From the Associated Press: "[The balloon boy's father], Richard Heene was 'obsessed' with trying to land a TV show and become famous. 'Heene believes the world is going to end in 2012.' [attorney, Linda Lee] said. 'Because of that, he wanted to make money quickly, become rich enough to build a bunker or something underground where he can be safe from the sun exploding."I kind of doubt that any bunker, however deep, will protect this (un)reality-show bubble head from an exploding sun. No wonder his apparently-put-upon son seems to suffer from ongoing dyspepsia.
