So after a little bit of reading, I'm back to say that I don't think that MSNBC would put Meredith Viera into an interview with this family if it were all a hoax. I do realize the country's been bamboozled a lot lately, but those of you hollering "Liar" at these parents need to come up with some proof, other than your own nasty annonymous opinions.

The cynnical and callous disregard of events that are so emotionally meaningful to others has made me wonder about the US a lot lately. Like protesters going to a military funeral for a local boy killed in Iraq with "God Hates Fags" signs... When/why did we become such jerks?

It's always been our way to be likeably brash, open and a little arrogant (like Aussies!), but even being so, there was always a line, - a sense of decorum and propriety in the US that seems to have been totally abandoned now. Maybe THAT'S one of the things that reverent Muslims don't understand or like about Western (US) culture. If so, I think I'd have to agree with them.

I agree that these are some really strange comments from people who don't know if they're cynical assumptions are correct. If they are correct, then I humbly apologize, but I could believe this is trued because I know that kids do things like this.

I'll check it out on snopes.com and submit it if it hasn't been already...