Queen Shelia embarrasses Houston again(My Title)

Houston Chronicle ^ | Oct. 15, 2002 | SHELY HODGE

[Zack Nguyen]

I had not heard that particular story! The pilot dropped her purse out the window - that is really funny.

Didn't that airline ban her from any further flights?

[IronJack]

How can the black districts possibly elect people so stupid and think you are moving forward in life?

One-word answer: reactionism.

[Lewite]

Because the folks that elect Lee are not literate enough to read of were already dead when their vote was cast!!!!

[Dog Gone]

The monarchy of Thailand has very little power under the Thai Constitution, so your comment is ridiculous, at best.

[3AngelaD]

This was the same incident when she screamed at the unfortunately steward, "Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I am? I AM THE QUEEN." Widely reported in Houston and nationally, and yet they voted for her again. Maybe this is why she didn't know how to conduct herself at the event with the Queen of Thailand: Sheila still thinks she's the queen. She is thoroughly "luda-krous."

[IronJack]

To this American, the idea that some people are simply born rule the rest is an abomination far worse than anything Ms. Lee has espoused.

To this American, the idea that a complete buffoon such as Ms. Lee can be ELECTED, simply out of anti-white reactionism, is an abomination far worse than anything Asian royalty has committed.

[Jaded]

Our fine Mayor is not much better in the proper use of grammar department. His speeches are written by others and he still slaughters them. Birds of a feather and all that.

[Jubal Harshaw]

The monarchy of Thailand has very little power under the Thai Constitution, so your comment is ridiculous, at best.

On the contrary, the monarch of Thailand is the final arbiter of who is allowed to run the government. This was made obvious in 1992, when an army general, Suchinda Krapayoon, who was then the prime minister, set the Army on protesters. Opposition political figures were pulled from thier houses and detained, people were machine-gunned in the streets, buildings were set ablaze in Bangkok.

Parliment did not stop this. Local authorities did not stop this. NGOs did not stop this.

The KING asserted control, removed Krapayoon from power, replaced him as PM, and outlined the action to be taken against other officers of the Army and government who had participated.

The point? The royalty of Thailand has more power than it may seem on paper. In my example, the king used that power for good, but the bottom line is that the power to replace the government is his, unquestioned by most Thais. Thailand is NOT England.

[steve-b]

They found her purse under her seat, which Sheila Lee demanded be returned to her right away! So, the co-pilot opened his side window, and dropped it on the tarmac.

She's lucky they couldn't drop it on the tarmac from 5000 feet.

[Texas_Jarhead]

wouldn't expect anything else from her

[Quix]

Actually, I think we should sentence her to permanent latrine cleaning duty at the Thai embassy.

What hideous arrogance.

She has no idea the esteem the people of Thailand hold their King AND Queen in.

And Sheila is not even poor white trash as an excuse, is she. Sigh.

[Dog Gone]

The ability of the King to intervene in that crisis came more from the respect that the monarchy enjoys in that country than from any constitutional power, correct?

In that sense, the monarchy has the same legitimacy as any elected official.

[Bob Buchholz]

I think you may be forgetting the lovely Maxine Waters.

[Bacon Man]

What really amazes me is the fact that she only needed one seat. Wouldn't she need at least three extra seats on each side to accommodate her ego?

[Psycho Francis]

http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=867&R=4EEE25C0C

[Jack Black]

Queen Sirikit, on the other hand, rules her nation simply by virtue of birth and marriage to the King.

Like the British the King in Thailand is totally symbolic and does not rule. They have a parliment, or sometimes a General. This still rubs a little I suppose, but then to insist that every nation end every trace of their historical political system simply to fit the modern model does not seem a conservative position either.

[hosepipe]

Who is this trailer park queen Shelia Jackson Lee ?
Did she fart and belch after eating?(Chinese custom)
Or is that a Russian custom, no matter
Maybe she did'nt stay to eat, the photo op was the thing anyway.. Not to be outdone by the Baghdad 3 eh!...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I saw her on O'Reilly the other day- she is can barely form a grammatically correct sentence.

Her fluency in English came with her degree from Yale Law School. No kidding. Think she earned it? Surely they wouldn't just give a law degree to a black liberal, would they?

[Jubal Harshaw]

Good point. As best I can tell, the majority of Thais LOVE the king and queen, and it is that love and respect that give the royals their power. However, unlike elected officials, the king (and to a lesser extent, the queen)

(1)did not have to compete with others for their special place in the Thai government

(2)the king and queen benefit from birth, not from their own efforts, from a pervasive governent-run mechanism that exists to make them look good and to encourage love and loyalty to the royalty

(3)are protected from critisism by the Thai constitution

These factors are inconsistent with freedom, particularly the freedom to choose one's own leaders. As I hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men are created eaqual, the existence of Thai royalty, or any royalty, is an abomination to me. I may not like Ms. Lee (and I don't), but she rose to her position through her own efforts, and in the face of electoral opposition. Therefore, she outranks all royalty in my book.

[stands2reason]

Knew a dunb girl once who would say that. "Let me be a little more pacific."