Don't you just love the fact that we can say "balloon boy" and everyone knows what we are talking about? Like "Runaway Bride" and "Jilted Astronaut", "Balloon Boy" has entered the lexicon thanks to poor judgement and the 24-hour cable news machine. (Note: "Diapered Astronaut" also works.) The poor judgement in this case was provided Balloon Boy's idiot father, Richard Heene, who wanted to be on TV so much he was willing to sacrifice his son, Falcon. Even if the Falcon was never in any danger, what kind of parent uses his kid like that?
The saddest part of all of this? We created Richard Heene. He is a product of the "reality TV" we are bombarded with every day. That garbage isn't there by mistake. It is there because we watch it. I have seen the enemy and he is us. We are "Balloon Boy."
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Posted
Oct 22 2009, 05:06 PM
by
Rob Rogers