Guam May 'Tip Over & Capsize'

[Martin Eisenstadt]

I swear this is not an April Fool's Day joke.  This is Democrat Congressman Hank Johnson of Georgia questioning Adm. Robert Willard.  Where did this guy go to school, Princeton?  This is what is running the country?   Is there any wonder why the US is going to hell in a handbasket?

Rep. Hank Johnson: Guam could 'tip over and capsize'
March 31, 2010, 4:23 pm by Christina Wilkie  

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is afraid that the U.S. Territory of Guam is going to "tip over and capsize" due to overpopulation.

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. servicememebers and their families.

Reached for comment, a spokesman for Johnson said the lawmaker had visited Guam, and his concern was that the influx of military personnel would overwhelm the island's infrastructure and ecosystem.

The comment comes 1:20 into the clip.

[Albert Hidel]

Willard paused and said: "We don't anticipate that."

It really is scary when you think that morons like this Hank Johnson are deciding your future.  I would bet he was a big "yes" vote on Obummer care and nationalizing the student loan industry, as well as nationalizing the auto industry, insurance industry, mortgage industry etc.  

This is the best example yet of why the government should not be controlling any aspect of higher education.  (I'm sure that's why you posted it, but just to state the obvious.)  This illustrates the same intellect they bring to every issue, i.e., none.  

[Little Arminius]

I was actually very impressed by Adm. Willard's understated response. People with the training and temperment like Adm. Willard should be the senior policy advisors to the executive branch, not the hacks that Pres. O has cobbled together as his inner circle.

[WilliamW]