tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post8957359654833462475..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Falcon the Balloon Boy and the wild ride that never happened…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-38057021760800543242009-10-24T21:09:01.858-05:002009-10-24T21:09:01.858-05:00I'm still laughing at how the media got punked...I'm still laughing at how the media got punked. Does my media-hating heart SUCH good.windy city girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843235129475658574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-79533549857849361562009-10-19T17:45:16.196-05:002009-10-19T17:45:16.196-05:00See, this is what I love about not having a TV. I ...See, this is what I love about not having a TV. I got to ignore this story until it got interesting--that is, when it went from being a story about a missing kid to being a story about the how media and the drive for fame and money warps people's behaviors, and how the media enables it, even as they tell us they hate doing it. Amazing.Valkyrie607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-49731672108558217052009-10-19T14:24:19.057-05:002009-10-19T14:24:19.057-05:00Your very presence in the world amazes and inspire...Your very presence in the world amazes and inspires me every day...<br /><br />dannaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530104191422913227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-47538344613278436272009-10-18T12:44:23.655-05:002009-10-18T12:44:23.655-05:00latest update is that authorities are going to pre...latest update is that authorities are going to press charges against the family. Probably just a misdemeanor however, I think CPS needs to invest what is going on in that house.iriegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624900201571871081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-35859176882190443422009-10-17T21:04:40.588-05:002009-10-17T21:04:40.588-05:00haha...the fucker is probably going to jail and pa...haha...the fucker is probably going to jail and paying for the entire fiasco. of course, he'll get all teary eyed in his apology explaining his addiction to " " and what a horrible person he thinks he is for doing this to his kids.<br /><br />send in child protective svcs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-68502927714200191222009-10-17T14:45:20.547-05:002009-10-17T14:45:20.547-05:00I kid you not - 2 minutes after reading your post,...I kid you not - 2 minutes after reading your post, I plunked myself down on the couch next to my illin' and chillin' 9 year old. Husband was in the chair next to us and I says to husband, I says "So. You've heard about balloon boy?"<br /><br />And the sick and feverish NINE YEAR OLD pops up with each. and. every. detail. The silver balloon. The hiding in the attic. The kid maybe lying. Every detail of a news story I'd clicked through on CNN. Kid doesn't read news on the innertubes. And we don't have cable.<br /><br />I suppose you could say this is a news story that has kid appeal, and that's why he knew that story better than, say, the reason for the recent spike in gasoline prices. Or - more realistically - you could say that even a kid who's been watching Sponge Bob because he feels like crud is getting inundated with Balloon Boy in between switching DVDs and popping tylenol.<br /><br />It made me laugh in a crying on the inside kind of way.bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-45752856996401147482009-10-16T13:08:16.135-05:002009-10-16T13:08:16.135-05:00Slow media time is right...lol..I switched channel...Slow media time is right...lol..I switched channels 3x & still got the balloon family; then on Regis/Kelly they talked about it...geeesh..that's when I turned it off & ran for radio music!L. Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-76890527947695707332009-10-16T11:11:38.141-05:002009-10-16T11:11:38.141-05:00A family of wingnuts that evidently didn't get...A family of wingnuts that evidently didn't get enough facetime during their reality show or that ridiculous Wife Swap show.<br /><br />Yes, I did watch and was concerned as hell, until the brat popped up in the attic. <br /><br />And fuck the media for keeping this shit going. Losers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.com