Debbie Schlussel on Obama Appointee Amanda/Mitch Simpson, Ignorant Bigotry?

It is a common tactic of the Left to attack people personally instead of on the issues and it doesn’t wear well on Debbie Schlussel.

Amanda Simpson

I take issue with Debbie Schlussel’s article “Let’s Hear It For Obama Diversity: Meet “Amanda”/Mitch Simpson” . Those of you who read me know I am no fan of Obama. I might not support his appointment of Amanda Simpson to an Administration job if I knew her politics, but I can see no reason why her transgendered status has any bearing on her qualifications, or gives Debbie Schlussel cause to ridicule her.

I cannot understand why any man would want to undergo a gender transformation, sex change, whatever you want to call it. Just the thought of it makes me extremely uncomfortable and I believe that to be a normal reaction.

BUT someone I know in my industry went through this and I had to confront it on a more personal level than Debbie does in her column. More on that later.

Schlussel takes issue with Simpson being appointed just because she is transgendered.

Debbie Schlussel

Uh, sorry, but we don’t have government-mandated “equality” for people who get face-lifts and boob jobs. And there isn’t a need to do so for men who pay doctors to slice off their penises…..

…..PUH-LEEZE. I can just imagine how they are laughing at us in Greater Arabia. We have men, who voluntarily remove their manhood forever and wear lingerie and make-up, getting appointed to positions running our country. HELLOOOOO . . .? Sorry, dude-without-a-unit, it’s normal not to look past that.

It is a common tactic of the Left to attack people personally instead of on the issues and it doesn’t wear well on Debbie. If there are reasons Simpson isn’t qualified, then let’s hear them. And by the way, they are already laughing at us in Greater Arabia. When did we start giving a crap what they think?

A few years ago a business associate I have known for some time sent out a letter in advance of an annual trade show saying that next time we saw him he would no longer be Steve, he would be Suzie.

We were dumbstruck. Jokes were flying around the office. None of us could even comprehend the concept. Steve, in his 50’s, a man’s man suddenly decided he wanted to be Suzie. It just didn’t compute.

It is safe to assume that anyone choosing to undergo this procedure would be forced to change careers. Steve’s letter indicated he was going to stay in the industry and try to be accepted as a woman. This meant that the rest of us would have to attend trade show functions that Steve, now Suzie would be attending. I  was certainly uncomfortable with the idea but I wasn’t going to give up MY livelihood to avoid Suzie.

When we got to the first function Suzie was at it was uncomfortable for everyone there. There were many furtive glances and the whispers were the loudest conversations in the room.

That was several years ago. Suzie seems to have accomplished her goals of becoming a woman physically (shudder), living as one publicly, and has gained acceptance in her career from most if not all of her customers and associates.

Lessons learned:

1. People do not do this on a whim. You cannot just wake up one morning and decide, “hey I think I’ll have my penis removed and get breast implants”. There are years of counseling and screenings involved.
2. Steve had to be willing to risk everything to go through with this. He must have been convinced at a level none of us could comprehend he was born the wrong gender.

Over the last few years, we have gradually accepted Suzie as a business associate again. Though we don’t profess to understand it, most of us have gotten over the shock. Though it seems weird, in many ways Suzie is the same old Steve, a friend then, and a friend now.

Like it or not, it’s a new world out there with many things that are difficult to accept or understand. There is no law saying we have to but hating what you don’t understand is destructive and unproductive. Someone much wiser than I said “live and let live”. Maybe it was Jesus, maybe not, but it is good advice none the less. Debbie, if you’re listening, don’t be a hater.

White House Turkey Receives Pardon

Obama to Get Honor “Upfront”, But My Daughter Can’t…

My daughter has been on the Principals Honor Roll or the past two years. She currently has straight A’s in all of her classes. The Principals Honor Roll is given out typically in the second tri-mester so as the school can see that she has really done the work and deserves the honor. When she asked her Principal why she can’t have it now, he said “You have to earn it first”.

I think it is admirable that they want the big O to achieve greatness, but really, what has he done? What has he accomplished?

Why is BO any different than my daughter? Really, he isn’t. He was just given the honor before having to earn it…

Torture and the way forward

As many Americans read the torture memos, finding themselves horrified by the idea that the United States engaged in the torture of detainees in violation of the Geneva Convention, Dick Cheney made a very telling statement.

Cheney said there are “reports that show specifically what we gained as a result of this activity,” and he has “formally asked that they be declassified.” Cheney added that he wants to the CIA to “take steps to declassify those memos so we can lay them out there and the American people have a chance to see what we obtained and what we learned and how good the intelligence was, as well as to see this debate over the legal opinions.”¹

For most of those who opposed the actions of the Bush administration it is not surprising that Cheney believes the end justifies the means. Maybe with the release of the memos Cheney refers to we would find some “good” intelligence but the fact would still remain that the torture of detainees was in violation of the Geneva Convention, an agreement the United States signed and was morally obligated to observe. … Continue Reading

No Bonuses for AIG?

I’m watching Fox News and scratching my head. They’re mad, they’re throwing a fit because money the U.S. Government gave to AIG, without strings attached, is going to be used by AIG to give their executives big bonuses. My bewilderment isn’t because I agree with using tax payer money to pad the pockets of big time execs, it’s because Obama is mad that they are wasting our money when we didn’t set any guidelines on its use when we handed them the bailout. What does he expect them to do?

The fiscal irresponsibility on display from these failing banks is nothing compared to the government’s long history of wasteful spending. Bush, Obama and the rest of the goons in congress had to have this bailout. They told us all would be lost if we did not give them billions of tax payer dollars. What happened? They took the money, did not lend it out to the public and went on vacations. They basically wrote them a blank check with no stipulations and are trying to act upset now that they misusing our money. They knew what they were doing and I am not shocked that AIG wants to give more money to the same people that drove the company into the ground in the first place.

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