A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why the USA is in trouble...

[Ace Boobtoucher]

I don't know if I should laugh or cry about this.

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!)

I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Cape Town. 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 Cape Town is in Massachusetts". Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in Africa " His response -- click.

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!"

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."

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."

An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30am, and got to Chicago at 8:33am. 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.

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, California. Is "FAT - Fresno Air Terminal", and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage.

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?"

I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright (Democrat) from Alabama 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."

Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) 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, Florida on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever, smarty!"

Mary Landrieu (Democrat 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!"

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."

YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.

 

[Kingfisher]

Damn who elected those idiots into office... oh yeah, other idiots...

 

[feller469]

I don't know which is sadder, the fact that these might be true, or that there are people who elected them into office.

For the record, I don't doubt most of these are legit

 

[titsrock]

I could come up with a bunch of "impossible-to-prove" statements like these and attribute them to GOP'rs too.

 

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[Hot Mega]

Is this another one of those "letters" ala the one which absolutely lied about Obama's trip to Afghanistan?

We all know how amateur operatives are and what they do in order to perpetuate knowingly false rumors.

 

[Hot Mega]

I could come up with a bunch of "impossible-to-prove" statements like these and attribute them to GOP'rs too.

I smell a Rovelian Institute for Political Hackery grad...working an intership.

 

[Friday on my mind]

Its OBVIOUSLY a joke.:rofl:

 

[Legzman]

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."

That explains everything right there!

 

[StanScratch]

http://notalwaysright.com/

If you browse through that site, you will find many of those tales literally word-for-word, except for one small exception: The names.

Oh, yeah, another funny thing. Snoops has also gotten into the act.
Looks like the fools aren't the ones in the story, folks. Sorry to burst the bubble.

 

[Jagger69]

I could come up with a bunch of "impossible-to-prove" statements like these and attribute them to GOP'rs too.

Yeah I was thinking that this shit is actually very funny until I realized there was a serious slant to it (never mentioned any pubs....just dems). Still, don't doubt that these episodes are entirely possible.

So far I haven't found stupidity to be a member of any particular political party. It's seems to be distributed in an entirely random and ubiquitous fashion from what I can tell. If anyone has hard evidence to prove otherwise, I'm willing to hear the argument.

Funny stories though....:1orglaugh

 

[Hot Mega]

http://notalwaysright.com/

If you browse through that site, you will find many of those tales literally word-for-word, except for one small exception: The names.

Oh, yeah, another funny thing. Snoops has also gotten into the act.
Looks like the fools aren't the ones in the story, folks. Sorry to burst the bubble.

Suppose we can color this "busted" just as with the goofy letter the guy wrote in Afghanistan attributing all kinds of lies to Obama visit only to be busted....

Needless to say, the effect was accomplished as always happens when stupid people pass stupidity on to other stupid people...the lie grew legs ten feet tall...and certainly there are STILL idiots who believe Obama dissed the troops in Afghanistan.

 

[CunningStunts]

Vote them all out!