Posted on 04/01/2010 8:44:54 AM PDT by Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo
THE HONORABLE HENRY C. "HANK" JOHNSON JR, D-GA: This is a, ah, island that, at its bridest [sic] level, is what? 12 miles from shore to shore? And at its smallest level, ah, ah, oh, smallest, ah, aaahhhhh, location it's, ah, 7 miles, ah, ah, between one shore and the other. Is zat correct?
ADMIRAL ROBERT WILLARD, USN: I don't have the exact, ah, dimensions, but, ah, to your point, sir, I think Guam is a small island.
JOHNSON JR, D-GA: Very small island, and about 24 miles, if I recall, long. So twenty, twenty-fo' miles long, about 7 miles wide at the least widest [sic], ah, place on the island, and about twinny, about twelf' miles wide, ah, ah, on the widest part of da island. And, ahm, I don' know how many square miles that that is - do you happen to know?
WILLARD, USN: I don't have that, ah, figure with me, sir; I can certainly supply it to you if you'd like.
JOHNSON JR, D-GA: Yeah. Mah, mah fee-yuh is dat, ah, da whole island will, ah, become so overly populated dat it will tip ovah', an', ah, an' capsize.
WILLARD, USN: Ah, we don't anticipate that; the ah, the ah, Guam population I think currently about 175,000, and again with 8,000 Marines and their families it's an addition of about 25,000, ah, more, ah, into the population.
JOHNSON JR, D-GA: And, ah, and also, ah, things like the, ah, environment, ah, the sessitive [sic] areas of, ah, the environment - coral reefs and those kinds of things - and I know dat, you know, lots of people don't like to think about that, but, you know, when you think about global warming either [sic], and, ahhmmmm, now we do have to think about it, and so, ah, I'm concerned from an environmental standpoint, whether or not Guam is the, da', da' best place to do dis relocation, but it's axually [sic] the only place, is that correct?
WILLARD, USN: Ah, this is the best place, this is the farthest west U.S. territory that we own, and, ah, you know, I, this is part of our nation. Ah, and in re-addressing the forward presence and posture importance, ah, to Pacific Command, ah, Guam is, ah, vital to this decision.
The Jackson quotes are best read aloud in the voice of George “Kingfish” Stevens.
We certainly do not send our best and brightest to Washington, do we?
Long large two hour video of the entire committee session:
http://armedservices.edgeboss.net/wmedia/armedservices/fc032510.wvx
The questioning by Rep. Hank Johnson begins about 1:32’ish, and I believe the tipping statement comes about 1:36.
The Admiral deserves the Medal of Honor for keeping a straight face.
Kudos to ADMIRAL ROBERT WILLARD for maintaining his composure.
“We certainly do not send our best and brightest to Washington, do we?”
The even scarier thing is that this is the guy who replaced Cynthia McKinney in Congress.
I think both Johnson and McKinney speak volumes about the kind of people living in Georgia’s 4th Congressional District.
Sheila Jackson Lee nods in agreement!
It reads just like s script from Amos and Andy.
How did Adm WILLARD keep from breaking out in laughter?
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