# 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:** 823
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16441 "2014-09-05T18:15:54Z")
And Adams was rather homely. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16442 "2014-09-05T19:36:55Z")
Alan Keyes: “[Obama Is Funding ISIS To Wage 'War On The People Of The United States](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/alan-keyes-obama-funding-isis-wage-war-people-united-states)’” And I love this one: [Obama and Illuminati killed Joan Rivers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtLgd4U394). ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16443 "2014-09-06T08:31:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And I love this one: [Obama and Illuminati killed Joan Rivers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtLgd4U394). That feller sure do love him some lens flare, don’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16444 "2014-09-06T08:50:45Z")
Prominent conservative blogger/pundit: [earning minimum wage in your thirties means you “failed at life.”](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/erick-erickson-minimum-wage-thirties-failed) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16445 "2014-09-06T16:46:25Z")
Does that assessment come with any suggestions for improvement, or is it just a childish taunt? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16446 "2014-09-06T20:30:50Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Prominent conservative blogger/pundit: [earning minimum wage in your thirties means you “failed at life.”](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/erick-erickson-minimum-wage-thirties-failed) I’m just wondering how much “blogging” pays as an occupation. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16447 "2014-09-06T23:05:55Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I’m just wondering how much “blogging” pays as an occupation. Well my blog, with over two million views has made me … (counts on his fingers and toes) … about $100 a year in gross profits. If you factor in opportunity costs, it would be … about -$20,000 a year. So … profit? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16448 "2014-09-07T01:35:38Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > And Adams was rather homely. And a dead ringer for my MIL, a distant relative. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16449 "2014-09-07T02:03:00Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Well my blog, with over two million views has made me … (counts on his fingers and toes) … about $100 a year in gross profits. If you factor in opportunity costs, it would be … about -$20,000 a year. So … profit? If you can count to a hundred on your fingers and toes you’ve got bigger problems than some lost opportunity costs. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16450 "2014-09-07T04:03:31Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Prominent conservative blogger/pundit: [earning minimum wage in your thirties means you “failed at life.”](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/erick-erickson-minimum-wage-thirties-failed) Seems to me someone with that attitude has missed the point of life and is much more of a failure than anyone he has the presumption to judge. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16451 "2014-09-07T04:16:51Z")
There isn’t a point to life. Doesn’t need one. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16452 "2014-09-07T06:13:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If you can count to a hundred on your fingers and toes you’ve got bigger problems than some lost opportunity costs. In binary, fingers and toes can let you count to just over a million. (Okay, tricky, because I can’t fold my toes “up” and “down” independently, the way I can my fingers. But using fingers alone, I can still count to over 500.) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16453 "2014-09-07T06:29:10Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > In binary, fingers and toes can let you count to just over a million. > > (Okay, tricky, because I can’t fold my toes “up” and “down” independently, the way I can my fingers. But using fingers alone, I can still count to over 500.) My fingers are not binary, they are digital, that is why they are called “digits”. But, the truth is … I use my cock as a floating point decimal, OK? … Sighs. His secret was out. He remembered the hell they had given him about it in math class. Oh, why had they not allowed the students to use pocket calculators? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16454 "2014-09-07T11:49:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There isn’t a point to life. Doesn’t need one. There is, however, often a punchline. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16455 "2014-09-07T19:02:21Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Prominent conservative blogger/pundit: [earning minimum wage in your thirties means you “failed at life.”](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/erick-erickson-minimum-wage-thirties-failed) What would he say it says about all the corporations that hire nothing but failures to work for them, hm? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16456 "2014-09-07T21:21:31Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > What would he say it says about all the corporations that hire nothing but failures to work for them, hm? That the company is maximizing profits for their share holders, and they would pay their employees less if the evuhl gummint would let them. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16457 "2014-09-07T23:52:08Z")
Tom Tancredo: “[That’s a real pretty government you got there. It would be a shame if anything bad should happen to it](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/09/07/former-republican-congressman-tells-obama-get-out-of-office-or-face-armed-rebellion/).” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16458 "2014-09-08T00:46:45Z")
What’s the point of having laws against treason when we aren’t going to enforce them? Stand that fucker up against a wall (after a fair and just trial, of course) and shoot him. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16459 "2014-09-08T00:53:53Z")
If only he were a lone nutcase. “Second Amendment remedies” is a worrisomely broadly accepted concept, and it’s pretty much what he’s calling for. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16460 "2014-09-08T01:11:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tom Tancredo: “[That’s a real pretty government you got there. It would be a shame if anything bad should happen to it](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/09/07/former-republican-congressman-tells-obama-get-out-of-office-or-face-armed-rebellion/).” That is so vile. I’m embarassed for America that such disgraceful people can get elected. [QUOTE=Tom Tancredo] We are being asked to look away and pretend the Constitution is not being shredded… We must make the case for impeachment to demonstrate that no man is above the law, not even the first black president. If we do not make that case, we are betraying the Constitution and degrading our children’s inheritance … Are we really that afraid that the Democrat base can be rallied in support of blatantly unconstitutional acts but that the Republican base cannot be motivated and energized to respond in kind? Are we really that afraid to challenge presumptuous dictatorial behavior? If so, then the war is already lost and we should all stock our ammunition shelves and join a militia. [/QUOTE] Of course Tancredo, a former Congressman, is a moderate compared [with many of his supporters](http://www.udaof.com/): [QUOTE=Uncle Dave] Be that as it may, I have to disagree with Tancredo’s call to impeach Obama. Once executive malfeasance rises to a certain level, mere impeachment becomes an insufficient solution. Rather, as Ben Shapiro argues in his recent bestselling book, The People vs Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration (which I review tomorrow), Obama should be criminally charged with violations of RICO laws, and sent to prison. … Q: How do you know your doctor is not a fan of Obama’s Health Care Plan? A: He/she has remodeled the waiting room with death paneling. [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=822) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=824)