# 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:** 734
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14661 "2014-05-15T17:22:22Z")
This revolution will not be televised either - but for a rather mundane reason. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14662 "2014-05-15T17:30:01Z")
I’m thinking that **reklaweci** and possibly also **Naronos** on that message board are trolls. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14663 "2014-05-15T17:32:04Z")
What kind of idjit throws this out there with only a few days planning? Seriously, how impaired are these people? In the distant future, the sixteenth of May will be a national holiday, a celebration of snark and freaking freely. But for now, I am quite pleased at this unexpected gift and plan to follow non-events and inconsequences closely. Thanks, guys, you warm the frozen cockles of my shriveled heart! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14664 "2014-05-15T17:33:54Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Operation American Spring](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/) expects to get “10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nation’s capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and “Arab Spring” protests” this week. But why? > > Write if you get work, guys. Ten to 30 MILLION? Obama’s first inauguration day had only about [1.4 million people show up](http://www.mugsysrapsheet.com/4blog/Inauguration_2009-Crowd%2003.jpg). That’s a lot of people! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14665 "2014-05-15T17:38:06Z")
Wasn’t the last such show of strength the group that wanted to bring in all those trucks to block the Beltway at rush hour? Nobody noticed, because hey, it was the Beltway at rush hour. 😃 They were far better organized and publicized than these jokers. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14666 "2014-05-15T17:38:46Z")
Nah, its trolling. Darn! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14667 "2014-05-15T17:55:15Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > OK, I’ll believe you - but how do \*you \*know? 😉 What I want to know is the difference between active frequenting and inactive frequenting. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14668 "2014-05-15T17:55:44Z")
I will laugh at the 6 guys who show up for this thing tomorrow because their regular hobby of yelling at clouds was rained out. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14669 "2014-05-15T18:03:13Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > I will laugh at the 6 guys who show up for this thing tomorrow because their regular hobby of yelling at clouds was rained out. [“Obama is controlling the weather!”](http://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&q=Obama+is+controlling+the+weather&oq=Obama+is+controlling+the+weather&gs_l=serp.12..0i22i30.9031.9031.0.11008.1.1.0.0.0.0.450.450.4-1.1.0.ccolh...0...1..43.serp..0.1.447.rU77t4_zBro) CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14670 "2014-05-15T18:07:27Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > I will laugh at the 6 guys who show up for this thing tomorrow because their regular hobby of yelling at clouds was rained out. It’s the sunny days that make it difficult. There’s a shitload of clouds when it’s raining. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14671 "2014-05-15T18:22:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration,” said retired Army Col. Harry Riley, leader of the Operation American Spring protest group. “They have all abandoned the US Constitution, are unworthy to be retained in a position that calls for servant status.” > > Operation American Spring aims to pressure those lawmakers who remain – or are replaced by officials of their own choosing – “to sponsor and pass very Constitutionally crafted State legislation to dissolve the size, powers, scope and spending of the U.S. Government by 2/3rds.” > … > Organizers also anticipate “incremental nullification” by state legislatures of “all withholding taxes, employment taxes, employer taxes, and income taxes.” And they say the hippies reached for far away stars back in the 70s. It’s gonna be sad watching those three old people marching, though. Bring a hankie. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14672 "2014-05-15T18:25:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s the sunny days that make it difficult. There’s a shitload of clouds when it’s raining. Thank you for dissecting my joke. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14673 "2014-05-15T18:25:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Warning: Many of the restroom locations listed above are actively frequented by homosexual men looking for anonymous gay sex. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > OK, I’ll believe you - but how do \*you \*know? 😉 > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > What I want to know is the difference between active frequenting and inactive frequenting. “Active Frequenting” = “pitcher” and “Inactive Frequenting” = “catcher”. Duh. > [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > I will laugh at the 6 guys who show up for this thing tomorrow because their regular hobby of yelling at clouds was rained out. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s the sunny days that make it difficult. There’s a shitload of clouds when it’s raining. Yeah, but the [surviving](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/369/are-turkeys-so-stupid-they-will-look-up-in-the-sky-when-it-rains-and-drown) ones learned to quit when the rain starts. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14674 "2014-05-15T18:29:22Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > And they say the hippies reached for far away stars back in the 70s. Don’t be knocking the hippies, dude-We came _this_ close to levitating the Pentagon back in '67. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14675 "2014-05-15T18:32:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > What kind of idjit throws this out there with only a few days planning? Seriously, how impaired are these people? Not really “a few days planning”, it looks like this has been in the, umm, crock pot for a while. The oldest post in their forum goes back to the end of January. Somebody needs to design a nutbot, to roam the web looking for idjits, so we can keep up with what they are plotting. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14676 "2014-05-15T18:32:27Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > What kind of idjit throws this out there with only a few days planning? Seriously, how impaired are these people? They always seem convinced they enjoy about a million times more popular support than they actually do. Even with the internet and WWW people manage to isolate themselves in their own little world. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14677 "2014-05-15T18:36:08Z")
Meanwhile, did anyone already mention the American Family Association claiming that putting stickers on stores saying the store doesn’t discriminate means they are discriminating against their bigotry and\* that’s not fair!\* [http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147545307](http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147545307) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14678 "2014-05-15T18:36:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Don’t be knocking the hippies, dude-We came _this_ close to levitating the Pentagon back in '67. I thought it was a Rainbow Cleansing. Or are we talking about two different things? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14679 "2014-05-15T18:37:48Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > They always seem convinced they enjoy about a million times more popular support than they actually do. Even with the internet and WWW people manage to isolate themselves in their own little world. “They love me in my echo chamber, why haven’t I been made King of the World yet?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14680 "2014-05-15T18:40:02Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I thought it was a Rainbow Cleansing. Or are we talking about two different things? Abbie Hoffman’s group in October of '67. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=733) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=735)