Helena Guergis Air Rage?

[DrGreenthumb]

Helena Guergis apparently freaked out at the airport today, and started kicking doors and screaming at airport staff. She was complaining about the way she was treated and explains that she was in a hurry. She thinks airport security and staff over reacted and made disparaging comments about Charlottetown and PEI calling it a "hell-hole" . Lucky for her it wasn't at Vancouver airport, or she may have been repeatedly tazered until she died. She was allowed to board the plane even after her outburst with no charges laid? Could the average citizen expect the same coutesy? I doubt it. Conservatives have one standard for the general public and a different one for themselves. I wonder if she was coming down from a big coke binge with her husband Rahim Jaffer?

Edited February 26, 2010 by DrGreenthumb

[Oleg Bach]

Should get the tazers out. I understand there is a very humane one made by a company in Warsaw.

[Smallc]

The incident actually happened last week.

[Oleg Bach]

The incident actually happened last week.

Any one who bothers or frightens the air traveling public, or who so much as raises their voice should be zapped with 50 thousand volts--It's the CANANDIAN WAY!

[robert_viera]

If Helena Guergis thinks she's entitled to special treatment because she is a 'VIP', put her on the 'no-fly' list. I'm sure that would make her feel special.

[Oleg Bach]

If Helena Guergis thinks she's entitled to special treatment because she is a 'VIP', put her on the 'no-fly' list. I'm sure that would make her feel special.

Good point.. domestic frighteners or terrorists should not put the peaceful non-arrogant public at risk..especially in an air craft where you can not just walk out and leave when an irritating person is breaching the peace.

[M.Dancer]

The incident actually happened last week.

Drugs often affect your sense of time

[Oleg Bach]

Drugs often affect your sense of time

TIME effects my sense of time. some times it moves quickly and other times oh so slowly..other times it does not move at all---mostly as you age as I am doing- it becomes fast- a month is a day.

[Alta4ever]

Drugs often affect your sense of time

LMAO

[eyeball]

LMAO

Apparently they can affect your sense of humor too.

Edited February 26, 2010 by eyeball

[Guest American Woman]

Evidently the Liberal Party has asked for her resignation because of her behavior.

When Guergis was asked again to take off her footwear, she allegedly "slammed her boots into the bin provided," and said, 'Happy f--king birthday to me. I guess I'm stuck in this hellhole.'" Guergis turned 41 on Feb. 19.

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[Smallc]

I think banging on the glass and kicking at the security gate is enough to be held for 24 hours, never mind fired.

Edited February 26, 2010 by Smallc

[Guest American Woman]

I think banging on the glass and kicking at the security glass is enough to be held for 24 hours, never mind fired.

Absolutely. No average citizen would have gotten away with it, and as the OP points out, a man was tazered over similar behavior in Vancouver's airport. She sounds like a spoiled brat.

[DrGreenthumb]

The incident actually happened last week.

I only heard about it today, and I usually pay attention to any political news. Did it only hit the news today? If so why? I figured it had to be today or there would have been a thread about it already.

[DrGreenthumb]

Drugs often affect your sense of time

Pot can affect one's perception of time, but it has never caused anyone to "lose" time like one experience's when overindulgeing in alcohol. No matter how much pot I smoke, however, I'll never have time to care about your opinion.

[Smallc]

I only heard about it today, and I usually pay attention to any political news. Did it only hit the news today? If so why? I figured it had to be today or there would have been a thread about it already.

It only hit the news yesterday. An anonymous former Charlottetown Airport employee wrote a letter to MP Wayne Easter and the CBC early this week. They both spent time confirming the authenticity of the story before they reported it.

[Oleg Bach]

It is shocking how many professionals are dependent on cocaine to get that aggressive edge..I have seen female lawyers enter a court room all sheepish and timid..then the next day they are raging fanatics ready to kill-- well - what was I expecting from a leather wearing female legalist who rides a Harley?

[Wild Bill]

I laughed when I saw this in the news today! It was just so typical!

The real problem is that security at airports is mostly a joke. They put us through all sorts of pain in the ass things just to look like they're doing something while not necessarily making us any safer.

The politicians and others in charge know this but hey, the name of the game is to fool us rubes and keep us happy. Like the old joke about a Liberal solution: "It doesn't have to work as long as we can say we've got one!"

So along comes a female MP who must be well aware of how things really work and she's rushed, tired and in a bad mood. It's perfectly normal to get ticked off at the situation. She WAS being jerked around for no real positive benefit!

Where she made her mistake was to forget that she was supposed to keep the BIG SECRET! By flying off the handle she drew attention to how things work (or don't work!) at airport security! That could make us sheep look up and think about it!

She also made the mistake of thinking that the BIG LIE didn't apply to her! If the powers that be are going to give us a phony show the last thing they need is for someone like her to think she can ignore the "man behind the curtain". She's part of that establishment. She's supposed to HELP keep up the pretense!

As long as we have security systems where the staff are paid minimum wage and intelligence is substituted with blindly following thick rule books they will always be just smoke and mirrors.

Ms. Guergis really should have known better. Maybe this incident didn't warrant firing her from cabinet but don't be surprised if she's shuffled off to a corner next time Harper makes his cabinet changes. She's proven that she's politically dumb and prone to snap when under pressure. No such person can ever be a successful politician.

Edited February 27, 2010 by Wild Bill

[William Ashley]

maybe she can make some suggestions to the transport minister.

although another 11 million for mobile "shoe scanners" is probably also unneeded.

Edited February 27, 2010 by William Ashley

[Shakeyhands]

Guys... come on. She shouldn't be treated like a pleb,she's an MP for Pete's sake. She's entitled to her entitlements, just ask her.

[kimmy]

No average citizen would have gotten away with it, and as the OP points out, a man was tazered over similar behavior in Vancouver's airport.

If what happened to Robert Dziekanski ever becomes accepted as the standard of reasonable behavior by our police officers, it's time to to take up arms and fight.

-k

[capricorn]

She's proven that she's politically dumb and prone to snap when under pressure. No such person can ever be a successful politician.

I agree with your assessment Wild Bill. I think it is time for Ms. Guergis to reassess her political future with a view to changing careers.

[Alta4ever]

Doesn't anyone here think that the this poll by Greenthumb is a little hypocritical?

[DrGreenthumb]

Doesn't anyone here think that the this poll by Greenthumb is a little hypocritical?

Hey I'm just saying that people who go around preaching "tough on crime" when it comes to drugs use better be friggin clean themselves. Her husband was very critical of Jack Layton for suggesting that Canada should decriminalize cannabis, then was later caught driving drunk while possessing cocaine. Mr Jaffer is pretty happy that drug criminals can plea bargain now I bet, eh? I think that all these bastards that want to throw others in jail for using drugs should have face random piss tests or hair folicle screening themselves. If they can't even practice what they preach why should anyone else be expected to? I think that her rageing behavior is typical of someone high on coke or alcohol.

[Oleg Bach]

Still say get the tazers out...Jerry jerry jerry...taze her taze her! Hah- yes sir ree bub- she sounds like a flying high no fly list type to me---Zappppp...wonder if they will need a Polish translator to explain she is sick and tired and in a bad mood?