Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Victoria's not too secret, secret.


According to various news reports, it seems the wife of famed Houston evangelist Joel Osteen, Victoria Osteen, got sideways with a stewardess on a Continental Airlines flight. Seems that Mrs. Osteen refused to follow the stewardess' instructions prior to take-off and the Osteen family, on its way to a ski vacation in Vail, was asked to leave the plane. Something about a 'spill' on the tray table on Mrs. Osteen's seat in First Class. Interestingly, part of the article included a statement from the FBI. Evidently, they were called as a result of what all happened on the plane. The plane remained grounded for about an hour or so while the Osteen's luggage was retrieved for a later flight to Vail. Not a whole lot of other details, as everyone seems to have kissed and made up, and are now shutting up, but what in the world is going on here?
  • You have to be pretty out-of-control to be asked to leave a plane. What, did she rush the cockpit?
  • The FBI was involved?
  • All those other poor folks had to sit for over an hour while the airline de-planed the luggage?

Something ain't right here, and it doesn't speak well for Mr. Osteen. House is worth 2.2MM, just recently stopped taking his $220,000 (how much?) annual salary only because his book sales have topped 3 million units, and if you look at his website, he's a 'health and wealth, name it and claim it' industry unto himself, replete with a hip "J" logo (oh, the irony!). Tsk...

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