Balloon boy parents plead guilty

**hampshirebrit** · 11-13-2009, 11:16 PM

Richard Heene, the father accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting his son, Falcon, was aboard a runaway balloon has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant.

Richard and Mayumi Heene appeared in a Colorado court on Friday. Mr Heene, 48, entered a guilty plea and his wife, Mayumi -a 45-year-old Japanese national who could have been deported if convicted of more serious charges - admitted a misdemeanor offense of false reporting to authorities

A tale of two dickheads, their children and a runaway balloon.

Non Ballooning Moonbat Madness

**Bubba Dawg** · 11-13-2009, 11:17 PM

There's won't be a trial? :(

That's deflating.

**hampshirebrit** · 11-13-2009, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by Bubba Dawg

There's won't be a trial? :(

That's deflating.

Yeah, the whole story has gone a bit limp.

**Bubba Dawg** · 11-13-2009, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by hampshirebrit

Yeah, the whole story has gone a bit limp.

:D

Completely as an aside.

I read that the blimp got its name from a military classification. There were two types of lighter-than-air crafts, classified by the type of construction.

Type A had a rigid frame (Like the Hindenburg or the Macon) and type B had no frame (Limp, as it were).

A-Rigid....B-Limp.....became Blimp.

**Big Guy** · 11-13-2009, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Bubba Dawg

There's won't be a trial? :(

That's deflating.

A good sentance would be;

1: Pay all expenses caused by this BS.
2: Banned from appearing on TV or Radio.
3: Banned from selling a book or their story.
4: Send her back to Japan.
5: Send him to Norther Iraq to tour the Iranian Border.
6: Send the kids to Grandparents house.

Just my opinion.

**NJCardFan** · 11-14-2009, 01:20 AM

Wow, they really let the air out of that one didn't they?

**PoliCon** · 11-14-2009, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by Big Guy

A good sentance would be;

1: Pay all expenses caused by this BS.
2: Banned from appearing on TV or Radio.
3: Banned from selling a book or their story.
4: Send her back to Japan.
5: Send him to Norther Iraq to tour the Iranian Border.
6: Send the kids to Grandparents house.

Just my opinion.

I agree with the first 3.

**hampshirebrit** · 11-14-2009, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by NJCardFan

Wow, they really let the air out of that one didn't they?

Yeah, it's all been a big let-down. :D

**GrumpyOldLady** · 11-14-2009, 12:55 PM

I agree ...

Make em' pay all the bills related to this and make them go to a psychologist for a very long time.
Ban them from TV as well.

BTW .. i saw the interviews before they admitted what they did.
The kids were behaving very badly.
Rude and no discipline.

**JackKetch** · 11-14-2009, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by Big Guy

A good sentance would be;

1: Pay all expenses caused by this BS.
2: Banned from appearing on TV or Radio.
3: Banned from selling a book or their story.
4: Send her back to Japan.
5: Send him to Norther Iraq to tour the Iranian Border.
6: Send the kids to Grandparents house.

Just my opinion.

i completely agree with 1, 2 and 3, plus time in prison and fines for defrauding the police, military, etc. there should be investigations into whether they are fit parents as well but i don't think grandma should get stuck with three bratty boys.