Balloon Boy, Brothers Rap Antigay Slurs

[ecstatic]

The news just keeps getting worse for the Heene family, better known now to the world as the family behind the balloon scandal.

On the heels of news the Heene parents will face charges for what has now been deemed a “hoax” –- the Denver sheriff’s department says the Heenes “manipulated authorities and media into believing their son had flown away in a balloon (he was later found hiding in the attic) -- comes this video, shot just after the Heenes appeared on Wife Swap.

In the video, the Heene boys rap about the "pussification" of men and frequently use the word “f****t.” At about the 2 minute and 50 second mark, one of the boys talks about throwing a rock at a “f****t” in a tree.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/17/Ball... /

[bluestateguy]

1. Well, they just lost the Left

Not that they ever had it, but maybe now some people on our side will stop making excuses for their eccentricities and "creativity".

[burning rain]

15. WIN for wryness.

.

[Zomby Woof]

36. Those idiots you speak of are not on my side

As a rule, ignorant people are never on my side.

I hope this brings an end to the weak-assed defenses I have been reading on DU about this family. "Hey! They're not cookie-cutter bourgeois suburbanites! They are quirky and real and geeky and different! Yay!"

[bluestateguy]

40. Indeed

I agree with you. That's why I only said some people on our side had been defending them.

[roguevalley]

41. I saw a clip of him on the wife swap show. He's certifiable. He also

thinks he's hot stuff.

[951-Riverside]

2. Richard Heene is a disgusting POS

Both should face criminal and civil punishment and the kids should be removed until the parents have a mental evaluation, complete counseling and complete a court ordered parenting class. FFS, They kept their 6 year old in a box in the attic for hours while they pulled this "stunt".

I edited my post I thought I took the wrong approach

[BuyingThyme]

3. I vote for a wife swap beteen the Heenes and the Palins.

[donheld]

5. Maybe a three way swap, throw in Plumber Joe and,,, is there a woman stupid enough

to have married him?

[BuyingThyme]

6. I've never watched the show but maybe Not Joe Not a Plumber can moderate or something.

[EFerrari]

9. It looks like you're too late.

lol

[LisaL]

10. Everyone would turn in.

[Strelnikov_]

34. "I'd buy that for a dollar!" n/t

[TK421]

42. What about the God Warrior lady?

[tammywammy]

44. That lady was awesome

I'd never laughed so hard.

[TK421]

46. EVERYTHING IS DARKSIDED!!!~!!@##@##

[donheld]

4. Please do not blame the little kids - It's their parents that are raising them

in a crappy fashion who are to blame for all this. The hoax, the antigay crap, all of it.

[LisaL]

8. Agree. What are they-six, eight and ten.

Somehow I doubt the kids came up with the lyrics.

[ecstatic]

17. Exactly. The dad wrote and filmed the song nt

[Maru Kitteh]

18. I don't think anyone is blaming the kids. There are no truly bad kids, or dogs, Just bad guardians.

And in this case, bad doesn't even begin to cover it.

[Walk away]

27. However, in ten years they will be on their way to beating their wives...

...and blowing up Federal buildings.

[Maru Kitteh]

39. Which is why they need to be removed from the envirnment they're in and given a chance

at a productive, decently adjusted life.

[LTR]

22. I agree

As kids, we all said some rather stupid things we likely now regret. They probably didn't know any better

And I can't believe I'm commenting on a "Balloon Boy" thread. I think I'll regret this in the morning.

[Lucy Goosey]

28. Agreed - it's pretty clearly the parents' fault.

Whether or not the kids even really know what "fa**ot" is supposed to mean, something is really wrong here.

[ShadowLiberal]

45. Agreed, kids don't sing about stuff like that without their parents teaching them hatred for gays

They also don't swear without hearing swear words from somewhere.

Just another reason why these horrible parents need to go to jail and lose custody of their kids. The poor kid who said that they did this all for the show is already probably traumatized for life knowing that something they said could land their parents in jail, all because their parents were hungry for attention from the world.

[Odin2005]

7. Get CPS on their case!

[maglatinavi]

14. odin 2005

I have no great respect for CPS, at least considering my experiences in California, but I hope the ones in Colorado may redeem the horrific experience I had in California trying to help a sexual abused child and do something for these poor kids. Obviously the parents are not fitted to have children and much less, if they do, to be around them and feed them all the crap that they already have in their psyches. How sad!!! If the parents are charged with felonies and are incarcerated I guess CPS may yet do something for these poor kids!
By the way, what kind of friggin show is the wife swap? Hate to think about it. Heavens, what a poor country this may become with people and shows like these !!!
these parents out of the planet ... there may be somewhere a ballon that could take them off!!! LOL!

[bullwinkle428]

11. Not shocked that this would come from that wife-beating father of theirs...

misogyny and homophobia go together like peanut butter & jelly.

[47of74]

12. Oh my God

The Colorado child welfare people really needs to get these kids away from those dirtbag parents right now.

[hamsterjill]

31. I think so, too. NOW!

I don't normally like to see child protective services have to step in, but I think Heene is a psychopath, and I would not put it past him to do something even more drastic now to keep the media attention, which he craves.

I wouldn't put anything past him at this stage of the game, and I don't want to read headlines about tragedy in that household.

[MindandSoul]

13. This should be entitled "How to raise successful psychopaths!"

[Jkid]

20. This should be entitled "How to raise successful socialized psychopaths!"

Fixed.

[MindandSoul]

43. Thanks!

[Ian David]

16. Science will fly you to The Moon. Psyence will fly an empty balloon across Colorado. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

19. As soon as one knew this family was on wife swap.....TWICE, I was told....

one's expectations of them had to go right down the toilet....before any other facts are even known.

[Quantess]

21. Mr. Heene is obviously the one pulling the strings.

And, he doesn't seem to care what gets people's attention, just as long as they pay attention to him and his family

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. I blame the mom.

She's obviously the brains behind the operation.

[Quantess]

25. No, I blame the 6 year old kid.

I already know the answer is no, but do you have any basis for your assertions?

[TexasObserver]

24. The father has major issues about gays, and so does the mother.

I saw a segment of her bashing a house husband for being the "woman" in his marriage.

[ecstatic]

26. I tried to avoid watching the clips from the show

but now I'm really curious!

[brendan120678]

29. Aren't many rap songs...

misogynistic and homophobic?
Just seems to be my observation.

[Codeine]

30. LOL!

Suddenly we're shocked somebody said "faggot" in a rap song!

[ecstatic]

32. When a 6 year old is saying it, yeah it's

pretty surprising. And actually you're wrong, that word is not used often in rap. I can't think of one popular rap song out right now with that word in it.

[and-justice-for-all]

33. Ok then, fuck those people..bigot fucks...nt

[Zomby Woof]

35. Yet some DUers persist in defending them

"He's a science geek! Why do you hate smart people?"

"How do you know he's a wife beater? It was her contact lens, just like she said!"

"They're just children! They can do no wrong!"

Etc etc.

[marmar]

37. This family sounds like a real collection of ..... something.

n/t

[951-Riverside]

38. Surprise Surprise in 1997 he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 2 years probation

http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/19/richard-heene-vandalism-v...