As I sat and listened to the fashion experts’ talk about the First Lady’s clothes I was reminded of Danish author, Hans Christian Anderson. He wrote a fairy tale, which is a splendid example of political correctness. It is a story about human nature.  

The emperor of a booming city who is infatuated with clothes hires two con artist who promise him the finest suit of clothes that money could buy. They promise to make the clothes from magical cloth. This cloth, they tell the emperor, is invisible to anyone who was either stupid or unfit for his position. The emperor could not see the magical cloth, but pretended to see it for fear of appearing stupid; his right hand men do the same. When the con artist tell the emperor that they have finished his suit of clothes, they pretend to dress him. The emperor goes out into public and parades through the town showing off his new clothes that are invisible. There was no one in the crowd willing to say anything because everyone thinks that if they cannot see the clothes then they are stupid or at least others will think that they are. The farce continues until a small child yells out, “The emperor is Buck Naked!” 

Let us not get caught up with beautiful clothes when Rome is burning! Who gives a rat’s tale what the First Lady wears? Fix the economy!

 In the words of my dad, “You must honor the chair whether it is sitting, walking or lying down.”