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| 2005-09-04 |
| An emotional Celine Dion rounded on US authorities over their slow rescue effort in hurricane-crippled New Orleans, while actor Sean Penn's personal crusade to save victims took on water. Movie star and political activist Penn, 45, was in the collapsing city to aid stranded victims of flooding sparked by Hurricane Katrina, but the small boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak. Penn can't float his boat...hehe The outspoken actor had planned to rescue children waylaid by the deadly waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch. 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." But with the boat loaded with members of the Oscar-winner's entourage, including his personal photographer, one bystander taunted: "How are you going to get any people in that thing?" Penn's ill-fated mercy mission came after Canadian diva Dion, famed for her theme song from the watery epic Titanic, became extremely upset as she spoke of the plight of the survivors who had to wait for up to five days to be rescued. "I open the television, there's people still there, waiting to be rescued, and for me it's not acceptable," she said on CNN television's Larry King Live . More at link |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #13 Efforts by Penn to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly Sunday, when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak. 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. Angie Schultz, it was that god damn unicorn, the little bastard stabbed the bottom of the boat. |
| Posted by: Sean Penn 2005-09-04 23:22 |
| #12 baby unicorns -- sweeet |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2005-09-04 22:29 |
| #11 What the heck is Penn wearing? Is that kevlar? |
| Posted by: ed 2005-09-04 22:28 |
| #10 Where's a looting gang when you need one? |
| Posted by: ed 2005-09-04 22:26 |
| #9 AS: Pictures here and here and here. There's something very sad about this story. "We're gonna take this tiny boat an' use it to rescue sad little children, an' lost puppies, an' baby unicorns, an' we're gonna take 'em on a ice cream picnic in the Happy Rainbow Kingdom, an' then..." This isn't a boat for helping people. It's a boat for sightseeing. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-04 22:16 |
| #8 There's something very sad about Sean Penn. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-09-04 22:15 |
| #7 Pictures here and here and here. There's something very sad about this story. "We're gonna take this tiny boat an' use it to rescue sad little children, an' lost puppies, an' baby unicorns, an' we're gonna take 'em on a ice cream picnic in the Happy Rainbow Kingdom, an' then..." |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-09-04 22:08 |
| #6 Relax - I'm drivin' you navigate.... |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2005-09-04 21:51 |
| #5 She sings good, though. Too bad she won't stick to her area of expertise. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-04 21:13 |
| #4 She shouldn't "open" her television. She could receive a nasty electrical shock. And if she decides to turn it on, she'll likely receive a reality shock. Or two. All in all, I'm thinking Dion should stay away from TV altogether. For health reasons. Stay in The Bubble, skinny. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-09-04 21:12 |
| #3 It's kind of mean, but the thought of Sean Penn wading through raw sewage did get my facial muscles twitching. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-04 21:10 |
| #2 Send in The Clowns. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-09-04 21:09 |
| #1 Entertainers aren't good at cause and effect. The details of making things happen are taken care of by the little people. Most of these airheads have no idea what it takes or how long it takes to do anything. They do, however, have the overwhelming gall to think that we should care what they think. Shut up and sing. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-09-04 20:59 |