Posted on 09/04/2005 3:34:56 PM PDT by veronica
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?"
Maybe it was bob denver aka Gilligan.
Like his movie career.
Didn't exactly go according to the script, huh?
Dumb ass movie starlet-harlots.
Way to funny... Madonna's lucky she's not around cause he woulda had to come home drunk and bitch slapped her for his idiocy and shortcommings! LOL..
At Rove's direction.
Now listen, the boys in the sewer, there, when we get upset we got a little motto...
A little saying that gives us comfort in time of need. Maybe I can pass it on to you. May I favor you with this little ode?
"When the tides of life turn against you, and the current upsets your boat.
Don't waste those tears on what might have been, just lay on your back and float."
Edward L. Norton (Underground Sanitation Expert)
New York City Department of Sanitation
Good one FR.
Hey, it wasn't the plug in the boat that sank it ... it was Sean Penn kissing ass to Saddam and Rafsanjani.
Who will save Sean? We need to mount a rescue effort and bring in choppers to pull him and his entourage out of the floodwaters. Make sure Wolfe Blitzzzz covers this from his special headquarters.
Awfully GOOD to see you! You've been missed! :)
Is this from the Onion? I do so hope it is true though, because he is a complete idiot in my book!
How poetic! This is so classic!
Penn is setting up for a run at Mayor of New Orleans. He just needs to do a few more stupid things and he'll overtake Nagin.
"Actors should be treated like cattle."
-Alfred Hitchcock
Monsieur Penn eez lookeeng vahree Frainch een zat photo-grahf, eh? Glahd jou cood hailp, mah goood fen! Too bahd yoor seely boht eez seenkeeng! Jou ahss hole!
He don't plant cotton, he don't plant taters
If he capsizes, he's food for 'gators
But ole man SeanPenn, he jes keeps floatin' along
Tote that boat
Scoop that bail
Hoist that jacket
To make a sail
Oh, I gets weary and sick of lookin'
At his play-actin' as Captain Hook-in
But ole SeanPenn, he jes keeps floatin' along
Leni
"...the actor replied: "Whatever I can do to help."
Hmm, well how bout' buying yourself a one-way ticket back to Iran?
haha, I thought I was the only one who noticed the dog being dragged along the ground. Real nice..ha. Geraldo means well enough I guess. ;)
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