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Topic: Are We Done Yet?
CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Sat 10/17/09 01:53 PM
Are we done yet about hearing about the stupid balloon family from Ft. Collins, CO? OMG what a stupid story! My father says, it was picked up because it was a slow news week, and that's the best they could come up with. Now this trash is a media sensation, when this quite possibly is the weakest news story of 2009. What do you all think? Was it a hoax? Media hype? Who the hell was in charge of those tethers anyway? Come on guys, bash and trash!

HockeyChick Joined Thu 10/23/08 Posts: 4194	Sat 10/17/09 02:00 PM Edited by HockeyChick on Sat 10/17/09 02:04 PM


auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sat 10/17/09 02:01 PM
I think the concern came in when it was thought the child was on board.

TxsGal3333 Joined Tue 09/05/06 Posts: 76391	Sat 10/17/09 02:03 PM
Hummm if it was so stupid then it must have caught your attention since you brought it up. So guess it must be news after all.... hehehe

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sat 10/17/09 02:03 PM


earthytaurus76 Joined Wed 04/08/09 Posts: 6603	Sat 10/17/09 02:05 PM
I dunno, but I rememeber getting so sick of that kid Elian Gonzalez. Remember that crap? And I LIVED in south Florida at the time.

Calleigh12 Joined Tue 04/01/08 Posts: 17193	Sat 10/17/09 02:06 PM
I dunno, but I rememeber getting so sick of that kid Elian Gonzalez. Remember that crap? And I LIVED in south Florida at the time. I wonder whatever happened to him?

earthytaurus76 Joined Wed 04/08/09 Posts: 6603	Sat 10/17/09 02:07 PM
I dunno, but I rememeber getting so sick of that kid Elian Gonzalez. Remember that crap? And I LIVED in south Florida at the time. I wonder whatever happened to him? He was my last fling.

CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Sat 10/17/09 02:07 PM
Yes there was concern, but were they really concerned, or did they make that up? The child "hid" in the attic of the garage because his dad yelled at him. The mother supposedly was in charge of tying the tethers securely. The father lost it and went off on the mother for not securing the tethers. The additional weight of the child as ballast to the silver mushroom UFO balloon would not have let the balloon take off and behave as it did. This whole story sounds ridiculous and manufactured. The fact that the media has been on this for 3 days now is even more ridiculous. Ahhhhh!

Calleigh12 Joined Tue 04/01/08 Posts: 17193	Sat 10/17/09 02:08 PM
I dunno, but I rememeber getting so sick of that kid Elian Gonzalez. Remember that crap? And I LIVED in south Florida at the time. I wonder whatever happened to him? He was my last fling. That doesn't surprise me.

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sat 10/17/09 02:09 PM
Yeah, I'm sure that's it. They did it all just to get on TV!

CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Sat 10/17/09 02:12 PM
Hummm if it was so stupid then it must have caught your attention since you brought it up. So guess it must be news after all.... hehehe Oh, hoh, hoh! Actually when I first heard this story, I was like, "WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?" Then my father and sister got interested in it. And I was like "Don't you have anything better to do?" And they have been non-stop about this for the last 3 days. I mean really, WTF? Come on, there's better stories out there than this twisted manufactured fiction. The truth is out there!

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sat 10/17/09 02:13 PM
Ya know, you CAN always turn it off.

HockeyChick Joined Thu 10/23/08 Posts: 4194	Sat 10/17/09 02:21 PM Edited by HockeyChick on Sat 10/17/09 02:22 PM
Come on, there's better stories out there than this twisted manufactured fiction. The truth is out there! queues up the "X Files" theme music....

CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Sat 10/17/09 02:23 PM
Yes, you can, but then people you know keep bringing it up, and then I'm like "Enough already." Let's talk baseball, or this week's NFL matchups, or the healtcare debate, not the balloon family.

CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Sat 10/17/09 02:24 PM
Come on, there's better stories out there than this twisted manufactured fiction. The truth is out there! queues up the "X Files" theme music.... Wasn't David Duchovney a sex addict?

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sat 10/17/09 02:24 PM
Yes, you can, but then people you know keep bringing it up, and then I'm like "Enough already." Let's talk baseball, or this week's NFL matchups, or the healtcare debate, not the balloon family. And WHO opened this thread???

HockeyChick Joined Thu 10/23/08 Posts: 4194	Sat 10/17/09 02:26 PM
Come on, there's better stories out there than this twisted manufactured fiction. The truth is out there! queues up the "X Files" theme music.... Wasn't David Duchovney a sex addict?

CatsLoveMe Joined Wed 09/16/09 Posts: 4522	Sat 10/17/09 02:33 PM
Yes, you can, but then people you know keep bringing it up, and then I'm like "Enough already." Let's talk baseball, or this week's NFL matchups, or the healtcare debate, not the balloon family. And WHO opened this thread??? Yes, I did, but I wanted to adress how ridiculous this story is. Why does it deserve the media attention it's getting? Is there someone here that knows more than the rest of us that there's a deeper story, or is it just fluff? Maybe people were intrigued, maybe some were put off. It's an open forum, and I just want to hear everyone's views. And by the way David Duchovney is a perv.

HockeyChick Joined Thu 10/23/08 Posts: 4194	Sat 10/17/09 02:35 PM Edited by HockeyChick on Sat 10/17/09 02:40 PM
well at least i tried changing the subject..lmao