No surprise that charges are being filed in the balloon boy incident:
“We were looking at Class 3 misdemeanor, which hardly seems serious enough given the circumstances,” Alderden said. “We are talking to the district attorney, federal officials to see if perhaps there aren’t additional federal charges that are appropriate in this circumstance.”
Evidently, this is a family that likes the attention of the public:
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.
I wonder how they like being the newest obsession of the media? No matter how much you want to be in the spotlight, shouldn’t the extreme scrutiny by the press of the Octomom, the Gosselins and Joe the Plumber have been a warning against generating publicity?
BTW, here’s the “show” the six-year-old might have been talking about.
posted October 18, 2009 at 11:28 am
Remember Balloon Man from 1982? He tied balloons to a lawnchair and floated around California…and he had to pay FAA fines. http://tinyurl.com/ylas7ne
posted October 19, 2009 at 7:46 am
It’s a pretty lame stunt … would have been better if the boy had gotten took up … and landed safely. The family probably coulda had their pick of circuses after that.
posted October 19, 2009 at 11:37 am
history repeats, I believe the “Lawnchair Balloon Man” later died performing a similar stunt, and may have made it into the “Darwin Awards.”
This “Balloon Boy” family is sad, and I feel sorry for the children. More Reality TV victims.
BTW, Michele, I saw “The Invention of Lying” on Saturday, and thought it was fun and thought-provoking. I hope you will reconsider your opposition to seeing the film. I think someone who has been to seminary like you would love the dialogue in the film about “the Man in the Sky” – it was pretty darned funny.
Far from being anti-religious, it suggested to me that a world without religion and belief would be a bit more bleak than a world with religion. Of course, I think Gervais was also saying “don’t wait for Heaven in order to be happy, or to be kind to others” which is a great message, and one with whom most religious people I’ve known would agree.