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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:56 PM Original message |
Why the Balloon Boy Hoax Wasn't Funny: |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, it wasn't funny |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. the frightening thing to me was how the media was so easily duped. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Some of the media were in on it. |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. We are a trusting people. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. We are a nation of bloated, self-absorbed, voyeuristic simpletons. n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
81. we were a nation of trusting people.... |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Hopefully people will learn their lesson about cable news |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. If tomorrow a couple calls 911 and claims their kid is floating in a balloon, |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
87. You forgot the sarcasm tag :-). |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. The father won't think it's funny either when he gets the bills from Colorado... |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
79. Agreed. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I don't think he has any wages. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. I really hope that some federal charges |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think they'll make a deal. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. There was nothing about the hoax that was funny.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. "Gyspys, Tramps & Thieves" comes to mind |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. +1 |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. We also shouldn't be blind to the over-compensating sheriff. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I don't blame the sheriff |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. let's get real. The police had to handle the investigation a certain way |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Good point but they dropped the ball when they searched the house. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. also a good point, ASSUMING the kid was hiding in the house, we don't know that |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. This is as good as as any Agatha Christie mystery. Now we know it was |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The sheriff agrees... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wasn't air traffic briefly delayed? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Details here: |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yep a few reports said Denver Intnl. was shut down |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. I just saw the sheriff's presser and he said the FAA and FBI will come in Monday... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. No it wasn't funny. Someone could have been seriously hurt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. I didn't think it was funny at the time. I was so scared for the little guy. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. This is the end result of the social cancer that is reality television. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Still funny. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. That would have just made it funnier. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
30. What I don't get is, what was he trying to accomplish? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I think that the father was disappointed when he failed to sell his proposal... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That's disgusting. I hope they throw the book at him |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. This family is getting smeared bigtime. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think you gotta bring charges against fuckers who make 911 calls like that. |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I truly believe these people were scared for their child's safety. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No they weren't. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. What possible basis could you have to conclude they're innocent? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. And you call them nut jobs. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Because I am sane and I've seen them on television shows displaying their illness. |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. WOW |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. So are you like "Balloon Paternal Uncle" or something? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Not related to those people. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Are you into UFOs? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Are you into UFO's and hoaxes? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Ooo. Did I hit a nerve? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. No, wait , you did. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Did you accidently the coke bottle? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I accidently something. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. What's wrong with charging criminals with crimes? |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. They are not criminals... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. That, and their hoax is obvious. |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It's hilarious that you call going along with the mainstream being NOT STUPID. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Whether or not the "mainstream" is stupid... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. Now they are not technically criminals. They're simply people who have committed a crime |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
86. You're not in law school are you? You're going to have |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
72. If you criticize |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
83. These people are guilty as hell. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
71. Because |
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jeanmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
74. So called 'scientist' knew... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. You're confusing 'scientist' with 'psientist'. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Sheriff said the balloon wouldn't even be able to carry the kid |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Crawford, Texas |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. LAWL |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Your story isn't as convincing as the one the Henne family spun. |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I dont give a goddamn about convincing your sorry ass. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. So, what you're saying is ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Deleted message |
TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. self delete |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. This family is so full of shit there should be a biohazard sign in their front yard. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
73. Exactly |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
70. No way. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
77. The call sounded like an act to me. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
82. The father was full of crap when he was on the 911 call. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
35. In addition to the other mentioned issues, think of the wasted money on this nonsense. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. I missed the hoax because I do not have tv. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. So you want a cookie or something? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I don't currently have TV service, but... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
40. No. It wasn't funny at all. People could have easily died. I hope "dad" goes to jail for a |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. Agreed |
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jeanmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
75. Potential rescuers might have died.... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
76. The FAA reroutes traffic on short notice routinely for all sorts of reasons |
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nostalgicaboutmyfutr (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. True...pilots are trained for this... |
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