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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    I'm wondering if Richard Heene abuses his wife. There was a record of a 911 hang-up at the house, and she had bruises but said she had problems with her contacts or some such but no arrests were made-I think that was the case, anyway. I may be remembering wrong.

    But this dad is not stable. That much seems certain. He seems like an angry fame-whoring asshole and I feel sorry for the kids. I don't know if that's reason enough for CPS to remove these kids, but damn what a sad situation.

    When this first came out I thought maybe it was a hoax, but I admit part of it was based on the family's appearances on Wife Swap. I have an inherent distrust of people who appear on Wife Swap. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

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    I believe it was the great showman P.T. Barnum, who coined the most insightful phrase about human nature: "There's a sucker born every minute." Barnum made his lot in the world on the gullibility of the public and its lack of incredulity. Flash forward more than a century, and his credo has not changed one iota. Only now, you can play to the world, not just the locals.

    These people are ne'er do wells, hoping to drag us all in to their pathetic hopes for fame and riches. Sadly, this display of poor judgment and lackadaisical parenting is probably going to net them exactly what they want, because someone, somewhere, with no morals or scruples, will have the suckers lined up, waiting to eat out of their hands. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

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    Is there any news based show that doesn't blur the lines between entertainment and news? #richardheene
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    10/19/09

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    can we all at least take a pledge to not indulge this family (particularly the parents) if / when a network gives them a shot a pimping themselves out even further for a lucrative contract? please, I can't bare anymore jon & kate's in the world. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    well adjusted children do not call adults "f***ing b*tches" like falcon heene did on the clip of wife swap i saw yesterday. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    A friend of mine who works at a newspaper said the Heenes called her paper before they called 9-1-1. This story just makes me very sad in a multitude of ways. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @quatrevingtquatre: Yeah, they called the local TV stations before they called 911 as well. #richardheene
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    Newsgirl promoted this comment Sev was starred Sev was unstarred
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    10/19/09

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    The amount of airtime, regardless, devoted to this story really disappoints me. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @hollygolightly: Go away balloon! You're not News! I don't care if you were on tv, you're not news!! #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @erinna: yes, this. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @hollygolightly: Ditto. And the 24-hour networks will continue to beat this into the ground for weeks. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    Did anyone see the lawyer on the morning show rounds this morning? He kept railing that the parents would willing turn themselves in and that the police better not come to arrest them or put them through a perp walk because that would be child abuse if the kid's see mommy and daddy in handcuffs. No, the damage has already been done, this would just compound the issue. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @hfree: Ya know, I just got done looking at a Department of Justice stat that says 32% of black men will probably serve some prison time in their lifetime. I'm not in the mood for these freaks' privileged pissing and moaning. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

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    Did that child abuse quote come from the same lawyer that was on the Today show accusing the Larimer County police of child abuse if they were to arrest the parents in front of the children? He was going on and on about how it's child abuse to do such a thing...even though it hasn't even happened yet and is a total hypothetical because no arrest warrent has been issued. #richardheene
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    Image of JAlfredPrufrock JAlfredPrufrock
    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    I think the media outlet the sheriff is referring to is "Inside Edition" - they broadcast a whole bunch of the Heene's home videos of the balloon launch before the hoax announcement was made. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @JAlfredPrufrock: Inside Edition is still on? And people watch it? Next thing I know, someone's going to tell me Hard Copy is still around too... #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    What does it say about the state of such "reality TV" that my very first thought when this story broke was HOAX? Is this the point to which we as a society have devolved? And what does it say about the people who would actually watch a man so internally unstable on any kind of "show"?

    My sympathies are with Falcon (if not for his unfortunate name), for the fact this his parents are so unstable. This is a child - he vomited on TV, he was so stressed by what his father and mother had done to him. It is their job to protect him and keep him from harm - not place him in it. And while his father was the main face we've been shown, his mother is just as guilty. What a lousy, lousy pair of people they are. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    These people are sad. I wonder how they're feeling about the whole thing now. Are they still insisting it was real? #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    If these assholes don't receive some substantial legal punishment, I hope their neighbors storm their house with pitchforks and torches. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @SarahMC: Or at the very least, safety pins so they can pop all the balloons. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @mommy_dearest: ha! #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    I learned something about myself this weekend. I have way too much faith in humanity. A lot of people guessed it was a hoax when it happened, but I refused to believe that anyone would do that to their young child. I was wrong. Is it possible to quit the human race? #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: I know, it never occurred to me that it was a hoax. I feel like a rube. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @BabyJane: Not a rube - you just have an inability to get inside a narcissistic borderline sociopathic mind. I refuse to think that's a bad thing. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @boobookitteh: Thank you, that makes me feel better. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: It's not a bad thing at all. My first thought was that it was a hoax, and that just makes me sad for myself and the way I see the world. Since when has total skepticism become a benefit? It's depressing. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: Hoax didn't even occur to me. All I thought when they brought the balloon down and didn't find the kid was "Holy shit, where the hell could he be?" I was mentally gearing up for a long and painful kidnapping case, not this insane turn of events. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: My first thought was the oldest brother was the one behind the hoax...so I don't know what that says about me. #richardheene
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Media May Have Conspired With Heene Family In Hoax
    The media?! In on a sensationalist plan to gratuitously get more viewers and stir people up? Say it ain't so! #richardheene
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