And these people run our country???????

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A DC 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) 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.''

Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it's in!

Could anyone be this DUMB?

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

I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration. Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

They don't have to be in politics. Pick a person off the street at random and you will get the same response. A couple years ago I was walking down the street here in town when a car with Pennsylvania plates stopped me and asked where they could go skiing.This was in August and they did in fact have alpine skies on the roof. I laughed my head off and they were pissed.They had been told that you could ski year 'round here in Nova Scotia. I told them to trade them in for water skis. :tongue:

One day on the radio I was talking to a guy in Texas and told him I was in Nova Scotia. He replied by saying "Well I aint never talked to them islands off of Spain before. This is a first one for me." I just turned the dial without a response. :headbang

This is what the education system has done. No offense but I find that on the whole Americans are pretty dumb when it comes to geography especially outside of the USA. Those of us in radio have a better handle on it because we talk all over the world. (Except the guy in Texas I mentioned above)

 

[W5LZ]

QRN,
Oh, it's not just geography out side of the USA, it's inside too. I was a delivery driver for a business here. After being there for a while I got to train or evaluate new drivers. Some of them have been a real experience, both good and bad. Since most of them are barely old enough drive, mostly just out of school, I didn't expect them to know every street address in town. There are a few peculiar aspects with how the streets are laid out, though, and I honestly expect people to know about a few of them anyway. I was surprised by how many didn't. One or two I wondered if they even knew all those roads hand names. The streets are named in a particular manner here. The NS streets on one side of town are letters, A, B, C, etc, the other side are numbers, 1, 2, 3, etc. EW streets on the north side are president names, on the south side Indian tribes. And naturally, there are exception. None of them knew that. What do they teach in 'Driver's Education' (a required course in school here)?
After riding with one prospective driver, I never rode with another! They rode with me. I don't even want to remember that one.
- 'Doc

(Also had a job where you had to know every street in town, where the fire plugs where, which side of the street, both of them (intersections), how to get there, and were tested over that. There's a 'trick' to that, but that means you had to know something else to work the 'trick'. That was 30 years ago so things have changed, I doubt if it's done anymore.)

 

[74IN]

He replied by saying "Well I aint never talked to them islands off of Spain before.

LMAO!!!!!

Doc, I used to work for a moving company in Houston.

I was given a key map.

What a great thing, I could find any street and the address.

When I had to show it to others, they seemed to look at it like it was hieroglyphics.

Americans can't even spell.

I work as a contractor at a place that has part of it's name, Graphic.

A worker puts a sign on a door for when he has to go for a meeting and no one is at the warehouse.

He spells it "grafic".

Isn't it on his paycheck?

I wrote on the sign that he misspelled it, it has two "f"s.

I can't wait to see the next sign.

 

[74IN]

I think the original post is BS.

But, read this- the deliberate dumbing down of america

She was number two under the Reagan Admin.

Charlotte Iserbyt is the consummate whistleblower! Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration,

 

[74IN]

The bummer you have, QRN is....

The Queen of England Suspends Canadian Parliment www.offmyfrontporch.com

You are still subjects.

The Queen wiped out your representation.

That's wrong.

 

[74IN]

I know, lots of posts.

What does a Catholic school teach?

What does a Jewish school teach?

What does a Muslim school teach?

So do you wonder what a government school teaches?

 

[KingCobra_CDX882]

A Pretty sad state of affairs Indeed !!

 

[packrat]

Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it's in!

Could anyone be this DUMB?

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

I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration. Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.[/FONT][/QUOTE]

I have a couple of thoughts on this:

This is a perfect example of the "Peter Principle" ! Never heard of it??? Simply put. a person will rise to his or her level of incompetance. Kinda like the scum that rises to the top of a pan of home made soup. The soup is GREAT, after you skim the scum off of it. LOL

"Fools names, like fools faces, are frequently seen in public places"

( you can replace the word PLACES with the word OFFICE)

PR:blink:

 

[W9WD]

52% (or maybe more) of the populace would read those quotes and say "What's wrong with that?"

In New Mexico Magazine there is a page in the back of the book every month called "One of our 50 is Missing" It is letters from readers who have trouble dealing with people who think New Mexico is a foreign country and all the BS they have to go through to convince people it's not. This has often included post office employees.

One of Our 50 is Missing New Mexico Magazine Humor Column



And for those who are not familiar with NM......

It was the 47th state admitted to the union (January 6, 1912). It is nestled between Arizona and Texas

 

[scout943]

Although the Polititions running this country are A-HOLES I would take one of those political jobs, most people have their head up their asses so you are free to do what you want.:headbang:headbang:headbang:headbang

 

[mackmobile43]

Although the Polititions running this country are A-HOLES I would take one of those political jobs, most people have their head up their asses so you are free to do what you want.:headbang:headbang:headbang:headbang

I would say that goes for everyone in this country, kinda like the blind leading the blind(ie democrats) heads up thier own asses.

 

[scout943]

I AGREE AND WHAT A FRIGHTENING THOUGHT !! . We really are FUCKED !!! :blink::blink::blink:

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

The bummer you have, QRN is....

The Queen of England Suspends Canadian Parliment www.offmyfrontporch.com

You are still subjects.

The Queen wiped out your representation.

That's wrong.

I fail to see how this is relevent to the topic. Technically it was the Governor General that suspended parliament for a short time.It is mearly a very temporary means of assuring that the elected government can continue to govern in special circumstances. Leave it to that asshole Harper to request it. On the flip side of that at least our elected officials can overthrow the government with a non-confidence vote and force a new election. That truely is representation,a form of which you guys do not have. Every four years you are stuck with the same president for a full term whether you think he is doing a decent job or not and have no recourse other than impeachment,which is limited in when it can be used,to force an election.If the people here are not pleased our members of parliament can vote "NO" on certain bills presented by the government and force an early election. We just went thru that provincially here. The government was defeated on a budget issue and went from ruling government status to third rate political party in a quick election.

I'll bet there are a lot of folks wishing they could defeat the Obama government and force an election now.

Anyway this was not meant to be a political debate,there is a place for that, but I just wanted to address your post. op:

 

[jazzsinger]

The bummer you have, QRN is....

The Queen of England Suspends Canadian Parliment www.offmyfrontporch.com

You are still subjects.

The Queen wiped out your representation.

That's wrong.

The queen is nothing more than a powerless figurehead for the freemasons who really run the UK,and who are part of the master mason/zionist conspiracy in the western world heading towards their new world order.

As for dumb dumbs in power,as josef stalin once said:
"It doesn't matter who the people voted for,they always vote for us".

If you vote you just encourage retards to be more retarded.