There are many of us on this list who have a severe distrust of our "gubermint"- heres part of why....

Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it is in

>>>I have been a Travel Agent in Washington for thirty years, and I
>believe
>>>I
>>>have an answer as to why this country is in trouble!
>>>
>>>Consider these examples:
>>>
>>>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
>like
>the
>>>stupid one, I 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 in Orlando
>>>it
>is
>>>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 Bush (41) 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 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 the 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 8:20 a.m. and got
>into
>>>Chicago at 8:33 a.m. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour
>ahead
>>>of
>>>Illinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones.
>>>Finally,
>>>I told her the plane went very 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 is very rude!"
>>>
>>>After putting her on hold for a minute while I 'looked into it' (I
>was
>>>actually laughing) I came back and  explained the city code for
>Fresno,
>>>CA
>>>is (FAT), and that 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 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
>darn
>>>planes have numbers on them."
>>>```````````````````````````````````
>>>A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi Cola. Do I
>have
>>>to
>>>get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked if she meant
>fly
>to
>>>Pensacola, FL, in a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever!"
>>>````````````````````````````````````
>>>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 told him this he said,
>"Look,
>I've
>>>been to China four times and every time they have accepted my
>American
>>>Express!"
>>>````````````````````````````````````
>>>A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations. "I wanted
>to
>go
>>>from Chicago to Rhino, New York." The agent was at a loss for
>words.
>>>Finally, the agent said, "Are you sure that's the name of the
>>>town?"
>
>>>"Yes,
>>>what flights do you have?" replied the lady.
>>>
>>>After some searching, the agent 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!" The agent scoured a map of the state of
>New
>York
>>>and finally offered;   "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's
>it!
>I
>>>knew it was one of those big animals!" she said.
>>>````````````````````````````````````
>>>Now you know why Government is in the shape that it is
>>>in.____________________________________________________