Messages By: bergdorfblonde

Hi Angelique,

I just want to say that I saw you on Friday's show.  I am very overweight myself.  Something about you resonated with me.  I think its that you have pretty eyes and so do I and you have a pretty and thin mom but have a weight problem yourself.  My mom is gorgeous and I have had a weight problem since I was 8 years old.  My teacher weighed me and called me obese.  I had no idea what obese meant but the way she said it  I could tell it was bad.  Anyway, I got made fun of growing up.  Gradeschool was torture for me.  Kids can be so mean.  I have a feeling that you are  overweight like me partially because of a genetic disposition to obesity, but also, because when people make fun of you when you are little you carry that image of yourself in your mind and its hard to have healthy self esteem.  I was only thin twice in my entire life and its because i didnt eat anything.  Anyway, freshman year in college I got down to 134 (which is very small for me, because now I weigh 230).  All of the men wanted to date me because I am pretty like my mom and I happened to be thin then.  And then it hit me.  How could I be so unpopular in gradeschool with all of the boys making fun of me and not many girls wanting to be my friend, and now in college I am the belle of the ball with all of the guys wanting me and the girls wanting to be my friend.  I realized, some people peak in highschool.  Some in college.  But the kids who made fun of you when you were young are probably poor and miserable and pumping gas for a living.  They reached their peak early in life, being in the popular crowd and now they are no successful.  Because I had a year of thinnness, and all of these guys telling me how beautiful I am, I still have this "hot girl" attitude inside of me.  At 230 I am very overweight.  However, I still think I am pretty and smart, and have a fun personality and think any guy would be lucky to have me.  Because I project this attitude, I still get lots of guys (although many guys like skinny girls, some have been really into my curves!).  When I saw you on Dr. Phil, I was thinking, you are a BEAUTIFUL girl.  No matter what the scale says, you are beautiful.  You have a fun personality.  You have a mom and daughter who love you.  You have so much going for you.  All you need is an attitude. If someone makes fun of you, they are a loser.  It takes a really insecure person to make fun of people and make them feel bad.  Just realize this.  Rejection is ok.  Not everyone will be positive.  But you have to realize this is not gradeschool and it is their problem, not yours.  Look in the mirror.  Do your hair and makeup.  Buy some cute clothes.  Love yourself.  You are a special girl and you need to take care of yourself.  Get out of the house and do things.  Walk around the mall or go to the bookstore and read books that make you happy.  Get a dog.  Do things that will make YOU happy and nurture your soul.  I think the food is escapism from the horror of people being so cruel.  You need to get out there and do things that make you happy.  You are a beautiful girl regardless of size.  I hope this helps because you just reminded me a lot of myself and my mom when I saw you on Dr. Phil.  Best of luck and love yourself:)

Good thing these Uber-Patriots are Protecting The Homeland, right?

Watching the tape it is clear she never presented any resistance. And certainly never acted in a menacing manner. But these alert ersatz police officials don't need to wait for something to happen. Ever vigilant, these vigilantes are right there wherever crime is happening... even if they have to do it themselves.

After they grab her and toss her into another passenger and to the floor, they slam her into the counter. Officer Michael Urbina hit her in the back of the head with his forearm. They cuff her. Notice the guards around her are never acting in anticipation of needing to do backup. Why? Because they know there is no threat. Look how calmly one guy picks up something from the floor he dropped. Notice the woman sitting down opposite the action? She is caught totally by surprise. That means there was no yelling, no altercation, nothing to signal the fact that a woman was going to be thrown into the chairs where she was sitting.

So what was this suspect's international port of call? Uh... she flew in from New York and was flying back there from Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. Obviously all that cross-border traffic made it easy to identify this threat to the American Way of Life, this evil-doer who Hates Our Freedom. So who is this Imminent Danger? She's a marketing executive on a business trip. What does this scary woman do for a living that justifies the abuse? A quick Google shows her nefarious dealings:

"I specialize in hip, edgy editorial from fashion to entertainment news to beauty. I stay abreast of the latest trends in cosmetics, skin care and hair care. In 2006, I was in the New York Post, Associated Press and Yahoo! News seven times. From smoldering eyes to shimmery lips, I cover the best beauty scoop. I can tell you whether the Chi or Tourmaline will give you more lustrous locks. I have tried out every lip-plumping lip gloss on the market and know which one can plump your precious pout."

ooooh....scary... during the Dr. Phil interview and you can just feel the terror coming out of the screen from this awesomely scary woman.

The only silver lining in this brutal beating is that now it's no longer just Muslims or Arabic looking people, but even blonde girls from Manhattan can have their brains bashed in by the airport rent-a-cops for no apparent reason. And the fact they are on camera offers them not even a moment's hesitation. You would think she might sue them or something. Oh wait... she is suing for 10 Million dollars! Which raises another point about the ungodly amount of money being wasted to "protect" us from beauty marketing executives and other imminent threats to our security .... how much is being wasted on lawsuits and settlements from victims of this overzealous crew of jack-booted thugs?

Not only did Chief Steven Holl of the Metropolitan Washington Airport police condone the abuse of this woman; he actually promoted 2 out of 3 of the cops who were beating her. Officers Michael Urbina, Sharnice Gartrell, and Naima Reed are still working at Reagan National Airport, free to beat up more travelers. I agree with your statement that Officer Urbina looked like he was itching to beat up anyone when he threw her into the other woman. The beating was horrible. The coverup is deplorable. Why would the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority condone this senseless act of brutality?

Armed guards beating people up who present no threat hardly constitute "security" or any type of protection against terrorism. It does nothing to make us safer to throw a girl across the room, into a metal chair and into another passenger. It doesn't make us safer if 2 security guards hold her down while one takes a forearm to hear head and gives her a concussion. It is not about taking away shampoo. Take all of the shampoo you want, just don't beat up people. This has nothing to do with airport security. Airport police beating up passengers actually decreases airport security. Officers Michael Urbina, Sharnice Gartrell and Naima Reed beat this woman so bad that she had black and blue marks all over her body. They are worse than the people they are supposed to protect us from. Having contact lens solution is no crime. It is certainly not punishable by beating. I hope the next time a woman is bodyslammed and beaten in her head at Reagan National Airport, it is not your mother, daughter or little old grandmother. If you want the whole story it's on video. Net result of watching the video: If we once were nervous to fly due to fear of hijacking, now we can be nervous due to fear of "security." Since that is the price we pay for "protection," I truly dread the day I have to fly out of Reagan National Airport again.

The woman at Reagan National Airport who got beat up by Officer Michael Jose Urbina, Sharnice Gartrell and Naima Reed, was not saying anything to the officers when she was brutally jumped from behind and thrown into another passenger and into a metal chair on the floor. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police beating up young women does nothing to make us more secure. In fact, it has made people terrified to fly. Not for the fear of bad guys, but for the fear of being beaten up for no reason, having false charges pressed against them and being wrongfully imprisoned by their batterers. There was no need to restrain the passenger, let alone beat her up, as she was standing calmly watching the TSA person screen her luggage. If they want to arrest her, put the cuffs on her. Don't throw her across the room, into another woman, into a metal chair and onto the floor, then deliver a blow to her head so hard that it causes a permanent traumatic brain injury. Nobody needed to be restrained on the video except for the rowdy police who assaulted this young woman. In fact, the passenger was the calmest person on that video and the hot headed police seemed to need to calm down as opposed to roughing up airline passengers. The police who beat up the young woman at Reagan National Airport were invited to go on Dr. Phil but declined to show. I wonder why. Could it be that they were caught on video beating up a young business woman for no reason? Could it be the false criminal charges they pressed against her? Whatever their reason, they chose not to go on Dr. Phil, of their own free will. I think your solution to send people to the back of the line is great. Next time, instead of beating up a woman because she has contact lens solution, send her to the back of the line. It is much more humane, legal and moral than bashing her head into a metal table and covering her body in black and blue marks. Instead of educating passengers on the proper airport security procedures, why don't you educate Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police on refraining from assault and battery on passengers? If you can't provide security at the airport without beating up and falsely arresting women, go into a more appropriate field. Ralph Nader said Officer Michael Urbina looked like a frustrated wrestler. Perhaps he has a new calling?