To me this is, well,

[desertrat (Premo)]

unusual. Might be a fine person, but I just have reservations about that whole, oh, I must really be a girl, thing. What else is he/she not clear on?

Amanda Simpson

[chernmax]

Barry just loves an administration packed with mixed nuts!!!

[libertytyranny]

bahaha the comments make me laugh... "her name is A-MAN-DUH"

I feel for people who were born with conflicting hormones, or ambigous genitalia, or incongruent "pieces"....They often have a hard time and MUST choose a gender to identify with..but I have to question the mental health of someone who does this without any sort of biological reason...I mean I wouldn't assume they have problems..but it makes me wanna look real close. But it seems pretty obvious to me that Obama is just picking people based on their "minority" status..

[limblips (Premo)]

How confused Bill Clinton would be! ShouldI or shouldn't I? "It depends on how you define she!"

[hvp05]

Originally Posted by libertytyranny

I mean I wouldn't assume they have problems..but it makes me wanna look real close.

I would [assume]; I mean, assuming is often not a wise thing to do, but in a case such as this, I think we can safely say this person is a bit 'off'.

Also, this line from the heshe gets to me...

as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.

Typical liberal stupidity - hire me because I'm "special", not necessarily because I can do the job.

[Rosehaven]

This person was hired because, believe it or not, they are qualified to do the job. They also happen to be a transgender or whatever you want to call it. The important part of this is that person can do the job and was given the opportunity to do and not rejected becaiuse he/she is "different."

That's not typical liberal stupidity--whatever that means. It's common sense.

I do understand we don't like people to be different. Get too many of them and look out for your way of life.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by hvp05

I would [assume]; I mean, assuming is often not a wise thing to do, but in a case such as this, I think we can safely say this person is a bit 'off'.

Also, this line from the heshe gets to me...Typical liberal stupidity - hire me because I'm "special", not necessarily because I can do the job.

Must have some qualifications, also a former test pilot.

A 2004 YWCA "Woman on the Move," Simpson recently served as Deputy Director in Advanced Technology Development at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona.

Woman on yhe move made me chuckle.

[QUOTE]At Raytheon, Simpson -- a former test pilot who had worked for the company for more than a generation -- transitioned from male to female and was instrumental in convincing the military contractor to add gender identity and expression to its equal employment opportunity policy.[/QUOTE]

And this, I suspect, is the agenda.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Rosehaven

This person was hired because, believe it or not, they are qualified to do the job. They also happen to be a transgender or whatever you want to call it. The important part of this is that person can do the job and was given the opportunity to do and not rejected becaiuse he/she is "different."

That's not typical liberal stupidity--whatever that means. It's common sense.

I do understand we don't like people to be different. Get too many of them and look out for your way of life.

Oh come on. What are the qualifications for the position, what ever it is. Being a test pilot or director of technology? I'm sure she was the only one qualified.

Oops, technology director.

[chernmax]

Originally Posted by Rosehaven

This person was hired because, believe it or not, they are qualified to do the job. They also happen to be a transgender or whatever you want to call it. The important part of this is that person can do the job and was given the opportunity to do and not rejected becaiuse he/she is "different."

That's not typical liberal stupidity--whatever that means. It's common sense.

I do understand we don't like people to be different. Get too many of them and look out for your way of life.

Comment from link!

It fits the current administration, pretending to be something they are not,
after all your operations (lies) you still are the same person, you just look like a woman, act like what you think a women acts like, but lacks woman instinct, because Mr. simpson is stil just a man who cut off his stuff, ouch,who did'nt get enough hugs as a little boy......

[Aerogal]

Why oh why can't they just say - hey I'm the new (whatever) here are my qualifications, and this is why I got hired. Doesn't matter if they're staight, gay, black white, asian christian, jew, muslim, hermaphrodite. Does it matter that it opens doors to thousands (really? that many?) of the same type. Who cares?

Christ in Heaven - can't anyone get a job because they're qualified for the job anymore? Where's the pride in getting hired because you fill some notch on the EEO bar?

I hope this person is truly qualified for the job and does it well. It'd be a first for the Obama administration.