So, What Do You Get Out Of Science

[CountDeMoney]

From Mittenses' fundraiser reported today in 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."

I don't know why you can't open the windows on an aircraft, either.  It's a real problem. 

[HVC]

well to be fair the lack of oxygen from opening the windows at altitude would help put out the fire

[CountDeMoney]

well to be fair the lack of oxygen from opening the windows at altitude would help put out the fire

  Among a lot of other things.

[Neil]

I was hoping that this thread would be interesting rather than just more beating of Romney's dead horse.  And it's not even some kind of hillarious creationism retardation.  It's just some ho hum statement.

Seedy, you are to politics what Tim is to football.

[Caliga]

I saw that earlier as well.  He had to have been joking... right?

[CountDeMoney]

I was hoping that this thread would be interesting rather than just more beating of Romney's dead horse.  And it's not even some kind of hillarious creationism retardation.  It's just some ho hum statement.

Seedy, you are to politics what Tim is to football.

  FIRE IN DA HOLE

[HVC]

I was hoping that this thread would be interesting rather than just more beating of Romney's dead horse.  And it's not even some kind of hillarious creationism retardation.  It's just some ho hum statement.

Seedy, you are to politics what Tim is to football.

  FIRE IN DA HOLE

they have an oitment for that

[CountDeMoney]

they have an oitment for that

I was just going to open a window.

[Ed Anger]

I was going to say astronaut ice cream and Tang.

[HVC]

i'm intrigued by this astronaut ice cream of yours. are scribes allowed?

[HVC]

they have an oitment for that

I was just going to open a window.

i thought you'd be in a better mood after the ravens game. ride the politcs wave. you've got no paddle anyway

[Viking]

well to be fair the lack of oxygen from opening the windows at altitude would help put out the fire

no, it would just reduce the rate of combustion. So the fire would not go out it would just burn slower.

[Viking]

BTW, this guy also didn't believe in anthropogenic global warming and thought schools should teach both side of evolution vs creationism. So, him not getting how airplanes work at high altitude is not surprising.

[Ed Anger]

i'm intrigued by this astronaut ice cream of yours. are scribes allowed?

It is disgusting.

[Neil]

BTW, this guy also didn't believe in anthropogenic global warming and thought schools should teach both side of evolution vs creationism. So, him not getting how airplanes work at high altitude is not surprising.

I think you're misunderstanding the problem.  But then again, I'm talking to a guy that believes that arguing semantics against grumbler is a good use of time.