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OneTenthofOnePercent

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35. I thought for sure Hank Johnson (D-GA) would've been on the list...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 09:18 AM

May 2012

I saw a video last year about him worried that the Island of Guam was going to "tip over" if we sent more troops to it. Tip over, as in... capsize.
I was thinking to myself, "No, f-ing way can somebody sat that and then get reelected.

Wikipedia:
Comments on Guam tipping overDuring a House Armed Services Committee hearing in March 2010 concerning the U.S. military installation on the island of Guam, Johnson said to Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," to which Admiral Willard replied, "We don't anticipate that."

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