The Penn Is Mightier . . . (NY Times: "You Go, Sean Penn")

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Wednesday, June 4, 2003

[presidio9]

Good thing for Sean Penn that Americans already have a pretty certain image of him. Because if you weren't reading closely, you might easily have taken the actor's recent full-page, four-thousand-plus-word advertorial in the New York Times as the work of one more CEO who feels unfairly maligned by a biased press.

[Sangria]

Sean Penn: SHUT UP!

[darkwing104]

Plainly Mr. Penn believed his views were not being heard, or at least not the way he wanted them heard. He is therefore fortunate enough to live in a land where the market gives him an opportunity he would not otherwise have to broadcast his message. That's as timely a reminder as any that commercial speech is no less crucial to the First Amendment than any other. In this case, Mr. Penn's medium was more important than his message.

And so is my right to ignore the dimwit and his supporters.

[Cloud William]

Sean Penn has read Orwell's 1984?

Color me doubtful.

[presidio9]

"Hey! You know, we left this England place because it was bogus. So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too."

[m1911]

Hmm. So even though according to this article "Penn admitted to using marijuana 20 years ago and had a couple of arrests for assault and driving recklessly, factors that could have disqualified him for a permit for carrying a concealed weapon", he is able to get a permit in a county that is very stingy with them. But now he's the being kept down by the man. Boo hoo.

[cubreporter]

"Oh I'm soooooooo wasted." Ha,ha, Saw that clip on some show last week. Yipes.

[Saturnalia]

Connery: "You know, you're sitting on a goldmine there."

Trebek: "For the last time Mr. Connery, it is 'the pen is mightier", not "the penis mightier'."

[Charlie OK]

Tony Snow was talking about this ad, then at the end showed the clip you speak of. Tony was ruthless on him!

[presidio9]

Trebek: Mr. Connery... has no wager. And your response was... "Suck it Trabek."

[corkoman]

Connery: "I'll take THE RAPISTS for 400."

Trebek: "Thats THERAPISTS Mr. Connerey!"

[cubreporter]

Saw that. That's what reminded me. :) Tony was relentless. It was great!!!

[weegee]

Connery: "I'll take Swords for 500."

Trebek: "Thats 'S' words Mr. Connerey!"

[LowCountryJoe]

"I'm in your class...This is World History; I can see the globe right over there...Hey I know that dude!...Right here dude...Learnin' 'bout Cuba [and gushing over Castro], havin' some food...Well, make up your mind dude are you going to [act or are you going to be a diplomat]"

Headline: Penn rescues Green Party from drowning...blows [environMENTAList’s] reward money hiring Dixie Chick to sing for him at birthday party...finally lands a job writing for liberal newspaper.

What a suckpump!

[steplock]

Read the article. It is surprisingly honest, brutal in parts. But see here what even SEAN PENN realized...

"What's new is this tiny seed and taste of freedom. "It is a compelling experience to have been in Baghdad just one year ago, where not a single Iraqi expressed to me opinions outside Baathist party lines, and just one year later, when so many express their opinions and so many opinions compete for attention."

I may even go see one of his movies --- if he's learned how to act yet! ;>)