Consequences for Stupidity?
Monday, October 19, 2009 Shocking news. Not really. The "balloon boy" bullshit was a hoax. Staged. Another smartass family in this country that decided to get famous for no particular reason and try to bring in some extra cash. It worked, and no matter what happens with them they will make money out of this. There may be a movie made, books, tons of magazine covers, rumors, affairs with other 'famous nobodies', merchandising, etc.
But where are the real consequences? The sheriff of Larimer County said that there will be charges, but what kind of charges? I don't think anybody will end up in jail. They should, both parents, but it will not happen because who will protect the innocent children? And they can get huge fines, but like I said before money should not be a problem for these people after this.
The problem in this country is that at the end of the day there is no good punishment for these kind of actions, and that is why people keep looking for this sort of stupid fame-whoring tactics. What kind of message does an event like this send to everyone in this country, and around the world? Media from all over the planet were covering this in real time, and lots of people were actually sad thinking that the little bastard fell off the balloon. Now you tell them it was all staged? That it was for the sole purpose of being on television and making some dough? I'm sorry but this is why the world hates America. What the fuck.
At the end of the day, people forget. In the meantime I want to see how this develops. I'm sure there is a lot of people in Larimer County that are pissed off, as not only they volunteered for the search and were worried sick for an entire day, but this also cost the county lots of cash in salaries, equipment, helicopters, etc. Oh, and not to mention they all look like idiots now.
My only hope is that someone smarter than me can figure out what the correct punishment is for these people and make sure it happens. Hey, this is Obama Nation and supposedly things were going to change for the better. This is something that should change if we really want to teach Americans better values and we want the rest of the world to respect us for that.
Balloon Hoax, Falcon Heene, Larimer County, Mayumi Heene, Richard Heene, balloon boy in Funny, Life, Movies & TV, Politics 
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