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SACRAMENTO -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan said Saturday that America will get out of Iraq when millions of citizens take the simple step she did outside President Bush's vacation home last summer. She sat down. With Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn in the front row, Sheehan told a Sacramento peace rally that critics of the war need to do more than listen to speeches like hers. "You have to wash the blood off your hands and get off your apathetic butts and do something," she told several hundred people crowding a union hall to overflowing. "These people, they're not going...

Trip to New Orleans, for you, your body guards, your personal photographer, and your boat -- $10,000 One pair of moviestar-grade sunglasses -- $1750 One red plastic cup that someone probably gave you from their picnic basket -- $0.10 (Humorous) relief provided to thousands devastated by hurricane -- Priceless

Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Sean Penn, who has been assisting rescue efforts in New Orleans, said the US government did not "seem to be inclined to help".

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Sean Penn interviewed by Greta: "There has to be accountability. One thing I noticed that there were no bullhorns to go from house to house to get people out to evacuate."

Sean Penn, in his ridiculous interview with Soledad "it's all Bush's fault" Obrien, claimed that there were only "one sixth" of the relief workers and troops needed to "do the job" in New Orleans. I had NO IDEA Sean Penn was a disaster relief expert! Let's see... who should I believe? Sean Penn, or General "I-feel-like-bitch-slapping-a-reporter" Honorae (the commander of federal forces in New Orleans)? I think I'll go with Gen Honorae. Shortly after making these ridiculous comments, Sean Penn tried to get into a small boat with his "entourage" (camera's in tow, of course) in order to "rescue the...

About 20 minutes ago I would like to know did anybody Tivo CNN, because I just thought I heard Sean Penn in an interview with Soledad O'Brien and Doug brinkley say that the people needed food and Prophylactics. If anybody has heard that please let me know, I could have been wrong as I was getting a cup of coffee.

US actor Sean Penn bales water out of a boat with a plastic cup as he and members of his entourage make an attempt to rescue stranded people in New Orleans. 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(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

Sometimes the arrogance and idiocy of the pampered Hollywood elites comes shining through like a stage light at a comedy club. Sean Penn's purely symbolic effort to save stranded children in flooded New Orleans failed when his boat sprung a leak immediately after launch. Read the following from the Herald Sun: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. Asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor replied: "Whatever I can do...

MIDI - GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP On Sean Penn's ship "Idiot"...he's in need of a new fix-it kit His camera crew...starts to sink and they don't know what to do On Sean Penn's ship "Idiot"...he has thrown a hissy fit His photo-op...suddenly has taken quite a ker-plop He used his red cup...nice red plastic cup To start scooping that water out The guy is a dolt...big dolt...of that there is not a doubt On Sean Penn's ship "Idiot"...he is taking a big ego hit It isn't cool...we laugh as he plays the fool On Sean Penn's ship "Idiot"...he is truly...

Sean Penn bales water out of a boat with a plastic cup as he and members of his entourage make an attempt to rescue stranded people in New Orleans.