Why the USA is in trouble!

[angelwing]

Why the USA is in trouble

A Washington, D.C., airport ticket agent offers some examples of why
the country is in trouble!


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.

I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Cape town.
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 Cape town is in Massachusetts." Without trying to
make her look stupid, calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in
Massachusetts;
Cape town is in Africa," Her response - click.


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!"

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."


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 one 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 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 co uldn't understand the concept of time zones.
Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.


A New York lawmaker 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?" 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!" 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, California, is (FAT), and the
airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.

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?"


I just got off the e 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."

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, Florida, on a commuter plane.
She
said, "Yeah, whatever, smarty!"


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 h ave
accepted
my American Express!"

AND FINALLY:

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. Finally, I
said, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights
do you have?" replied the lady. 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." 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 the US Government is in the shape it's in!

[Tstormwatcher]

LOL, I bet each and everyone of those is true too.

[Janie2006]

*shudder*

[HURAKAN]

No surprise, just looks at our president. It will be cool to send all the Congress to "Are you smarter than a fifth grader" and most of them will fail.

[gtalum]

Don't believe everything you read. While you can debate the policies of congresspeople, they are generally extremely intelligent. You don't get there by being stupid.

[vbhoutex]

No surprise, just looks at our president. It will be cool to send all the Congress to "Are you smarter than a fifth grader" and most of them will fail.

Watch it!!! Getting too close to politics here!!

As far as failing on the fifth grader show, pu the majority of the adult American public in that category. It has already pretty much been proven.

[HURAKAN]

No surprise, just looks at our president. It will be cool to send all the Congress to "Are you smarter than a fifth grader" and most of them will fail.

Watch it!!! Getting too close to politics here!!

As far as failing on the fifth grader show, pu the majority of the adult American public in that category. It has already pretty much been proven.

Let me put the vehicle on reverse and back a little bit!!!

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

All I know for sure is that several years ago when I did my BSc here in New Brunswick, and then part of my Masters in Maine; it was the foreign born students, especially the non-Western Europeans, who were taking the majority of the sciences programs while the native born students were taking a majority of the arts programs. I don't know what this say about Western Culture over all, but they also had a greater work ethic on average as well. They cared more about having a good job when finished, than about taking the easy courses, and more about getting things done on time than partying down.

[kevin]

Congressmen can be corrupt and stupid, but not this corrupt and stupid. They are mostly of above average intelligence and fail only in matters concerning science and international relations. To be fair though, most people are even less intelligent when it comes to those fields. One doesn't go to law school (as almost all the congresscritters have) and think there is a train to Hawaii. However some stupid congressman can believe that AIDS can be transported via tears. It takes a special congresscritter stupidity to believe the later, but an average stupidity to believe the former.

[Windswept]

LOL - I've seen the exact list before but instead of "congressmen" it was "blonds"

In other words...insert target of your choice.

[Ivanhater]

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, Florida, on a commuter plane.
She
said, "Yeah, whatever, smarty



haaaa, now THATS funny

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Personally I doubt that politicians in most Western Countries are stupid, rather they just tend to be corrupt.

[petal*pusher]

Had to laugh out loud at a couple....loved 'em....thanks for the giggle!......p