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

Platapus · 04-01-10, 06:38 PM

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

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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.

Dowly · 04-01-10, 06:43 PM

Actually, there is floating islands that could, given enough weigth on one side, dip over.

Platapus · 04-01-10, 06:46 PM

I am pretty sure Guam ain't one of them.

Dowly · 04-01-10, 06:48 PM

Yeeeaa... you might be on to something...

Platapus · 04-01-10, 06:59 PM

Of course them crafty Japanese may have just kept Guam anchored all these years just to fool us.

Ya never can tell about them Japanese. They are insidious that way.

Maybe the whole idea was for us to believe that Guam was a solid island just waiting for the day when "too" many marines get deployed. All the Japanese would have to do is pull the string and <flip>!

And maybe this congresscritter is the only one who knows this?

no, I can't back that up.

frau kaleun · 04-01-10, 07:16 PM

Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

Jimbuna · 04-01-10, 07:22 PM

LOL

Platapus · 04-01-10, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

The Representative claims that he has visited Guam before. I think that someone needs to explain that when he experienced Guam tilting it was probably more to do with what he had to drink than any population density.

What a maroon!

Aramike · 04-01-10, 08:21 PM

That was good for a laugh...

Jimbuna · 04-01-10, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The Representative claims that he has visited Guam before. I think that someone needs to explain that when he experienced Guam tilting it was probably more to do with what he had to drink than any population density.

What a maroon!

Probably very happy....in his own world

Torvald Von Mansee · 04-02-10, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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

(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.

At least he's not some idiot who's President only because his dad was President.

Dowly · 04-02-10, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

LMAO!

SteamWake · 04-02-10, 09:20 AM

Did you know that this man suffers from severe health problems from hepatitus B and is as they say 'prone to wandering'.

Weiss Pinguin · 04-02-10, 10:22 AM

I like how they describe his statement: 'Made a tippy motion with his hand, and said sternly...'

I wonder how hard everyone else facepalmed afterwards...

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

Kinda like this guy?
http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress....0098600228.jpg

Sailor Steve · 04-02-10, 10:36 AM

I've been to Guam too, and I know for a fact it can tip over! That's why they keep a submarine base there, so they can park the subs underneath whichever part looks low; at least until they can shift the people there to the other side.

What?

It's the second?

Never mind.

04-01-10, 06:46 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am pretty sure Guam ain't one of them. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-01-10, 06:59 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Of course them crafty Japanese may have just kept Guam anchored all these years just to fool us. Ya never can tell about them Japanese. They are insidious that way. Maybe the whole idea was for us to believe that Guam was a solid island just waiting for the day when "too" many marines get deployed. All the Japanese would have to do is pull the string and <flip>! And maybe this congresscritter is the only one who knows this? no, I can't back that up. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-01-10, 07:22 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,501 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	LOL __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Did you know that this man suffers from severe health problems from hepatitus B and is as they say 'prone to wandering'. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've been to Guam too, and I know for a fact it can tip over! That's why they keep a submarine base there, so they can park the subs underneath whichever part looks low; at least until they can shift the people there to the other side. What? It's the second? Never mind. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Actually, there is floating islands that could, given enough weigth on one side, dip over.

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yeeeaa... you might be on to something...

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

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Aramike Ocean Warrior Best of SUBSIM Chairman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 3,207 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	That was good for a laugh...