Balloon Boy Fooled Them All!
In my mind, the Balloon Boy saga was over as soon as I heard two words: Wife Swap.
A normal, civilized human being would never appear on that hideous show. Unless of course you’re a wannabe actor with an ego the size of a – well – large helium balloon. Actually, would any decent person appear on a reality show?
The 21st century has turned reality show contestants into bonafied stars. Then when these ‘stars’ fizzle before our eyes, and they hunger for more, we gladly abide by giving them one more chance…usually to crash and burn.
But I digress. If #1 assclown Richard Heene can dupe the ENTIRE American media, imagine what a coordinated terrorist effort could yield. Scary, right!?
Heene’s mammoth mistake was using his kid as bait. Take little barfy Falcon out of the mix and the stunt might have had the mad scientist celebrated. Balloon Boy could be the biggest publicity stunt in modern history. Actually, given the social media information craze, BB IS the biggest stunt ever…for now.
I find it funny that the mainstream media is backtracking, acting as if they always knew it was a hoax. But they didn’t.
I find it funny that the police could miss a boy hiding in his own home. Those officers should be fired.
I find it funny how angry people are. Just punish the family and let’s move on.
If you’re looking for a silver lining, you can celebrate the fact that a new and inexpensive Halloween costume has been born. Goooooo Balloon Boy!
[...] Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene took the heat for wasting law enforcement’s time, but isn’t there something commendable about duping the modern media? For a society that gets off on prison breaks and mafia TV shows, we sure get self-righteous when it comes to a real-life con. Perhaps it’s because we become emotionally vested and get angry that we were duped. [...]
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