America In Trouble!

[A. BOOZER]

If this is true, these all must have been Democrates!

*Hard to believe, but true: Why the United States of America is in trouble

Perhaps this will explain it all

A Washington, DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our

country is in trouble!

1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her

hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.

2.. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to

Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport

information, then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you

look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts," Without trying to make

her look stupid, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts,

Capetown is in Africa," Her response - click.

3. A senior Vermont Congressman 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!"*

*4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, "Is it possible to

see England from Canada?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so

close on the map."

5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a

car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I 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."

6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it

was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 am and got to

Chicago at 8:33 am. 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 called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical

description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?"*

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*I said, "No, why do you ask?"*

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*She 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!*

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*After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was

laughing) I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is

(FAT), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.

8. A Senator's aide 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 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. A lady Senator 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. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he

needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about

passports, I reminded him that he 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, his stay required a visa. When I told him this

he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have

accepted my American Express!"

12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, "I want to

go from Chicago to Rhino, New York." I was at a loss for words.*

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*Finally, I said, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?"*

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*Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the lady. *

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*After some searching, I came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked

up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere."*

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*The lady 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 Government is in the shape that it's in!*

[phuketsiam]

Florida is very thin state : excellent

[Smokin Joe]

I'm a Yank and I have no trouble believing every one of those.

[suegha]

"I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman 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."

Don't planes have numbers on them?