Moonie paper? Yes. It was founded in 1982 by Sun Myung Moon and owned by a church-affiliated media corporation until 2010, when an internal feud was resolved by an even CLOSER-affiliated media corporation buying it from the first one. Apparently it was becoming too independent for the official Unification Church and they wanted closer ties between the church and the paper. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11422 "2013-10-26T15:34:50Z")
> [@Cthulhutycus](#): > > Am I the only one who keeps hearing this name and wants to call him Prince Rebus? Nope, you’re not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11423 "2013-10-26T17:16:13Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > From a story linked at your link. The Washington Times is still fuggen the chicken about Obama’s redesign of the Marine hats. (Essentially - Obama designed girly hats for the Marines) > > [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/24/marines-turn-noses-obamas-new-girly-hats/](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/24/marines-turn-noses-obamas-new-girly-hats/) > > That story was debunked by the Marines here: > [http://www.marines.mil/](http://www.marines.mil/) Why do they call a hat a “cover”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11424 "2013-10-26T17:18:05Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Yes. It was founded in 1982 by Sun Myung Moon and owned by a church-affiliated media corporation until 2010, when an internal feud was resolved by an even CLOSER-affiliated media corporation buying it from the first one. Apparently it was becoming too independent for the official Unification Church and they wanted closer ties between the church and the paper. I’ve always wondered how the RW rationalizes cozying up to a dude who claims to be the Messiah. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11425 "2013-10-26T17:20:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why do they call a hat a “cover”? Why does the Navy call a bathroom a “head”? It’s service-specific jargon. A hat “covers” your head (but not your “head”). ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11426 "2013-10-26T17:25:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why do they call a hat a “cover”? It’s a Marine thing, you wouldn’t understand. 😃 [Wiki Answers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_you_call_a_military_hat_a_cover) says it’s just a more formal term for a hat. WAG-Millitary nomenclature. “Male, Head, Covering, Cloth.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11427 "2013-10-26T17:27:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Why does the Navy call a bathroom a “head”? Beats me, when obviously the proper word is “latrine.” [Army-Navy bar fight ensues] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11428 "2013-10-26T17:47:03Z")
I would not participate, but could not restrain myself from checking to see if the juke box has “In The Navy” by the Village People, and I have sufficient change. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11429 "2013-10-26T18:39:04Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’ve always wondered how the RW rationalizes cozying up to a dude who claims to be the Messiah. [The creepy partnership between Moon and Jerry Farwell](http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_24563.shtml) is a reminder that when it comes to serving both Jesus and Mammon, the conservative Evangelicals will tell you all things are possible with “God.” ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11430 "2013-10-27T16:52:16Z")
This one is straight out of Kansas, so I think it is safe to say it is a Republican idea. Stupid? In spades! From [here](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/kansas-s-self-destruct-button-a-bill-to-outlaw-sustainability.html): > [@](#): > > Now the state’s “Committee on Energy and Environment” is proposing a law that would prohibit spending on anything that won’t set Kansas on a course to self-destruction. House Bill No. 2366 would ban all state and municipal funds for anything related to “sustainable development,” which it defines as: “development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come." No kidding, text of the bill [here.](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2366_00_0000.pdf) Oh, thank God the wise leaders in Kansas are saving us all from the liberal conspiracy to meet human needs- not only now, but _in the future,_ those bastards :eek: Clearly those relentless librulz just want more survivors to kneel before Zod, don’t say you weren’t warned!!!11!!! ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11431 "2013-10-27T17:29:24Z")
That is… Wow. How the fuck do they not understand how dumb that sounds? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11432 "2013-10-27T17:39:55Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > That is… Wow. How the fuck do they not understand how dumb that sounds? It sounds dumb to us. If you were an evangelical Christian Republican who was convinced that Jesus would arrive within your lifetime and end the world, it sounds perfectly reasonable. Why spend all that money on something that’s never going to happen, after all? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11433 "2013-10-27T17:55:34Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > That is… Wow. How the fuck do they not understand how dumb that sounds? It looks like pretty much the ultimate expression of “Fuck you, I got mine.” ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11434 "2013-10-27T18:03:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It sounds dumb to us. If you were an evangelical Christian Republican who was convinced that Jesus would arrive within your lifetime and end the world, it sounds perfectly reasonable. Why spend all that money on something that’s never going to happen, after all? Ah. Right. Keep forgetting that your country is by and large run by fucking loony people. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11435 "2013-10-27T20:03:54Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It sounds dumb to us. If you were an evangelical Christian Republican who was convinced that Jesus would arrive within your lifetime and end the world, it sounds perfectly reasonable. Why spend all that money on something that’s never going to happen, after all? If it’s going to happen, of what use is money? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11436 "2013-10-27T20:09:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If it’s going to happen, of what use is money? It must be of some use, why else would they still be so frantic to accumulate as much as possible? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11437 "2013-10-27T20:12:27Z")
It keeps it out of the hands of the weak willed and sinful. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11438 "2013-10-27T20:21:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If it’s going to happen, of what use is money? Buying a Stairway to Heaven starting playing in my head. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11439 "2013-10-27T23:45:16Z")
They already have reservations, no need to buy anything. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11440 "2013-10-28T00:06:21Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > This one is straight out of Kansas, so I think it is safe to say it is a Republican idea. Stupid? In spades! From [here](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/kansas-s-self-destruct-button-a-bill-to-outlaw-sustainability.html): > > No kidding, text of the bill [here.](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2366_00_0000.pdf) > > Oh, thank God the wise leaders in Kansas are saving us all from the liberal conspiracy to meet human needs- not only now, but _in the future,_ those bastards :eek: Clearly those relentless librulz just want more survivors to kneel before Zod, don’t say you weren’t warned!!!11!!! I’m not sure I even understand what they’re trying to do here. Are they trying to cut off state funds for any kind of development that helps the state? What would be the purpose of that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=571) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=573)