Animby - Sarcasm Available Upon Request says:

# 16 bobbo, “the guy even says he was speaking metaphorically. You do know what a metaphor is???”

Well, maybe I need to listen to the vid again but I heard no metaphor. A metaphor is when you compare something to something very different. If you overpopulate an island so much that it might capsize might pass the test for hyperbole but certainly not for metaphor.

And whatever he “meant” in retrospect, it certainly sounded like he was being sincere. And if he was so severely medicated that he couldn’t think straight, why did his staff allow him to attend the hearing? I guess Harry Reid has mad it okay to appear in Congress “medicated” to the gills.

Kudos to the poor Naval officer for his diplomatic demeanor in the face of abject stupidity.

themojoman says:

He’s just STUPID. Look where he was elected. Now can you understand what the CONGRESSMEN that are normal have to deal with.

GetSmart says:

Tipping Point Island. I used to go fishing there with my Dad when I was a youngster.

polybot says:

I’m just pleased the government are finally supporting my theory on rising water levels, it’s not global warming, it’s island sinking!
Ever notice how the people of Tonga and Tuvalu are really fat?
And those fat folks in New Orleans, that’s why the city sank below water level.
Also, earthquakes in Haiti and Chile caused by too much dancing.

Dallas says:

I think he was a bit too dramatic.

He should have said something more believable like ” adding too many people may disturb the ocean waters in a way that might part the seas”

bobbo, riding the ass of the law says:

#20–Animby==”I was speaking metaphorically” was not on the posted video but rather in other videos as a followup answer to a reporter.

anything can be linked/metaphored to anything else. Just a question of intelligence and imagination. As a doc, I assume its the imagination you lack?

Imagine an island in the ocean is like a plate balanced on the edge of a table. Imagine further that the number of military people on the island is like the number of peas on that plate. If too many of the peas are placed over the edge of the table—then boom goes the dynamite.

Hope that clears the fog and connects the dots in your cluttered repository of stored imagery.

bobbo, riding the ass of out of touch elites says:

I watched the video again. Yea, I gotta admit he doesn’t “sound like” he is making a clever metaphor. If he is, he’s playing 3D Chess to my simple checkers.

Gildersleeve says:

OK, so let’s say this was all a joke. It didn’t come off as all that funny, outside of making the senator look like a drunken fool. So, what is the point of it all? In comedy it’s about timing, so he has only a limited period of time to let the audience know this is a joke. The fact that it’s NOT coming across as obvious doesn’t mean millions of people are stupid. It means millions of people are concerned that the senator (or any congressman for that matter) could in fact actually BE that stupid. Whatever our politics are, I think that nearly everyone is concerned that a considerable portion of Washington has in fact already lost it, and that this exhibition is probably just a taste of it.

Now, here is what concerns me. The senator comes across as goofy, at best. The military advisor comes across as intelligent and patient without being patronizing. Now really, for at least a brief moment, didn’t you get the feeling the wrong groups are in charge? Or maybe, just maybe, the roles have already been reversed? The coup has already taken place?

BoatCaptian says:

He can’t help it, he’s a lawyer.
At first I thought Harvard or Yale, but no, even better – Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
QED