That MTG is trying to be clearly "upset" about a lowering of the bar for one of society's standard of etiquette (there is no doubt she used spell-check on that one), and for "respect for our institutions" when she yells insults at fellow non-law makers (a title the Rs relish) and wants to come to blows with fellow legislators is the best joke of this article.
As someone who came to DC from a working class background and had to learn the skill of "dressing well" as an adult using trial and error based on how people around be reacted, the biggest reason skill in dressing is correlated with intelligence and capability is because it's a really easy way to peg someone's class and income without having to do anything that outs someone as an elitist. Upper class people have parents who teach them appropriate dress rules from early childhood (like, for example, when it's appropriate to mix color on jacket and slacks) and who can get their kids kitted out when they go "out among 'em," to use my dad's term. They also have connections that make networking worthwhile, while people who busted their way in can usually be safely ignored.
I'm sympathetic to the idea that serious action deserves serious dress, but at the same time, DC is one of the most classist cities in the US, so part of me rejoices to see Fetterman shove this down their snobbish throats.
some of the world's nest dressed people are some of the most evil...so yeah, I guess if you measure ifluence in pure terms, tweain is still dead...and wrong...
I think it was Molly Ivins who suggested an appropriate dress code for the Congress. Members should wear jackets like the ones the auto racers and their pit crews wear. Jackets emblazoned with corporations that support the racers, such as STP or Firestone Tires. Members of Congress should all wear jackets with the names of the corporations and individuals who donated large sums of money to their campaigns, so everyone can see who brung 'em, and who gets the last dance.
ah yes, the famous style over substance debate...take any competent person, sit'em on a chair naked and right next to them put a $3000 suit in a chair...see which one does more work...a suit and tie is nothing moe than a sign of a boring and prententious conformist...
The late, great senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the man who coined "defining deviancy down", would undoubtedly have had something pithy, memorable, and hilarious to say about Schumer's latest lapse in judgement. We don't elect senators like we used to.
Years ago I worked for a newspaper (not as a journalist, nothing so interesting:) and we had relaxed dress code. Until one day a newish journalist came in wearing running shorts . The editor if I recall right said NO there I draw the line :)
Shorts in the summer save money and energy on air conditioning. We are in a climate emergency.
That MTG is trying to be clearly "upset" about a lowering of the bar for one of society's standard of etiquette (there is no doubt she used spell-check on that one), and for "respect for our institutions" when she yells insults at fellow non-law makers (a title the Rs relish) and wants to come to blows with fellow legislators is the best joke of this article.
Perjury Traitor Queen, who shows pics of Hunter Biden's junk at a hearing and who talks of Jewish Space Lasers, pleads for decorum and dignity.
As someone who came to DC from a working class background and had to learn the skill of "dressing well" as an adult using trial and error based on how people around be reacted, the biggest reason skill in dressing is correlated with intelligence and capability is because it's a really easy way to peg someone's class and income without having to do anything that outs someone as an elitist. Upper class people have parents who teach them appropriate dress rules from early childhood (like, for example, when it's appropriate to mix color on jacket and slacks) and who can get their kids kitted out when they go "out among 'em," to use my dad's term. They also have connections that make networking worthwhile, while people who busted their way in can usually be safely ignored.
I'm sympathetic to the idea that serious action deserves serious dress, but at the same time, DC is one of the most classist cities in the US, so part of me rejoices to see Fetterman shove this down their snobbish throats.
Mark Twain is dead...and wrong...
some of the world's nest dressed people are some of the most evil...so yeah, I guess if you measure ifluence in pure terms, tweain is still dead...and wrong...
I think it was Molly Ivins who suggested an appropriate dress code for the Congress. Members should wear jackets like the ones the auto racers and their pit crews wear. Jackets emblazoned with corporations that support the racers, such as STP or Firestone Tires. Members of Congress should all wear jackets with the names of the corporations and individuals who donated large sums of money to their campaigns, so everyone can see who brung 'em, and who gets the last dance.
Raphael Warnock has a great tailor, but Krysten Sinema is hands down the best dressed Senator
MTG on respect--that’s a good one.
Excellent pieces-both are insightful and funny.
ah yes, the famous style over substance debate...take any competent person, sit'em on a chair naked and right next to them put a $3000 suit in a chair...see which one does more work...a suit and tie is nothing moe than a sign of a boring and prententious conformist...
Yes. "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark Twain
The late, great senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the man who coined "defining deviancy down", would undoubtedly have had something pithy, memorable, and hilarious to say about Schumer's latest lapse in judgement. We don't elect senators like we used to.
Surely we have more important things to worry about than what anyone wears.
Personally I'd like all the legislators to dress in identical orange jumpsuits.
Personally I'd like all the legislators to dress in identical orange jumpsuits.
Personally I'd like all the legislators to dress in identical orange jumpsuits.
Personally I'd like all the legislators to dress in identical orange jumpsuits.
Years ago I worked for a newspaper (not as a journalist, nothing so interesting:) and we had relaxed dress code. Until one day a newish journalist came in wearing running shorts . The editor if I recall right said NO there I draw the line :)