President Obama was found in the oval office without a suit jacket on. Is this really news? Well, it is important to shed some light on a couple points. First of all he does not set the highest standard he possibly can. Oh well, Americans are slackers and don’t care so much about appearance and respect anymore. I can’t really speak about that because I’d probably wear flip-flops to work if I could. But that isn’t the interesting part….It is much better.
Here is a quote from the NY Times article titled White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code on January 29, 2009.
“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”
And then here’s the quote from Obama when he was wooing all his voters.
We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.
Here’s an optimal range for growing orchid.
Daytime temperatures should range between 70 and 80 degrees F.
I wonder if he was on the high or low end of the range? I keep my thermostat no higher than 62 . . . actually 55 when I am gone for the day. My wife thinks I am crazy, but our bills are reasonable.
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