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Published: Oct 11, 2011
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Post Date: 2011-10-11 08:20:01 by James Deffenbach
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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 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 that number on them.'' 10. Senator Dianne Feinstein 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 , 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?
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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
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Sorry James.If one of these are true.... Not saying there are no dummies, but this piece reeks of Bovine droppings. Passing fiction off as truth, even if it makes you feel good at the time, wrecks credibility. Just saying.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
Sadly I agree.
last time I flew through dallas was in 2000 at the time they were doing a lot of construction and I had to catch a connecting flight to atlanta. I could not find the gate on any of their maps and even airport personnel didn't know of the gate. fifteen minutes after the flight left I was able to track down that gate just to wait about an hour to catch the next flight to atlanta.
Not saying there are no dummies, but this piece reeks of Bovine droppings. Passing fiction off as truth, even if it makes you feel good at the time, wrecks credibility. Just saying. I just found it and posted it 'cause I thought it was funny. Never vouched for any of it although I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone said it was all true and could verify each item.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein "...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
Yes, I agree that just cause ya post it doesn't mean you agree with the sentiments. I post stuff all the time that I don't agree with.
I had heard all these stories about airline passengers more than 20 years ago! These are all the very same stories, except with attribution to (surprise!) liberal politicians. As a matter of fact, just about anyone who has risen as high as the people whose names are used either (1) know basic geography, especially of places like Florida, or (2) have flunkies to arrange their travel for them. Isn't it amazing that no Republican, like Bachmann - who didn't know which Lexington had "the shot heard 'round the world", made such a mistake with this pretended airline agent?!
Don't know and don't care. Most of them are crooks, con men/women and more than a few are so stupid you wonder who ties their shoes for them every day. And I am not a partisan hack like some folks I could name so where I am concerned that applies equally to the R's and D's with very few exceptions.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein "...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
Today in America, it seems the DUMB are rewarded with high paying jobs, and the intelligent are being targeted and punished through blacklisting, labeled by psychobabbbling government doctors, and drugged to stupidity and retardation to fit the mould.
You will get no argument from me on any of that.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein "...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
this is why I haven't flown since that time.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
These jokes are old, old. Here are the same stories (without the names of Democratic politicians) from 8 years ago, with citations back to a newspaper story back in 1998 (when some of the people now being named were not yet in Congress):
I thought this was going to be about the ticket agent, not the customers. I have had first hand experience with rude, dumb ticket agents in the DC. Reagan airport. Everyone knows that many people are dumb, but the dumb people are on both sides of the counter at airports.
God is always good!
Yeah, this is real old stuff.
God is always good!
Could anyone be this DUMB?
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#2. To: tom007 (#1)
#3. To: Eric Stratton (#2)
Prolly not far from the truth in a few cases though.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#4. To: Eric Stratton, James Deffenbach, tom007 (#2)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
#5. To: tom007 (#1)
Sorry James.If one of these are true....
#6. To: IRTorqued (#4)
#7. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
#8. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
I just found it and posted it 'cause I thought it was funny. Never vouched for any of it alth
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
#9. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
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#10. To: Shoonra (#9)
#11. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
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Could anyone be this DUMB?
#12. To: sizzlerguy (#11)
#13. To: Eric Stratton (#6)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
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#15. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
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#16. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' our country is in trouble:
#17. To: Shoonra (#15)
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