I am convulsing with laughter. The comedy of self governance is beyond satire, and if not the case quite beyond my ability. I can envision a remake of MacBird! A famous, even as late as 1987, satire of LBJ, as a stage play. MacBird! is a 1966 satire by Barbara Garson. It was self-published ('Grassy Knoll Press') as a pamphlet, and the full text appeared in the December, 1966 issue of Ramparts magazine. It was staged in February, 1967.
The play superimposes the John F. Kennedy assassination onto the plot of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
MacSchumer.
Senate will no longer enforce a dress code for senators
Fox News ^ | September 17, 2023 | Pilar Arias , Chad Pergram
Posted on 9/17/2023, 11:55:03 AM by lowbridge
The United States Senate will no longer enforce a dress code for members of the upper house elected by those they serve.
"However, others entering the chamber must comply with the dress code. Coats/ties for men. Business attire for women," Chad Pergram, the Senior Congressional Correspondent for Fox News tweeted.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-New York, quietly sent the directive to the Senate's Sergeant at Arms, news website Axios reported.
The change allows Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Penn., to continue wearing his trademark "hoodies and gym shorts" while working for Americans.
Fetterman was previously praised for "turning heads" and "redefining fashion in the stuffy Senate" during his recovery following a six-week stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was treated for "clinical depression" and "fitted for hearing aids for hearing loss that had made it harder for him to communicate."
The senator even found a "workaround" to the legislative body's dress code rules.
"He votes from the doorway of the Democratic cloakroom or the side entrance, making sure his ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ is recorded before ducking back out."
Something for each and every working stiff paying taxes for Mal Governance. A COMEDY TONIGHT.
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