Ummmm... President Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department

Simpson told ABC News he's worried that people will assume he was hired because he is a transgender and not on his merits.(YEAH, NO SHIT SHERLOCK!)

She's worried about people like you. So... Thanks for making my point?

She's worried about bigoted people out in the world thinking she was hired on no merit; it appears her worry was justified.
 


So you're admitting lying to the voters just so you can stick it to them later sounds like good strategy to you.

Sooooooo, mmmmmmmm, was there any weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq?? :smilie_weihn_winki:

Its funny how none of the righters would answer, if they would support the scenario where he/she would be disqualified for the job ONLY cause she is a tranny, altho qualified.
 
Sooooooo, mmmmmmmm, was there any weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq?? :smilie_weihn_winki:

I don't think many right wing members here liked Bush, and the fact that he keeps getting dragged into every one of these threads when no other relative arguments can be made speaks volumes.

Its funny how none of the righters would answer, if they would support the scenario where he/she would be disqualified for the job ONLY cause she is a tranny, altho qualified.

Personally I don't care about your personal life - if you are the best person for the job you get the job.

The thing is, I won't pretend to be an expert, but he/she appears to be simply qualified. Not the best person for the job.

There's a huge difference.

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A party buddy of mine went away after college to Bermuda a few years ago. He was the general manager of 10 high class jewelery stores on the island (they sold the most platinum Rolex's out of all North American stores a few years ago).

He loved it at first and the money and lifestyle was great. But even being there a week to visit I found the island of 50,000 just too small and so did he.

A few years ago he moved to Geneva but who took over his job was very interesting. Bermuda tries to keep their unemployment rate as low as possible. When an opening for a job comes up in Bermuda the company will get resumes from Canada, US, UK, etc and some Bermudians (remember that Bermuda is/was a hub for insurance and high class, well paying jobs witch attracted a lot of international applications for jobs).

By law if the Bermudian has experience in a comparable field and has the skill/education necessary they get the job. It doesn't matter if the Bermudian was the best for the job, they just have to be qualified to get it.

My buddies replacement was a Bermudian women dumb as a post and they've gone from being one of top jewelry stores, for their size, out there to 4 stores and running 8 figure deficits each year.

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Just because people are qualified doesn't mean they are necessarily right for the job. You need someone with both experience in the field and the proper education/connections.

From what I've read this is more of a PR/political move instead of a move that will benefit the country. Thus I don't agree with this, but that seems to be a reoccurring thing with all American politics these days.
 
Its funny how none of the righters would answer, if they would support the scenario where he/she would be disqualified for the job ONLY cause she is a tranny, altho qualified.

That's because it's pretty much what they think (these individual righters, at least, apparently) and that's what I take issue with.

She lasted a decade at Raytheon after first being a test pilot (test pilots, alone, are a group of top-notch individuals).

I'd like to see how this woman pans out on job performance seeing she's hella technical oriented and qualified I'm willing to bet she'll be a-ok as Senior Tech Advisor to Commerce. Although, I'm not sure what the job description is. (Although, we can see by the title it's merely advisory or consultative, we could say)
 
I really don't care if the person is transgender or what but I do question the mental state of ANYONE that spends 70k on their appearance. This tells me that the person is possibly not mentally stable enough to be a White House appointee.
 
I really don't care if the person is transgender or what but I do question the mental state of ANYONE that spends 70k on their appearance. This tells me that the person is possibly not mentally stable enough to be a White House appointee.

People do have gender identity crises starting when they're children.

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It's well documented; shit, you can go find documentaries about it.

I guess, if the person never solves it in their head or mentally, then they just go about it the physical way, surgery. Problem solved, then they go to work.

I'm sure a few just change their sex purely for cosmetic reasons, but not all... and you don't know either or in this case (I haven't investigated it or not, but shit...sounds like you'd be coming at it with a prejudice if one were to).
 
^^^ I never said it couldnt start as a child, never said that a person couldnt be born feeling like they should have been the other gender but these types usually aren't the most well adapted, mentally stable people.

They have tons of issues with identity, self worth, etc. The suicide rate among the transgenders are sky high. Maybe this person is one of the few that are not afflicted with these types of mental issues...dont know...really dont care. Just making an observation.

I mean if we can have people that teach fisting to 5th graders, maoist, communist and socialist running lose in the White House, why not some dude that cut his dick off? Hell Ill take the sexually confused one over the fucking communist/socialist/maoist anyday.
 
They have tons of issues with identity, self worth, etc. The suicide rate among the transgenders are sky high. Maybe this person is one of the few that are not afflicted with these types of mental issues...dont know...really dont care. Just making an observation.

Maybe that's because of society. I know you don't care.