Sean Penn, Would-Be Hero

He's an idiot. Couldn't find anything interesting in Iran eh Sean?

Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks
From correspondents in New Orleans
05sep05

EFFORTS by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly overnight, when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak.

Penn had planned to rescue children waylaid by Katrina's flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.

The actor, known for his political activism, was seen wearing what appeared to be a white flak jacket and frantically bailing water out of the sinking vessel with a red plastic cup.

When the boat's motor failed to start, those aboard were forced to use paddles to propel themselves down the flooded New Orleans street.

Asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor replied: "Whatever I can do to help."

With the boat loaded with members of Penn's entourage, including a personal photographer, one bystander taunted the actor: "How are you going to get any people in that thing?"

I have a question. Why did it take him 7 days to get on site to provide relief?! As a caring hollywood type, shouldn't he have divined the course of the hurricane and been pre-positioned to rush in the minute the rain stopped?


Wahhh, my boat sunk.


Why on earth is he wearing a flak jacket?

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*****UPDATE
As much as it pains me to admit this, it turns out that Sean Penn actually DID save a few dozen people. Presumeably he achieved this after he managed to bail out his boat with that little plastic cup. I'm sure he made certain to have his great deeds recorded by the entourage of sycophants he brought with him which included personal photographers, videographers and even a historian (the eminent Douglas Brinkley).

So considering the fact that I've saved no one, I ought not to mock him. But chances are good that I will anyway.