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Balloon released at Nebraska wedding ends up near Bemidji

Full story: TwinCities.com

Jim Brewer has always loved the short fantasy film "The Red Balloon," a silent 1956 production in which a boy follows a red balloon into adventures.

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Slow news day?

funny though.
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Don't release balloons
They wind up in lakes and oceans where all sorts of aquatic animals eat them and are seriously injured
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Bob wrote:
Don't release balloons
They wind up in lakes and oceans where all sorts of aquatic animals eat them and are seriously injured
And they pollute our forests. I have a tear running down my cheek just thinking about it.

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This was actually a weather balloon released by Al Gore, who is very bored and still seeking hard evidence of global warming.
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Any kids inside?
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my dad mike found a balloon near brainerd area, that was released by an elementary school in colorado. he sent it back to them, but never heard back. that's a heck of a trip from co to mn
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The rubes keep dumping the garbage! The fine in the city for this is $50 --so pay up Cornhuskers!
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Littering plain and simple. I always cringe when I see balloon releases at funerals, celebrations, or in this case a wedding. People, businesses, and or organizations should be fined for releasing them. Besides, its so lame, what is inspirational about watching a piece of latex float away?
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The groom should have put a message: HELP!
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Ecoactivist wrote:
"Littering plain and simple. I always cringe when I see balloon releases at funerals, celebrations, or in this case a wedding."
I thoroughly agree! This is a tragedy. There should be an additional tax put on the estate tax in order to cover the costs of pollution of all think it's "cute" to pollute Mother Earth just because some old Republican white man dies. This is a sad, pathetic story.
They released them at liberal paul wellstones memorial. keep being racist.
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Aug 31, 2010
 
"According to Mapquest," do you not know United States geography?

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Aug 31, 2010
 
I hate when writers do this....they reference people but either don't include their full name or make no attempt to explain how they factor into the story.

Just who is Judy Taylor in this whole story? Mother of one of the wedded parties?? Church member?? Bum on the street?

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Apple Valley, MN

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Aug 31, 2010
 
Ecoactivist wrote:
"Littering plain and simple. I always cringe when I see balloon releases at funerals, celebrations, or in this case a wedding."
I thoroughly agree! This is a tragedy. There should be an additional tax put on the estate tax in order to cover the costs of pollution of all think it's "cute" to pollute Mother Earth just because some old Republican white man dies. This is a sad, pathetic story.
What does ANY old Republican white man have to do with any of this?

If you want to be a bitter hate-filled partisan, do it somewhere else.
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Rizzo wrote:
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And they pollute our forests. I have a tear running down my cheek just thinking about it.
It brought a tear to my glass eye.
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that Red Balloon movie used to give me nightmares...
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Aug 31, 2010
 
Forgive my son for being stupid. I told him he would go blind and grow hair on the palms of his hands but did he listen to me? Of course not. I should have mailed him away in a balloon a long time ago.
ps. Tom, pull the shades on your window you're scaring the neighbor kids
Love Mom
Tom wrote:
Littering plain and simple. I always cringe when I see balloon releases at funerals, celebrations, or in this case a wedding. People, businesses, and or organizations should be fined for releasing them. Besides, its so lame, what is inspirational about watching a piece of latex float away?
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Tom wrote:
Littering plain and simple. I always cringe when I see balloon releases at funerals, celebrations, or in this case a wedding. People, businesses, and or organizations should be fined for releasing them. Besides, its so lame, what is inspirational about watching a piece of latex float away?
A few years ago I went to a funeral for a three year old little boy. He absolutely LOVED balloons. At the cemetery everyone was given a balloon and we all released them while his favorite song played on a little cd player. It was beautiful and so symbolic. Maybe if you witnessed something like that you would feel differently.
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Wass up wrote:
Any kids inside?
Thats funny
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Rumor has it the couple came here on the honeymoon and " dropped " it to be found here. that would be a fine of $700....get the real story,...also she was like three months along with child...his two kids from two different women but sisters were along to catch fish.

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