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sorry, but even with this coming to light the Media is still stupider for not figuring the lift of the balloon with all the thousands of people and computers at their disposal.
A guy this stupid hoaxed every network. Why has not a single department head of any new agency been asked to clean out their desk?
I guess reporters are just hired for their looks.
Well....it's worked for so many TV "news" reporters...I guess he thought racism is his big ticket to reporting the news.
I hear there's an opening....
Haw haw haw! He's a rebel who isn't afraid to take on political correctness!
Also a total fucking asshole who I hope serves time for his pathetic kid-exploiting publicity stunt.
What in the hell is going on in the upper right corner?
Hard to see, but I think the "Orientals" page reads something like this:
"Zipperheads. Andrew Dice Clay put it best when he said, 'You don't give car keys to someone you can blindfold with dental floss.' Andrew, that's a killer line. What the hell is it with the Orientals anyway."
So...if it's supposed to be humorous, he only tries to be by quoting a shitty comedian. Otherwise, it's just reads as an angry rant. Ironically, he married a Japanese woman, didn't he?
...Anyone else find it funny that he wrote a racist section on "ORIENT ALS" (nice kerning, idiot) -- and then married one?
http://www.mahalo.com/mayumi-heene
Flawed worldview fail.
I'm such an idiot. When I read "Bros" I assumed it meant be wary of pot smoking Hawaiian surfers driving wood paneled Cadillacs with surf boards hanging out the back window. Now I'm laughing at myself. At least something good came of this book.
I think it's hilarious that the "customers who bought this book also bought" section consists entirely of books on acting and auditioning.
Methinks that Richard Heene and wife -- actors extraordinaire -- were the only customers who bought the book on Amazon... FAIL!
Maybe we could track down a few copies to send to the other people on his cell block to show them what an OK guy he is.
If Heene doesn't get Dick Of The Year award, at least he has a good chance at walking away with the Lifetime Achievement prize. And at such a young age, too.
@toolbag:
That would be 'Brahs'. ;-)
Snopup @ #6, it's more common than you might think. The ignorance and sexism that makes them believe Asian women are subservient and want only to please a man (think: geishas) unlike us American-born "man-hating feminazis" overrides even their racism. Women not really being fully human anyway, so it doesn't matter if our skin is darker. We're born to serve.
"Author of Herp-AIDS Detector/Deflector Kit" is in fine print on the cover of that book. NICE.
I wonder if Mayumi Heene knows about his book?
#1: Initial reports of the size of the balloon suggested that the volume of helium might conceivably be enough to lift a small child. I can't fault the media too much for that, since I was doing the math myself and couldn't conclusively disprove it.
What's really damning though is that there's no mistaking a balloon with 40 lbs of free lift from one with just enough to make it to a few thousand feet altitude and drift lazily along. When the kid didn't turn up in the balloon, it was pretty clear that the family had to know from the start that he couldn't have ever been in the balloon. If it'd had that much lift and had been released empty, it would have shot straight up to its burst altitude and come back down in pieces.
Richard Alan Heene. Super-genius.
You know, it is still conceivable that he may get a reality TV show, seeing what levels some networks will stoop to.
I'm sorry he is using a such a nice Toyota truck for such a lame series of gags...
that granny on the hood is showing a lot of hoo-ha.
Brainspore,
You're evil. I like you.
In the "towelheads" section he refers to a fancy restaurant as having "eloquent" surroundings, so apparently it was self edited as well. Of course maybe he is referring to a well spoken restaurant in which case feel free to charge me with a felony for false reporting of a usage error on a comments section.
OMG, will this man never go away? Seriously, there's just nothing interesting about him. He's just a sad little hack with nothing to offer but his naked need for fame. And those suckers? Are a dime a dozen.
@anonymous #1 If you're care about the children, you apparently don't care about about physics.
Please stop posting about this guy.
Don't feed the trolls.
Seriously.
You should know better.
Well, I mean, it is titled the "Offensive" Driving Handbook. Whadya expect?
"Terrible Person Does Something Terrible...film at 11"
This was written for that couple who crashed the White House last week, but it applies equally to this guy.
source: Tom Schaller on FiveThirtyEight
As a bro I find this deeply disturbing. I thank you boing boing for bringing this incredibly important information to the attention of the bro community.
@DavdFaris...
Well commented! Thanks for the link there, and by golly, this seems like a really good idea!
So this guy whose 15 minutes of fame have come and gone also once wrote an offensive book that nobody bought? Got it.
Nothing more to see here, folks. Move along ...
That is one sad, strange little man. (What does that say below his name on the cover? Something about AIDS...)
Let's not forget about how he has his kids sing about throwing rocks at "F*ggots"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KHwhQUxUvc&feature=player_embedded
Anonymous,
How am I supposed to unwatch that?!?
you're an evil genius