I want one.

There’s been a lot of talk about this story: two girls kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight. Southwest says they were being disruptive, and the girls say that they were being discriminated against… for being pretty.

Prejudice against pretty?

That’s the claim from a pair of 18-year-old best friends from Oldsmar who were escorted off a Southwest Airlines plane.

USF student Nisreen Swedberg and friend Sarah Williams claim the flight crew was rude to them from the moment they stepped onto the plane at Tampa International Airport on February 14.

Swedberg said she asked a flight attendant for a bottle of water and was told she could wait until the rest of the flight was served.

“And I patiently waited and then when they came around with water, they skipped me,” Swedberg said.

At one point, Williams had to use the plane’s bathroom. She saw another passenger in it, and when he hadn’t come out 15 minutes later, she knocked on the door.

When he came out, Williams says the man came over to her seat and yelled a profanity at her. Williams admits she yelled a profanity back at him but was puzzled when she says the flight crew only questioned her.

“I think they were just discriminating against because we were young decent-looking girls. I mean, nobody else on the plane looked like us except us,” she said. “[The flight attendants] were like older ladies. We were younger. Who knows, they could have been just jealous of us because we were younger.”

Southwest defends the incident, saying the women caused a disruption on the flight.

When the plane landed in Los Angeles, the women were escorted off by four uniformed police officers and later questioned by the FBI.

This is a picture of Swedberg and Williams:

Here is Swedberg talking about her flight experience:

Southwest isn’t backing down, though, and a spokeswoman for Southwest fired back:

Gee, maybe you shouldn’t expect special treatment on flights, and curse out other passengers. Maybe then you won’t get kicked off your flight — just a thought. I can’t help but wonder about these girls, though. Do they honestly believe their own defense? I don’t know the two of them (obviously), but they seem to me to be spoiled, snobby, stuck-up little princesses who are used to having everything their way. When Southwest didn’t bend over backwards to get them their water right away, and the bathroom wasn’t available for them exactly when they needed it, they threw a temper tantrum, swearing at other passengers and causing a scene. Afterwards, they whine to the press about being “discriminated against” for being pretty (and really, they weren’t all that spectacular in my honest opinion), basically saying everyone else on the flight was ugly. And we’re supposed to feel sorry for them now?

Snort.

In this round, Southwest Airlines is the clear winner.

Hat Tip: Hot Air

Cindy Sheehan’s famous hunger strike included coffee, ice cream, and Jamba Juice smoothies. The hunger strike was so effective, that Michelle Malkin was able to gain weight when she jumped on board!

But, alas, the Code Pink wackos never give up.

Well, at least until they get hungry, and then they can run merrily over to Jamba Juice and get some blended strawberries, mangoes, or whatever else kind of smoothie they want, because that’s how real hunger strikes work and all.

This time though, they don’t even seem to know what exactly they’re protesting:

“Code Pink, a national grassroots peace movement inspired by Bay Area women, organized the protest to call for an immediate end to the war in Iraq and immediate impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Protesters walked from the bridge to the Pacific Heights home of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., set up camp, cooked one last carbohydrate-heavy meal and began a hunger strike. About 40 gathered on some terraced steps near the senator’s home, along with a half-dozen police officers.

“We have about eight people who are going to stop eating, including me,” Code Pink spokeswoman Nancy Mancias said.

On Wednesday, the group plans to relocate the hunger strike to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home on Broadway, where they will urge the San Francisco Democrat to hold a town hall meeting with constituents.

Code Pink leaders believe both lawmakers should be doing more to bring the troops home and to rally other Democrats to call for an end to the war.

“Feinstein voted for the war spending bill, and even though Pelosi didn’t, she’s not doing enough to convince others to join her,” Mancias said.

…Their hunger strikes have drawn worldwide attention. In summer 2006, the group was invited to meet with members of the Iraqi parliament in Amman, Jordan, to discuss diplomacy.”

So… they’re having a hunger strike to get Nancy Pelosi to meet with constituents? That’s it?

These loonies have hunger strikes for everything, but — surprise, surprise — even though almost none of their goals have been met, they are all eating! I mean, we’re still in Iraq but I haven’t seen one Code Pink moonbat keel over from starvation yet.

As John Hawkins notes at Right Wing News::

Do these Code Pink loons even understand the whole concept of a hunger strike? You don’t just, not eat for a few days, or eat smoothies and ice cream for a few days, like Cindy Sheehan, and then start eating again even though your demands aren’t met. You’re supposed to withhold sustenance from yourself until you get what you want or keel over dead.

Stupid Code Pink hippies — they practically protest full-time and they can’t even do that right.

You know, maybe this is just a method to try and lose weight for them. It could be the new fad diet: the Protest Diet! Find something that pisses you off and say you’re going on a hunger strike to end it. Don’t eat for a few days, lose five pounds, and then quit, all the while making yourself seem like you really, really care.

Considering the moonbats are so fond of not eating, why don’t they just become Catholics? We fast all the time, especially during Lent. But then, they wouldn’t be able to make themselves feel all important and influential that way, so I guess that’s out, too.

This woman just don’t shut up!!

Jeez… one of her handlers needs to keep her away from the keyboard. Her first series of new posts on her official MySpace page are mildly disturbing — she actually calls herself cute, for one, and apparently, the whole intern thing was one, big joke:

Date: Aug 9, 2007 5:35 PM
Subject: i wish that perez h.
Body: would sneak onto my land here, and then i could legally shoot him. I think i could lure him with promises of free lard cookies and chubby chasing gays who would actually want to let him gag on their knobs. He didnt get that my blogs were a joke, and then he didnt get that my intern thing was a joke either. How can you be gay and that dense? He may as well be an ignorant fat hillbilly…he has all the astute appreciation of irony and humor that they do. Gay guys should turn straight out of shame that he is one of their kind.

Date: Aug 9, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: i am not rosie odonnell
Body: and tired of people thinking i am. One, I am cute, two, i like guns and I am crazy not depressed. I am glad that whoopi got the job on the view and not me after all. She is perfect for that show… and like rosie she will talk about things that have nothing to do with working people, public schools, or unions, or how both parties are irrelevant to this country’s constitution. Plus, I would not be able to stop staring at Barbara Walters’ head the whole time. It is huge. she looks like mr. burns.

Date: Aug 9, 2007 5:58 PM
Subject: posh spice looks
Body: like a ghoul dressed up like a drag queen.

From Perez Hilton, she still just keeps on going:

Date: Aug 10, 2007 2:14 AM
Subject: a couple of people
Body: here on myspace mistakenly thought I was threatening to shoot a little known misogynist gossip monger who named himself after a talentless drunk driver. What I actually said was that if he were to TRESPASS on my land, I would thankfully have the right as an american citizen, under the great constitution of this country, to protect myself, and to use deadly force in that pursuit.
I guess the four of you think it is ok for trespassers and other criminals not to be punished for breaking the law. To me, that means that you really do not support our troops, who are fighting in Iraq to uphold the freedoms
that we hold dear. Shame on you. You would defend a trespassing predator while hardworking citizens are not safe in their homes. What a disgrace, indeed!
Remember a smile is the quickest way to improve your appearance!

Date: Aug 10, 2007 2:32 AM
Subject: its all in fun folks!
Body: just trying to get a laugh.. i think p hilton is funny too..
I love rosie o donnell too! she has balls of brass and did a great thing on the view. she could have sat back with all her money and kept her mouth shut and said nothing, like most stars, but she put her ass on the line and i
have so much respect for her and for Joy behar, and even elizabeth, who I do not agree with, but puts herself out there. I love whoopi too, and I know she has lots to say and lots to add to that show, and I am happy for her.
Barbara Walters is a broadcasting genious and knows how to stay in the spotlight because of that fact. I love Oprah too, even though I make fun of her as well.
I am glad that pearl jam is talking about net neutrality too, and I hope myspace doesn’t start getting censored anytime soon. these are scarey times, and a laugh is good! I have twelve thousand friends here now, and cannot
keep up with this place. I blog at my own website, roseanneworld.com, and have for ten years now. Visit me there daily. I will drop in here now and then!

Isn’t she just special??