Romney doesn't know Oxygen fuels fires.

by Mopeder Posted 2012/09/24 20:23:31

Related Topics: Fuel, Denver, Romney, Pilot, Fires, US, Worried

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	Romney is truly ignorant.	41 votes	71%
	Romney was right about letting in more oxygen.	3 votes	5%
	Other comment	9 votes	16%
	Undecided	1 vote	2%
	None of the above	4 votes	7%

“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.”

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luvguins 2012/09/24 21:25:57

Romney is truly ignorant.

+9
OMG, How ignorant is that, and this guy wants to run this country.
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bob h. 2012/10/04 14:19:10

Romney is truly ignorant.

Sociopaths have no need for any knowledge outside of immediate self-gratification. If he feels good suggesting that cranking down windows on a plane doing 600 mph at 30,000 ft,; then he'll say so. The fact that the statement is beyond stupid, is irrelevant.

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sidramone@ymail.com 2012/09/28 22:09:36

Romney is truly ignorant.

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Waffling Willard Romney is becoming the GOP Joe Biden

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cybernestical 2012/09/26 23:31:32

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I wanna move to another planet...
Mitt Romney: "I stand by what I said, whatever it was."

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Shinimegami 2012/09/25 23:55:22

Romney is truly ignorant.

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Hard to believe that Romney could really be that dumb.

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sidramo... to Shinime... 2012/09/28 22:13:36

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I can't believe the RNC was dumb enough to pick him in 2008 and force him on us in 2012

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aherbert 2012/09/25 21:46:22

Romney is truly ignorant.

Romney is a nut case ... I think seriously it is from inbreeding ... those Mormon compounds are a small tight community ... they don't think it is wrong to marry ones first cousin ... and the family structure ... when one have five grandmothers who know the relation of one’s parents ... hey I am just saying ....

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Sofahead 2012/09/25 21:46:02

None of the above

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While you all are having your funfest about Romney's understand of science or lack, it doesn't mean he's ignorant about most things. Obama is the guy as a candidate who once said he had been to 57 states, was going to vist two more but couldn't get to the last, for a guy who was running for President not getting the number of states correct is far more disturbing.

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melvin taylor 2012/09/25 18:06:48

Romney is truly ignorant.

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He is the type that would use lighter fluid vs gasoline.

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Q 2012/09/25 13:57:18

Romney is truly ignorant.

+1

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kudabux 2012/09/25 13:50:00

Romney is truly ignorant.

Opening a door in a jet will cause the oxygen to be sucked out, along with everything else.

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sjalan 2012/09/25 06:12:33

Romney is truly ignorant.

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One of these days I hope, people will realize that not only was he raised with a silver spoon in his mouth, his parents put a stupid stick up his posterior orifice.

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Night71 2012/09/25 05:13:10

Romney is truly ignorant.

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There is nooo way in hell anyone running for president has made it past grade 5. Bush and Mitt prove that very well.

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mr echo 2012/09/25 03:40:49

Romney is truly ignorant.

+1
Very sad

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D.C. Willis 2012/09/25 01:20:35

Romney is truly ignorant.

+3
One gaffe after another and he is simply ignorant. If he managed his own affairs he would probably be broke.

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me 2012/09/25 01:04:04

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The question is a little odd in talking about oxygen fueling fire when the greater danger is sudden decompression of the cabin and the sucking out of the oxygen from the cabin of the plane if you "open a window". Along with other items like people. But bottom line, yes, he's pretty ignorant acting most of the time. Sometimes I think he must be talking dumb on the supposition that everyone is so much stupider than he is that he's actually "connecting" with them by talking down to them. Whatever. He wasn't on the plane or he probably would have busted a window open and that would be the end of that question.

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Dub 2012/09/25 00:44:34

None of the above

Sounds more like he was concerned if the people on the plane were going to choke to death on the smoke, and if they could have opened a window to let some smoke out. But yes that could have made the fire worse.

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D.C. Wi... to Dub 2012/09/25 01:17:05

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If the jet was high enough and a window was opened the pressure inside the plane will drop, and everyone inside will die.

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Dub to D.C. Wi... 2012/09/25 01:19:35

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Yes I know that, I think a worse death tho would be choking on smoke from a fire, but I could be wrong.

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D.C. Wi... to Dub 2012/09/25 01:21:54

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End result is still the same and I would not want to go out either way. Not good options.

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Dub to D.C. Wi... 2012/09/25 02:02:51

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Well no one does, but in the situation of die from smoke or die from decompression, I think I'd take decompression personally.

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D.C. Wi... to Dub 2012/09/25 02:06:59 (edited)

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LOL, I cannot see being sucked through one of those little windows and flailing around all smushed up as I fall to be a better option. Lay on the floor and maybe the carbon monoxide will Knock you out cold before the smoke reaches you. Each to his own though. :-)

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Seiryuu 2012/09/25 00:38:25

Undecided

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I really, really hope that he was joking.

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BK 2012/09/24 22:46:36

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Why didn't the masks come down if there was smoke? This plane doesn't sound very safe. I'm glad she is okay, though, I don't wish anyone harm.

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ProudPr... to BK 2012/09/24 23:26:29

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It was a private jet. I don't know whether they are required to have drop down masks the way commercial flights do.

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Willski 2012/09/24 22:31:47

Romney is truly ignorant.

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Heh, well, he might not be ignorant. It's possible he's just an idiot.
Or both.

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Lulu's Mom to Willski 2012/09/24 23:16:40

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That could be.

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redneck woman 2012/09/24 22:16:52

None of the above

I guess you don't need oxygen if you don't want to breath.

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JackSchitt 2012/09/24 22:10:51

Romney was right about letting in more oxygen.

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What he said makes perfect sense. Accorting to the United States Fire Administration statistics, 70% all of fire deaths are the result of smoke inhalation. Actual flames and burns only account for about 30 percent of fire-related deaths and injuries.

From what I read, the fire was an electrical fire, so it was most likely small and contained. In a sealed plane cabin, his wife probably suffered a MUCH greater chance of harm from the smoke than from the fire itself.

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ProudPr... to JackSchitt 2012/09/24 23:27:13

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And the likelihood of explosive decompression killing everyone in the cabin doesn't matter?

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JackSchitt to ProudPr... 2012/09/25 02:26:47

So you think the only two choices are:
A) Open a giant hole in the fuselage big enough to cause explosive decompression
B) Choke to death

Back in the 60s and 70s, they used to filter more outside air into the pressurized cabin. But with each passing decade, they look for better fuel economy so they shoot for less drag...all the while sealing the cabin tighter. By the end of the 90s there was a 30% drop in outside air ventilation. Apparently it's a big deal with all the health problems that stem from the stale air.

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Shinime... to JackSchitt 2012/09/25 23:57:33

What happens when you depressurize a jet thousands of feet up? It crashes. 0% chance of survival.

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JackSchitt to Shinime... 2012/09/26 00:22:15

Please see my response above

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flrdsgns 2012/09/24 22:10:12

Romney is truly ignorant.

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The country would be better off if they had pumped more oxygen in. These two definetly belong in the shallow end of the gene pool

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me to flrdsgns 2012/09/25 00:46:14

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That wouldn't have done any good. He wasn't on the plane.

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Keeping It Real 2012/09/24 22:09:45

Romney is truly ignorant.

+3
If it's not about how to make a buck he's clueless!

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={WGO}=captnesti 2012/09/24 21:28:22

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He meant for breathing...he knows oxygen fuels fires but it also enables us to breathe...pressurized air is why we can breathe without much trouble in an aircraft. Seriously you take everything an opponent to Obama has and make it personal. You aren't even talking politics.

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ProudPr... to ={WGO}=... 2012/09/24 23:29:58

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I KNOW he meant for breathing. No one is suggesting that he WANTED to make the fire worse. But even assuming that the plane had neither drop down oxygen masks or accessible oxygen tanks (one or the other of which has got to be required by the FAA) the simple fact that you would decompress the passenger cabin and probably kill everyone in it is what makes it such an idiotic suggestion.

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Idiot r... to ProudPr... 2012/09/25 00:02:22

Those are regulations to have those requirements, thats what's killing profits in this country. Big government air masks.

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={WGO}=... to ProudPr... 2012/09/26 10:12:28

Okay, but it still isn't right to call him stupid. He may not have stopped to think about it. Obama didn't stop to think before saying "57 states", it just kinda came out. People need to stop criticizing canidates on small personal things and focus on the issues.

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me to ={WGO}=... 2012/09/25 00:57:11

Yes, that's obvious he meant for breathing. "Pressurized air" is the clue there. Granted, the question was a little obtuse in mentioning that fire is fueled by oxygen. But there is more danger of decompression by opening a window. That sucks things out of the airplane usually under great force and without bothering to tell people to tuck their legs and arms so they don't get ripped off on the way out the small windows. I knew that when I was about five.

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