|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Quote:
|
||
09-07-2005, 06:19 AM
|
|
|
Certified Pre-Owned
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Nanny State
Posts: 3,132
|
But the bigger question is where in the heck is Bono when you need him?
__________________
'84 Carrera Coupe |
||
|
09-07-2005, 06:21 AM
|
|
|
Lurkasaurus
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: SK, Canada
Posts: 930
|
Bono, another complete ********* - donating millions, building schools and water treatment plants in Africa. All the while these "compassionate conservative" pricks rail against anyone that helps anyone else. Throw them all under the neocon bus.
__________________
Tony '77 930 "Objects in mirror are losing" "Oh cock..." - James May |
||
|
09-07-2005, 06:34 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2004
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 2,466
|
Quote:
__________________
1972 911T 1972 911E "RSR" |
||
|
09-07-2005, 06:36 AM
|
|
|
Team California
|
John Lydon (Rotten) on Bono and Live 8 last week:
“Every time I see Bono in those big fly glasses and tight leather pants I just can’t hack it. I can’t see that as solving the world’s problems.” “He’s crushing his testicles in tight trousers for world peace.” 
__________________
Denis Trump uses an autopen and votes by mail, in case anyone wonders. 
|
||
|
09-07-2005, 06:51 AM
|
|
|
coulda, woulda, shoulda
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 2,659
|
9 people in a 14 ft boat...
good intentions/poor plan 9 people in a 14 ft boat, including personal photographer/videographer good intention/poor plan/self promotion engine doesn't start, leaves drain plug out... hahahaha My friend went there with his boat, rescued 150+people before being ordered to leave. he didn't even think once about bringing his camera.
__________________
John 74 911s They laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at them because they are all the same. |
||
|
09-07-2005, 01:15 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: So. Calif.
Posts: 19,910
|
"9 people in a 14 ft boat...
good intentions/poor plan 9 people in a 14 ft boat, including personal photographer/videographer good intention/poor plan/self promotion engine doesn't start, leaves drain plug out... hahahaha My friend went there with his boat, rescued 150+people before being ordered to leave. he didn't even think once about bringing his camera." Penn had just one boat? Or was it just one boat in the photo? Bravo for your friend too. Capturing the devastation on "film" is one way to remind us what happened/what can happen. That's why the photogs on National Geographic bring theirs. Different/multiple priorities for each. Geesh. We're even critical of attempted rescue efforts, nevermind their intended motivations. Sherwood |
||
|
09-07-2005, 01:35 PM
|
|
|
coulda, woulda, shoulda
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 2,659
|
I'm not being critical of his attempt to help people. just the way he went about it, and of why they let him in to help when dozens of people I know were turned back. they were trained for that type of thing or have lived in the area all their lives but were not allowed to get in to help.
__________________
John 74 911s They laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at them because they are all the same. |
||
|
09-07-2005, 01:59 PM
|
|
|
Carbon Emitter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Socialist Republic of California
Posts: 2,129
|
>9 people in a 14 ft boat...good intentions/poor plan
Exactly...he should understand what our gov't is going through right now, but no, what a perfect opportunity to bash Bush. >My friend went there with his boat, rescued 150+people before being ordered to leave. he didn't even think once about bringing his camera. And that my friends is why we are picking on Sean. Real do-gooders just go out and do good, and don't tow cameras and "look at what a good person I am" media with them. I think most people outside LA see through that schlock. BTW...Penn was great in Mystic River. Actors should stick to what they do best. Last edited by jkarolyi; 09-07-2005 at 03:54 PM.. |
||
|
09-07-2005, 02:08 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: So. Calif.
Posts: 19,910
|
NPR reported on a guy who owns his own helicopter. He and his friend, w/o authorization, flew to NO and rescued some people too.
Publicity whore. IMHO, if that was a "Sean Penn PR photo" taken by a pro, that really sucks. A good PR photo would include the following elements: Main subject grasping little baby out of harm's way. Add points if rescuer and rescued are of different ethnic backgrounds. In the background are grateful people snatched from grim circumstances (billowing black smoke, smashed/submerged homes, elderly/infirmed people carried on board). Geraldo Rivero had a good photo op last weekend at the Astrodome with said distressed baby and requisite tears. I would categorize the pic of Penn bailing N.O. stew as quite candid and not worthy of inclusion in People Magazine. His photographer should come up with a more worthy selection for the photo editor in short order. Sherwood |
||
|
09-07-2005, 03:28 PM
|
|
|
coulda, woulda, shoulda
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 2,659
|
my buddy saw Geraldo standing in ankle deep water wearing his hip boots blowing kisses and waving to the cameras as he got on his helicopter leaving. I wonder if the plug was in his boat while rescuing people. sorry if you can't see some humor in this even with the tragedy in N.O.. Penn did a good thing and deserves credit. even more if he had done it without the publicity pics. c'est la vie!
__________________
John 74 911s They laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at them because they are all the same. |
||
|
09-07-2005, 04:12 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 3,085
|
If he actually saved someone, bully for him. How about spending his $ to get a couple more swift water teams there or something more effective than having him putter around with a photog.
Frankly, this guy looks like neo-Jesse Jackson. Bono is ok, but my impression of most of these "stars" have a glaring difference to the masses, the money they give to these causes while it sounds like a lot, does not approach what Mrs Jones contributes. Example: Oprah if she gives a 10 million wouldn't be 5% of her net worth.
__________________
Peter '79 930, Odyssey kid carrier, Prius sacrificial lamb Missing  997.1 GT3 RSnil carborundum illegitimi |
||
|
09-07-2005, 04:32 PM
|
|
|
|
Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,189
|
I just started a DVD . . . Sean's face showed up and I started laughing.
I don't think I can ever look at him the same again. (had to bump this thread)
__________________
Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong. Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth. More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee. 
|
||
|
11-26-2005, 06:30 PM
|
|
