Young Balloon Pilot: “We did it for the Show”

By Thursday October 15, 2009

Looks like John’s right….sick publicity stunt. On a side note, did he cut the cheese?



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  1. samarium13 says:
    10/16/2009 at 5:17 am

    I hear the Falcon will fly again soon. Get ready CNN, CBS, MSN, Yahoo, ! you frackwads
    ///looks like an Onion News broadcast.
    oh please let it be an onion news netcast.
    The Idiocracy is coming ppls, I can feel it.

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  2. Olo Baggins of Bywater says:
    10/16/2009 at 5:23 am

    Saw these boneheads on CBS morning show. They have video of the balloon breaking free…mom and dad are right there….who’s running the camera? Sure looks like fake excitement to me…if that guy is so smart why are ALL the ropes loose? And clearly there’s no kid in the thing, it flies just like a semi-deflated mylar balloon would fly.

    Dad had some lame rationalization for the kid’s comment, and they all looked very uncomfortable being interviewed.

    Yeah, this guy is in deep shit.

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  3. Mr. Fusion says:
    10/16/2009 at 5:23 am

    #16, Mr. Anarchy

    I agree 99 44/100%. The part I would like to add to is the ignorance of not knowing when to use “there”, “their” and “they’re”. Which I think is a whole 50% more than your simple “your’re” and “your”. It is also a whole 300% more than the common “yous” as in “yous guys”, but I digress.

    However, (and yes, I did start this sentence with a conjunction) last week I noticed I used the word “their” when I definitely meant the word “there” right here on this blog. Once it is posted you can’t correct your error.

    So even though I know better, sometimes, as any parent of a six month old can tell you, shit happens.

    Having said all that, I enjoyed your rant. Good post.

    :)

    [My pet peeve is lose and loose. - ed.]

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  4. The0ne says:
    10/16/2009 at 6:37 am

    #16
    There are plenty of the types you’ve mention. And for strange reasons some of these people are actually smart but I swear have no common sense at all. They’re so one sided that nothing, absolutely nothing convinces them to look at whatever the subject is differently.

    For example, my co-workers. They’re good engineers but they’re a-holes in certain subjects. One doesn’t believe in pollution at all and thus doesn’t believe climate change. No pollution? O.o…umm, go inhale the tailpipe or drink the water running out of the Chinese factories. They criticize NPR as being a government run show, for whatever reasons I don’t care to even bother to ask, they love people like Beck, Savage, O’Reily as though they themselves are always right :/

    That’s how screwed up some of these people are, lack of common sense mostly and respect.

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  5. The0ne says:
    10/16/2009 at 6:39 am

    Sick parents, manipulating the kids like that and acting like like it’s nothing and continues on. Someone shoot these morons please. Any Republicans up for it?

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  6. MikeR says:
    10/16/2009 at 6:41 am

    Too late to do much about this – they’ve already procreated. Could this family become the ‘poster child’ for requiring a license to have kids?

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  7. Cephus says:
    10/16/2009 at 7:37 am

    #25: You have to remember, these are people who thrive off of publicity. They’ve been on Wife Swap twice, they just want to dance in front of the cameras, that’s why they set this whole thing up in the first place so they could get on the news.

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  8. The Monster's Lawyer says:
    10/16/2009 at 8:43 am

    I saw the father being interviewed on one of the newzy shows. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but something tells me he was lying. ;-)

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  9. Toxic Asshead says:
    10/16/2009 at 9:52 am

    BREAKING NEWS FLASH…..

    A six year old boy has apparently climbed aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. He is looking back at the Earth and from the ground it looks like he has a giant eye…..

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  10. CaptCorn says:
    10/16/2009 at 10:29 am

    All I could think of when seeing the balloon on TV for 2 hours was Jiffy Pop. And I had to make some popcorn. I think it was a plot by Jiffy Pop to sell more Popcorn. http://bit.ly/2fRS5M

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  11. meetsy says:
    10/16/2009 at 10:54 am

    so when does CPS get involved. This father is obviously insane, and one of “those” over manipulative types. Meanwhile, teaching the kids to lie “for the sake of the show” is just fine.
    And, what is the deal with the idiot names. Falcon may NOT get beat up much, but Windchime? Tough luck kid. What I don’t understand is why everyone was up in arms over the other freaky father who named his child Adolph Hitler, but Windchime..is almost celeb-cutsie/hippy. This is long term child abuse… come on, you all know, you were ALL KIDS ONCE. Might as well name the kid Fartbreath or Poopiepants.

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  12. Fartbreath Aswipe says:
    10/16/2009 at 10:58 am

    #31 Meathead – What are you saying?

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  13. George says:
    10/16/2009 at 11:22 am

    You can’t believe anything a 6 y.o. says. They live in a world where fantasy and reality are the same.

    My 6 year old makes up all kinds of stuff. He regularly confuses his life with his friends. For example, his best friend is an only child, but he will tell stories about his friend’s sister that sound remarkably similar to stories about his own big sister (my daughter).

    I’m sure this child still thinks that he is on a TV show, after actually being on “Wife Swap” and seeing Dad stormchasing on Youtube.

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  14. meetsy says:
    10/16/2009 at 11:44 am

    make that on wife swap TWICE This kid’s life has been more show than not show. But, vomiting AFTER he slipped up? That is not normal kid stuff..it’s high stress. Where do you think that came from?

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  15. Reely Big Shew says:
    10/16/2009 at 1:00 pm

    He vomited all over dad because dad’s shenanigans are making him sick and he kept throwing up because dad keeps lying. Kids physical expressions don’t lie. Watch the replays and pay close attention to all of the kids.

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  16. clancys_daddy says:
    10/16/2009 at 2:03 pm

    Surprised! not

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  17. bobl says:
    10/16/2009 at 2:10 pm

    Best SNL skit I’ve seen in awhile… Maybe the interview with Katie Couric will be ‘breaking news’ on Jon Stewart. Kinda tough nowadays keeping the comedy shows separate from the other stuff.

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  18. Wretched Gnu says:
    10/16/2009 at 6:51 pm

    But… what “show” is the kid talking about…? I don’t understand.

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  19. zorkor says:
    10/16/2009 at 7:44 pm

    This is what BS the American people are fed everyday. This is how the WMD BS was fed and the war related BS that we are doing this to free the people of Iraq and Afghanistan from dictators..yep they are free now thanks to constant carpet bombing and friendly fire. The are happily living in graves now…all thanks to false news and hype created in the Media.

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  20. Glenn E. says:
    10/17/2009 at 3:06 am

    Normally I try to avoid hating things and people. But of course there will always be exceptions. And fortunately I now HATE this family! Or at least their space case parents. This whole overexposed media coverage lead to a small tiff in my family unit. Someone got to blabbering during ABC’s NightLine, so whatever Martin Basher was saying was obscured. Someone said “SHUT UP”. Feelings were hurt. Etc, etc. We’ll get over it. But it never would have happened, if it weren’t for these wasters of the nation’s time and money. They should be denounced for their actions. And maybe the kids need better role models as parents. Not too long ago, conduct like this would have had Child Protective Services all over this bunch. I can’t help but wonder what these kids are going to grow up like? Will it finally dawn on them, what a loser their father has been? Or will they end up just as bad, imitating him? Is the father a victim of screwed up parenting?

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