Here is a picture of the lovely "Wife Swap" Family.
Mommy, Daddy, Bradford, Ryo and Falcon.

I don't know which one falcon is...
Attachments:

I love how the news channels in their haste to get the edge, always dredge up bottom of the barrel "experts" and then ask them questions that they know nothing about.

Kanye West is already quoted as saying, "Yo kid, I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you finish, but Amelia Earhart had one of the best disappearances of all time, of all time."

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Yes, Dr. Phil and Oprah will likely opine on the situation.

As will someone who is considered a subject matter expert, such as SuperNanny.

What I really want to know is what Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert thinks about all of this.

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> So let's summarize what happened:
>
> Father buys weather balloon.
>
> Attaches a plywood box to it.
>
> Inflates it and ties a rope to it in the
> backyard.
>
> Leaves his three under-aged sons at home alone
> with this "experimental aircraft" while he and his
> wife went to work.
>
> Six-year-old climbs in the box, brothers cut it
> loose, kid falls to his death.
>
> Parents: "But nobody could have anticipated
> something like this happening."
>
> Only in America.

When will the government step in and outlaw the DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT?

Think of the children!

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Can this be considered a UFO?

I mean, it's an Unidentified Failing Object.

They just need to go around the neighborhood looking for people with recent holes in their roof.

LMAO Graymoose +1

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An "Expert" when asked about the black spot in the picture under the UFO:

"This black dot here in the picture is definitely something".



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graymoose1 Wrote:
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> Kanye West is already quoted as saying, "Yo kid,
> I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you
> finish, but Amelia Earhart had one of the best
> disappearances of all time, of all time."

You know, if this was my kid, I like to think that this thread would make me laugh as I cried.

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They are now interviewing Ryan Tool (Im not making that up) about the disappearance of his friend Falcon.

"Are you scared for Falcon?"

Did it scare you when you heard he was missing?"

Unreal.

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> They are now interviewing Ryan Tool (Im not making
> that up) about the disappearance of his friend
> Falcon.
>
> "Are you scared for Falcon?"
>
> Did it scare you when you heard he was missing?"
>
> Unreal.

Ah. The masturbation frenzy has begun.

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did yall hear? kid was found hiding in the attic of his house. LOL PRANKKKK TO THE WORLD

I am vindicated!

lol. at least he is okay. hahaha i bet all the news stations feel like dumbasses.

kid deserves a beating...that brother of his deserves one as well for telling everyone that the boy was in the balloon.

like someone else said... grounding for life.. hahah

He didn't die? what a let down

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They are allowed to curse, fart, burp etc.. and their only little kids

this has to be one of the funniest chumping of the media stories of all time. They were sucked into the drama without verifying anything. The parents are vindicated.

The only slightly absurd thing is the kid reporting that his brother was in the basket. What a lark. And it only occupied an hour and a half of news time!

We have become a nation of true idiots...

Soooo....Who pays for all this?

dono Wrote:
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> this has to be one of the funniest chumping of the
> media stories of all time. They were sucked into
> the drama without verifying anything. The parents
> are vindicated.
>
> The only slightly absurd thing is the kid
> reporting that his brother was in the basket.
> What a lark. And it only occupied an hour and a
> half of news time!
>
> We have become a nation of true idiots...

Ive been watching more then 1 1/2 hours, over 3 hours straight.

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> kid deserves a beating...that brother of his
> deserves one as well for telling everyone that the
> boy was in the balloon.


The parents should be publicly caned.

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Numbers Wrote:
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> Soooo....Who pays for all this?


Fortunately for us, the taxpayers of Colorado.

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> dono Wrote:
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> -----
> > this has to be one of the funniest chumping of
> the
> > media stories of all time. They were sucked
> into
> > the drama without verifying anything. The
> parents
> > are vindicated.
> >
> > The only slightly absurd thing is the kid
> > reporting that his brother was in the basket.
> > What a lark. And it only occupied an hour and
> a
> > half of news time!
> >
> > We have become a nation of true idiots...
>
> Ive been watching more then 1 1/2 hours, over 3
> hours straight.


well, then, you're a massive (ryan) tool.

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Isnt it obvious that this is a huge publicity stunt by the family? What- did the kids inflate the balloon and take off without any kind of warning at all? The family was on a reality show? Are you serious?

When someone told me this during the day I just laughed.
Someone better go to jail for this bs-

What was the wooden crate that the family was talking about? Did they ever find it?

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> What was the wooden crate that the family was
> talking about? Did they ever find it?


Apparently there was a wooden box built into the bottom of the balloon (the silver cylander-looking part). That's where they kept the instruments. Supposedly the six-year-old was able to fit in that section.

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> Isnt it obvious that this is a huge publicity
> stunt by the family? What- did the kids inflate
> the balloon and take off without any kind of
> warning at all? The family was on a reality show?
> Are you serious?
>
> When someone told me this during the day I just
> laughed.
> Someone better go to jail for this bs-


Based on how the father was blubbering during the interview, I don't think it was intentional. But the father was crying because he yelled at the kid and doesn't plan to punish him.

We'll be seeing these people in the news again, I'm pretty confident of that.

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One of the first statements issued by the father was that it's not a publicity stunt. Which means, it's a publicity stunt.

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kill them. they shall be dragged out into the city plaza and stoned to death. (not the fun way)

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> 4200cc Wrote:
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> -----
> > What was the wooden crate that the family was
> > talking about? Did they ever find it?
>
>
> Apparently there was a wooden box built into the
> bottom of the balloon (the silver cylander-looking
> part). That's where they kept the instruments.
> Supposedly the six-year-old was able to fit in
> that section.

When it landed the box wasn't attached, i wonder if they found the box that attaches to it at the home.

According to Joe Scarborough this morning, the dad has been calling their show repeatedly trying to get on for an interview. I say PR stunt.

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> According to Joe Scarborough this morning, the dad
> has been calling their show repeatedly trying to
> get on for an interview. I say PR stunt.

If he's that desperate for attention, he should have made sure the kid was in the balloon when it launched.

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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> > According to Joe Scarborough this morning, the
> dad
> > has been calling their show repeatedly trying
> to
> > get on for an interview. I say PR stunt.
>
> If he's that desperate for attention, he should
> have made sure the kid was in the balloon when it
> launched.


LOL. +10

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From the mouths of babes..."You guys said that...we did this for the show."



It is obvious this guy is lying.

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+1 WashingTone-Locian
"It is obvious this guy is lying."


ABC NEWS:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/balloon-boy-home-safe-family-facing-questions-disappearance/story?id=8842957
"The boy's statements Thursday night on CNN, in which he said "we did this for a show" had raised some new questions about whether the family had planned the incident as part of a hoax."
"Clearly that has raised everyone's level of skepticism. We will go back to the family and reinterview them and establish if this is actually a hoax or an actual event,"

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> From the mouths of babes..."You guys said
> that...we did this for the show."
>
> It is obvious this guy is lying.

Holy shit, I hadn't seen this clip. Is there any doubt that he's lying?

That's what you get for getting your kid to stage a hoax for you.

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New Web Viral Video Fodder:

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The father says he wants to hold a press conference this morning and make a major announcement. I bet he's going to try to blame the kids for planning and staging this. On news 8, they said that he called a local Ft Collins television station before calling 911. His first story was that he spotted a UFO in his backyard.

Les Wrote:
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> The father says he wants to hold a press
> conference this morning and make a major
> announcement. I bet he's going to try to blame
> the kids for planning and staging this. On news
> 8, they said that he called a local Ft Collins
> television station before calling 911. His first
> story was that he spotted a UFO in his backyard.



It might be something like that. Regardless, I expect this freak show to have added dimensions. For instance, apparently this morning when the guy went out at 5:30 am to tell the reporters he would be holding a press conference, his wife came out with her video camera and recorded the whole thing. Even if this isn't a PR stunt to get a reality TV show, their actions don't help dispel that belief.

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WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Even if this isn't a PR stunt to get a
> reality TV show, their actions don't help dispel
> that belief.

And you know what? If it is, people watch it, and he makes money off of it... Then he deserves to be rewarded by stupid people.

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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> > Even if this isn't a PR stunt to get a
> > reality TV show, their actions don't help
> dispel
> > that belief.
>
> And you know what? If it is, people watch it, and
> he makes money off of it... Then he deserves to be
> rewarded by stupid people.



Jon & Kate are on their way to being broke. I don't doubt whatever short-term benefit these psychos might gain, they are going to end up broke over this if it is a scam.

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If this guy ends up having to pay for all this shit, he's fucked.

I don't think anyone doesn't think this was a hoax at this point.

Has the much-awaited "big press conference announcement" taken place yet? I'm on the edge of my seat, waiting for salient and incisive FFXU commentary on it.

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This guy is a complete fucking dipshit:


FORT COLLINS, Colorado (CNN) — The man whose giant Mylar balloon ascended into the sky earlier this week — sparking fears that his 6-year-old was aboard — emerged from his house on Saturday and offered a cardboard box to the media for their questions.

"I got people e-mailing me, calling me; they've got a lot of questions, and I don't know how to quite frankly answer any of them other than I've got a box," Richard Heene told reporters around 10 a.m. (noon ET).

He said he'd answer the questions later Saturday night. "I'm going to place the box up front, please write your questions down," he said. "I have no idea what the news are saying; I don't have cable."

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Warhawk Wrote:
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> This guy is a complete fucking dipshit:
>
>
> FORT COLLINS, Colorado (CNN) — The man whose giant
> Mylar balloon ascended into the sky earlier this
> week — sparking fears that his 6-year-old was
> aboard — emerged from his house on Saturday and
> offered a cardboard box to the media for their
> questions.
>
> "I got people e-mailing me, calling me; they've
> got a lot of questions, and I don't know how to
> quite frankly answer any of them other than I've
> got a box," Richard Heene told reporters around 10
> a.m. (noon ET).
>
> He said he'd answer the questions later Saturday
> night. "I'm going to place the box up front,
> please write your questions down," he said. "I
> have no idea what the news are saying; I don't
> have cable."


Seems to me he is trying to buy time to figure out what he's going to do.

AP ran a story today that indicated that TLC had agreed to do a show with this nut, but recently dropped those plans. The TLC decision could have something to do with this whole incident.

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Parents of the year....




...So is the kid in the toilet really covered in shit?

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Probably.

Now instead of being famous for a TV show, that kid and his jackass dad are going to be remembered like this:

"Hey, who was that douchebag who staged his kid in a balloon? I think the kid's name was Eagle, Hawk, or maybe Ostrich? I can't remember".

"Oh yeah, I forget his name, but he was a fucking retard."

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Balloon Dad is supposed to come out of the house at 9PM EDT to pick up the box of questions and hold a press conference.

http://www.tmz.com/

This is starting to feel like Groundhog Day.

It's kinda hilarious when the dad can dictate whenever he wants to have a press conference... and all the press actually shows up.

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> It's kinda hilarious when the dad can dictate
> whenever he wants to have a press conference...
> and all the press actually shows up.


Because the press is stupid.

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I think we can officially call it a hoax now...

US APNewsAlert
(AP) – 14 minutes ago

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Sheriff says criminal charges will be filed in saga of boy who was believed to be in balloon.

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i can rest easy now

quote " half the nation just spent an hour watching a balloon fly around. we are officially the dumbest fucking country."

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> I think we can officially call it a hoax now...
>
> US APNewsAlert
> (AP) – 14 minutes ago
>
> FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Sheriff says criminal
> charges will be filed in saga of boy who was
> believed to be in balloon.


Stick a fork in him. He's cooked. Dumbass.

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> quote " half the nation just spent an hour
> watching a balloon fly around. we are officially
> the dumbest fucking country."


As opposed to watching a bunch of pundits who know nothing about health care scream about the pros and cons of health care reform? Frankly, I welcome this insane diversion.

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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> > I think we can officially call it a hoax now...
> >
> > US APNewsAlert
> > (AP) – 14 minutes ago
> >
> > FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Sheriff says criminal
> > charges will be filed in saga of boy who was
> > believed to be in balloon.
>
>
> Stick a fork in him. He's cooked. Dumbass.


Apparently the cops interviewed his mail-order bride separately from him at the station. They probably got the truth from her once she was out of "punching range."

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The problem is, he didn't even file a false police report. At worst they will try and sue him for damages - he has no money so that should go well. He won't go to jail - and at some time in the future the media will drag him out again for some other thing, like maybe Celebrity Apprentice or something.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

They can get him for a false 911 call, if he made one. They can get him for knowingly making false statements that hampered their efforts.

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Yeah, it just won't add up to much.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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> The problem is, he didn't even file a false police
> report. At worst they will try and sue him for
> damages - he has no money so that should go well.
> He won't go to jail - and at some time in the
> future the media will drag him out again for some
> other thing, like maybe Celebrity Apprentice or
> something.

Locally, they can't do shit. However, he contacted the FAA and NORAD used resources. Filing a false report with the Feds, and then lying about it, won't sit too well.

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We'll see. I doubt much will come of it once lawyers get involved.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A storm-chasing inventor met with sheriff's officials Saturday amid lingering questions about whether he perpetrated a big hoax when his 6-year-old son vanished into the rafters of his garage while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in a flying saucer-like helium balloon.

The saga grew stranger by the day. Richard Heene knocked on the windows of journalists camped outside his home early Saturday and promised a "big announcement" in a few hours, then did an about-face when he told reporters that they should leave questions in a cardboard box on the front doorstep.

"Absolutely no hoax. I want your questions in the box," Heene said, waving a cardboard container before going back into his home.

A circus-like atmosphere formed outside, including men holding signs and occasionally yelling "balloon boy." One sign read, "Put balloon boy on TV: America's Most Wanted."

Other gawkers carried aluminum-foil stovetop popcorn makers that resembled the silvery balloon launched from the family's backyard Thursday, with 6-year-old Falcon Heene believed to be onboard.

A man pulled a red wagon with coffee for sale. The sign had "$2" scratched out with a new price of $1. Some neighbors stopped by to drop questions of their own into the box.

Falcon's mother, Mayumi Heene, also went to the sheriff's office about two hours after husband did. The couple's three sons remained home, apparently being watched by sheriff's officials. Authorities wouldn't comment on what was happening.

"We're trying to figure things out. That's all I can say," sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said.

Sheriff Jim Alderden has said that he wanted to re-interview the family after Falcon told CNN that "you said we did this for a show" when asked why he didn't come out of his hiding place. Then Falcon got sick during two separate TV interviews when asked why he hid.

The balloon was supposed to be tethered to the ground when it lifted off, and no one was supposed to be aboard. A video of the launch shows the family counting down in unison, "3, 2, 1," before Richard Heene pulls a cord, setting the balloon into the air.

"Whoa!" one of the boys exclaims. Then his father says in disbelief, "Oh, my God!" He then says to someone, "You didn't put the (expletive) tether down!" and he kicks the wood frame that had held the balloon.

Falcon's brother said he saw him inside the compartment before it took off and that's why they thought he was in there when it launched. Heene said he had yelled at Falcon before the launch for getting inside.

Alderden thinks it's likely that Falcon ran off because he was scared of getting in trouble, later falling asleep in his hiding spot. He said he doubted that such a hyperactive boy could be ordered to stay quiet for the five hours he was missing.

Over the years, Richard Heene has worked as a storm chaser, a handyman and contractor, and an aspiring reality-TV star.

He and his family appeared on the ABC reality show "Wife Swap," and the show's producer said it had a show in development with the Heenes but the deal is now off. TLC also said Heene had pitched a reality show to the network months ago, but it passed on the offer.

Despite his attempts to get on TV, Heene insisted Saturday that he didn't know what kinds of questions were being asked about him because he didn't have cable.

"I'm going to place the box out front. Please write your questions down, because friends are telling me they're saying this and that. I have no idea what the news is saying," Heene said.

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I know we've all seen the Hitler videos before, but I actually liked this one.

Re: 6-Year-Old Boy Floats Away in Balloon
Posted by: curious ()
Date: October 15, 2009 08:00PM

Isnt it obvious that this is a huge publicity stunt by the family? What- did the kids inflate the balloon and take off without any kind of warning at all? The family was on a reality show? Are you serious?

When someone told me this during the day I just laughed.
Someone better go to jail for this bs-

"(CNN) -- Authorities in Colorado say criminal charges are expected to be filed against Richard Heene, a storm-chasing father whose giant Mylar balloon ascended into the sky earlier this week, sparking fears that his 6-year-old was aboard."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/17/colorado.balloon.boy/index.html



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Holy shit. Listen to the 911 call.

She described it in the call as "a flying saucer." He, the storm-chasing husband, has his broken-English-speaking wife, call 911 and report their weather balloon as a "flying saucer."

Definitely a hoax.

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> Definitely a hoax.


Oh yeah,..

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/18/colorado.balloon.investigation/index.html

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shocking

I feel bad for the kids. Falcon basically ruined his father's life. There's going to be a lot of long, quiet dinners.

The kids should be given to child protective services, as these two have clearly demonstrated that they are unfit to be parents. I don't want to read about a murder/suicide in the future.

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> I feel bad for the kids. Falcon basically ruined
> his father's life. There's going to be a lot of
> long, quiet dinners.


The father ruined his own life. You can't trust a 6 year old to lie for you, especially if all you've taught them is to tell the truth. 6 year olds will lie to save their own ass, but they aren't mature enough to fully grasp "tell this little lie for daddy". And in the end, most little kids - if applied just a teeny, teeny bit of pressure - will always spill the beans.

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He's another loser dad that decided he could exploit his kids to make a buck. Problem is, his kids have no naturally exploitable talent so he has to go over the top for ideas.

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Warhawk Wrote:
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> The father ruined his own life. You can't trust a
> 6 year old to lie for you, especially if all
> you've taught them is to tell the truth.

Well, yeah. But does this guy seem like "Parent of the Year" that'll take accountability for his actions? He was willing to exploit his children for his own selfish reasons. People like this are generally unable to take blame for anything.

He'll blame the kid.

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*bump*

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8357202.stm

Father pleads to a felony as part of a plea deal to avoid getting his wife deported (Japanese national.)

Blessed are the murderous.

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> *bump*
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8357202.stm
>
> Father pleads to a felony as part of a plea deal
> to avoid getting his wife deported (Japanese
> national.)


Heh...it would appear that the immigration laws only get enforced on attention whores.

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they should have to pay for all the state taxes they wasted pulling this shit.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

^I think they should stuff the lying sack of shit, into a sack of shit, and float him off to Iran, or Tora Bora.

Or better yet, stuff a sack of shit up the fathers ass and assfuck him like that big black Bubba guy is gonna do to him in the pokey. When asked would he male a deal for his wife, I would have said no. My chinky wife is gonna move and take up residence on internationl soil.... she will start sleeping infront of The homedepot like all the other illegal immigrants you don't deport. Can't arrest one criminal and choose to let another go, it is unlawful!

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - The parents who pulled off the balloon boy hoax are already facing the prospect of jail time and paying tens of thousands of dollars in restitution over their stunt. An investigator also wants to forbid the couple from making any money off their newfound fame.

Richard and Mayumi Heene are scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges that they carried out the stunt in October to promote a reality TV show. The husband faces up to 90 days and jail, and the wife faces up to 60 days.

An investigator thinks the judge shouldn't stop at jail time.

Bob Heffernan, a lead investigator in the case for the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, said there should be limits on how the Heenes might profit from the Oct. 15 hoax, such as through book or TV deals.

"This would hopefully stop the Heenes from being able to exploit their criminal behavior or their children any more than they already have," Heffernan urged District Judge Stephen Schapanski in a letter dated Nov. 30. "All the while the Heenes were playing us all in hopes of making themselves more marketable."

David Lane, Richard Heene's attorney, said nothing in the law allows a judge to impose any such limits.

"That's a First Amendment violation," Lane said.

The Heenes made frantic calls to 911, the news media and the Federal Aviation Administration to report that their 6-year-old son may have been aboard a runaway balloon. That triggered a desperate 50-mile chase as the craft drifted across northern Colorado's plains _ and then another desperate search once the balloon landed and the boy was nowhere to be found.

In his letter to the judge, Heffernan described his pain at having to tell the Heenes that their boy was not inside the balloon when it landed in a field.

"I wish I could make you realize the anguish I had when I went into that room," Heffernan said. "To have the Heenes start the grieving process with me trying to comfort them and give them some hope. Then to find out later they were just acting."

He added, "Yeah, it's personal, but I ask you to seek some justice for me and others by ensuring the Heenes' sentence ... reflects this personal anguish the Heenes caused to so many people worldwide."

Lane said he will ask that Richard Heene be spared any jail time.

"Orson Welles didn't go to jail for convincing the world that it was being invaded by Martians, with people panicking and committing suicide," Lane said, referring to Welles' 1938 radio broadcast "War of the Worlds."

"Not everything that happens that's bad in the world requires somebody to go to jail," Lane insisted.

Mayumi Heene's attorney, Lee Christian, did not return phone calls Tuesday.

The Heenes also face possible restitution for search and rescue costs. It wasn't immediately known if District Judge Stephen Schapanski would take up the issue at Wednesday's hearing.

The Larimer County District Attorney's Office estimates total costs at $46,000, according to Lane.

That figure includes $8,000 in sheriff's department overtime. Another $13,500 was spent by law enforcement agencies from the nearby communities of Greeley and Weld County, along with Colorado State University and the U.S. Forest Service, Lane quoted the district attorney as saying. Two National Guard helicopters launched to track the craft cost about $16,000.

Also included are $8,500 in damages to the field where the craft landed.

Lane said he'll demand proof of all damages or extra costs.

The FAA has also informed the Heenes that they may be subject to an $11,000 fine for launching an unauthorized aircraft. The balloon flight forced some commercial aircraft to switch to a different runway at Denver International Airport.

On Monday, sheriff's officials announced that the Heenes acted alone and that their stunt did not include media outlets, as Sheriff Jim Alderden had speculated in October.

Several neighbors of the Heenes said the couple should be punished.

"First thing he should get, he should get a chance to publicly apologize to the nation and let them know that he is really remorseful for what he did because a lot of people were crying and very emotional with this whole saga," said Dean Askew, a friend of Richard Heene who was interviewed during the investigation. "The next thing he should get to do is his time."

Kenneth Seifert, who lives three doors down from the Heenes, said Richard Heene should pay restitution.

"And if he wants to go out and have his reality show, so let him do it," Seifert said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_balloon_boy

Good: "Richard Heene was sentenced to 90 days in jail, including 60 days of work release that will let him pursue his job as a construction contractor while serving his time. His wife, Mayumi, was sentenced to 20 days in jail."

Better: "The Heenes' [four year] probation will be revoked if they are found to be profiting from any book, TV, movie or other deals related to the stunt."

WHAT THE FUCK: "Schapanski ordered Mayumi Heene to serve 20 days in jail after her husband completes his sentence. Her time served is flexible — she can report to jail on 10 weekends, for example — so the children are cared for, the judge said."

They need to be making an example out of these people, not trying to make it easy on them.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_balloon_boy
>
> Good: "Richard Heene was sentenced to 90 days in
> jail, including 60 days of work release that will
> let him pursue his job as a construction
> contractor while serving his time. His wife,
> Mayumi, was sentenced to 20 days in jail."
>
> Better: "The Heenes' probation will be revoked if
> they are found to be profiting from any book, TV,
> movie or other deals related to the stunt."
>
> WHAT THE FUCK: "Schapanski ordered Mayumi Heene to
> serve 20 days in jail after her husband completes
> his sentence. Her time served is flexible — she
> can report to jail on 10 weekends, for example —
> so the children are cared for, the judge said."
>
> They need to be making an example out of these
> people, not trying to make it easy on them.


Agreed.

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I don't have a problem with the flex-time, given the kids. That's still a quite substantial punishment.

Plus there's this: "Chief Deputy District Attorney Andrew Lewis also asked for full restitution to reimburse authorities for the cost of investigating the hoax — an amount that could exceed $50,000."

That's a lot of money for a middle-class couple.

Overall, I think the sentence properly punishes the perpetrators, while showing other potential hoaxers that there is a steep price to pay for such a stunt.

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_balloon_boy
>
> Good: "Richard Heene was sentenced to 90 days in
> jail, including 60 days of work release that will
> let him pursue his job as a construction
> contractor while serving his time. His wife,
> Mayumi, was sentenced to 20 days in jail."
>
> Better: "The Heenes' probation will be revoked if
> they are found to be profiting from any book, TV,
> movie or other deals related to the stunt."
>
> WHAT THE FUCK: "Schapanski ordered Mayumi Heene to
> serve 20 days in jail after her husband completes
> his sentence. Her time served is flexible — she
> can report to jail on 10 weekends, for example —
> so the children are cared for, the judge said."
>
> They need to be making an example out of these
> people, not trying to make it easy on them.


Agreed, however the court has got to be thinking about the kids. As unfit as they are, at least one parent needs to be around for the kids. If you really want to make an example of them, they should bill them for all of the resources used, make that bill public and watch them struggle to pay for it. Idiots.

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Warhawk Wrote:
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> Agreed, however the court has got to be thinking
> about the kids. As unfit as they are, at least
> one parent needs to be around for the kids.

I agree with that; don't punish the kids for the mistakes of their parents.

However, "Schapanski ordered Mayumi Heene to serve 20 days in jail after her husband completes his sentence. Her time served is flexible — she can report to jail on 10 weekends, for example — so the children are cared for, the judge said."

They're not throwing both parents in jail at the same time, they're making her serve AFTER him. One parent will be around the whole time.

He can get out for work, but has to go back to jail at the end of the day. Essentially, the family will be without him for 90 days. She gets to serve 20 days whenever it's convenient for her, and she was every bit as complicit as he was in this. That's unfair.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> He can get out for work, but has to go back to
> jail at the end of the day. Essentially, the
> family will be without him for 90 days. She gets
> to serve 20 days whenever it's convenient for her,
> and she was every bit as complicit as he was in
> this. That's unfair.


She got weekends, because she pled to a misd. He took the felony ( to keep her in the country) and that's why he has to do continuous time (although he is allowed work release since it was a non aggravated felony).

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> They're not throwing both parents in jail at the
> same time, they're making her serve AFTER him.
> One parent will be around the whole time.


Wrong, because he will be working. If she had to serve her 20 days on a non flex-time basis, there would be no parent to take care of the kids during the day when he was working.

May I Please Have Some More? Wrote:
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> Wrong, because he will be working.

24 hours a day, 7 days a week?

> If she had to
> serve her 20 days on a non flex-time basis, there
> would be no parent to take care of the kids during
> the day when he was working.

The youngest is 6. Two of the kids should be in school during the day, anyway.

If this was a poor black family, the judge would have just given the kids over to Child Protection Services and said "fuck 'em." These smug fucks willingly perpetrated a rather large hoax, and we're trying to punish them according to their schedule? Fuck that. Jail is not supposed to be "convenient."

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MrMcScrooge Wrote:
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> May I Please Have Some More? Wrote:
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> -----
> > Wrong, because he will be working.
>
> 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?

Presumably during normal business hours, when a contractor such as himself would be employed.

As noted in your first post today, the judge specifically arranged the sentencing "so the children are cared for".

The judge is obviously not pleased with these defendants, but nor is he resorting to draconian measures.

I think he's doing the right thing here -- he's struck the proper balance in an unusual case.


> If this was a poor black family, the judge would have just given the kids
> over to Child Protection Services and said "fuck 'em."

To suggest the judge is a racist, on the basis of zero evidence, is ridiculous. Rather, all the evidence, including his balanced decision in this case, suggests he's of sound judicial temperament. http://www.coloradojudicialinstitute.org/index.php?s=42&item=76 God forbid any of us having to stand before the bar of Judge Mephisto!

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> If this was a poor black family, the judge would
> have just given the kids over to Child Protection
> Services and said "fuck 'em."


Absolutely true. However, it might have more to do with the fact that it was a highly publicised case and that the judge didn't want to look too harsh in the public eye.


These smug fucks
> willingly perpetrated a rather large hoax, and
> we're trying to punish them according to their
> schedule? Fuck that. Jail is not supposed to be
> "convenient."


Agreed. Once again, I think this had to do with all the publicity surrounding the case.

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May I Please Have Some More? Wrote:
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> God forbid any of us having to
> stand before the bar of Judge Mephisto!

Yes. God forbid that justice prevails. Of course, people who abuse a dog should be punished to a greater degree than someone who lies to the entire nation about his hu-man child being in a life-threatening situation to gain publicity for a reality TV show on TLC.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> Yes. God forbid that justice prevails.

Pardon me if I want no part of your vindictive, so-called justice.

Although your remark would doubtless sound wonderful as intoned in a sneering hiss by Clint Eastwood, we live in the real world, with real children, not a movie.

And it's a matter of apples and oranges to compare lying in support of a silly stunt, that resulted in no harm to any person, only a waste of time and resources, to actually harming a dog by breaking its bones, repeatedly.

I think we're going to have to agree to disagree, MIPHSM. In my opinion, in the grand scheme of things, lying to various emergency/law enforcement groups who could be otherwise helping people that aren't lying attention whores is slightly worse than some stupid motherfuckers that beat up on a glorified rat. It's my opinion that getting NORAD to assist in the safe recovery of your son (when YOU ALREADY KNOW he's hiding in the garage) so you can have your 15 minutes on TLC is worse than kicking a small, defenseless animal.

Judicial punishment is not only about punishing the criminal, it's about being a deterrent to anyone else thinking it might be a good idea.

What We Learned from the Balloon Boy Saga:

1. If you're going to stage a hoax to get free publicity for your pitch to TLC for a reality show about your stupid family, make sure your accomplice(s) know how to keep their mouth shut.

2. The days of responsible journalism are over, and the media will make you a national sensation if you lie big enough.

3. The consequences if you're caught are less severe than the consequences of animal abuse.

What We Learned from Crystal and Jerry Stanislaus, Puppy Kickers:

1. Don't abuse animals.

I have a problem with that. Sorry.

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May I Please Have Some More? Wrote:
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>
> Wrong, because he will be working. If she had to
> serve her 20 days on a non flex-time basis, there
> would be no parent to take care of the kids during
> the day when he was working.


you could always give them balloons to play with during the day. oh wait nevermind.
baby sitter would be a better option.

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I think we're going to have to agree to disagree,
> MIPHSM. In my opinion, in the grand scheme of
> things, lying to various emergency/law enforcement
> groups who could be otherwise helping people that
> aren't lying attention whores is slightly worse
> than some stupid motherfuckers that beat up on a
> glorified rat. It's my opinion that getting NORAD
> to assist in the safe recovery of your son (when
> YOU ALREADY KNOW he's hiding in the garage) so you
> can have your 15 minutes on TLC is worse than
> kicking a small, defenseless animal.
>
> Judicial punishment is not only about punishing
> the criminal, it's about being a deterrent to
> anyone else thinking it might be a good idea.
>
> What We Learned from the Balloon Boy Saga:
>
> 1. If you're going to stage a hoax to get free
> publicity for your pitch to TLC for a reality show
> about your stupid family, make sure your
> accomplice(s) know how to keep their mouth shut.
>
> 2. The days of responsible journalism are over,
> and the media will make you a national sensation
> if you lie big enough.
>
> 3. The consequences if you're caught are less
> severe than the consequences of animal abuse.
>
> What We Learned from Crystal and Jerry Stanislaus,
> Puppy Kickers:
>
> 1. Don't abuse animals.
>
> I have a problem with that. Sorry.


I'd love to take a Puppy Kicker, and break their leg.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I think we're going to have to agree to disagree...

Yes I think so. It's my honest opnion that the punishment was appropriately severe, all things considered, in the balloon boy case, and too that the threat of significant jail time will act as a deterrent to potential future hoaxers.

As for the dog case, I think it's comparing apples and oranges, and as such is simply not relevant to the question of fairness in the balloon case.

To the extent you're driving at the larger point that sometimes the criminal law is not really fair, or that it's sometimes stupid, and in fact unjust, I would have to say, yeah, I agree, the law is an ass, and judges can be assholes -- sometimes.

But I don't think the judge got it wrong in the balloon case.

May I Please Have Some More? Wrote:
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> To the extent you're driving at the larger point
> that sometimes the criminal law is not really
> fair, or that it's sometimes stupid, and in fact
> unjust, I would have to say, yeah, I agree, the
> law is an ass, and judges can be assholes --
> sometimes.

That was my point. I get what you're saying, too.

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