Comments on: The fashionable Willie Brown and his fashionable ties https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:13:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Cicero https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421584 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:13:40 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421584 Hand-crafted Brioni suits on a mere public servant, huh?

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421496 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 01:53:29 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421496 Time will tell if Ms Sinema is as intelligent as Ms Cortez, although Ms Sinema has more experience having represented AZ. If you have to elect a loon it might as well be an attractive loon?

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421452 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:19:38 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421452 Bob:

I think she figures if you’ve got it, flaunt it. Many of the young women in Congress have a similar attitude, although maybe not quite as extreme. One of the reasons they were elected—although certainly not the only reason—was their looks. It seems to be a Thing to elect pretty young women these days.

I don’t really fault them for it. Politicians use whatever tools are at their fingertips. She’s using what she has, and I guess it works.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421451 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:15:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421451 Bob:

I’ve never heard it’s common for females to be switch hitters. By “switch hitters,” do you mean bisexual?

Similar to previous surveys the group conducted, 1.3% of women and 1.9% of men said they were homosexual.
However a few trends stood out. More women reported having had sexual contact with other women: 17.4% in the current survey compared with 14.2% in the 2006-2010 survey. And higher numbers of both women and men identified as bisexual, 5.5% of women and 2% of men, compared with 3.9% and 1.2% respectively in the last survey.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421450 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:07:48 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421450 Bob:

The first openly “what ever” to be “where ever” in wooly knee length boots. Could have been worse, picture her in a Catwoman outfit on the floor of the Senate.

You forget that science and biology has nothing to do with, oops. Trust Science! 🙂

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421449 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:53:15 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421449 Michel Legrand, three-time Oscar winner and composer of such classic film songs as “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “I Will Wait for You,” “You Must Believe in Spring” and “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?,” along with the groundbreaking musical score for “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” has died. He was 86

]]> By: Bob https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421447 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:45:24 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421447 Om, re first openly bisexual, I confess all the sexual permutations leave me confused. How is that different to Sen. Tammy Baldwin being the “first openly gay” person elected to senate??
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I am not an expert on this but my understanding is that female (XY) homosexuality is a lot more flexible than male (XX) homosexuality and it is common for females to be switch hitters.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421444 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:12:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421444 Bob:

Be careful what you wish for:

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/kyrsten-sinema-becomes-first-openly-bisexual-member-of-congress/

No sense or fashion sense.

]]> By: FOAF https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421443 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:08:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421443 I moved out of San Francisco down the Peninsula the week Brown was elected mayor and felt like I was getting out just in time. It says something, not good, that he now sounds like the voice of sanity there comparatively at least.

Certainly there is something of the charming rogue in Brown not unlike Bill Clinton. And without gushing too much I would say that despite the numerous political dealings he has been involved in he is more forthright and less mendacious than Clinton. As Lynn says he is always someone to listen to.

]]> By: Al https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/31/the-fashionable-willie-brown-and-his-fashionable-ties/#comment-2421442 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:48:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84386#comment-2421442 The tie pin immediately brought this to mind:

“Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair —
(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin —
(They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)”

Makes clear the notion of the tie being “asserted.” While Prufrock slightly predates the 1920s, I suspect we have identified the meaning of the “simple pin.”

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