# 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:** 789
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15761 "2014-07-18T17:52:29Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > **Hey** hey hey… sheesh, some of us still have a copy of [the movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130529/). Love that dang film! For all others, see post: > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > [Check](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0AC146D5578DCFEF)! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15762 "2014-07-18T18:14:42Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be coy. Based upon **Brainglutton** ’s profile location, and mine, I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) he was referring specifically to cane toads’ introduction to south Florida as “biological pest control” of sugar cane borers, and their subsequent runaway population explosion far outside the cane fields. No, never heard of that before, actually. The only invasive species in Florida that I’m familiar with are kudzu, hydrilla, Brazilian pepper trees, coyotes, armadillos, fire ants, and some apes living in the Everglades. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15763 "2014-07-18T18:19:30Z")
> [@](#): > > …but no sane Australian is going to do that… Neither of them? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15764 "2014-07-18T18:21:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > … and some apes living in the Everglades. _Duck Dynasty_ is Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15765 "2014-07-18T18:25:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, never heard of that before, actually. The only invasive species in Florida that I’m familiar with are kudzu, hydrilla, Brazilian pepper trees, coyotes, armadillos, fire ants, and some apes living in the Everglades. Boas in the Everglades and iguanas in the Keys. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15766 "2014-07-18T18:30:34Z")
Florida has an unusual fondness for reptiles, elected one to be Governor. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15767 "2014-07-18T18:48:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, never heard of that before, actually. The only invasive species in Florida that I’m familiar with are kudzu, hydrilla, Brazilian pepper trees, coyotes, armadillos, fire ants, and some apes living in the Everglades. You forgot snakeheads and retired New Yorkers. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15768 "2014-07-18T18:54:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, never heard of that before, actually. The only invasive species in Florida that I’m familiar with are kudzu, hydrilla, Brazilian pepper trees, coyotes, armadillos, fire ants, and some apes living in the Everglades. Surprise is mine! Well, don’t go outside after dark and look under the hedges or near any water puddles. The toads might drag you off. (Actually, Flori-duhh has more than a dozen established non-native mammal species, at least 57 bird species, more than 38 reptile species, and a handful of amphibians in addition to the cane toad. That’s not to mention fish, molluscs, insects, or plants.) > [@Zakalwe](#): > > Boas in the Everglades and iguanas in the Keys. _Pythons_ in the Everglades, iguanas everywhere south of the frost line. Don’t forget Nile monitors in several places! > [@elucidator](#): > > Florida has an unusual fondness for reptiles, elected one to be Governor. Please! Governor Deaths-head comparisons are insulting to actual reptiles. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15769 "2014-07-18T19:51:35Z")
Do not meddle in the affairs of lizards… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15770 "2014-07-18T22:38:09Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Florida has an unusual fondness for reptiles, elected one to be Governor. This is an insult to reptiles, many of whom are environmentally necessary and non-aggressive. Do you retract or do we need to bring in seconds to discuss a resolution to this matter? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15771 "2014-07-18T23:32:51Z")
Congressman Steve Pearce, R-NM: “[The children coming to the US from Central America are fleeing economic conditions, not dangerous conditions](http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/07/steve-pearce-honduras-safe).” This is the Congressman whose delegation to Guatemala and Honduras didn’t leave their hotel because it was too dangerous. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15772 "2014-07-19T01:00:28Z")
Yeah, but it was only dangerous _economically_. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15773 "2014-07-19T01:07:31Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [More on cane toads:](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife?from=Main.AustralianWildlife) Torturing animals isn’t funny. Carry on. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15774 "2014-07-19T03:46:24Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Torturing animals isn’t funny. > > Carry on. Somberly, then? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15775 "2014-07-19T07:26:42Z")
“…so won’t you help, won’t you go online, or call, and give, today, to the Kill Every Motherfucking Ugly-Ass Cane Toad in the Whole Fucking World Fund. Give generously, and we may yet correct one of the biggest mistakes God ever made…” ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15776 "2014-07-19T08:34:27Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “…so won’t you help, won’t you go online, or call, and give, today, to the Kill Every Motherfucking Ugly-Ass Cane Toad in the Whole Fucking World Fund. Give generously, and we may yet correct one of the biggest mistakes God ever made…” That’s a long list. I’d rather we keep the ugly-ass cane toads and get rid of the televangelists who implore elderly folks who can’t afford it to “give generously”. If God truly cared, he could always snap his fingers like Q and make the problem vanish. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15777 "2014-07-19T17:56:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Somberly, then? Well, I don’t have a cite or anything, but I’ve read in the past that the local wildlife is slowly adapting to cane toads and learning how to kill and eat them without getting poisoned. Take it for what it’s worth. But recreational cruelty to animals is wrong and fucked up and says something very unattractive about the people who engage in it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15778 "2014-07-19T19:27:54Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Torturing animals isn’t funny. It certainly is funny in _Shrek._ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15779 "2014-07-19T21:07:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It certainly is funny in _Shrek._ Well yeah. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15780 "2014-07-19T21:11:19Z")
They should all be put on boats and shipped to Pitcairn, toad out to sea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=788) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=790)