And the Award for the Riskiest Movie to Insure Goes to…

February 25, 2008

  • February 25, 2008 at 1:03 am
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    Don’t pay to see the USA bashing, dictator lover’s movie, Into the Wild.

  • February 25, 2008 at 1:42 am
    Casual Observer says:
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    and you opinion of the President of the United States bowing and kissing the hand of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia?

  • February 25, 2008 at 2:28 am
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    Why don’t you clarify what you are talking about.

    Regardless of what your point is, Sean Penn is still less than the brown stinky stuff I might find on the bottom of my shoes if I’m not careful where I walk.

  • February 25, 2008 at 2:57 am
    Observer says:
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    Who appointed you God and judge of others ?
    You must have an ego as large as you really are small. To make such an ugly statement much come from someone with alot of ugliness inside. Clean yourself up before judging others. Judge Not, lest ye be judged. Your glass house is very transparent.

  • February 25, 2008 at 2:59 am
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    Please check with your shrink. You need a medication change.

    Still haven’t explained your previous post, assuming observer and casual observer are one and the same.

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:37 am
    Nobody Important says:
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    Penn is one of the most virulent lovers of anti-american dictators in the world. That’s just a fact. He would be happy to confirm that for you, but a little research on your part, rather than a knee-jerk reaction, would show that. Live in the real world, so called observer.

  • February 25, 2008 at 4:21 am
    KLS says:
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    Amen, Nobody.

    Sean Penn has had anger issues forever and he has made no secret about his poopy opinions.

    What’s wrong with ad expressing a poopy opinion about Sean Penn?

  • February 25, 2008 at 4:31 am
    Little Frog says:
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    …, and C.O. since when do any of us need your permission to have an opinion???? Read the rest of that passage! “[for the standards that you judge, so shall you be judged]” Your own intolerance discredits your point.

  • February 25, 2008 at 4:39 am
    Mary B. says:
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    No N.I., that’s not a fact. It’s your opinion and you are completely entitled to it just like Mr. Penn is completely entitled to his opinion. This is America, no?

  • February 25, 2008 at 5:15 am
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    Mary B,

    Actually, it is a fact. Do you need me to point you to the sources?

  • February 25, 2008 at 5:31 am
    lastbat says:
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    Okay, so what I’ve go so far is that Penn visited Iraq before we invaded, then penned (pun intended) an open letter to Bush in the Washington Post asking that the US not invade Iraq. Can’t say that makes him an “America hater”.

    He directed a 10-minutes film about 9/11; and while I haven’t seen it I’m going to assume it did not show Bush in a flattering light. Still no evidence of being as described.

    And he then visited with Hugo Chavez for 2 hours in 2007 – hardly “bosom buddy” time.

    Overall I see somebody who, like others before him (Jane Fonda most notably), took an interest in politics and did something about it. This does not make him a friend of dictators, a hater of America or worse than excrement. It makes him very American since he used his own money to voice his opinion on what his country was doing at the time. I only wish I had those resources.

    So, if there is truly proof that Sean Penn hates America I would like to be pointed to the sources. They just don’t seem to pop up in the first two pages of my Google search. (slow day, I had time for a Google search)

  • February 25, 2008 at 5:35 am
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    Oh, I forgot, there was a visit to Iran in there as well as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle. I read the article yet, but I’m sure it was gushing with adoration for the Iranian leadership and how he wishes they would take over America so he could kiss the ground they walk on without flying for 20 hours. (sarcasm intended).

  • February 25, 2008 at 6:05 am
    lastbat says:
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    The NY Post one wouldn’t load for me, but the two I saw do not show any factual evidence of Sean Penn hating America or loving dictators.

    The News Busters site quotes him as saying, “You don’t know that I have a friendship with Hugo Chavez, you just read it in some piece”. That’s not saying he’s buddy-buddy with the guy, that’s saying nobody knows and he’s never admitted any friendship with Chavez. He also said that Chavez is more positive for Venezuala than negative. He did not say Chavez is more positive more America. Venezuala’s interests are different than America’s and Penn made no comment (at least not that was quoted on that site) on Chavez’s impact on America.

    How many of us can say we’ve read our own Constitution cover-to-cover, let alone that of another nation? Good for him.

    And calling somebody fascinating does not mean you love them. I find Hitler, Stalin, Lenin and Pol Pot fascinating; but would I want to be friends with them – can’t say I would from my current vantage in history. I think Bush is fascinating. I also think Bush is an idiot.

    Calling Fox News “loons” does not make him evil, it just means he has an opinion.

    Sorry people, I see nothing here that proves Sean Penn is anything more than a political actor. I even took the time to read the first two installments of the Chronicle series on Iran – seemed very balanced and fact-based to me. I can’t verify his facts, but he didn’t opine too much in the piece.

    So, to sum up, those that think Sean Penn is an America-hating dictator-loving evil piece of crud are voicing their opinions. Those that think otherwise are voicing theirs.

  • February 26, 2008 at 7:48 am
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    note to self: rent when available. Enjoy the scenery and forget the politics.

  • February 26, 2008 at 9:01 am
    N. Judge says:
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    I’d have to agree, I don’t and all of us do not see Sean Penn as an America hater. I actually think he loves his country, if not the politicians, and he has the platform that most of us do not. As Americans, we enjoy the freedom to disagree. This country is built on dissent but sometimes some of us forget that when others express a different opinion, that it is decidedly American to protect they’re right to do so. There’s a wonderful quote in the movie “American President” (actually, there are several): “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.”

  • February 26, 2008 at 9:04 am
    Dave says:
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    can’t blame the guy for being so messed up in the mind…being married to Madonna could do that to anyone

  • February 26, 2008 at 9:08 am
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    Dave, you’re too funny. He did take care of her though when he beat her up.

    Actually, he has a pinko lineage.

    Hollywood History Repeats Itself
    by Joseph Farah
    Posted: 04/04/2007

    Imagine, for a moment, it’s 1939.

    A prominent Jewish actor makes the following statement: “Let me tell you something about Germany, because I’ve been there and you haven’t.
    Germany is a great country. A /great/ country. Does it have its haters?
    You bet. Just like the United States has its haters. Does it have a corrupt regime? You bet. Just like the United States has a corrupt regime.”

    What would you think of such a person? How would history judge him?

    I don’t know that anyone made exactly that statement in 1939. But I do know that Sean Penn made a very similar statement a few days ago. The only difference was the name of the country. Instead of Germany, substitute Iran.

    Is there really any moral difference between the statements?

    Iran is led today by a president who has repeatedly threatened to eradicate the state of Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is building weapons that can get the job done quicker and more efficiently than Adolph Hitler with his formidable war machine. He is every bit the Jew hater that Hitler was. And he hates America even more.

    In 1939, Hitler had made clear his intentions for the Jews. He had made clear his intentions for all of Europe. He had made clear his intentions for Nazi Germany to dominate the world.

    Nevertheless, there were some people in Hollywood who were making statements like that. There were people in Hollywood who were marching against war with Germany. There were people in Hollywood who, like Penn, wanted to appease this evil on the horizon.

    No, there was no active Nazi Party in the United States or Hollywood.
    But there was a party under the active control of a foreign totalitarian dictator. It was the Communist Party USA and the foreign tyrant was Josef Stalin.

    Why were communists in Hollywood — even Jews — saying nice things about Hitler in 1939 — and even as late as 1941? They were doing so because of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Hitler-Stalin Pact.

    It was signed in 1939 and broken June 22, 1941, when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union.

    From 1939 right up until June 22, 1941, the communists in Hollywood had nothing but praise for Hitler. They held rallies against aiding Britain in its life-and-death struggle with Nazism. They gave speeches saying Hitler was no threat. They wrote anti-war scripts.

    All that changed June 22, 1941. One day the Hollywood communists were pro-Hitler. The next day they wanted to go to war. Why? Because they took their orders directly from masters in the Soviet Union.

    Would it surprise you to learn that one of those prominent Hollywood communist Jews who sided with Germany until the breaking of that Hitler-Stalin Pact was none other than Leo Penn, the late father of Sean Penn?

    Amazing? Yes, but true.

    You don’t believe history repeats itself?

    Now it’s Penn’s turn to relive and recommit the sins of his father, who never repented his Communist Party activities — activities that included support for and appeasement of Hitler’s Germany at the very time the concentration camps were incinerating his Jewish brothers and sisters in Europe.

    When Penn spoke recently at a town hall meeting in Oakland, Calif., what he said about his country was shameful. What he said about our country’s enemies — and the enemies of freedom throughout the entire world — was even more despicable.

    What can you say about a man who embraces and defends Iran, the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world today? What can one say about a man who embraces dictators around the world while openly loathing the elected leaders of his own nation? What can one say about such a prominent self-hating Jew?

    I think I’ve said enough.

    It’s just history repeating itself.

  • February 26, 2008 at 9:20 am
    I.N. Surance says:
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    Shouldn’t you geeks be selling insurance or increasing reserves?

  • February 26, 2008 at 10:11 am
    Nobody Important says:
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    What have I missed here? One person expressed an opinion and another told them that they weren’t entitled to express that opinion. It happens to be my opinion that Sean Penn is not a good person overall. Is he a good actor, probably, but his politics and general hostile behavior turn me off so much it’s hard to get past them. That’s the risk ENTERTAINERS take when they decide to become political. Just my opinion.

  • February 26, 2008 at 10:21 am
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    ad, let me give you an example. I was in Australia a couple years ago. Now I think we can all agree that Oz is a pretty swell place overall – but they, overwhelmingly, disliked America. Oh, they loved the people (I was treated VERY well everywhere I went), loved the concept, but didn’t like the practice. They hated that America sticks its nose in everyones’ business. They hated Bush. They thought invading Iraq was stupid. They thought we had our collective heads up our arses over the whole “war on terror” thing (how can one wage war on an emotion?).

    Does that mean, were I an Aussie, that America is a bad country? No. They thought America was pretty okay, based on the people.

    So, can I think, knowing Iranians as I do, that Iran overall is a pretty okay place that happens to have some messed up people in power? Sure I can. And that doesn’t make me a bad American. It means I can look at a group of people and distinguish them from their leadership. I’m sure you seperated yourself from Clinton while he was in office just as I seperate myself from Bush.

    And if you recall history correctly, we stayed out of WWI until the last minute as well. It took an attack on one of our ships to bring us into that one. We didn’t enter any front in WWII until we were attacked. Remember isolationism? That’s what we were practicing back then. We took care of the Americas and the rest of the world took care of itself.

  • February 26, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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    Well lastbat, now you’ve completely changed my mind! My biggest dream now would be to get a movie with Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Barbara Streisand, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, George Soros, etc. etc you get my point. I now see things in an entirely different light. I truly do want to support our local pinkos.

  • February 26, 2008 at 12:52 pm
    lastbat says:
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    So, are you saying that one can appreciate a country and its people without agreeing with its current policies and practices – or not? Is it possible to like Russians and still not be a fan of Stalin’s killing 26 million of them? Is it possible to like Germany while simultaneously despising what the Nazi regime did? Is it possible to admit that Iran has over 4,000 years of history, rich with culture and advancement, while at the same time saying that for this span of time they seem to be run by crazy people?

    I seriously wonder what your definition of acceptance and tolerance is, ad. I’m not saying Iran should be allowed to bomb us. I’m not saying Saddam was a good guy. I’m saying that a country’s people are not fully represented by the rhetoric of its leadership, and that should be recognized.

    (And why the hatred toward Communists? I’ve never understood this. It’s a valid political party with a point to make; no different than Republicans. And as far as I know none of the people you named are Communists; they’re probably Democrats, which is not the same thing.)

  • February 26, 2008 at 1:00 am
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    lastbat, you really need help. I agreed with you and you still blah, blah, blah.

    Does pinko mean communist to you? It doesn’t in the dictionary.

    I never made any comments about the citizens of Iran and Venezuala. I do not like Sean schmoozing with dictators in other countries. If he a citizen of one of these countries, and were to come to the US and bark out his insults towards the leaders of those countries, at the very least, he would be jailed.

    The USA is a great place to be, and for that reason he should be grateful he is a citizen of this country. But no, he is a whiney, spoiled, ungrateful piece of poop. And I for one am still NOT going to spend one red cent on any of his rotten trash.

    Now lastbat, are you happy? We’re going to be in the Reader Picks!

    Got to go. I work for a living.

  • February 26, 2008 at 1:40 am
    Joe Justice says:
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    Dalton Trumbo
    American author
    Main
    born Dec. 9, 1905, Montrose, Colo., U.S.
    died Sept. 10, 1976, Los Angeles

    screenwriter and novelist who was probably the most talented member of the Hollywood Ten, one of a group who refused to testify before the 1947 U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities about alleged communist involvement. He was blacklisted and in 1950 spent 11 months in prison.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun

  • February 26, 2008 at 2:21 am
    lastbat says:
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    ad, please don’t debase yourself by acting like an idiot. Pinko has only ever had one usage – as a deragatory for communists. If you wish to act like an idiot, it’s your choice, but it really doesn’t show well.

  • February 26, 2008 at 2:22 am
    Mary B. says:
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    No, as “sources” are not fact either. Show me a tape wherein Mr. Penn states your opinion please.

  • February 26, 2008 at 2:24 am
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    Poor, poor lastbat. He’s lost. He’s resorting to name calling. Poor, poor baby.

    Look it up in Merriam Webster. You might learn something.

  • February 26, 2008 at 2:26 am
    johnny says:
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    Gossip pages from Page Six of the NY Times. Oh very reputable sources. What tripe your provide. Guess what Perez Hilton and TMZ factually state about Sean Penn. You’re a bigger joke than I thought.

  • February 26, 2008 at 2:32 am
    Mary B. says:
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    Lastbat – ad doesn’t believe in tolerance, acceptance or differences in opinion. To use the words from ad – he’s a commie pinko as ad wants everyone to belive only in want ad has to say and believe.

  • February 26, 2008 at 4:10 am
    I.N. Surance says:
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    Mary – You sound like you have a crush on Sean Penn and are coming to his defense! I think he’s a pretty good actor, but as a person he’s an a$$hole. Come on – He IS a pinko, so love him or leave him. You don’t have to cite anyone to know the B.S. that this guy has pulled over the years both politic and personal. But in America, we have to tolerate morons too. I.E. read whatever Lastbat has to see and you’ll see what I mean.

    Like I said before, don’t you geeks need to trend some losses? No wonder the soft market is taking its toll – everyone is online worried about Sean Penn.

  • March 3, 2008 at 10:50 am
    Joe Mama says:
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    It’s too bad nobody appears to have actually SEEN the movie. I saw it on a plane last week. It’s excellent, believe it or not, as are many of Sean Penn’s movies (regardless of whether or not you agree with his politics). If you choose not to watch it because you think Mr. Penn is a creep, that’s your choice but you’re missing a very entertaining film.



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