Colo. Sheriff Calls Balloon Saga A Hoax

AP Report ^ | October 18th 2009

[Steelfish]

Colo. sheriff calls balloon saga a hoax He says ordeal was staged to generate publicity for a reality TV show

FORT COLLINS. Colo. - A sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in Colorado's "balloon boy" saga, which he described Sunday as a hoax to generate publicity for a reality TV show.

Deputies searched the home of the boy's parents Saturday night, carrying away several boxes and a computer.

The boy's parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, met with Larimer County investigators for much of Saturday afternoon amid lingering questions about whether he perpetrated a publicity stunt when his 6-year-old son Falcon vanished into the rafters of his garage while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in a flying saucer-like helium balloon.

[Tax Government]

Isn't the auto industry in enough trouble without making them liable for building car trunks?

That is frankly such an off-center comparison I am going to pass up answering.

[mlizzy]

That’s really cute ...