Dear Balloon Boy and Family,
I couldn't help but spend my afternoon at work on Thursday tuning into CNN every 5 minutes to see if Falcon had managed to land safely from inside that air Balloon. As sick as this might sound, I think it would have been a far cooler story if Falcon had been in the Balloon landing safe and sound- being the kid that just wanted an adventure. There is a part of me that would have loved to try something as stupid as that when I was a kid too!
But to be honest here is what I really think... I think it is totally disgusting that this seemed like a ploy to get media attention on your family which has already been on the hit show "wife swap" ($hit show opps). Not only did you manage to fool millions and millions of people into being concerned for this kid, but you also managed to tie up all of the important services in Colorado(police force, ambulances). What really bothered me was watching this interview.... "falcon why didn't you come out when we called", "well we did it for the show". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6y6HA65wUg
Why do I have this feeling that the kid is smarter then his Dad (6 year old vs 40ish hmm)!!! And geesh I'm surprised that the forces in Colorado didn't search the house first, rather then turning this into the global spectacle it became. Many examples came into my mind on Thursday... like do we blame Disney for making movies like "up" that make kids want to do stupid things like this??? Obviously I got it wrong at the time but ya that is what I was thinking, yes folks I was totally naive at the time.
I think this is one of the major things that is wrong society these days, we will do just about anything for a buck even if it means deceiving the masses to claim fame and fortune.
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