Sean Penn helped secure release of U.S. hikers in Iran - after bringing plight to Hugo Chavez

Daily Mail ^ | 12:40 AM on 24th September 2011 | Daily Mail Reporter

[struggle]

Thanks, F.A.G.

[eddie willers]

I heard Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s favorite movie of all time is “I Am Sam”

Is that the one where he went full retard?

[tsowellfan]

It always seems to take a movie star to get Iran to release captured Americans

[FrdmLvr]

Yep! Exactly what I’m thinkin’. Didn’t that Carter/Reagan thingy also happen in a little out of the way spot called Iran, too? just sayin’

[Salamander]

Sure did.

Iran couldn’t get those hostages outta there fast enough when Ronnie won.

Life gets different *fast* when you swap a poodle for a pit bull.

[christx30]

Cause there’s no place good to hike in the US. No big forests or canyons or anything like that. A warzone is much better.

[Salamander]

I thought the US had a “no money for hostages” policy?

Oh...wait...that was a different president.

Never mind.

[FrdmLvr]

Exactly! And the Alps are like soooo unpicturesqe and stuff, too!

[Salamander]

Maybe they were wandering around looking for Barry’s passport.

[Hot Tabasco]

Penn will parlay this into being a top authority on diplomacy

Call me a sceptic but I doubt Penn had anything to do with this

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****Perhaps they could have been freed earlier if they had just converted to Islam. That would have been funny****

“But, but I have a Berkeley degree in PEACE and CONFLICT studies! I’n on Your side!”

Ok, he probably didn’t say that but I bet he did as he promptly bad mouthed the US upon his release.

http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/03_hikers.shtml

[rdl6989]

Drain Plug Penn after Katrina.

[SevenofNine]

OMG Bender that greatest Fast Time reset I ever hear did Crazy nut job and Sean Penn going surfing later ROFL

[SevenofNine]

Monk get in here ROFL

[raygun]

Sean Penn is an excellent actor.

Sean Penn wears his political acumen on his sleeve.

I don't disparage the man over the other.

I disagree 180^o with Sean Penn's political philosophy. IF you want to disparage the actor Sean Penn: those are fighting words. I AM amused by your presentaotin though...

[Chode]

i take it you have never seen Team America...

[JaguarXKE]

"intellectual" and Sean Pean in the same sentence..............Just wrong!

About like putting rose petals and steaming pile of feces in the same sentence.

[rfp1234]

He could have waited till 1/20/2013 like the Ayatollah did in 1981.

[Liberty Valance]

OK, now that right there was funny!

[Niuhuru]

I’ll definately give Sean that, that he is a highly talented actor and his portrayal in “Dead Man Walking” was brilliant.