The picture is pretty funny.

http://network.news.com.au/image/0,10114,5044250,00.jpg

I thought he was in Iran.

Wish he would go back.

Ace, I just posted about Sean Penn's new role in an autobiographical film called 'The Publicity Whore.' It's set in New Orleans.

Looks like a sweet fishing boat! I wonder if he would give it to me when he's through with it?

If this is how he manages a humanitarian crisis, does it mean he won't be offering comments on other peoples' future efforts?

If only...

I suppose the simple, humble, act of serving food at a shelter isn't enough for him.

He wants the children to follow him...generations from now they will be telling tales of the great, white, hero who saved them...legend will follow him for centuries to come...Joan Baez will dedicate a song to him...

Ooh! Who will play him in the movie version?

What a friggin' jerk

At first I thought that was a bong in his other hand--the black thingie....

Perhaps he will next hire a helicopter for rescue as the Coast Guard is not doing a good enough job.

I eagerly wait for news of his next mission impossible.

Spicoli wasn't actually going to 'save' children, just reel them into the boat, take the picture holding them up by the gills, and throw them back into the water.

Is it just me, or does Sean look extremely French in that pic?

That better have been a biodegradable cup!

This is sad, even for him. A slapstick comedy situation of the sort Penn has always disdained. Even for someone as distanced from real life as him, how could he possibly expect to take on any rescuees in an already loaded to capacity vessel.

He could have accomplished vastly more by just paying a bunch of boat operators to go in and bring people out. The cost of a single full page NYT ad would likely have rescued hundreds.

How dare you make fun of Sean Penn. He is doing everthing in his power to help the poor people of New Orleans.

Ace, you are nothing but a CHICKENRESCUER!

Maybe Madonna could come to the rescue on her horse!

Ha!

Hey, Alec Baldwin could have done it. He would have picked up the boat and carried it to the survivors. Then he would have given each one a thousand dollar bill while splitting open looters with karate. And he can bail water as fast as Connery.

Then he would have used his belly as a Zodiac and evacuated all the remaining people.

ace - notice in the photo that he is not wearing a life preserver....it's a bulletproof vest. so much for his faith in the good in people.

i wonder if they are also carrying firearms on the boat. b/c, y'know, it's ok if the sean penns of the world pack heat

I, for one, would like to thank Mr. Penn for his couageous educational effort, which showed the entire country why you don't just charge in and "start doing stuff" without preparation.

For his next trick, he's going to show us why you shouldn't drink the water in the streets, and soon after that he's goingto be the demonstrator for a "how to handle corpses" segment.

Is that his boat he's trying to bail out, or his career?

He's the spitting image of the corpse in Weekend at Bernie's

You know, if he'd fallen into the water with that flak vest on he'd probably have sunk like a stone. "Alligator bait on the Louisiana Bayou!"

I'm just thankful the assclown didn't fill the boat with kids and then get lost and swamp them out in Pontchartrain. At least he didn't kill anybody or need rescuing. Although seeing him and his groupies sitting on a roof waiting for the choppers would have been rich.

You might like my photoshop job also.

Someone had to do it.

What a Jackass.

Jeez, look at him. 'L.A. hip' just makes him look like trash everywhere else.
Seriously. If he weren't a well-known actor, just some dude walking down the sidewalk toward you, wouldn't you cross the street?

I just had the pleasure of watching General Honore completely go off on some reporters for asking if red tape was getting in the way of rescues. That's a clip people are going to see a lot in the next few days...

The reporter said that Congressman Jindial made that accusation, and the General said it was BS. Loudly and repeatedly.

Ace: as always you're a treasure. Thanks for the link to eject! eject! eject!. Thank heavens that Mr. Penn is not on our side. Think that the lefties have to put up with. It's almost enough to make me feel sorry for them--NAH not this time.

It's now reported the Penn eventually made it into the area and got some guy out but it seems like a huge ego trip compared to the work I'm sure is being done by non-celelbrities. Penn could have accomplished far more by financing the efforts of experienced boat operators.

People on ludes should not launch boats.

...and a lof of leftists are getting their panties all in a twist because Sean's a Hero, and all that, and you should never make fun of him because he's so heroic and all with his bulletproof vest. Tthe photographer? Oh, he's there to document the rescues, for, well, some reason mumblemumble...

That white flak jacket is so........gay! Imagine if he just donated the f'ing money he spent for this clusterf**k. How the heck did he make it into NO in the first place?

Remind me. Why is this toilet famous? What, worth watching, has he ever done in his career? For sure it's not a fishing show.

Looks like a pretty thin vest - Level 1 maybe?

Might stop a .32 or .380. Worthless against any rifle round above .22

Some slick Cajun probably sold him a $300 vest for $1,500.

Sean Penn was a disaster. He left the bilge plug out of his boat and nearly sank. Despite his incompetence he was was johnny on the spot doing what he could while Dubya was playing guitar and 9 holes of golf two days AFTER the hurricane hit.

Penn just might be electable.