I was on the verge of writing about how refreshing it is that Obama’s appointment of Amanda Simpson, a transgender female, to the post of senior technical adviser in the Commerce Department hasn’t triggered the usual anti-gay spewing from the right. And then the fundamentalists of the religious right had their say. The anti-gay group Americans for Truth (if only) accused Obama of “pandering to the gay lobby.” A spokeswoman for Focus on the Family declared that the appointment was Obama’s “payback to his far-left base.” And Matt Barber, an associate dean at the late Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, an institution never to be outshone in an anti-gay competition, said the appointment “boggles the mind.” Matt, that’s only if the mind in question is small and bigoted.
For the record, Simpson is readily recognized as an expert in the field of industry security, having worked in it for over 30 years, including her recent tenure as Deputy Director in Advanced Technology Development at Raytheon Missile Systems. But, hey, those are facts, never a high priority for bigots of any kind. The religious right’s insistence that Simpson should have been passed over for the job simply because of her sexual identity is stupid prejudice, plain and simple, and as such, has no place – or at least shouldn’t have a place – in a civilized discussion.
This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2010.
well said Frank. between that total basket case of perverts, tax cheats and incompetants including The Obama himself, seems she’d be a far better choice for any position on that Cabinet.
My fellow readers, I think in 2010 we should all resolve to turn the other cheek instead of bashing Frank Griffin no matter how hateful he turns towards everyone else. I noticed that in the last few hours on New Years Eve when the rest of us were spending time with family and friends, Frank was spending his time writing several posts on this blog. This tells me that while the rest of us were with loved ones he was all alone and bitter, friendless and with a family that doesn’t want him around. Such a man should be pitied, not hated. Let’s do our best to tolerate him in the new year. Peace and God bless.
Just for the record: I did invite Frank over for a festive New Year’s with the family. But as usual, his Uncle Lou decided HE would rather have his testicles amputated than spend two seconds with Frank. Well, soon all the other family members chimed in, saying THEY would rather have their ears lopped off than spend even one second with Frank. Obviously, I was upset! Frank, you know I’ll always love you, son. No matter how stupid you make yourself and the rest of us look with your assinine posts.
Hugs and kisses,
Mummy
“Wacky liberal flakes,” Frank?
“He he?”
Goodness gracious, son, are you still in 3rd grade? Didn’t we buy you a couple of joke books for Christmas so you could at least fake being funny?
I’m your mother and I have to love you. But just for the record, you continue to embarrass me.
And yourself.
But most importantly: Me.
So now Frank “Lonely Boy” Griffin thinks we should be grateful that a teacher such as himself lets us in on his bits of wisdom. “A teacher”?! Frank, are you fucking for real? That statement is the final proof that you’ve gone off the deep end. Maybe in your sad, egocentric, delusional upside-down world, you’re a great mind, a learned individual, and a teacher. The rest of us, though, see you as a big fucking pain in the ass who doesn’t know how transparently pathetic he is. The fact that you spent New Years Eve posting on CL is just the latest example of your patheticness, but most of all, the proof is in the fact that you don’t seem to be able to grasp that you’re a laughing stock. And this, folks, is where Frank will whine that nobody will debate him, only insult him, and we should all bow before his wisdom. Nobody will debate you, you dipshit, because we all think you’re nuts and not remotely worth the time or effort. Debating you would be a breeze since all you ever do is puke up all the Fox swill you’ve swallowed. Why don’t you go hang out at WorldNetDaily, you goofy fuck?
Goofy fuck? LOL! Never has the essence of Frank Griffin been so perfectly boiled down to two words. Hilarious, Jay. And it’s obvious Clyde struck a real nerve whether he meant to or not. Of course Frank “Lonely Boy” Griffin will deny it, but it’s pretty damn obvious.
Only trying to help. Didn’t mean to make you feel belittled. God bless you.
You know guys, maybe I should reconsider. You all have said some pretty strong things about me, and I have to admit, they hurt. That’s why I come back with my own vicious counter-attacks. Now that I’ve had time to analyze the situation, however, I can see your points of view. I really can be an annoying asshole at times, I guess. Sometimes when I’m alone — which, frankly, is just about ALL the time — I look at my own posts and think to myself, “Frank, you are one seriously lame fuckwad.”
My spelling sucks, my grammar sucks, my points are full of holes, and I say “he he” more than a 9-year-old girl who just wet her pants.
So I’d just like to apologize, guys. No hard feelings?
Guys! Seriously. Can we please post comments about the topic at hand rather than flaming each other a la bored and bitter tweens on myspace?
ON TOPIC: I applaud Obama’s appointing a smart, qualified person for the position regardless of what differences she presents in her personal life. It’s good to know that someone in power right now recognizes that we’re not all happy round pegs, and many of us operate better as “ourselves” rather than what society pressures us to be. I, for one, don’t think it should be anyone’s business whether Ms. Simpson is a transwoman or not–why was that even brought into the announcement of her appointment? *sigh* I guess it all boils down to people who want to find whatever reason they can to criticize Obama’s decisions.
Amanda, as someone that thinks Obama is a pure idiot when it comes to much of anything, I agree with what you said. I do not mind giving Obama credit when he deserves it. The only problem is that he deserves so little credit and actually deserves much shame for his actions.
In this case I think he deserves nothing. He does not deserve a cookie for merely doing the right thing. I think you would agree.
Now back to me destroying the flamers.
That poor griffith guy sure is lame, just like he said himself!
I hope no one gets us confused since my last name is Griffin hehe.
This is just tooo easy!