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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.

Chris Rock's view of patriotic Americans: "Weird white guys getting overly patriotic, with their f-ing flag hats on," Rock said. "I am not scared of al Qaeda, I am scare of f-ing al Cracker." Cracker: A derogatory term used to typically describe poor southern whites, sometimes used to refer to white slavemasters or overseers.

The current episode of "Star Wars" is dynamite for the duplicitous Bush administration. Palpatine, a Sith Lord masquerading as a galactic Republican, becomes Chancellor of the Galactic Republic through deception. Palpatine uses wars that he instigates to elevate security over the power of the Senate and to become dictator. In a moment of triumph, Palpatine tells the Senate, "In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society." The senators respond with sustained cheering and applause. Padme says, "So this is how liberty dies, with...

Alvy, founder of PABAAH.com, is slated to appear on "ABC World News Tonite with Peter Jennings" tonite(Wednesday 5/18/05 6:30PM EST). Topic: Reaction to George Lucas and his anti-Americanism at the Cannes Film Festival and subsequent boycott of all things Lucas. Perhaps Mr. Lucas can cite one freedom he's lost?

On Hannity, he was talking to Mel Gibson about other stories in the bible. When Sean asked him what one he'd like to do, he said the book of Maccabees! This is of course the book which, from the Catholic viewpoint, Luther removed from the bible due to praying for the dead, but it also covers the exciting period after the Jewish return from Babylon when the Greek general Anticus Epiphanies took over the rule of Israel. This really is block buster material and opens up the whole debate of the Catholic bible vs. the Protestant one. What is your...