Posted on 08/23/2005 5:37:10 AM PDT by Brooklyn Kid
SEAN PENN IN IRAN
Sean Penn, Special to The Chronicle
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
DAY TWO After attending Friday prayer services in Tehran, Sean Penn, who visited Iran inJune in the days before the country’s presidential election, prepares for a meetingwith the son of a former president of Iran. Mehdi Rafsanjani was also a campaigndirector for his father..
We were sitting in Nayeb restaurant in central Tehran. I’d been holding a piss through the hours of prayer service. So after I ordered my lunch, I excused myself to the men’s room. “Men’s” was written in Farsi above, and “Manly” in English below. I stepped into the water closet, grateful to just have to piss. If I’d had more serious business there, it would’ve been a squat job with no hook for one’s jacket. Now, that would’ve been manly.
After lunch we had an appointment with Mehdi Rafsanjani, a campaign director and son of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He’s an informal man. A little portly, he seemed almost amused at the opportunity not so much to answer our questions but to anticipate them. We spoke on a range of issues, from Iran’s nuclear intentions to the rights of women, the process of elections and the history of our two countries’ tension. In almost all cases, he referred our questions back to us. “You have less candidates than we do.” “You develop nuclear energy.” Norman Solomon took this one on. Referring to pockets of high cancer rates in the vicinity of our nuclear facilities, he conceded that perhaps we have made some mistakes. The young Rafsanjani responded, “We like yourmistakes.” The issue of nuclear weapons brought an ironic smile to his face. “Why does the U.S. administration continue to pressure and pry into our business?
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So, who gives a flying F where this a-hole goes.
2 min video..........
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2005/08/23/DDGVUEAQRL1.DTL&o=0
And according to Sean, most of the Iranians love America. Also, they seem to be complying with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the International Atomic Energy Agency seems to concur!
So, "Any reckless action on the part of the United States or Israel may lead to Iran dropping out of the treaty."
Holy Cow! We better watch ourselves! He also warns us not to use any more inflammatory rhetoric.....you know....like "Axis of Evil". The Iranians don't like when we say stuff like that!
Apparently, according to Mr. Penn the journalist, the Iranians are just a-scared of the Israelis.
Now that is funny! However, Mr Penn might want to make sure he gets out of the country before talking about prayers and bodily functions in some countries. His next video may be his last!
He's been out of the country for about a month
I'm sure Mr. Penn is thinking..... now lets see "it was as hot as a 18 year old Vegas hooker..and ..."...nah scratch that.... "I had to take a piss" ... Yeah, I get to cuss and show how "cutting edge" I am.
man, this writing thing is easy...
I'd like to see his actual submitted report before the editors cleaned it up... he sounds like an 8th grader trying to be cool. What a joke. I hope we can get a compilation of his "greatest hits". That should keep us laughing for a couple of weeks.
"I'd like to see his actual submitted report before the editors cleaned it up... he sounds like an 8th grader trying to be cool. What a joke."
Ha! I think that's why it's taken a month to write and get published.
He is as low as the culture that produced him and the culture in turn that he helped shape. I don't go to the movies and I recently got rid of my tv. Now, all we have are books and movies! Occasionally boring, but still a relief from idiots like Penn. And my daughter is forced to read. V's wife.
"I was starting to question, very seriously question, Mehdi Rafsanjani’s view of what represents a free press in Iran versus that in the United States"
LOL. Really??
If a pilot didn't fly him to Iran, my guess is Sean Penn couldn't locate the place on a wall map.
What a moron.
"Hearing movie stars talk politics is about as worthwhile as listening to geese discuss brain surgery."
-Unknown
IMHO, after Israel's pull out in Gaza, one terrorist act by any Muslim on Israel and the entire Mideast will be toast!
AND IMHO, rightfully so.
If the self-outed "half Jewish" Mr Penn (see part one of his article) is circumsized, he may wish to take that piss in a dark private place.
Perhaps Sean can set an example be re-enacting the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 -- stay in Iran for 400+ days -- then again, he'd come back more liberal than ever ;-)
He is a good writer - for a girl.
I read quickly through his piece. If Ms. Streisand had penned it for him (pun intended), I would not be surprised.
There is no end to the Hollywood has-beens who think they are great thinkers.
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