Why our country is in trouble.....

[Smilin]

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 t o 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 (D) 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 numbers on them.''

10. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)
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 (D) 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.

I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration. Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.

[lisarea]

These are all just old jokes or maybe even real stories (though I'm skeptical) with politicians' names slapped on after.

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by lisarea

These are all just old jokes or maybe even real stories (though I'm skeptical) with politicians' names slapped on after.

And for a partisan political purpose. All the politicians named are Democrats, with the exception of Bernie Sanders, who is an Independent but widely regarded as being sympathetic to the Democrats.

It was accurate in one respect: this list is like manure.

[Stephen Maturin]

Originally Posted by lisarea

These are all just old jokes or maybe even real stories (though I'm skeptical) with politicians' names slapped on after.

Looks that way.

[Watser?]

Yeah, I've seen all these before, without the politicians' names.

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Nullifidian

And for a partisan political purpose. All the politicians named are Democrats, with the exception of Bernie Sanders, who is an Independent but widely regarded as being sympathetic to the Democrats.

It was accurate in one respect: this list is like manure.

I noticed that too, but I had to check a couple I wasn't sure about.

Some of these wingnut email forwards are really bizarre. There are some weird moonbat ones, too, but it's funny how blithely someone chose to lie and plagiarize in an attempt to discredit other people.

[Joshua Adams]

I agree, it's a sign of trouble when people stop caring about whether the things they pass on are true or not.

[livius drusus]

You should reply to all with a link to the Snopes debunking, Smilin.

[Stormlight]

This just reinforces my conviction that the whole country uses the internet to troll the rest of world. And it's not very subtle.

[Smilin]

* Smilin mutters... conservative assholes here at work....

[freemonkey]

Originally Posted by livius drusus

You should reply to all with a link to the Snopes debunking, Smilin.

That is zactly what I do when I get that kind of crap.

[Stephen Maturin]

Originally Posted by Nullifidian

And for a partisan political purpose.

That's surely true, but I suspect the idea that Republicans will rarely screw up details of what the high schools call "geography" is fundamentally accurate. Republicans have encyclopedic knowledge of such things because of all the sex tourism.

[Dingfod]

Originally Posted by Smilin

* Smilin mutters... conservative assholes here at work....

The conservative asshole shit spreaders at my work hate it when I debunk the crap they disseminate. They hate it even worse when I "Reply to All" with the debunking. No wonder I don't have any friends.

[erimir]

What's up with the scare quotes on "why"?

"Why" is our country in trouble? "How" stupid are you?

[Celsus]

So how do we get on that train to Hawaii?!?