[coon2000]

This looks interesting

[the long march]

This guy is as narcissistic as The One in the white house

[Red Badger]

That thing could not have lifted a chihuahua.................much less a boy..............

[trumandogz]

Now, there is no question that this was a hoax and both parents knew the entire time that the six year-old kid was not aboard the balloon.

Make them pay for the ‘rescue effort’ and make them spend some time in jail.

[UCANSEE2]

Yes, it does. But it seems to be a tease. I am sure there are also legal issues, being hotly pursued.

[sanjoaquinvalley]

As soon as I saw the wife swap guy I figured it was a publicity stunt. This was a tremendous waste of money, people power, emergency resources and time.
During that chase one of those rescuers could have gotten hurt. Not to mention all the people they upset.

[proud American in Canada]

bttt for later viewing

[LearnsFromMistakes]

While world worried

Seriously? the 'world' worried?

[murron]

From what I saw, there’s no way he could think that child was aboard that thing. I don’t even see where the child could have gotten in it, but the dad was there the whole time as it lifted up. This doesn’t sound exactly like the story he told Wolf Blitzer last night.

[Since 2009-07-21]

The father's into science and meteorology...he's a garage tinkerer/inventor...a real hands on guy according to his neighbor..........................and yet he couldn't even roughly calculate how much the balloon could lift, or that the balloon could not have possibly carried his son away?

"Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me!"

[Jeff Chandler]

He’s cussing the kid out because he let go if the tether, like a kid that age is responsible enough to do that.

I’d like to slap that pud head into the next time zone.

[Brown Deer]

They're Coming to Take Me Away - Heene Family

[feralcat]

That was some of the worst acting I’ve seen in a long time. Reminds me of a scene from “Reno 911.”

[deport]

Not sure of the validity of this but looks interesting..........

[RepublitarianRoger2]

This guy says he’s an amateur scientist. If that’s so, then he should have been able to calculate that there was no way in heck that his balloon would be able to lift off under the weight of a six-year-old kid. Not to mention that there appears that the balloon was designed with no opening at all that would be big enough to fit a human being.

Hoax, publicity stunt, screw-loose narcissistic idiocy. I have a feeling that when all is said and done, this guy’s going to be sorry he pulled this one.

Oh, and attention nutcases with kids named Falcon and would-be terrorists named Nutsiballah or whatever: Stop giving my otherwise great state a bad name! Go Broncos! :-)

[djf]

Clear cut case of fraud and an INTENT to deceive!!!!

The dude is liable for something.

Must be tragic to live your life as a George Clooney wannabee...

[MinuteGal]

Rush commented today on how the MSM is demonizing this family and trying to destroy it without all the facts in.

Reading this thread, one can see how instantly effective the media can be when it sets its mass mind to something for the sake of drama.

Leni

[Rastus]

I hope these folks fade away quickly. I don’t need to hear about the Heenes every day like I have to hear about these Jon and Kate people.

[Brown Deer]

In an exclusive interview, the Gawker states that Robert Thomas spent several months earlier this year working on developing a reality science TV show to pitch to networks — the "show," Thomas says, that Falcon was referring to when he told CNN "We did it for the show." Among the ideas that Heene, Thomas and two others came up with for their reality TV proposal — and one that he says most intrigued Heene — involved a weather balloon modified to look like a UFO which they would launch in an attempt to drum up media interest in both the Heene family and the series he was desperate to get on the air. Still, Thomas never imagined that Heene would involve his six-year-old son in what he is certain was a "global media hoax" to further Richard Heene's own celebrity.