We are in trouble.......

......if this idiot is an example of our House leadership.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...67-503544.html

Note CicPacFlt's handling of the situation. Well done, Admiral.

Louie

As an aside:

The Dept of Defense is planning on moving 8,000 Marines and their
families. During Vietnam, Anderson AFB on the north coast of Guam held
18,000 people. Throw in another 700 at NavComStaGuam, and another 1000
at the Naval Base in Apra, plus the Naval Weapons Depot and you had
more than 4000 Americans on the island. And, guess what? It didn't
tip over. It didn't even sink a millimeter. Imagine that.

Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

On Apr 1, 6:33*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

Maybe it was an April Fool's joke.

Tim Lysyk

On 2010-04-01 21:19:36 -0400, troutsky said:

Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

No, he was serious. He was very concerned that "so many" Americans
were going to such a "small island." I lived on Guam for 6 months.
There were more Americans on Guam during Vietnam than there now will
be. Google maps Guam and look at all the housing that used to be in
the north-east part of the island. You can still see the "Elephant
Cage" (Wollenweber Circular Display Antenna). It's the big round thing
between Anderson and the west coast.

Dave

On Apr 1, 8:47*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-04-01 21:19:36 -0400, troutsky said:

Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

No, he was serious. *He was very concerned that "so many" Americans
were going to such a "small island." *I lived on Guam for 6 months. *
There were more Americans on Guam during Vietnam than there now will
be. *Google maps Guam and look at all the housing that used to be in
the north-east part of the island. *You can still see the "Elephant
Cage" (Wollenweber Circular Display Antenna). *It's the big round thing
between Anderson and the west coast.

Dave

Uh Dave, they're all Americans on Guam.
Frank Reid

On 4/1/10 8:53 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:47 pm, David wrote:
On 2010-04-01 21:19:36 -0400, said:

Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

No, he was serious. He was very concerned that "so many" Americans
were going to such a "small island." I lived on Guam for 6 months.
There were more Americans on Guam during Vietnam than there now will
be. Google maps Guam and look at all the housing that used to be in
the north-east part of the island. You can still see the "Elephant
Cage" (Wollenweber Circular Display Antenna). It's the big round thing
between Anderson and the west coast.

Dave

Uh Dave, they're all Americans on Guam.
Frank Reid

They're not "real" Americans.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Frank Reid © 2010
wrote:

On Apr 1, 8:47*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-04-01 21:19:36 -0400, troutsky said:

Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

No, he was serious. *He was very concerned that "so many" Americans
were going to such a "small island." *I lived on Guam for 6 months. *
There were more Americans on Guam during Vietnam than there now will
be. *Google maps Guam and look at all the housing that used to be in
the north-east part of the island. *You can still see the "Elephant
Cage" (Wollenweber Circular Display Antenna). *It's the big round thing
between Anderson and the west coast.

Dave

Uh Dave, they're all Americans on Guam.

Are you sure? I mean, a trusting sort might think they are "Americans," but are
they real, good ol' fashioned _AMERICAN_ "Americans"...? I mean, before ya know
it, some of them Peruvians, Hondurans, and GOD FORBID, MEXICANS are liable to
sneak in on ya...

HTH,
R
....and whoo-doggies, if them AFRICAN-"Americans" manage to get in, well...there
goes the Guamihood....

Frank Reid

On 2010-04-01 22:53:38 -0400, Frank Reid � 2010 said:

On Apr 1, 8:47Â*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-04-01 21:19:36 -0400, troutsky said:

Make that more than 20,000 Americans instead of 4,000.

No, he was serious. Â*He was very concerned that "so many" Americans
were going to such a "small island." Â*I lived on Guam for 6 months. Â*
There were more Americans on Guam during Vietnam than there now will
be. Â*Google maps Guam and look at all the housing that used to be in
the north-east part of the island. Â*You can still see the "Elephant
Cage" (Wollenweber Circular Display Antenna). Â*It's the big round thing
between Anderson and the west coast.

Dave

Uh Dave, they're all Americans on Guam.
Frank Reid

I know it's a U.S. territory, so technically, yeah. But when I was
there ten thousand years ago, everyone referred to the locals as
"Guamanians". It wasn't a racial slur - they referred to themselves
that way.

It is now a big tourist stop-over for wealthy Japanese. When I was
there in '57, there were still Japanese soldiers left over from WWII.
One turned himself in just before I arrived.

Nice place....... to visit.

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 20:12:11 -0400, David LaCourse wrote:

.....if this idiot is an example of our House leadership.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...67-503544.html

Note CicPacFlt's handling of the situation. Well done, Admiral.

Louie

Ya know, anything is possible, but this guy says he didn't really think that
Guam would literally "tip over." I gotta say, I tend to believe him...and he is
at least moderately well-educated...so I'm not sure if it's because he is a
lawyer or in spite of it, but either way, I'd say he has one more "oops" to go
before condemnation. FWIW, he DID claim that if Joe Wilson wasn't punished for
his "you lie!" outburst, the KKK would soon take over and be running the halls
of Congress in full (or king size, as the case might be) bedsheet regalia...that
was one of his three...

And I gotta say, I'm not all that sure myself as to why Guam needs all these
extra Marines, American or otherwise...I mean, what, are the Micronesians really
THAT big a threat...and if the news reports are to be believed, WW2 is pretty
much over...

HTH,
R