Sean Penn??? is saving ppl?

[lildreamer316]

In New Orleans??
That's what Mike Malloy was just saying. Anyone??

[Corgigal]

1. yes

he was there in a boat , either a day or two.

[NYC]

2. I heard that earlier,

but I don't remember where. Yes, Sean Penn is saving people.

[girl gone mad]

3. Yeah.

He was out in a boat with his personal photographer.

The boat sprung a leak at one point, but he did manage to rescue people.

[Lex]

4. I heard on the news he's down there in his own boat

taking people to safety himself.

No kidding.

[Canuckistanian]

5. He's been out in boats rescuing people

And calling for more boat owners to do the same.

[henslee]

6. Yes, he's there gathering up copies of "I am Sam".

[lildreamer316]

8. You're horrible

In a really funny way..........

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[Gabi Hayes]

12. not funny.....wait a minute.....yes it is

probly the only role he ever sucked in

they should outlaw movies like that....never saw one that was believable, even slightly

I work for one class a day with a child who has an autism-like syndrome, and it's beyond sad

any time I see an actor try to assume those sorts of roles, I get sick to my stomach

[henslee]

15. Let's not forget how ticked off Sean was for not getting an Oscar nod

for that film. Yikes. I like Sean. But I wish he wasn't so actorly-intense. Wish he could laugh at himself a bit more. He really cracked me up in that Woody Allen movie Sweet low down or whatever it was called. "Hey, you want to go to the dump and shoot some rats?"

[Gabi Hayes]

19. didn't know that about the Oscar....and was it Chris Rock who

gave it to him during the show last year?

he wasn't too amused then, either

he does seem to have a humor tumor, but, other than that, and his violent streak, he seems a pretty admirable person

but then, like our "pResident," nobody's perfect, yes?

[Lex]

7. LINK HERE

"Tuesday, 06 September , 2005, 14:59

New York -- Hollywood actor Sean Penn took matters into his own hands by launching a boat in a personal effort to rescue families stranded in New Orleans.

According to The New York Daily News, the Oscar-winning actor and political activist managed to reach several people who had been trapped in their homes since Hurricane Katrina hit on 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."

http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php?id=13934927

[lildreamer316]

9. Thanks so much! n/t

[Booster]

10. Can ya top that, Madonna?

[Behind the Aegis]

13. Al Franken on Sundance

They showed a pic of Sean Penn and his rescue efforts! Awesome job!

[oldtime dfl_er]

14. It's okay with me

If FEMA and chimp aren't doing their jobs, at least rich folk with a conscience (even John Travolta, for chrissake, flew his plane in with supplies) are trying to pick up a little of the slack. Just chew on this: Sean Penn's act was LESS of a PR photo op than the president of the United STates was.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/818273

[Lex]

17. I agree. The celebrities have the money and the means

to help and they are.

That's good and not bad.

[Dr Fate]

16. Compare this act to what his constant critics are doing:

Running their mouths & blaming the NOLA dog-catcher.

[Lex]

18. "Blaming the NOLA dog-catcher . . . "

Gave me a sad chuckle.

Exactly right--that's what those worthless chumps are doing.

[Digit]

20. Saw short video of him on TV....walking in thigh deep water.

He looked like hell, but was totally absorbed in rescueing people.
My admiration for him went way up.

[MercutioATC]

21. So is Harry Connick Jr.

He rescued an elderly man while checking on a family property in NOLA.

[mshasta]

22. this is not acceptable.....

He told the Liverpool Daily Post: "I couldn't describe how bad the authorities were. Just little things like taking photographs of us, as we are standing on the roof waving for help, for their own little snapshot albums.

"At one point, there were a load of girls on the roof of the hotel saying 'Can you help us?' and the policemen said 'Show us what you've got' and made signs for them to lift their T-shirts. When the girls refused, they said 'Fine' and motored off down the road in their boat."

:grr: