# 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:** 702
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14021 "2014-04-11T01:43:54Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m assuming this is a Republican stupid idea, since it’s Miami-Dade County Elections Department’s decision. > > It seems that in an effort to treat everyone the same way, [all bathrooms at polling places will be closed](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/04/10/3425252/new-rule-prohibits-voters-in-miami-dade-county-from-using-the-restroom-no-matter-how-long-the-line/). Of course, the voting **booths** remain open, sooooo . . . ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14022 "2014-04-11T02:34:03Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > A few are irritating at worst and amusing at best, but the center has shifted so far into \*\*clock-cuckoo-land \*\*that I think it will be years before any kind of correction will occur. I try to keep them out, but they claim they were großvatert-in by Kaiser Wilhelm. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14023 "2014-04-11T13:03:39Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Do these metal studded lederhosen make my butt look too big? No, your \*butt \*makes your butt look too big. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14024 "2014-04-11T18:06:45Z")
Women have a way of shutting [this whole thing](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/09/adviser-to-texas-gops-greg-abbott-no-evidence-that-women-are-significant-thinkers/#.U0glUvx5PPc.facebook) down - at the ballot box, that is: > [@](#): > > An adviser to Greg Abbott, the Republican candidate for Texas governor, said this week that he had found no “evidence” to prove that any woman had been a “significant original thinker in any of the world’s great philosophical traditions.” > … > Murray, who Abbott cited in his education plan, argued that equal pay laws would actually hurt women by discouraging companies from hiring them, and that pay discrimination was a “myth” in the first place. > > The AEI scholar declared that the gender wage gap cited by liberals “all but disappears” when “education, marital status and occupations are considered.” > > According to Murray, the statistics were flawed because “many women prefer to stay home with their children,” or choose jobs “such as sociology, liberal arts or psychology, that pay less in the labor market.” ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14025 "2014-04-12T13:01:36Z")
[Republican nutjobs want South Carolina’s state fossil officially recognized as having been created on the Sixth Day, with the other beasts of the field.](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/south-carolinas-state-fossil-creation-controversy-180950474/?no-ist) Because evolution is just a theory. Unlike the Christian creation myth, which is absolute fact. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14026 "2014-04-12T15:20:41Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > [Republican nutjobs want South Carolina’s state fossil officially recognized as having been created on the Sixth Day, with the other beasts of the field.](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/south-carolinas-state-fossil-creation-controversy-180950474/?no-ist) > > Because evolution is just a theory. Unlike the Christian creation myth, which is absolute fact. Why does any state even **have** an official fossil?! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14027 "2014-04-12T15:51:20Z")
[QUOTE=some religious nutbag] It wasn’t this thing about an Aryan race of white people, blue-eyed, blonde-haired, white people, Hitler was trying to create a race of super gay male soldiers. That’s what he was creating. [/QUOTE] Gasp! Captain America??? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14028 "2014-04-12T15:52:28Z")
Why does any state have an official anything? In this case, > [@the Smithsonian link](#): > > Mammoth teeth found in a South Carolina swamp in 1725 were the first vertebrate fossils identified in North America which IMO is a not entirely unreasonable justification. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14029 "2014-04-12T15:55:35Z")
They need an official State Creation Myth. Yeah, I know; they have one, and it’s the book of Genesis, Ch. 1 and 2. But they need that written into a resolution to make it OFFICIAL. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14030 "2014-04-12T16:14:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why does any state even **have** an official fossil?! And if they have to have one, why isn’t it Strom Thurmond? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14031 "2014-04-12T16:32:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > And if they have to have one, why isn’t it Strom Thurmond? [Applause] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14032 "2014-04-12T17:02:04Z")
Hmmmm. Dig him up, boil the embalmed carcass and display the skeleton? Let me think on that, it might have some merit. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14033 "2014-04-12T17:33:24Z")
[These](http://topekasnews.com/oklahoma-protesters-threaten-secdee-union-neil-degrasse-tysons-cosmos-cancelled/) embarrassing individuals aren’t described as Republican-voting in the article. But I’m betting they are. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14034 "2014-04-12T17:39:02Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > [These](http://topekasnews.com/oklahoma-protesters-threaten-secdee-union-neil-degrasse-tysons-cosmos-cancelled/) embarrassing individuals aren’t described as Republican-voting in the article. But I’m betting they are. That picture is priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14035 "2014-04-12T18:01:43Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > [These](http://topekasnews.com/oklahoma-protesters-threaten-secdee-union-neil-degrasse-tysons-cosmos-cancelled/) embarrassing individuals aren’t described as Republican-voting in the article. But I’m betting they are. Holy fuck that article if full batshit crazy! > [@](#): > > The first protests against Cosmos in the community took place some two weeks ago, after a local paper claimed an airing of Cosmos in a school caused several children to experience ‘demonic possession’. Parents cite one kid became completely enamored with the show during a terrifyingly supernatural event linked with Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s narrative explaining the “God of the Gaps” theory. > [@](#): > > “If we allow this Tyson to keep publicly airing his beliefs, God just may strike us down with a cosmic meteor this summer. That would be ironic justice if you ask me, so we should just take this show off now before that happens.” Seriously, WTF? ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14036 "2014-04-12T18:16:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why does any state even **have** an official fossil?! 😕 Uh, because fossils are fucking cool? My state has [a fuckin’ mastodon](http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/images/mastodonrush.jpg) as its state fossil. We like fossils so much that our [state stone](http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/800/draft_lens20801595module166705455photo_1362963265_.png) is a fossil, too (Petoskey stones are seriously seriously cool). ---
**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:** [April 12, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14037 "2014-04-12T18:21:34Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > [These](http://topekasnews.com/oklahoma-protesters-threaten-secdee-union-neil-degrasse-tysons-cosmos-cancelled/) embarrassing individuals aren’t described as Republican-voting in the article. But I’m betting they are. I smell a parody site. Look at the other articles and note that none of the links work. ---
**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 12, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14038 "2014-04-12T18:34:24Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14039 "2014-04-12T18:41:25Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I smell a parody site. Look at the other articles and note that none of the links work. Some of the links work. And some of the articles seem legit. But I agree it does appear to be a parody news site. My bad! Sorry Oklahomans! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14040 "2014-04-12T18:42:52Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I smell a parody site. Look at the other articles and note that none of the links work. :smack: Or look at the other articles and notice headlines like: **“Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un Announce Openly Gay Relationship, Plan Global Reign of Tyranny”** BTW, this one was the only linked article that didn’t work for me, the other parody articles are pretty funny [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=701) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=703)