Global Warming is not our most critical problem (or why Admirals are paid so much)

[Platapus]

http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/i...er-and-capsize

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 Thursday.

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."

(facepalm)

How that Admiral could keep a straight face is a tribute to military discipline.

No, Mr. Representative, islands don't tip over. Islands are actually the tippy top of big mountains starting at the bottom of the ocean.

Representative Johnson serves on the House Armed Services Committee...... and he bellieves that islands can capsize if you put too many people on them.

sad.