Re: WAY OT: Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks

Thanks! like to see someone that is universally disliked by many get'in a
little comeuppance;)...is that really a flak jacket he's wearing?...also
MikeW paying attention to the Stupidity of this crap?....if only I could get
a picture of me rescuing a little Tar Baby, I'd have a trophy that would be
worthy of hang over my Fireplace Mantel....Man oh man, Revolto of Fox Krap
News a dose of comeuppance.

<sgoulart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16494464-5001160,00.html
>
> (great photo there of Penn with the red cup)
>
> EFFORTS by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New Orleans victims
> stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly overnight, when the boat
> he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak.
>
> Mr Penn had planned to rescue children waylaid by Katrina's flood
> waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the
> vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.
> The actor, known for his political activism, was seen wearing what
> appeared to be a white flak jacket and frantically bailing water out of
> the sinking vessel with a red plastic cup.
>
> When the boat's motor failed to start, those aboard were forced to use
> paddles to propel themselves down the flooded New Orleans street.
>
> Asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor
> replied: "Whatever I can do to help."
>
> 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?"
>


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