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