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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."
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.
4.21.2010
Rep. Johnson: U.S. Military could cause Guam to tip over and capsize
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Once again, the Clousteau, Jr. exploration of the Marianas found Guam to be grounded by Two Pillars or The Tips of Two Volcanos instead of the single, flat bedrock Mass. This means the island CAN Tip Over. The Marianas Trench is 7-miles deep; deepest sinkhole in the world. Merizo at the southern tip of Guam is at the edge of the Trench. Can the island Tip over and roll into the Trench. HELL YEAH. Another 8.2 quake like the one in 1993 can Technically Tip the Island over and roll into the Trench...NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
Yes Pamela, however moving a few thousand people around ain't gonna do it. Johnson is a fool.
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