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Sorry Mitt, Science Not God Saved Ann Romney’s Smoking Airplane
As the plane Ann RMoney was flying in came to its final approach, smoke filled the airplane from a small electrical fire. Thank goodness the quick-thinking pilots successfully land the crippled airliner with no one hurt. Ann’s husband Willard chimed in and expressed his thoughts about the flight.
According to The Los Angeles Times,
Romney’s wife, Ann, was in attendance, and the candidate spoke of the concern he had for her when her plane had to make an emergency landing Friday en route to Santa Monica because of an electrical malfunction.
“I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.”
First of all, Willard did not thank the quick-thinking of the pilots landing the plane at Santa Monica Airport, but said, “I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes…”
The reason why Willard’s idea of rolling the window down is idiotic is because the cabin is pressurized. The reason it’s pressurized is to make sure that the comfort-level of the passenger is comparable to that of being at sea level. The air at sea level is about 14.7 PSI (pounds per square inch).
Now as you go up, the air pressure is dropped. If the cabin isn’t pressurized, passengers can suffer the following ailment:
Hypoxia. The low partial pressure of oxygen at an altitude reduces the alveolar oxygen tension in the lungs and subsequently in the brain, leading to sluggish thinking, dimmed vision, loss of consciousness, and ultimately death.
Altitude sickness. Hyperventilation, the body’s most common response to hypoxia, does help to partially restore the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood, but it also causes carbon dioxide (CO2) to out-gas, raising the blood pH and inducing alkalosis.
Decompression sickness. The low local partial pressure of gases, principally nitrogen (N2) but including all other gases, may cause dissolved gases in the bloodstream to precipitate out, resulting in gas embolism or bubbles in the bloodstream. The mechanism is the same as for compressed-air divers on ascent from depth.
Barotrauma. As the aircraft climbs or descends, passengers may experience discomfort or acute pain as gases trapped within their bodies expand or contract. The most common problems occur with air trapped in the middle ear (aerotitus) or paranasal sinuses by a blocked Eustachian tube or sinuses. Pain may also be experienced in the gastrointestinal tract or even the teeth (barodontalgia
Had the plane had the capability to “lower its windows” to allow the smoke out of the cabin, Ann would have suffered these symptoms and died. The pressure exiting the cabin would have sucked out all the air pressure and Ann would have suffocated.
This is the logic of Mitt RMoney, and Ann would have ended up in Kolob. Or maybe not. Why? Because of Ann’s role as a lobbyist. The LDS are against the Equal Rights for women.
As women have their roles in the home:
12. What does the Church teach about the particular responsibilities of fathers and mothersOur Creator has especially suited fathers and mothers, through physical and emotional differences, to fulfill their own particular parental responsibilities. Legislation that could blur those roles gives cause for concern.
see p. 11
So I guess Ann won’t end up in Kolob with her kids and Willard…and people want to vote for Willard for president?
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27 Responses to Sorry Mitt, Science Not God Saved Ann Romney’s Smoking Airplane
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Reynardine
Sep. 24th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
I note that Kolob, pronounced backwards…
Sally
Sep. 24th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Well, the Obama ad folks have more meat. This man just doesn’t think. At all. Ever. And it is telling that he did not thank the captain and crew. And by the way, didn’t the air masks comes down, and if they did, why didn’t Ann use one as instructed? That said, for all the stress she is under (just let her tell you!) her MS is staying remarkably in remission. She might want to share her medical secrets with the rest of us…you know, say something that would benefit society instead of tear it down.
Reynardine
Sep. 24th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
They don’t believe in benefitting society. They only believe in benefitting Society.
SinghX
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 9:39 am
“… for all the stress she is under (just let her tell you!) her MS is staying remarkably in remission. She might want to share her medical secrets with the rest of us…”
Ohmygawd, Sally, Sally, Sally, you hit the nail on the head! Truly. All the autoimmune disease and disorders of the brain are “elevated” under stress. Sometimes, even the tiniest “rush” can create a signal and the adrenaline rises; just ask anyone with MS, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s…
Queen Ann doesn’t seem to suffer or have to “cancel”, postpone her interviews due to “episodes”…plus, under the stress she claims, she should be doing very, very little in terms of public appearances, let alone campaigning…
Queen Ann has “connections” and uber-$’s that would allow her have had her gene pool analyzed somewhere in the world, and, have exact meds/dosages administered. Bill Clinton talked about this exact thing on Jon Stewart when he mentioned the new genetic tools that are being used at St.Lukes in order to find exact medication to cure children…
So, here I sit, “trying” to type, waiting for my appointment (end of December) to see a Neurologist who does wonders concocting “potions” that are close to individual “genetic” needs; not Ann. I’ve been told that finding the right “potion” is still a Harry Potter experiment. Michel J. Fox has just recently stumbled on to his personalized “concoction”…and he STILL needs more help while Ann “floats” in grace.
I say all this because there is no way she’s not getting world class treatment “somewhere” or, is “lying” about her condition…it’s black or white, one or the other; she’s got hers, fuck the rest.
lm945
Sep. 24th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
I never thought the Republicans could ever find a candidate dumber than George Bush.
I was wrong.
Donna
Sep. 24th, 2012 at 11:57 pm
I wrote that very same comment today. It sure is funny that some people can be really good at 1 thing and not be very smart about other things. I figured this out when I went to work at a hospital and worked with surgeons. Most of them were brilliant. Excellent at their work. But strangely clueless about a lot of other things.
Karen
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 1:33 am
Yes, like trying to pick out carpeting. Weird, isn’t it?
Sandra
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 11:20 am
Does this idiot not realise that oxygen is fuel when there’s a fire. Apart from the fact that the plane has to be pressurised, oxygen would have caused to the fire to spread to the entire plane. People really want this moron in their WH? Are they crazy?
Tim From LA
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 12:36 am
Regardless of what you may think of Obama, I am not smart. But I knew what to look up, research and post. The dummy thought that opening up the windows would clear out the air? Please, don’t vote for RMoney. I may be an atheist, but I pray NO ONE votes for him!
P.S., Imagine RMoney creates a submarine that opens its glass? Sends a rocket to the sun…at night? And goes to war with Iran because of 9/11? I better stop, I may smash my iPad!!!!!
get real
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 1:17 am
Now we know who those flight attendants are talking to when they tell you how to fasten a seatbelt: an ignorant dumbshit like Romney.
get real
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 1:25 am
It’s obvious that Romney has flown nothing but private aircraft. That’s how far out of touch he is with regular Americans.
He has missed out on the flight attendant safety presentations that we’ve all seen dozens of times that show you how to put on a oxygen mask.
Romney is a freaking JOKE.
nomad
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 3:34 am
In a desperate national emergency, Romney is exactly the kind of leader we do not need. Somebody who jumps the gun before all the information is in, somebody who gets his facts wrong consistently and never ever apologizes, somebody who likes to take credit for other people’s work, and most of all, somebody who, if trapped on a plane filling up with smoke, would be screaming at his wife to roll down those Gosh-darn windows!!
Karen
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 1:34 am
He also can’t figure out where to tie the dog on the top of the aircraft.
Tam in CA
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 1:52 am
The plane was never in serious danger. It was taken to the shop where my son works, where it was determined that the water heater in the tail section overheated. My son burst out laughing today though when he heard about Romney and the airplane window. And to think this man flies in planes regularly.
Tim From LA
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Awesome Tam! I’m glad there are people out there who are trained and educated too. I just hope that he doesn’t put in windows that roll down
nomad
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 3:30 am
Mitt “Chauncey Gardiner” Romney strikes again.
mikeyhatesit
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 11:30 am
I like the reference, but Sellers’ character actually improved things…
KatzKids
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 4:53 am
He’s going to mandate that the next private plane he orders/charters must have electronic windows, so he can just press a button to open them. Heaven forbid HE should have to actually roll down a window.
And Mitt being Mitt, he’ll just disregard anyone who tries to tell him the ramifications of opening windows in flight & order them to OBEY. Good luck in finding pilots Willard.
He makes GW look like a genius.
Christopher
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 7:36 am
I don’t understand the title of this article. There’s nothing in the article itself or Romney’s quote that suggests a God vs. science issue, though if he had said something like, “Thank God she’s OK” that would have been perfectly normal and not necessarily anti-science.
Paws
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 7:36 am
I wish we could open a window and throw Romney through it.
Janice I Falk
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 7:45 am
and this gives you a nice glimpse into the Mitt thought process- he doesn’t bother to know or understand the cognitive knowledge base (to understand why only a moron would open the window of a plane in flight), then jokes, then makes the case that he was right to begin with, never apologizing or bothering to use his brain or acknowledge reality…God imagine being married to this idiot, he uses every primitive defense mechanism that a five year old has in their arsenal.
lois
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 10:19 am
maybe he should build a plane with windows you can roll down so the next they have a problem, the both of them can be blown out. what a dumb azz.
Sandra
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 11:28 am
On the bright side, none of us will ever be flying in a plane that Mittens and his country club wife will be passengers on. Can u imagine this moron trying to break a window the next time a plane starts smoking?
Reynardine
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Does Ann Romney ever sleep nude?
No, she always has moron.
Tim From LA
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
I got an idea, if you’re on a jet with Rush Limbaugh and there is a hole with air escaping, shove his fat corpse of a body against the hole and let the him be the glue that prevents the jet from decompressing.
AverageJoe
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
Note that Romney has:
Hoxia: The low partial pressure in the brain, leading to sluggish thinking.
Attitude sickness: The body’s most common response to hoxia, but it also causes out-gas, inducing a halo.
De-compassion sickness: All other gases precipitate out, resulting in bubbles in the brood stream.
Barackotrauma: As he {Barack} climbs {in the poles}, assengers {guess who} may experience discomfort or acute pain as gases trapped within their bodies expand or contract. The most common problems occur with air trapped in the gastrointestinal tract {and are released}.
AverageJoe
Sep. 25th, 2012 at 10:40 pm
poles = polls {Both work}