What Has Long Red Hair, Breast Implants, and a “Thang” Between Its Legs?
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I really don’t know where to start with this. What does one say about a mayor who dresses in a micro-mini skirt, a halter top with spaghetti straps, and has “his” artificial breasts bulging over the top? All to address kids from the third grade and up on their work in the community. That’s right, it sounds too ludicrous to be true, but I assure you, Stu Rasmussen, the mayor of Silverton, Oregon, did just that.
Mr. Rasmussen addressed the Apple Tree Group, which holds fundraisers for school supplies, as an invited speaker. No one expected the display he put on that day and Brenda Sturdevant, Silverton Together Now’s manager, filed a complaint alleging the city dress code was violated. She stated in her complaint that Mr. Rasmussen wore “high heels, a very short skirt and some sort of halter top revealing much of his bosom, shoulders and back.” Also in the report she said, “there was a lot of skin showing and I tried calling him afterward, he never called me back.”
What was Rasmussen thinking? And how could he possibly justify his actions? Well, he did.
“On the day in question, the temperature topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit with relative humidity over 50%. Hot and sticky. My attire was completely appropriate to the circumstances and I also received a number of compliments on it during the day.”
Compliments? Who’s this nut job hanging out with? And what is he doing addressing children dressed like that?
As far as the student’s reaction, Ms. Sturdevant was quoted as saying: “The youth were very respectful, but their faces looked shocked and many of their mouths were dropped.”
I don’t blame them. I think any respectful, intelligent thinking adult would be shocked as well.
I first read about this in the morning paper and I’ve thought about it all day. At first I thought it was a joke and couldn’t believe something like this could possibly happen anywhere in our great country, but unfortunately, I guess it could only happen in liberal-land, USA.
Comment by richard on 29 July 2009:
Proletarian: It is a mistake to publicize deviants or deviant behavior. Doing so simply licenses them and that behavior. Delegitimizing through ostracizm works.
Comment by Chief Hypocrite on 29 July 2009:
Richard, sometimes I wish that were true. But in today’s internet information surfeit, this blog being an exception of course, and the competing 24/7 news cycle “news” outlets all competing for current “entertainment”, the once time honored and effective technique of ostrasizing deviancy will no longer work. There has been a death of shame now that anything goes and anyone can get some buzz, the more outrageous the easier it is.