all you balloon posters... you are the reason the news is filled with crap...you eat this stupid

stuff up.

now go look and the mirror and yell at yourself.

sheesh.

the media wants to OWN and do with these stupid 'reports'.

have a nice day.

won't you? Obviously, you think that you are the only one capable of doing that.

Sheesh back at you.

dinner tonight?

I have some dinner music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akEgsZSfhg

For yelling at people who give a damn about a little boy

I find it hard to believe that CNN et al, did not know this was BS, yet continued for the sake of ratings. Shame on them.

You really have to consider the fact that the "media" knew the physics and purposefully neglected to report FACTS , instead playing on the emotions of viewers for ratings. Belittle me if you wish, but you should direct outrage at CNN and the others.

As soon as the dimensions of the thing were established, it began to seem less and less likely. Can't say I wasn't entertained by the entire episode though.

... he's merely not a moron. Something that probably cannot be said about you.

take the opportunity tomorrow to teach a little bit of physics to their students.

Maybe some good will come of it after all?

Like YOU knew all along... :eyes:

Boy in shiny baloon! Oh rapture!

...considering that you looked to be the main instigator of the hysteria. I would be hidding under my scotties in shame if I were you.

Must be pretty big to knock Jon and Kate off the front page. :shrug:

I think maybe you take yourself a bit too seriously

...but you have never been more correct.

something about the water maybe? the nonstories are treated like the american idol lovers.... hmmm.....

not too savy/smart?

not so bright. but loud.

loving AI. How lovely.

and a large amount of that is due to the Media you so adore that skip those millions of others childrens stories around the world and at home, from wars to contaminated water to refusing to address the real problems behind health care reform.
pleasssssse.....

you can't be suggesting that this is FUCKING JOURNALISM???????? ...following a balloon for hours that was not likely to even be Able to carry a 6 year old kid....

wake up, sleepy heads!

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looks like there is a possibility this was all a HOAX set up by mom and pop. and the whole of america and all it's fine media were glued onto this nonstory all day. good lord a nation of idiots.

(I know what you meant, of course...)

Always comforting to know that we have esteemed posters who have an absolute awareness of what is or is not relevant, topical and newsworthy, so that those of us who simply aren't quite as bright as the self-validating, more-clever-than-thou clique know what to pay attention to.

You come across a bit like a fundamentalist televangelist, implicit in his own righteousness, and fully cognizant of everyone's sins and the hell they will go through-- but I'm sure you're aware enough to know that was nothing more than a compliment...

A possible tragedy ended happily and everyone who was worried can breathe a sigh of relief.

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!

I think your projecting.

The American people love this crap, and the media will continue to cover it because it sells.

You were a bit harsh, though. But I agree with the general sentiment of your post.

Definite moment after which it became acceptable.

When he was last seen getting into a weather balloon and witnesses reported seeing something fall from the balloon. Now I have problem with this story turning out to be a hoax, and that has more to do with the family than anything else. But this is something that people should have cared about if the story had been true.

peoples bread and circuses.
They tend to freak out big time.

of a 6 year old boy who through misadventure could have perished from hypoxia, hypothermia, electrocution, or acute gravitational disorder.

When I look in the mirror, all I see is one extremely handsome man.

Sorry to disappoint you in this case.

God forbid someone caring about a small helpless child. Which is what most everyone thought at the breaking of the story.

because we are human. Drama is compelling, be it fictional, mythological, or playing out in real time on our HD screens.

I fail to see how we've been harmed.

I have to agree with that part.

:biggest eyeroll available:

I will forever flounder in your intellectual shadow.

.... walk and chew gum at the same time.

And for the record, this is the first balloon thread I even opened. I'm sorry I did.

Easy for you to say in hindsight but while that balloon was up there most of us had no idea what was going on. For me it was only after he was found hiding I thought something was amiss.

The boy's dad is a real clown, the saucer like look of the balloon, the lack of size to haul the kid, and the father has a big need for media attention. In the first thread I looked at, I followed a link to the guy on some TV show, and figured right then he's addicted to reality tv fame.

He set the whole thing up, and had the kids act it out.

We should all listen to every word you say.

You should start an OP every day telling us what to do. You know. A cross between Dear Abby and Heloise.

And somehow you know all about what's going on.	Renew Deal	Oct-15-09 06:18 PM	#1
ha! if the OP is a hypocrit then you are exactly the kind of mind	Whisp	Oct-15-09 06:31 PM	#29
If you go online, it can hardly be avoided. Is he a hypocrite for visiting DU?	JackRiddler	Oct-15-09 08:11 PM	#52
Well I do live for your approval .....	Botany	Oct-15-09 06:19 PM	#2
Gosh.	Zix	Oct-15-09 06:20 PM	#3
Well, you WILL let people know which stories are true and which aren't,	SeattleGirl	Oct-15-09 06:21 PM	#
Did I ever tell you that you are my Fave?	Botany	Oct-15-09 06:25 PM	#15
Yum!	SeattleGirl	Oct-15-09 06:40 PM	#42
An Unrec	Me.	Oct-15-09 06:21 PM	#4
Math and physics told me (and many others) that this was BS from the get-go.	MNDemNY	Oct-15-09 06:25 PM	#14
Yes we know. You're a genius	Renew Deal	Oct-15-09 06:27 PM	#20
It's not hard.	MNDemNY	Oct-15-09 06:31 PM	#28
The thing is, one does not need to be.	anigbrowl	Oct-15-09 06:41 PM	#43
No...	sendero	Oct-15-09 10:20 PM	#62
It's possible. Maybe MNDemNY doesn't work for NASA.	madeline_con	Oct-15-09 10:36 PM	#68
I'm hoping that science teachers everywhere will	Duer 157099	Oct-15-09 06:34 PM	#35
Could be!	MNDemNY	Oct-15-09 06:35 PM	#39
+1	snagglepuss	Oct-15-09 08:17 PM	#54
flamebait...	hlthe2b	Oct-15-09 06:21 PM	#5
Blame Fate.	Zix	Oct-15-09 06:21 PM	#8
Baloon! Wow! Ooh, shiny baloon! Whee!	damntexdem	Oct-15-09 06:21 PM	#6
And who made you God?	Hepburn	Oct-15-09 06:21 PM	#7
I find it interesting that you have the guts to respond to that...	Ten Bears	Oct-15-09 06:29 PM	#24
Do you feel better now? nt.	Parker CA	Oct-15-09 06:22 PM	#9
More interesting than a car chase	AllentownJake	Oct-15-09 06:22 PM	#10
POST WHAT I WANT	Teaser	Oct-15-09 06:23 PM	#11
There's a story about a balloon on the news?	edbermac	Oct-15-09 06:23 PM	#12
Like posting on a message board is oh-so purposeful. lol	polichick	Oct-15-09 06:24 PM	#13
Th power is intoxicating, no?	MNDemNY	Oct-15-09 06:26 PM	#17
The irony is that technically, this is another balloon OP.	flvegan	Oct-15-09 06:25 PM	#16
LOL.	JBoy	Oct-15-09 06:29 PM	#23
mmmmmm..... irony.	Soylent Brice	Oct-15-09 06:31 PM	#30
Oh, the humanity!	Jersey Devil	Oct-15-09 06:26 PM	#18
You're going to get flamed...	Ten Bears	Oct-15-09 06:26 PM	#19
Wheeee!	rug	Oct-15-09 06:29 PM	#21
a truth - but you will get yelled at.	Whisp	Oct-15-09 06:29 PM	#22
POST WHAT I WANT	Teaser	Oct-15-09 06:41 PM	#44
you make a fine example.	Whisp	Oct-15-09 06:56 PM	#49
Yes, a small child might be in danger and you equate it to people	Shell Beau	Oct-15-09 10:38 PM	#70
millions of small children are in danger...	Whisp	Oct-15-09 11:27 PM	#73
AI was an okay movie, it just should have ended a bit earlier	petronius	Oct-16-09 12:27 AM	#77
YAY! I love masturbatory indignation!	LostInAnomie	Oct-15-09 06:30 PM	#25
YAY! I love masturbatory indignation!	LostInAnomie	Oct-15-09 06:30 PM	#26
lol Someone who quotes the Kaiser loving Mencken making an elitist post	anonymous171	Oct-15-09 06:30 PM	#27
Punch yourself in the face.	Blue-Jay	Oct-15-09 06:32 PM	#31
Always comforting to know that we have	LanternWaste	Oct-15-09 06:33 PM	#32
Quite so.	snagglepuss	Oct-15-09 08:21 PM	#57
This isn't going to ... GO DOWN ... well...	Zix	Oct-15-09 06:33 PM	#33
I'm fine, Arianna	blogslut	Oct-15-09 06:34 PM	#34
and you're an asshole nt	WolverineDG	Oct-15-09 06:34 PM	#36
Can you put a finer point on the consular?	Botany	Oct-15-09 06:39 PM	#41
SHAME ON YOU DU!	Drunken Irishman	Oct-15-09 06:34 PM	#37
You shamed yet, DU?	Drunken Irishman	Oct-15-09 06:34 PM	#
I'm weeping. I'm so shallow. I never knew.	Zix	Oct-15-09 08:13 PM	#53
Like I can't think of two things at once.	asdjrocky	Oct-15-09 06:34 PM	#38
Who's the president? Balloon?	Drunken Irishman	Oct-15-09 06:35 PM	#40
President Balloon!	asdjrocky	Oct-15-09 08:03 PM	#50
Lighten up, Francis	slackmaster	Oct-15-09 06:42 PM	#45
I've dubbed these kind of posters "Scoldilocks"	Lex	Oct-15-09 10:27 PM	#65
"Scoldilocks." Perfect! LOL! nt	blondeatlast	Oct-15-09 10:33 PM	#66
"Scoldilocks"	WildEyedLiberal	Oct-16-09 01:43 AM	#83
K & R	Kievan Rus	Oct-15-09 06:43 PM	#46
It was os interest to me because I'm sort of from Ft. Collins. Is that acceptable to you??	kestrel91316	Oct-15-09 06:50 PM	#47
and get off your lawn?	eShirl	Oct-15-09 06:51 PM	#48
Indeed.	bigwillq	Oct-15-09 08:07 PM	#51
Totally love how you're posting this NOW	Zix	Oct-15-09 08:17 PM	#55
Yeah you're right. Why should anyone care about a 6 year old missing	npk	Oct-15-09 08:21 PM	#56
Do.Not.Fuck.With.	conscious evolution	Oct-15-09 08:22 PM	#58
so i gather.. sad though...very very sad.	ORDagnabbit	Oct-15-09 10:16 PM	#61
People like you are why we can't have Michael Jackson threads in GD anymore.	kenny blankenship	Oct-15-09 10:25 PM	#63
I love drive-by posts telling us how stupid we are for being concerned for the well-being	cherokeeprogressive	Oct-15-09 08:24 PM	#59
Misadventure or lack of parental supervision?	madeline_con	Oct-15-09 10:41 PM	#71
So in order for King You to sanction news, I guess there has to be a body count	Dreamer Tatum	Oct-15-09 08:25 PM	#60
You knew all along it was a hoax?	rucky	Oct-15-09 10:27 PM	#64
See post #14. Then see Rock City.	madeline_con	Oct-15-09 10:42 PM	#72
I hope you don't own a mirror.	Shell Beau	Oct-15-09 10:35 PM	#67
That's what the scroll wheel is for, poor darling. Far too simple for drama, though. nt	blondeatlast	Oct-15-09 10:36 PM	#69
Human Interest -- we are interested	Codeine	Oct-15-09 11:43 PM	#74
good heavens... you fail to see.....	Whisp	Oct-15-09 11:45 PM	#75
I suppose I haven't reached your lofty heights.	Codeine	Oct-15-09 11:46 PM	#76
Unrec for your selfcentered view of what is good and proper. Also for insulting people who can .....	Stinky The Clown	Oct-16-09 12:39 AM	#78
You have a very skewed view of reality	951-Riverside	Oct-16-09 12:46 AM	#79
I invested almost no time in it or the threads, because the father is a clown.	TexasObserver	Oct-16-09 12:49 AM	#80
Gosh. YOU knew. YOU had it all figured out there, huh? Man, you're good.	Stinky The Clown	Oct-16-09 12:55 AM	#82
You are a balloon poster, so I guess that means.....?	EmilyAnne	Oct-16-09 12:51 AM	#81