Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is afraid that the U.S. Territory of Guam is going to "tip over and capsize" due to overpopulation.Gives you a lot of confidence in Congress, doesn't it?
Johnson expressed his worries during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget Friday.
Addressing Adm. Robert Willard, who commands the Navy's Pacific Fleet, Johnson made a tippy motion with his hands and said sternly, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize."
Willard paused and said: "We don't anticipate that."
Like other islands, Guam is attached to the sea floor, which makes it extremely unlikely that it will tip over, even if there are lots and lots of people on it. Guam is 30 miles long and up to 9 miles wide in certain spots, with a population of 175,000 civilians. The military is proposing the addition of 8,000 U.S. servicemembers and their families.
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Dem Rep. Johnson: Guam Might Tip Over
No, this is not an April Fool's joke. This comes from an actual US Congressman, one of the people who is now deciding your health care:
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"Gives you a lot of confidence in Congress, doesn't it?"
ReplyDeleteYou betcha it does.
What a dolt.
ReplyDeleteMakes one wonder if some of these people leading our country even have a brain! He better watch out because the earth and oceans are flat and he might fall over the edge some day.
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