Got this email today, and figured some of you may get a chuckle out of it.

[Chako]

Apologies to anyone offended.  I received this one by email earlier today, and laughed at the absurdity of some of the comments. I even debated on posting it or not. But I laughed so hard that I couldn't in good conscience, not post it.

Now, politicians the world over aren't necessarily the brightest lights of humanity, and its nice to know they are human like all of us...it also pains us when they say and do dumb things. Scarier yet when we realize that we put them there to run things to the best of their ability...or so we hope.

Enjoy!




These are  elected  officials!!! 

A D.C. 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 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!'' (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) CA 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.''

[Freudian Frog]

I wonder about these... true or not?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

There are some dumb sod's in this world

[cliosguy]

soooooooooooooooooooooo sad and funny at the same time

[GraysonK]

LOL!  I could see these happening.  This one guy my sis dated several years ago was the biggest idiot I've ever met.  He tried to argue with me for 2 days about whether or not the Rocky Mountains were on the East coast of the US!  I finally pulled out an atlas and proved to him where they were.  He still insisted that the Rockies were in the East.  I asked him why he was being so stubborn and he said, "I know these (meaning mountains in WV and beyond) are in the East because on the way to Myrtle Beach I saw a sign for them!"  I thought a minute then said, "You saw a sign for Rocky Mount?"  He said, "See!". I swear he almost didn't make it back to Philadelphia that weekend.  And that was only one of the things he did.
Gray

[Gareth]

I wonder about these... true or not?

I have my doubts myself but, true or not, they're still funny. 

[665ae]

Probably about 50% true... 50% embellished.  I know a few people that couldn't understand the time zone change while flying from Detroit to Chicago.

[Anthony]

I think some of those people have "people" who make those calls for them and set up flights, not sure though.  At least they didn't list Patrick Kennedy assaulting a woman TSA screener on camera...

[Grant Lamontagne]

In case anyone thinks that politicians aren't stupid.... mind you I am sure many politicians don't want to be compared to Sarah Palin!

Def

[duckman1975]

They have forgotten about the little stuff 

[sappyg]

Probably about 50% true... 50% embellished.  I know a few people that couldn't understand the time zone change while flying from Detroit to Chicago.

 funny all the same... i'm guessing our reps. have a staff that deal with the day to day logistics of things like travel, scheduling, and taxing. 

[ufox9al]

Cosidering that, according to some statistics I saw, over 90% of US population have never left the borders of their state, geography-related blunders would not surprise me at all. The FAT and the aisle seat things has got to be fiction, though!