Should we begin random drug testing members of congress?

[NoGooD]

A family member just sent this to me via email. It's of a gent that holds a position in the house of representatives 4th congressional district in Georgia. I figured it would be good for a laugh. Now if I could just find out what this guy is on, I'd be set for a good evening.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yT48wiRue4

[OnionKnight]

lol wait how did this guy get a position in the US house of representatives. I mean I don't even know what he is saying

[PHANTASM]

How truly sad that this man represents the American people.

 

He actually thinks if Guam has too many people the island will tip over.

 

He seems sincerely concerned about this, and "the environment, you know global warming and all that" through his haze.

 

Perhaps he does represent the people of his district quite well.

 

Marion Berry, a convicted crack addict, was elected mayor of Washington DC. He represented the citizens of Washington DC perfectly.

[NoGooD]

You have to give Adm. WIllard some credit for keeping a straight face. On a side note, I did some checking around, figuring there had to be some story behind it. Here's what I came across taken from CBS News

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is raising some eyebrows with a comment he made about the U.S. territory of Guam during a House Armed Services Committee hearing last Thursday.

 

In a discussion regarding a planned military buildup on the Pacific island, Johnson expressed some concerns about the plans to Adm. Robert Willard, head of the U.S. Pacific fleet.

 

"My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," Johnson said. Willard paused and replied, "We don't anticipate that."

 

Online pundits have wasted no time lampooning the congressman for his remarks.

 

"Presumably, when you're the head guy of a major fleet for a big-time navy, you've got plenty of other ways of filling your time other than reassuring congressmen on whether miscellaneous land masses are likely to tip over and sink," Mark Steyn wrote at the National Review Online. "But it's business as usual in Congress."

 

The blog Left Coast Rebel said, "Call it a new low, a new 'tipping point' - even in the halls of Congress, if you will."

 

According to the Hill, a spokesman for Johnson responded to the incident by saying the congressman is concerned the influx of military personnel will overwhelm the island's infrastructure and ecosystem.

 

If Johnson's remarks were meant figuratively, he had a legitimate point.

 

The United States plans to move thousands of Marines and their families, about 8,000 people in all, to the small island of Guam, which has a current population of about 180,000. To prepare for the military buildup, the government is constructing new facilities on the island like an additional Marine base and a new airfield.

 

At the peak of construction, Guam's population would increase by 79,000 people, or about 45 percent, the Washington Post reported. The Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly said the military buildup could trigger island-wide water shortages and overload sewage systems and other public utilities.

 

Update 6:30 p.m. ET: Johnson released a statement on Thursday saying he was joking, according to CNN.

 

"The subtle humor of this obviously metaphorical reference to a ship capsizing illustrated my concern about the impact of the planned military buildup on this small tropical island," the statement said.

 

Just my opinion, but he didn't seem to be speaking about a metaphor in that video. I still can't stop laughing at the guy talking about Guam tipping over.

[One*Click]

Forget random drug tests.

 

I say we search more into this witchcraft that Christine O'Donnell practiced.

 

Oh I hope she wins so we can all go insane.

[Duckie]

LOL. This guy is either really dumb, or he is just BAKED.

[G!NG3R420]

Before they said Guam, I thought he was talking about the Jamaican Islands where is gets his supply from and thats why he was so baked! Props to the Admiral for being able to not laugh in this douches face.