Comments on: Update III: On Boobs And Balloons (‘Hyper Inflation’)

By: Ms. L. D. Davis

Ms. L. D. Davis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:27:06 +0000

Sometimes, it is truly a mind-addling experience to behold the depths of “illogical logic” that some are all too eager to plummet to, in the name of publicity, for money or even for an opportunity. I am quite certain that the Heene family Mensa-reject patriarch didn’t have living in infamy or even facing federal charges in mind, when he concocted such a disastrous act of abject tomfoolery. When I hear of circus clown antics of this caliber, it really causes me to wonder if the Gene Pool would not benefit from a good hyper-chlorination. *sigh*

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:41:07 +0000

We have a government which wants to confiscate guns and arrests chemo patients who smoke pot –
e.g. people who do no harm to others. We have a government that will confiscate your property for a shopping mall or football stadium.

Will the government take action against this creep who was responsible for shutting down Denver airport and tying up tens of thousans of dollars of taxpayer provided emergency services for his narcissitic hoax?

By: Eric Miller

Eric Miller — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:07:25 +0000

My quick assessment of the past decade: everything got a lot dumber. I find this sort of media circus -- an unholy union between reality TV and TV news -- largely to blame. As people become inured to each successive level of bottom-feeding stupidity, the news media respond by lowering the bar a little further in order to keep their attention. The effect is that the CNN of 10 years ago would now appear completely foreign to us.

By: Van Wijk

Van Wijk — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:05:27 +0000

In this case, it’s plain to me that Mayumi Heene, while perhaps not abused, is certainly subservient to her husband.

Indeed. It was evident from day one that all roads lead to the husband, who has some sort of pathological narcissism, taking the family for a ride whether they like it or not.

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:33:52 +0000

“America’s Best Political Columnist
Written by James Ostrowski on October 23, 2009 – 3:39 pm –

On boobs and balloons

By Ilana Mercer

October 23, 2009”

I wholeheartedly second that motion

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:02:11 +0000

America’s Best Political Columnist Written by James Ostrowski on October 23, 2009 – 3:39 pm - On boobs and balloons By Ilana Mercer October 23, 2009 You might notice this article and rightful credit on "Political Class Dismissed"

By: Barbara Grant

Barbara Grant — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:53:14 +0000

Great, Ilana, that your article brought in the other major news story of the day, Ms. McCain's "appendages." McCain, The (Bal)Loon family and that other "flyer" of several years ago who was told to cover up by a Southwest Airlines flight attendant exhibit that Me!Me!Me! narcissism that Americans seem to love. Speaking of McCain, and this relates also to the post below, great for anything that Bachmann, Palin, and others might do to really drive a wedge (or more than one) into the Republican Party. The "Big Tent" should be deflated like Heene's balloon. [Sounds almost scientific, doesn't it? Heisenberg's Hook...]

By: M. B. Moon

M. B. Moon — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:48:17 +0000

OK Ilana, I am a pig and followed your link to “exposed appendages.” Gross!

‘ When you’re slothful, stout and stupid, it’s easier to look to the heavens than search high-and-low below. …”’ Ilana

Forgive? I’m trying.

By: Brown Shirt

Brown Shirt — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:30:52 +0000

So thorough was the analysis of this event that they didn’t even question whether the balloon was capable of lifting a child into the upper atmosphere.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:24:27 +0000

What I found most aggravating was that no one evaluated the balloon as to whether it could even lift the weight of the child in question.