Posted on 06/10/2005 4:59:43 PM PDT by angelr1076
Oh this is too funny!!!!!
Hollywood actor Sean Penn has swapped greasepaint for notebook as he visits Iran to cover the presidential elections next week for a California newspaper.
Penn, star of rugged hits like "Mystic River" and "29 Grams", was an unexpected visitor at Tehran's Friday prayers where he was seen clutching a reporters' notebook as he surveyed the proceedings.
He refused to make any comments to his fellow members of the press, restricting himself to confirming that he was in the Islamic republic to cover the elections for the San Francisco Chronicle.
At his hotel he has been registered as "Sean Justin Penn", journalist, according to an employee.
Penn is already known for his high-profile activities as an opponent of President George W. Bush.
He caused outrage in Washington by visiting Baghdad in December 2002, just before the US-led invasion of Iraq. He then took out a full page advertisement in the New York Times to explain his stance.
Just like "liberal" now means "socialist", "journalist" now means "enemy propagandist".
(barf)
No problem. We implanted GPS tracking devices throughout his body years ago.
Aw man, I love that movie. I'm so ronery, so ronery.......
He can't act, so what, now he is Mr. Reporter?
Obviously, he is hanging with Fat Head Moore too much.
LVM
The folks over at DU are having a collective orgasm over Penn going to Tehran. Some very bitter and twisted folks over there.
Ahhh those DUmmies, ya gotta love 'em.
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I may never eat again. Thanks.
I can't wait to read his report on the fair elections in Iran.
His presence does nothing to effect the average political slant of the paper.
I can't wait to see how many typos his report will have. What color crayola do you think he used to write the report?
Me either. I wonder if jimmy carter sent him.
"All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine."
I don't see anything wrong with this; after all, you can get much more disrespectable than mainstream media journalist. It's not as if the job calls for any special talent, intelligence, or insight.
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