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How a Former Assistant Ratted Out Balloon Boy's Dad
gawker.com ^ | 10/17/09 | Foster Kamer

Posted on 10/17/2009 5:16:11 PM PDT by Evil Slayer

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To: Carley
If he put the TV on and saw the balloon he KNEW that there was no way his son could be onboard. The basket tht would hold a passenger was NOT attached. Doubtful it ever was attached.

The family released video showing that it was MOM and DAD who let the balloon go. Dad does a countdown and then has a "tantrum" because mom let go altogether instead of just letting it go up a bit.

21 posted on 10/17/2009 6:29:21 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: Dianna

Balloon man now stating he does not have cable and has no idea what is being said about him.


22 posted on 10/17/2009 6:52:54 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Cicero

If his wackiness is to the point where he is putting his kids at risk, I care.


23 posted on 10/17/2009 7:10:21 PM PDT by fightinJAG (Mr. President: Why did you appoint a Communist to your Administration?)
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To: Dianna
The family released video showing that it was MOM and DAD who let the balloon go. Dad does a countdown and then has a "tantrum" because mom let go altogether instead of just letting it go up a bit.

As a # 3 son, I suspect what happened was while Dad was having the "tantrum", the little kid ran for cover, often being the one blamed for anything that goes wrong. Everyone is looking up at the balloon and no one sees where he goes. When they look around, the balloon and kid are both gone. They all figure that they went together. No one does the weight vs lift calculations. Someone calls 911. Could be hoax, but I doubt it since the qualifier on Dad's science is amateur.

24 posted on 10/17/2009 7:13:18 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: Western Phil
Dad does a countdown and then has a "tantrum" because mom let go altogether instead of just letting it go up a bit.

Dad had a tantrum because nobody bought "Cell", even though it was pretty good.

Balloon Dad:

...is actually Stephen King:


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

25 posted on 10/17/2009 7:19:41 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Evil Slayer
The breaking point: Heene told his then-assistant of Reptilians who could shape-shift that were running the shadow government...

He got that from listening to Coast to Coast with George Noory. It's a problem when some loony-tunes actually BELIEVE these ridiculous stories. Like with the Art Bell/Hale-Bopp comet/Heaven's Gate/Raelians/suicide thing that happened several years ago. Art Bell was whipping up a comet frenzy almost every night. When the members of the cult were then found dead, Art Bell realized that he had made a grave error. So he brought his mother on to the show, to try and salvage his reputation. Not to mention all the Y2K hysteria that he was directly responsible for.

26 posted on 10/17/2009 8:02:04 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

Not to mention “the quickening” - all the climate change hysteria that Art Bell started. I wonder if Al Gore got all his nonsense from Art Bell?


27 posted on 10/17/2009 8:03:58 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: CaptainK

Im convinced ...they are filing charges tomorrow


28 posted on 10/17/2009 8:05:23 PM PDT by woofie
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To: GnuHere

Actually the Whitehouse gang really could use this theme for a great publicity stunt. Let’s have SloJo Biden wander into the UFO balloon on the Whitehouse lawn and take off. We can have a national emergency. Then it turns out SloJo was hiding in the west wing, afraid of what Obambi would say if he found out that SloJo wasn’t actually in the UFO. In the meantime, Obambi declares martial law, and puts SloJo’s photo on milk cartons as missing.


29 posted on 10/17/2009 8:08:31 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: The Comedian

They're Coming to Take Me Away - Heene Family


30 posted on 10/17/2009 8:38:24 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: ken21

I think this was also on Geraldo tonight. I was channel surfing and caught wind of it.


31 posted on 10/17/2009 9:26:26 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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