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" I’m not fat. I’m big-boned "

[GeorgiaDawg32]

You mean a jury out there actually used...dare I say it...COMMON SENSE????

[pikachu]

I wonder if she ever appologized for telling a one of the SW employees that she wished he and his family died of cancer? I doubt it because folks like her are unable to see what they really do to those around them.

[Texan5]

"she has some growing to do."

I hope not, or next time she travels by air she'll be asked to pay for TWO extra seats.

All joking aside, it is refreshing to see that this didn't become another runaway jury, but that the people showed some common sense instead.

[RayStacy]

"But I think she has some growing to do."

Isn't she grown enough???

[commish]

THis woman has some serious issues.

First she says she was kicked off the plane because of racism, and now her case was tossed out of court because of racism. Poor lady sees Evil whitey behind every lamppost I bet.

WATCH OUT!!! The man is comin to geya!!! BOO!!!!!

Then after claiming the verdict was racist she says she won't appeal because she doesn't want to be humiliated again --- more likely her attorney said "PAY ME NOW!!! You have no friggin case you moron!!!"

[LoudRepublicangirl]

The tricky thing about law suits is that they are not fun. I don't know what this woman expected but anytime you put yourself out there you are subject to ridicule. I guess she thought she would be another civil rights hero and just ended up looking like another drama queen looking for an easy buck and used her race instead of the real problem to file a lawsuit.

[Blueflag]

Two comments by the plaintiff stand out as "hugh!" particularly as quoted verbatim ...

(1) said she has no desire to again be characterized "as a fat, black, foul-mouthed ghetto momma"

No one but her used those words.

(2) she said there was no one on the jury "to advocate for race. ... but it was not a jury of my peers. There wasn't even an ethnic minority there to advocate for me."

Jurisprudence is NOT about advocacy on the jury M'am. Your LAWYER is your advocate before the Bench and the jury. The jury is INSTRUCTED to be advocates for the law, justice and society -- to decide the case on the law based on the evidence and arguments presented. Period.

This woman is an "executive". May God have mercy on her co-workers when she tries to engage in meaningful decision-making.

[D1X1E]

said she has no desire to again be characterized "as a fat, black, foul-mouthed ghetto momma

perhaps had you not acted as such.....

[Samurai_Jack]

"I am sympathetic for the underdog. And I can understand her not wanting to feel undervalued," he said. "But I think she has some growing to do."

There's an unfortunate turn of a phrase

[RushLake]

Hmmm, well its either be the white man's fault or Bushs' fault.

[vabeachrepub]

"Here was this overweight black woman being picked on by the big airline," he said. "It was kind of a David vs. Goliath thing"

This could be unintentionally funny. Is the airline Goliath or is it the woman?

[elli1]

Nadine Thompson

[Publius6961]

"a fat, black, foul-mouthed, race-card-playing ghetto momma".

That just about summarizes things.

[Mr Rogers]

A 300 pound woman who's fat protruded into the seat next to her...

I can sympathize. I seem to get stuck (literally) next to women and men like her darn near every time I travel, and no one makes them buy two seats.

And yes, I have had several become irate when I refused to lift the armrest and let them completely flow over the top of me.

I've considered inventing an arm rest barrier, with spikes on top...

[Hegemony Cricket]

Of course, now she has a shot at being a "Biggest Loser"...

[BadAndy]

It sounds like fat ghetto momma tried cashing in on the race card but was out flanked when the jury lacked any similarly race obsessed sympathizers. Maybe now she can cash in by going on Celebrity Fat Club.

[SmoothTalker]

If you take one look at the picture you know race wasn't a factor. That woman was sized like a prize pig.

[dennisw]

I give her credit for starting her own cosmetics company BUT ...
Look at what her previous job was! --->>

Formerly the dean of multicultural affairs at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, today the Trinidadian-born, Toronto-raised Thompson is CEO and president of Warm Spirit. The company has grown from six to 150 nature-based beauty and wellness products, including body butters and homeopathic remedies, available through catalogs ([866] 828-6237), on the Web (warmspirit.com) and from 7,000 direct-sales consultants nationwide.

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

Jay Leno addressed this Monday night in his monologue:

".....She had to buy two seats. And the bad part is, (holding hands wide apart) they were both window seats!"