Balloon boy Haiku thread....just because we need to "vent" here

NRaleighLiberal

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:33 PM
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Balloon boy Haiku thread....just because we need to "vent" here

shiny shiny thing
media says THIS is news
but we know better

It is so easy
to focus on stupid stuff
when hard stuff is...hard!

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Don Davis

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:36 PM
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1. Colorado Balloon Boy Named Head of GOP

http://satiricalpolitical.com/2009/10/15/colorado-ballon-boy-named-head-of-gop/

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Warpy

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:37 PM
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2. I only read one of them to find out what the hullabaloo was all about

and refrained from commenting. It reminds me of that kid in the well.

Fifty witless posts
Balloon boy is famous now
Forgotten Friday.

Bright shiny object!
No, it's not mylar balloons
Stupid tabloid trash!

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booksenkatz

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:40 PM
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3. :)

Up, up and away
In my beautiful balloon
Um, or maybe not.

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Duer 157099

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:41 PM
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4. I dedicate this one to the man who, miraculously, was on site when it descended

It was your moment
you almost were a hero
but you tripped and fell

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Berry Cool

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:42 PM
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5. Mine...

Balloon flies away
Carrying boy? They say so.
Lands safe--but no boy!

Where is he? At home.
He was hiding all the time.
Boy, are we suckers.

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NRaleighLiberal

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:48 PM
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6. I'll throw in a few more...

Inane, stupid, lame
pushed all over the airwaves
things are getting worse...

what would Cronkite say
about the state of the news?
He's safe from it now.

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frazzled

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:52 PM
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7. Oh, why not

wife-swapping papa
hopes his silver machine
gets on the news shows

now the news men
try so hard to justify
embarrassing gullibility

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Arugula Latte

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Thu Oct-15-09 06:56 PM
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8. First try:

I am balloon boy
I go up, up and away
To my own attic.

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SalmonChantedEvening

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Thu Oct-15-09 07:04 PM
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9. ;)

Oh poor Balloon Boy
I missed your story today
But it's haiku time

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Ten Bears

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Thu Oct-15-09 07:16 PM
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10. Here goes the DUers referred to shall remain nameless but you know who you are

Personal Drama
Everyone look at me
See how much I care

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