Sean Penn to the rescue

[DYNAGOD]

WHERES HARRISON FORD AND HIS HELICOPTER! :p

[Stingray]

Helicopter? Forget helicopters. Where's the Millenium Falcon?

-S

[M3talhead]

Helicopter? Forget helicopters. Where's the Millenium Falcon?

-S

Psshhhhh.....Star Wars was fiction guys....geeze

Ford joined the amphibious rescue team.

[Stingray]

Holy sweet mother of crap! That's even worse than Tronguy.

Well maybe not worse, but it's way down there.

-S

[DrewKaree]

Don't criticize the people on the playing field unless you're on it too.

I get to drive a group down Thursday night.  Please change the dates on all my posts to Friday's date.

[DrewKaree]

In his defense re: the small boat. I did see someone (have no idea who, it was a couple days ago) say that small boats are what is needed most. The larger boats can't fit into the tight spaces between houses and whatnot. I presume that flat bottom boats are preferable due to the unpredicatlble depths you get into in flood waters.

-S

Dude, you are SO falling under my spell.  Must be the suit

Something too large would create a bigger wake than necessary, possibly doing more damage in the process, not to mention risking being too unwieldy to even be of use in some areas. 

You are gettinnnnnnnngggggggg baaaaaaaccccoooooooooonnnnnnnn

[Stingray]

I actually meant I saw someone on TV say that, but there is something hypnotic about the suit. Like a train wreck (or a flooded city), it is terrrible, yet I cannot look away. That is definitely not the droid I was looking for!

-S

[DrewKaree]

but did you promise to leave the country if he was elected???

No, I just promised to b!tch about it for four years, which turned into eight.

-S

So you're a liar then?

I'm with shmokes  he's a pretty good actor.  This can't come out sounding as anything OTHER than a slam on him right now, but that movie where he played the mentally challenged guy (dunno what the character had, can't remember) I found to be a very good movie.  Formulaic, but he was good enough to make the movie watchable to me.

Well maybe not worse, but it's way down there.

-S

Dude, just stop with throwing the double winky smileys around.  You weren't lying about just getting started

[Stingray]

Here's one just for you Drew!

-S

[Zero_Hour]

I don't like soulless big budget Hollywood films.

Then you would probably like a lot of what Penn has done over the last 10 years or so. Sweet and Lowdown, and Mystic River are both good films, and good examples of his range as an actor.

[shmokes]

I don't like soulless big budget Hollywood films.

Yeah, seriously.  He's rarely in anything but indy films.  In fact, I wonder if maybe you haven't seen anything he's been in because you tend only to watch soulless big budget Hollywood films.  You certainly wouldn't run into him there very often.

[duffjr]

i didn't like i am sam particularly much.  those movies with normal actors don't seem to convince me, except for forrest gump.  he finally got his oscar in mystic river, though i don't see why tim robbins was the supporting actor, not the lead role.  the only movie i really liked him in was u-turn, considering he got to do jennifer lopez while losing his life.

[ChadTower]

Okay, so the state announces that 2500 refugees (we call them guests now) are coming from NO up to MA to be housed on a mostly empty National Guard facility here.  The place has barracks for all, even if it would be a bit crowded.  Three cafeterias each with a capacity of 800.  A full commercial quality movie theater, on base stores, etc etc.  They would be fed, clothed, and given a free, safe, clean place to live.

My wife and I have been making arrangements so that we can drive down there (it's about an hour) to help serve meals and accommodate the guests when we are able.

Most of the people asked to come up here refused, saying they didn't want to come to MA because it's MA.  Now they are not coming.

   

[Goz]

I think Penn was very believable as the character Sam. He is either a good actor with wacky political views or he is mentally retarded in which case that answers all the questions I have about Penn. 

-Goz

[ChadTower]

He probably caught a brain eating STD from Madonna.

[Zero_Hour]

He probably caught a brain eating STD from Madonna.

Well his work in Shanghai Surprise certainly supports that theory. 

[Clonedsheep]

Penn in Action

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Penn in Action

let me guess he's using the cup to move the flooded waters back into the ocean....

[Clonedsheep]

Yes they are calling him Fountain Penn.

[Grasshopper]

If you want to see a good performance from Sean Penn in a mainstream film then watch Carlito's Way.

[M3talhead]

Penn in Action

That image has been digitaly altered!! I have the original right here......

It appears as if he's reaching for those oddly marked bags foating in the water.......strange. 

[missioncontrol]

After touching that water he may need a shot of pennicillin

[Dartful Dodger]

Most of the people asked to come up here refused, saying they didn't want to come to MA because it's MA.

[ChadTower]

Meanwhile, there are thousands upon thousands of homeless, starving, ill and injured people.  We set up a very nice, very accommodating place for them to stay that is more comfortable than the standard of living many of them had before Katrina.  Yet, it's not good enough, apparently.

[shmokes]

Those blacks....

[Stingray]

I expect it's probably the distance from home that's the problem. We're getting quite a few in Oklahoma. The difference being (I'm assuming) that Oklahoma is a lot closer to Louisiana. Were the situation reversed, I'd rather go to LA than MA, but only because it's closer, which would make returning home when possible a lot easier for most people.

-S

[ChadTower]

I don't care if they're white, black, green, or Liberal, refusing a fully funded place to stay when your family is homeless is asinine.

Distance shouldn't really matter, as there no jobs, homes, or anything else left there.  It boggles my mind that they can't find 2500 people who want out of that situation.

[missioncontrol]

I thought there were no jobs in the entire U.S.


that's what the media made me believe before this happened

 

[Dartful Dodger]

I thought there were no jobs in the entire U.S.

In a few months there'll be pleanty of construction work down south.

[ChadTower]

Who wants to be shot at while they're building something?  People could volunteer to do that in Iraq and have much better benefits.

[M3talhead]

Who wants to be shot at while they're building something?  People could volunteer to do that in Iraq and have much better benefits.

We get better guns too......