America’s Big Balloon Ride!
It’s health care! All over the news, big and puffy, out of control, going nowhere, with no one on board! Except the kid in the cardboard box, and Balloon Dad …
Obama, via Politico: “You guys said we did this for the show.”
Pelosi, via WaPo: “Appalled!”
Could be bad if it actually hits any power lines. OK, blowing some air into this bag:
WSJ: Heads up, Balloon Parents. It works better without the kid in the balloon.
Legal Insurrection: Hit those power lines, you might get shocked!
Gateway: It’s not a balloon ride … it’s three-card monte!
Gay Patriot: OK, here’s what keeps the balloon from flying off.
Surber: 1 in 8 public hospitals to close! Oh, OK, that air’s coming out of someone else’s balloon.
Hullabaloo: “We were working on an experimental craft. I call it the 3D-LAV, a low altitude-vehicle for people to pull out of their garages and hover over traffic for about 50 to 100 feet. It’s in the very early stages of the invention. But this little guy decided to kept going inside the utility compartment underneath. So anyway, this little guy got inside of it. I thought he did, anyway … “ OK, that’s not exactly how Digby put it.
HotAir: Plot thickens … parents were watching when ballon took off! Hang on, that’s the other balloon.
Malkin: Best Nobel Prize Rap Ever. Wait a minute, that’s about a different big empty sack. Fun vid, though.
Related, Scrappleface, reporting from Oslo: “World hails Obama’s Rescue of Balloon Boy.”
(With a nod to Fausta, who suggested in an email that Obama may want to pump some helium into his own ratings. She notes the Weather Channel is the only one he doesn’t dominate. Maybe, but it looks like some of the gas is coming out.)
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:44 am on Friday, October 16, 2009
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October 16th, 2009 at 10:44 am
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