It’s like a Far Side cartoon:
*Ship of Fools.
Boat of Idiots*.
I mean, I like Penn as an actor, but don’t you think they should keep him in cryo-storage until Clint Eastwood needs him again?
I think it is inappropriate to criticize Sean Penn at a time like this. There will be plenty of time to criticize Sean Penn later. Besides that, the chief justice died.
Just another Sean Penn bashing thread. If Sean Penn cured cancer, you Sean Penn haters would criticize him for not curing Alzheimer’s Disease.
Besides that, it’s really Tom Selleck’s fault.
I don’t have a cite because I don’t care enough to go look for one, but when I first heard of Sean Penn being there (it had to have been on either CNN or MSNBC because those were the only channels I was watching) it was said that he was there for two reasons. 1) he had some friends there and wanted to check on their house and 2) he’s been hired to write an article for a magazine. That’s all I know. Sounded reasonable to me and it would seem the photographer is there for article photos.
In the video I linked to in the last post he said the water is toxic and you need shots if you go in, but he has been wading in so tsave people. He also called for people nearby in small boats to join his efforts. Also he claims that the Federal effort is 1/6 of what it needs to be.
Bush is hiding in his lair, giggling maniacly while wringing his hands…“Perhaps I will send another 1/6 another day! MUUAAA hooo haaahhaahahaHAAA.”
Thank you, newcrasher, for being on the ball with the Sean Penn updates. It is very important for us to know what Sean Penn is up to at all times. Hopefully Sean Penn will fuck up again so we can all enjoy another good laugh. Stupid Sean Penn. What a national disgrace.
Crap, I tried to show my husband the photo of Sean bailing with the red plastic cup, and it’s no longer front and center on the Drudge Report. Anybody else know how I can find it for his entertainment?
It’s available here.
If the magazine article is a genuine story, it still begs the question "Why in the hell did they hire Sean Penn? He’s not from N.O. (he just finished a movie there, but…) and he’s neither a meteorologist, a First Responder, a writer, or, evidently, a sailor. If you’re going with a celebrity why not give Charlton Heston a couple of automatics and a boat and have him shoot some gangbangers from a pontoon boat?
My God! Now Sean Penn and Niole Kidman are attempting to oust Robert Mugabe!
Quickly! To the War Room!
I will volunteer to shelter Nicole for the time she must maintain a low profile to avoid the evil minions of Mugabe. At times like this one must open one’s home to strangers, even if that does mean facing the possibility of accidentally walking in on Nicole Kidman in the shower.
Oh No, Sampiro. Fight the good fight. Raises the question. Raises the question.
I’m really getting tired of celebrities. Shut up and write a check.
Am I the only Doper who read this as, “poontang boat?”
I don’t think I am exagerrating when I say that the photo of Penn bailing out his little boat is the greatest picture in the entire history of photography.
And write one to me while you’re at it.
Look, I know that Sean Penn is a boogaman to conservative idiots (just like MICHAEL MOORE!! HILARY CLINTON!! BARBRA STREISAND!! watches conservatives scurry like roaches) but he did write articles for the San Francisco Chronicle about trips to Iran and Iraq.
2nd act A year later, Sean Penn returns to Iraq and files a personal, candid report from the front
I would imagine the photographer is for pictures for the Chronicle. Not that I give a fuck. He’s trying to do something instead of chortling on a message board. That’s nice.
I should clarify that I didn’t hear them say he was hired to write an article.
It was just an offhand remark, something like “And actor Sean Penn is here checking on a friend’s house and writing an article,” by one of the reporters in the street during a general report about things that are going on. It was either on CNN or MSNBC and it was either yesterday or the day before. I just made a mental note that that’s cool and forgot about it, which is why I don’t remember more details.
from here: http://www.ejectejecteject.com/archives/000129.html
Says it all pretty well.
From his stories:
Looks like he’s read a bit too much Dashiell Hammett.
I forget to plug the drain hole in my boat from time to time. Of course, as an inflatable it doesn’t matter. 