Congressman Hank Johnson was voicing concerns over defense budgetary spending that would necessarily accompany the influx of an addition 8,000 American troops on the island of Guam. After a lengthy display that he knows the dimensions of the American territory of Guam (Admiral Willard, commander of the U. S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, acknowledged that it was "a small island"), told the gathered members of Congress and military officials as he made a tipping motion with his hand, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize."
To his credit, Admiral Willard chose not to educate and embarrass the congressman. Instead, Willard dryly asserted, "We don't anticipate that." But you can see in the video that the Admiral is fighting back a smile, but he soldiers (sailors?) on, explaining to the congressman that the current population of Guam (estimated at 175,000) would only attain 200,000 with the increase in American troops. accompany the influx of an addition 8,000 American troops on the island of Guam. .
However this does raise questions about Guam and it's infrastructure. Think back to 1912. They said the Titanic was also said to be unsinkable and only had adequate lifeboats for 1/10th of the indigenous population and crew. Hank Johnson, D, GA seeking to divert defense spending to special subisidies to indoor crop farming with alternative light sources to save the environment raised these questions along with environmental questions about dihydrogen monoxide restrictions, and safety improvements such as water wings, and moisture columns to better support Guam and prevent the swelling population and massive infrastructure from tipping the island over and drowning the population. If anyone has funding to spare for congressional reelection campaign donations we ask you to seriously consider Hank Johnson D, GA, a true humanitarian. Hope you enjoyed the first day of April! :0)
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