Hank Johnson is the
Democratic Georgia Congressman who, during a House Armed Services
Committee hearing, expressed concern that the oceanic island of Guam
could tip over due to overpopulation.
Unaware of the fact
that oceanic islands, like Guam, rise from deep-sea floors and are
actually the tops of huge underwater mountains, Congressman Hank
Johnson painfully and slowly said the following:
My fear is that
… er … the … er … island [Guam] will become … er … become so … ah… overly
populated … ah … that it will tip over … ah … and capsize.
Thunderstruck by such
ignorance, Admiral Robert F. Willard hardly knew how to respond, but
answered with,
Ah …
we don’t anticipate that.
But, Congressman
Johnson wasn’t finished:
Ah …
a lot of people … er … don’t like to think about that, but …
er … but they don’t like to think about global warming either.
But … ah … now we have to think about it.
Johnson’s office
later said that the Congressman “is simply a tremendous deadpan,”
meaning his comments were a joke, not meant to be taken seriously.
The YouTube video of
Johnson’s “joke” became an Internet sensation in the week prior
to the Congressman’s reelection to the US House of Representatives.
Congressman Johnson
first came to office in 2006 replacing defeated six-term Black
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
Ms. McKinney had become
an intolerably hot commodity for the establishment with her outspoken
remarks supporting the 9/11 Truth Movement, basically calling for a
new investigation into the largely unexplained aspects of the
disaster.
The brave lady also
supported anti-war legislation and introduced articles of impeachment
against President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Ms.
Cynthia McKinney had said and done too much. She had to go. One would
think, however, that the power brokers could have found someone
smarter to replace Ms. McKinney at least someone smart enough to
know that oceanic islands do not capsize.
Could Congressman Hank
Johnson be representative of our politicians and bureaucrats in
Washington, DC?
J. Speer-Williams
Jsw4@mac.com
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