Katrina “Relief”: Sean Penn To The Rescue
Armed with nothing more than a red plastic party cup.
AFP reports: Hollywood activist, Sean Penn, was planning a heroic rescue mission in flooded New Orleans, “but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.”
At least Sean can still say that he “bailed water” in New Orleans…
And the scene most didn’t see, but was scooped by our “roving” photo(shop)journalists…
Concluding the story: “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?’”
Everybody’s a critic. Go figure.
UPDATE:
Don’t try anything stupid. Please make a donation to the American Red Cross today, and leave the rescue and aid efforts to people who know what they’re doing.
TTLB is keeping a log of money raised.
Kobayashi Moru has more.
Hog on Ice says, “Go home, Sean. Just write a check and go home.”
UPDATE II:
Ace of Spades has the “Top Ten Rescuers In Sean Penn’s Dingy of Celebrity Mercy”
UPDATE III:
Thanks to reader John D, we’ve “uncovered” another important photo. Cindy Sheehan prays: “Please, dear God, put the attention back on me, soon…”
UPDATE IV: (9/6)
Michelle Malkin compares “John Wayne vs. Jeff Spicoli”
Tim Blair calls it “Operation Red Cup”
UPDATE V:
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Rave Reviews for Sean Penn
September 5th, 2005 at 11:56 am
The second pic is a very crude Photoshop fake.
Penn is still a tool, though.
September 5th, 2005 at 11:59 am
Oops. Was that comment between the pics there before? If so, might want to make it a little larger. Or better yet, just lose the silly pic. Penn is ridiculous enough without help.
September 5th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
You mean Penn can’t walk on water??? Jesus!
September 5th, 2005 at 12:44 pm
Isn’t there a way you could squeeze Cindy and Al into the boat? Sean looks like he needs some “moral” support.
September 5th, 2005 at 1:19 pm
Leave Sean Penn alone! He just wanted to help! You neo-cons will do anything to ridicule a good, caring, feeling man…
/LLL
September 5th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
The fact that this ‘tard brought his freaking personal photographer along is all we need to know about his motives.
September 5th, 2005 at 5:31 pm
Katrina Victim’s: Sean Penn To The Rescue - Well, Almost!
Sean Penn had planned to rescue children waylaid by Katrina’s flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the boat..
September 5th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
Bwa-ha-ha-ha… this situation cried out for some levity. Thanks. And yes, this household is involved in The Red Cross, so thanks for the plug!
September 5th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
Sean Penn, New Orleans is not a Publicity Tour
Sean Penn went to New Orleans to help out. I applaud his efforts, but he ran into a snag. Someone forgot to put the plug into the boat which caused it to carry on water. How the water had room I don’t know, but more on that later.
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September 6th, 2005 at 1:41 am
Katrina Relief: Sean Penn Bails Water
[Source: California Conservative] quoted: AFP reports: Hollywood activist, Sean Penn, was planning a heroic rescue mission in flooded New Orleans, “but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within …
September 6th, 2005 at 12:50 pm
http://www.nydailynews.com/09-05-2005/news/wn_report/story/343491p-293308c.html
It’s interesting that only half the story is told on blogs. One must go to the MSM to get the real news.
Sean Penn gets into rescue act
BY NICOLE BODE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
NEW ORLEANS - Sean Penn took matters into his own hands yesterday, launching a boat in a personal effort to rescue New Orleans families stranded by Hurricane Katrina.
The Oscar-winning actor and political activist managed to reach several people who had been trapped in their homes since the hurricane hit Monday.
Penn, who was accompanied by his personal photographer and a crew of helpers, brought the victims to dry land - and gave them cash as well.
Johnnie Brown, 73, a retired custodian, called his sister on a cell phone after being plucked from his flooded house. “Guess who come and got me out of the house? Sean Penn the actor. Them boys were really nice,” he said.
Penn later accompanied a few of them to a hospital.
Asked what he was doing in the disaster zone, Penn said, “Whatever I can do to help.”
“There’s a lot of people out there,” Penn said. “There’s bodies everywhere. We could only do so many houses.”
The outspoken Penn has made several forays into political activism. He visited Iraq in the weeks before the U.S. launched the war to topple Saddam Hussein and recently journeyed to Iran and wrote a series of stories about life in the Islamic republic.
Originally published on September 5, 2005
September 7th, 2005 at 2:04 am
Katrina “Reliefâ€Â: Sean Penn To The Rescue
More great words and picture from a neat blog I found while searching for grit on this pillick
September 7th, 2005 at 2:07 am
Dave. S:
The second pic is a very crude Photoshop fake.
Gee ya think?
September 7th, 2005 at 7:27 am
Hint Sean start the motor and take off. The plug hole is at the very back and once moving the water will drain right out then you put the forgotten plug in.
September 7th, 2005 at 10:38 am
My thoughts upon noticing that Sean is the only one with a bulletproof vest:
Sean Penn and his Bulletproof Vest
September 7th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
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September 8th, 2005 at 5:53 am
hey anyone notice, sean penn is part of the problem not the solution(obviously), with every scoop of water he bails out of the boat he’s drowning more victims. just a litl experiment with liberal logic that’s all. want to be scared and not sleep at night. wisit democraticunderground and read some of the stuff that’s posted on that sites message boards. your blood will run cold. don’t try and write anything there though, they’ll get your ip address and permanently ban you, cause they are so tolerant, openminded, and understanding to diversity.
ps great photoshops
September 9th, 2005 at 6:57 pm
you people are insane. you see one person helping other people and you automatically say that the person is doing it for their own benefit. then when something goes wrong you act like he is an idiot. why dont you guys go do something constructive instead of badmouthing someone you dont even know. your all mad at him for helping people that are in need you should be ashamed of yourselves. this isnt about liberal/conservative anymore this is about being a human and helping out.
September 9th, 2005 at 8:34 pm
Goose,
“this isnt about liberal/conservative anymore this is about being a human and helping out”
Really? It’s not partisan? BET you’re going to say it’s not about race, either.
The news proves you wrong. See here, here, here, here or here or here.
September 21st, 2005 at 3:54 pm
[...] But it may not be just the unwashed in attendance. Patterico suggests “the crowd will be thick with Hollywood types. Jane Fonda might speak, and so might Sean Penn  fresh off his heroic rescue efforts with his personal photographer and his tiny, leaking boat.” [...]
September 23rd, 2005 at 11:23 am
[...] Ah, yes, the Hollywood glitz — and obviously the power table. Must feel good. Must feel important. We only hope that Sean Penn had a designated driver for the evening. “But Beatty used most of his address to rail against the Republican governor’s “year of reform” ballot initiatives in the Nov. 8 special election. Schwarzenegger is pushing several measures that would curb the power of the Democrat-controlled Legislature and the state’s powerful public employee unions. [...]
October 14th, 2005 at 9:36 am
[...] Where’s Sean Penn when you need him? [...]
February 18th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
[...] Where’s Sean Penn when you need him? [...]
March 15th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Goose - thanks for a great post.
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:06 am
[...] So, whether we join Sean Penn paddling a canoe or having a drink with Warren Beatty, we promise never to be dry. [...]
June 11th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
i love how goose, the liberal above, states “why dont you guys go do something constructive instead of badmouthing someone you dont even know”, boy, this is calling the kettle black, no sense or logic.
the 1st thing liberals do is name call conservatives, (bush, reagan, rush), whom they don’t know, then turn around & claim penn is just trying to help humanity, sean donate all your belongings to the helpless, they need it more than you, you can act/direct/produce, they have nothing & goose, stop trying to further liberal socialist agendas.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Hey i tought LiL Wayne ws on tour with that red hat on