Oh god, Guam might tip over and capsize!!1!!321!

[Cain]

http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/3169-rep-hank-johnson-guam-could-tip-over-and-capsize

This seems a curiously specific concern:

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."

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.

[Cainad (dec.)]

What, Dem politicians don't have enough fear of their political opponents so they have to make up new ones?

I think my IQ went down by 12 points right there.

[Cain]

Willard's response is priceless, though.  I don't even have to find a video to imagine the carefully guarded expression he had to put on while answering that.

[Doktor Howl]

I love this decade.   

[Freeky]

Looks like someone made sure to take their stupid pills.

[Jasper]

"We don't anticipate that" is now code for "you're a fucking moron". 

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

What a great example of bad word choice and bad metaphor...

[Chairman Risus]

Willard's response is priceless, though.  I don't even have to find a video to imagine the carefully guarded expression he had to put on while answering that.

If anyone does need a video, however, here it is.

The question occurs at 1:15

[Juana]

Oh, jeez. I love the expression on his face. Very srs bznz.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Maybe Johnson got Guam confused with Salazore.

[LMNO]

on Facebook, someone used this to argue against public education being left to State's Rights; because apparently, this would be the level of education in Georgia.

[hooplala]

Maybe Johnson got Guam confused with Salazore.

This.