Only HYDROGEN!!
Posted on 04/26/2013 1:03:57 PM PDT by mkmensinger
"“Imagine, Mr. Speaker, a world without balloons,” Johnson said. “How can we make sure that the injustice of there being no helium for comedians to get that high-pitched voice that we all hold near and dear to our hearts.”"
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Now they are doing damage control by saying he was just kidding. No, he was not.
*LOL*
We’re gonna need more balloons.
It won’t be long before they take the “HE” out of Helium to be politically correct.
And get rid of the dictionary and replace it with a vaginary.
We should be angry.
Such pearls of wisdom for morons like him should follow him around EVERYWHERE. At every public speach, someone should ask him about Guam. Whenever a microphone or camera is present, the public should be reminded what kind of fool they voted in.
At the time, the United States had a worldwide monopoly on helium gas that was used to provide the lift for these airships. Helium was inert and would not combust. However, the US guarded its helium supply and would restrict the sale of helium, if it would sell any. Other users of LTA aircraft were forced to use the alternative — highly combustible hydrogen. Although the primary user of LTA airships, Germany, was fanatical about safety on its Zeppelin airships, the fire and crash of the LZ-129 Hindenberg on 6 May 1937 at NAS Lakehurst, NJ killed the big rigid airships. Eventually, both the USN and Germany grounded their LTA airships and scrapped them by 1940.
The US Navy operated non-rigid LTA airships through WW2, primarily for convoy protection and ASW, during WW2. After the war, the Navy branched out into using the LTA airships for airborne early warning. The ZPW-3W was a huge LTA airship with an internal search radar. The ZPW-3W was the largest LTA airship used by the USN, but a fatal crash in 1962 led to the end of LTA airships in the USN.
The strategic helium supply still exists, although there are very few LTA airships that still require helium. Most of these LTA non-rigid airships have commercial owners, such as the famous Goodyear blimps. Since 2010, the USN is testing a new non-rigid airship called the MZ-3A. The MZ-3A is used as a testbed for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors requiring a stable and vibration free testing environment.
Although, in fairness (cough), we must admit that xenon hexafluoride CAN be created under extreme conditions and with, oh, a couple of million dollars worth of equipment (saw this done once, years ago; didn't believe my eyes at the subsequent qual analysis, wow).
Doubtless, Hanky-Poo was thinking of that experiment when he barfed up this recent idiocy passing for commentary. Absolutely. Never a doubt (choke, puke).
Again, comps on a wonderfully subtle insult, richly deserved by the Honorable Dumbshjt from Georgia.
Georgia’s 4th Congressional District is 59% black.
I’ve seen a film of XeF6 - very unstable! A tiny bit was placed on a small spoon and jostled and it popped loudly and disappeared (dissociated)! Fun stuff.
I wonder if this putz even knows anything about the essential uses of helium in fabrication and manufacturing?
Just a thought, mind you, not an actual plan. Probably a good device for a thriller novel. Doubtless a good chemist could come up with something more clever (and a damned sight cheaper, eh?)
FReegards, m'friend.
You can always depend on Hank, he never lets you down!
They say your IQ drops 25 to 30 points in the midst of a drunken binge. I hope Hank doesn’t drink.
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