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Balloon Boy tells CNN: "We did it for the show"
CNN ^ | 10/15/20 | CNN

Posted on 10/15/2009 7:18:44 PM PDT by dragnet2

http://laist.com/2009/10/15/uncomfortable_moment_balloon_boy_te.php

Also on KFI Los Angeles, we just heard it...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balloonboy; falconheene; hoax
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We'll let you decide...lol
1 posted on 10/15/2009 7:18:44 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

my mother would be so busy beating my little punk a$$ the cameramen would have turned aound... fade to black... fade back in to boy crying. I’d have deserved it to.


2 posted on 10/15/2009 7:21:08 PM PDT by allmost
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To: dragnet2

TOLD Ya’ll It was a HOAX....


3 posted on 10/15/2009 7:21:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: dragnet2

I suspect the older siblings may have had more of a hand in it than the parents.


4 posted on 10/15/2009 7:21:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: tcrlaf

Yep. Someone could end up paying some big $$$$ to the city and state and whatever other resources were wasted. Those TV stations and cable channels probabaly skipped some commercials for it.


5 posted on 10/15/2009 7:23:06 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: tcrlaf

Oh yeah!

That Dad seemed to act like he didn’t hear what his own boy said....

Too much!


6 posted on 10/15/2009 7:23:26 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: tcrlaf

Yes and they should get the bill for the disruption of everyones day cops rescue peeps the airliners


7 posted on 10/15/2009 7:23:45 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom ;))
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To: dragnet2

They need to lock his mom and dad up in prison and make them pay for the entire “rescue” costs.


8 posted on 10/15/2009 7:24:50 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: dragnet2

Lawd. Is this a testament to NEVER go on reality shows? The fam was on ‘Wife Swap’ from what I read.


9 posted on 10/15/2009 7:24:52 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ($$$$$OBAMA MONEY!!!$$$$$ /s)
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To: al baby

“they should get the bill for the disruption of everyones day cops rescue peeps the airliners”

Just the cops DONUT Bill alone could run into 5 digits on this one!!


10 posted on 10/15/2009 7:25:03 PM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: BenLurkin
I suspect the older siblings may have had more of a hand in it than the parents.

I made the following point on an earlier thread: the father knew that the son could only have been in the basket attached to the bottom of the balloon. The television video showed perfectly clearly that there was no basket attached to the bottom of the balloon! Therefore, the father is responsible for allowing emergency responders to chase on the ground after the balloon for a couple of hours, fearing the entire time that the life of a child was at risk. The father is also responsible for allowing the story of what was only a drifting empty balloon to monopolize network and cable news shows for a couple of hours on Thursday afternoon.

The father should be in some serious trouble.

11 posted on 10/15/2009 7:25:12 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: tcrlaf

YUP!!!!!

I thought of that as soon as the news reports said something about his old man being on the “Wife Swapping” show or some other trash.

He had his fifteen minutes, and decided he didn’t want to live in obscurity.

Charges?
Filing a false police report...???


12 posted on 10/15/2009 7:26:05 PM PDT by djf (Some people are proud. Some people are curious. I'm proud that I'm curious!!)
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To: dragnet2

The interview I saw, the kid’s old man spent more time explaining (promoting) the “craft” than talking about the incident. Smells funny, for sure.


13 posted on 10/15/2009 7:26:12 PM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: snarks_when_bored

I expect he’s going to get a whopping bill for all this.


14 posted on 10/15/2009 7:27:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: al baby

I almost called in to the local talk show to say that this kid should foot the bill and payback everything through community service....I just figured I would somehow be labled a racist...


15 posted on 10/15/2009 7:27:23 PM PDT by waterhill (Zero, you suck..)
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To: allmost

Yeah but that would lead to obstruction of justice and witness tampering charges.


16 posted on 10/15/2009 7:28:42 PM PDT by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA--a/k/a ObamaCare--or lose reelection)
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To: GeronL

They reporting this is a bombshell
_________________________________________________________

Dad: Did you hear us calling you”

Balloon Boy: Yes

Dad: Why didn’t you come out...

Balloon Boy: “Because you guys said we did this for the show”


17 posted on 10/15/2009 7:28:58 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: BenLurkin

Yep, he ought to. It should also be investigated whether he misled emergency responders in any way, especially by failing to point out that since there was no basket attached to the balloon, his son could not be in it!


18 posted on 10/15/2009 7:28:59 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: clintonh8r

See 17...That is exactly what he said on tape with CNN


19 posted on 10/15/2009 7:29:46 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

poor boy. He really messed up. How could they put their hoax on the shoulders of a 6 year old boy?

Have they never seen the show “Kids say the darndest things”


20 posted on 10/15/2009 7:30:28 PM PDT by GeronL
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