# 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:** 74
**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:** [April 23, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1461 "2010-04-23T20:11:18Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > make that 79250 chicks. Too late; I already dropped 3170 chicks in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1462 "2010-04-23T20:15:53Z")
Well now John Boehner seems to think financial reform will be a ‘government takeover of the entire private sector’ I for one can’t wait for the government to take over Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1463 "2010-04-23T20:18:44Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > make that 79250 chicks. I made the change and copied in the wrong number and time out before i could fix it again. Wow! The most chicks I ever bought was (actual fact) 60,000 at (I think it was) 7 cents each. The boxes, 100 chicks to the box, nearly filled a semi trailer. My last surgery would have cost about one semi, plus a good sized van. I might have gotten enough change to pack in a compact SUV. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1464 "2010-04-23T20:53:19Z")
Of course, you’d need to bring extra chicks to rent the semi truck and van. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1465 "2010-04-23T21:10:51Z")
Nah, I’d already paid for those in ducks and geese. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1466 "2010-04-23T21:15:12Z")
They were all out of magic beans? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1467 "2010-04-23T22:09:19Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Well now John Boehner seems to think financial reform will be a ‘government takeover of the entire private sector’ > > I for one can’t wait for the government to take over Walmart. I know they’re really nothing but empty suits parroting what Fox “News” tells them to say, but jesus fucking christ, it’s really just nothing but empty buzzwords with them. -Joe ---
**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:** [April 24, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1468 "2010-04-24T00:17:40Z")
You laugh now. When there’s a government take over of our government, where will you be then, huh? Why do you hate America? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1469 "2010-04-24T00:37:47Z")
Republican Governors Association [“embraces the symbolism” of Guy Fawkes](http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/04/23/republican-governors-pay-homage-to-guy-fawkes/#ixzz0lxs6HqRc), who tried to assassinate James I and blow up Parliament. Oh, no, no advocacy of violence here, folks! ---
**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:** [April 24, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1470 "2010-04-24T00:53:25Z")
[Lowden Plan Medical Chicken Calculator](http://www.lowdenplan.com/). CMC fnord! ---
**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:** [April 24, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1471 "2010-04-24T01:32:29Z")
> [@C3](#): > > Republican Governors Association [“embraces the symbolism” of Guy Fawkes](http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/04/23/republican-governors-pay-homage-to-guy-fawkes/#ixzz0lxs6HqRc), who tried to assassinate James I and blow up Parliament. > > Oh, no, no advocacy of violence here, folks! To be fair, Fawkes and his buddies failed rather thoroughly. So maybe the message they’re going for here is “we’ll try to overthrow Obama, bungle it up and look like complete morons in the process, thereby becoming a cautionary tails for generations to come, long after the details are completely forgotten”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1472 "2010-04-24T01:35:54Z")
“… and get burned in effigy while everyone parties around us every year” ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1473 "2010-04-24T01:45:52Z")
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1474 "2010-04-24T01:52:15Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “… and get burned in effigy while everyone parties around us every year” Fireworks! Don’t forget the fireworks. And kids will be hanging out on street corners, with effigies obviously created by 10-year-olds, saying, “Penny for the Haley, mister?” ---
**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:** [April 24, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1475 "2010-04-24T02:49:23Z")
“a cautionary tails” ? WTH is wrong with me ? ---
**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 24, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1476 "2010-04-24T05:12:54Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > “a cautionary tails” ? WTH is wrong with me ? Well, with all those fireworks going off, a cat _does_ want to be cautious about his tail… ---
**Author:** ![Torpor\_Beast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@Torpor\_Beast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torpor_Beast)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1477 "2010-04-24T06:19:13Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I am going to need a bigger chicken coop. You can just give people the option of paying their medical bills with labor. Let’s say your SO needs a heart transplant for, say $200,000. 10 years of gardening, housekeeping or janitorial work should easily cover that. Problem solved! Many people are already practically in serfdom, bound to their employer by the fear of losing their healthcare coverage. Why not bring back indentured servitude too… ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1478 "2010-04-24T08:55:58Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > To be fair, Fawkes and his buddies failed rather thoroughly. So maybe the message they’re going for here is “we’ll try to overthrow Obama, bungle it up and look like complete morons in the process, thereby becoming a cautionary tails for generations to come, long after the details are completely forgotten”. I posted about this on another board. What, from the video and website, indicates Guy Fawkes? “Remember November” just says to me that they want ppl to remember this stuff in November. The author is bringing in Guy Fawkes from Ron Paul’s references. It’s a craptastic video with Carmina-Burana-esque music, and outrageous taglines after every “Yes we can”, but I don’t see the Fawkes. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1479 "2010-04-24T10:39:55Z")
[The GOP apparently wants women (particularly Democratic women) to go back in the kitchen](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Ohio-GOP-Put-Betty-Sutton-Back-in-the-Kitchen-1115). What’s next? Putting African-Americans back in the cotton fields? Get a grip, Republicans! ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1480 "2010-04-24T12:37:32Z")
The ghost of John Calhoun is alive and well in the Minnesota state legislature, thanks to this new proposed law that would allow Minnesota to nullify any federal law by a 2/3rds vote. So what that it is blatantly unconstitutional? – sometimes we have to violate the constitution to show how much we love it. > **[Minnesota GOPers take "sovereignty" to a new extreme](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/4/23/860016/-Minnesota-GOPers-take-sovereignty-to-a-new-extreme)** > > Daily Kos is a progressive news site that fights for democracy by giving our audience information and resources to win elections and impact government. Our coverage is assiduously factual, ethical, and unapologetically liberal. We amplify what we... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=75)