It would be the biggest whoosh ever, right?
Tip o the day.
Dont pretend to be REALLY stupid unless most folks know you REALLY arent. And even then, put in some subtle clues that the whole things a joke.
I was laughing along with everyone else until I learned that Rep. Johnson suffers from Hepatitis C, and that the treatments from that have affected his concentration. So I won’t call the man an idiot - though I will note with sadness that he probably has reached the point that he no longer can represent his district.
Bit of a stretch to blame medically-induced loss of concentration. Assuming he wasn’t being sarcastic, the comment displays a pretty fundamental misapprehension of physical geography and geomorphogeny, which isn’t (IMHO) a concentration issue.
Might be so, but considering his overall demeanor wasn’t quite right, and given that he has documented health problems, I’m just not inclined to pile on.
By no means does that imply any endorsement of his reelection - my general posting history ought to make that clear.
Don’t know what that is, you liberal smarty-pants, but I’m willing to bet its something homo.
Don’t worry. I know where your bread is buttered. 
Anyway, even if it is due to his treatment, I can’t very well excuse him for that. If he can’t carry out the duties of his office he should resign.
Well, sort of. A big part of it is the study of phallic landmasses and geographic features.
Like mossy fiords and straight rigid penninsulas? Cause, man, that stuff rocks.
If you notice, he has a very hard time finding the words to express the idea that Guam is “4 miles wide at its narrowest point and 9 miles wide at its widest point.” I’ve seen Johnson speaking before and he didn’t seem this inarticulate.
I think it’s plausible that he was trying to use the “so many people it might tip over” concept as some kind of odd metaphor for expressing worry about environmental impact. The information offered by Mr. Moto seems to support that he was trying something like that but that the effects of his medication made it come out all wrong.
Seriously? Medication for a treatable illness that make him kind of inarticulate temporarily means he should resign? What about if he gets the 'flu and can’t make it to work for several weeks?
Ouch. That was painful to watch. I’d like to see some other video of him to see the degree to which his manner might have been due to drugs he might be taking for his illness. On the other hand, I can see how his illness might result in him being slow or lethargic, but I can’t imagine how it would cause someone to spout some nonsense such as “we must make sure the sky is safe for our flying kittens”.
I see what you did there.
Regards,
Shodan
For 24 to 48 weeks out of a two-year term? Yes.
ETA: I’m not saying he can’t do his job. I don’t know him from Adam and I’m not going to base my assessment of his impairment on two minutes of video footage. I’m saying if he can’t perform his job duties (for such a significant period of time) he should resign.
Medication that makes you inarticulate should certainly make you think about calling in sick to a Congressional hearing where you are expected to provide articulate and pointed questions - yes.
Holy shit, that’s amazingly ignorant.
I had a Donald Duck comic book when I was a very young kid, and it had a floating island. I wonder if he had the same one and took it a bit too seriously?
Given that a politician’s REAL job is running for office, I’d say this situation is self correcting.
That was one of Carl Barks’ Uncle Scrooge comics. A classic. The idea of floating islands is an old one in fiction. Jules Verne wrote a novel about one – Propellor Island.
Floating Islands in fiction never seem to come to good ends – they invariably get on a collision course with something and/or sink.
Informed sources tell him that Saddam’s WMD’s are scheduled to arrive at Apra Harbor on the night of the next new moon, April 14th. The weapon’s combined mass is enough to capsize islands far larger than Guam alone.
Probably more than you want to know.
Then you’ve got your pumice rafts.
Who is to say that Guam is not one of these oddities of nature?
On occasion, Sarah Palin has even seen such capsizements from her own window!