indication of how much trouble our country is in.
God Bless America ! ����
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A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble:
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter)
ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get
messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore)
staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Capetown. I
started to explain the length of the flight and the passport
information, and then he interrupted me with,
''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but
Capetown is in Massachusetts ....''
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained,
''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Capetown is in
Africa ''
his response -- click.
3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called,
furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was
wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was
expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's
not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
He replied, 'don't lie to me, I looked on the map
and Florida is a very thin state!'' (OMG)
4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who
asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada
?''
I said, ''No.''
She said, ''But they look so close on the
map.'' (OMG, again!)
5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once
called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas . I pulled
up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover
in Dallas . When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he
said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we
will need a car to drive between gates to save
time.'' (Aghhhh)
6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last
week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight
from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33
a.m.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois ,
but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones.
Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought
that.
7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked,
''Do airlines put your physical description on your
bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'' I
said, 'No, why do you ask?'
He replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the
airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and
I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!''
After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into
it. (I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the
city code for Fresno , Ca. is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal),
and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his
luggage.
8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to
inquire about a trip package to Hawaii . After going over
all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper
to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii
?''
9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman,
Bobby Bright from Ala who asked, ''How do I know
which plane to get on?''
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied,
''I was told my flight number is 823, but none of
these planes have that number on them.''
10. Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ''I
need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on
one of those little computer planes?''
I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , FL on a commuter
plane.
She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''
11. Mary Landrieu , La. Senator called and had a question
about the documents she needed in order to fly to China .
After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her
that she needed a visa. 'Oh, no I don't. I've
been to China many times and never had to have one of
those.''
I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa.
When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been
to China four times and every time they have accepted my
American Express!''
12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make
reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino,
New York .''
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are
you sure that's the name of the town?''
'Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the
man.
After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm
sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the
country and can't find a rhino anywhere."
''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be
silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your
map!''
So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally
offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo , do
you?''
The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big
animal.''
Now you know why the Government is in the shape that
it's in!
Could anyone be this DUMB?
YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE
TO BREED