Lonewolf Diaries: Sean Penn Sort of Cares About Haiti, Just Not That Much
by Steven CrowderIs Sean Penn doing some good work for Haiti? Yes. At some point, did he opt to advance his own Hollywood image in place of casting the widest relief net possible? Yes. Will he violently threaten those who question his motives in the name of “peace?” That’s a definite possibility. I liked him better when he was rattling his skull with a checkered slip-on.
For those of you who don’t know, Sean Penn has been “making the rounds” to keep the public awarene about Haiti. By “making the rounds” I mean scoring Hollywood elbow-bumping points by appearing on Tinseltown’s golden fanboy show… Larry King Live.
“One of the most important aspects of that will be that I’ve never asked to be on television before in my life, with the exception of unintelligible. I asked to be on your show today and you said yes. That’s what’s important, to keep the eye on Haiti. …The eyes of CNN and FoxNews and everybody else, the New York Times stays on this disaster…”
Reall,y Sean? The most important aspect of all of this is that you’ve asked to be on Larry King Live? I would have guessed food, water and infrastructure would top the list but hey, I’m a simp! No matter, as it seems to me that you want to raise public awareness in regards to the Haiti tragedy as much as possible. On the surface, that sounds noble enough. However, if that were the case, it seems that you would have “asked for the first time in your life” to be on one of the following…
1. The O’Reilly Factor (Often reaches nearly 9 times Larry King’s viewership with 3,348,000 viewers to LK’s 383,000)
2. Glenn Beck/Sean Hannity (over 6X Larry’s audience)
3. Fox Report W/Brett Baier ( over 5X)
4. Fox Report W/Shep Smith ( Nearly 5X)
5. On the Record with Greta ( 4.5X)
6. Fox&Friends ( over 2.5X)
As a matter of fact, if reaching the widest audience possible (ie: CHARITABLE DONORS) was your goal, “Tales from the Crypt with Larry King” wouldn’t have even cracked the top 10 list of programs on which you would choose to make your plea.
Of course, there’s also the fact that the center-right audience of FoxNews would statistically be more charitable, as well (according to extensive studies by both John Stossel and Arthur Brooks). But that’s neither here nor there… Not when your goal is to score PR points. Sure Sean, we know that you care. You just don’t seem to care enough to take some flack from your Hollywood buddies for appearing on those dreaded (and highest rated) cable news programs. Who can blame you? I hear George Clooney’s got a mean right-cross.
I know that you’ve appeared on Geraldo Rivera’s show. That’s cute. I’m also well aware of the fact that appearing on a show whose host you and your buddy Chavez have consistently slandered would require an actual pair of testicles. Considering that this is “beyond any devastation anyone has ever seen” however, one would expect you to sack up, put your personal political vendettas aside and do the right thing.
… Or you can always just ask Hugo to make the rounds on one of his shows. I hear he has an “in” with the networks over there.
… You punk.
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Well played Crowder, well played.
NIcely smacked down, Steven! And I'm very much enjoying your appearances on "Hannity" and "Red Eye."
Good job!
excellent points, all…
And, as Mr Crowder so ably points out, Penn is onlyintersted in being 'heard' by the three hundered and sixt-odd
insomniacs and Progressives who watch Larry King.
The 'Crypt Keeper', indeed.
Sean Penn is just another Malibu liberal. Wants to feel good about his own consumptive lifestyle by seeing that OUR money is given away.
Sean Penn as Spicoli in 'Ridgemont High' (on the phone to stoner friend) 'Hear that? (slapping checkered shoe against his head) That's my skull!'
There you have it…
Is Penn going to have to fly back and forth between Haiti and Chile now or is Chile not important enough for him? Does New Orleans no longer need his help? What about Darfur? There is so much tragedy in the world and only one Sean Penn. What will we do?
Sean Penn has jumped the shark…he and ex-wife and co-star Madonna have been international punchlines since "Shanghai Surprise" (1986) …
What does one expect from a liberal performance artist? Schooled to react emotionally instead of logically as a precursor to a career, could only lead to brain dead liberalism. That, in short, is the problem with liberals. They simply do not think, they engage the tear ducts. And that applies to all elites as well. After all, they only have everyone's best interests at heart. God save me from people with my interest in mind.
Sean Penn could reach millions by hitting the big news circuit, but he couldn't stand being in the same room with people that have twice his IQ. If he really wanted to raise money, he could offer to match 1 dollar for every $2 donated. I'm sure that a few people would like to gang up and send him to the poor house.
You ask excellent questions, Steven, but the left's foregone conclusions are the answer. The studies that time and again show the Right and Christians on the right, in particular, to be more charitable are as reliable to the Left as those done by pro-gay rights Canada, which yielded the news that the percentage isn't 10% but 3+%. Hence the flurry of lawsuits against the Canadian government for deducing something in opposition to the Left's foregone conclusion. And hence Chavez' boy's assumption that he'd have a greater impact on a network that caters to the left… After all it's the Left who care.
“One of the most important aspects of that will be that I’ve never asked to be on television before in my life, with the exception of
unintelligibleGilligan's Island.Dear Mr Penn:
Have you ever wondered *why* we don't want you on television. Largely because we regret that we've had to suffer you in movies. Please take this the right way: we would prefer you were neither seen nor heard.
Give our best to the gerbils.
Sincerely,
Normal Americans
Shhhhh. Sean is working hard on his Nobel Peace Prize.
Yeah, the Left do the caring because they know that the Right will foot the bill.
Sean travels with his own PR entourage, to ensure he has his product one-sheets update with the latest one-man-disaster-recovery-team…and by "product" I mean Sean.
I have met Sean and the little guy loves his Marlboro butts almost as much as he likes Castro's butt. However, he is not as bad as the "salad tosser", janeane garofalo, but he has a little brain and "artists" just don't get it. They will never be that intelligent and what brains they do have they use for their craft. To expect anything intelligent out of Sean is like expecting water to boil at 180 degrees.
Say what? We butter be really quiet then! Don't want Obama to hear that someone else is trying to get it. (I think Obama is trying to earn the Nobel Prize . . .twice. . .I don't know if he understands that situation very well, but The Chosen One is thinking.)
And blame the Right for not caring enough, because the Right realize that they are the ones footing the bill, and they know that we can't pay for it.
And blame the Right for not caring enough, because the Right realize that they are the ones footing the bill, and they know that we can't pay for it.
Greg, you realize that comparing Larry King to TFTC's Cryptkeeper is an insult to the Cryptkeeper.
Sean Penn: "Only I have the answer to the problems in Haiti…."
King: "What's the question? WHAT'S THE QUESTION!!!!"
To who?
King flips over one of his blue Que cards and asks the remaining Beatles, "Which one of u's John? Say's here you was shot, tell us, what was that like?"
I nearly peed myself!
Don't mess with Crowder!
Water doesn't boil at 180?
Sean
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Poor Sean Penn. He went full retard. Everyone knows you don't go full retard. Now look at him.
Penn is still heady from all the tadpole smoothies he sucked down to prepare himself to play Harvey Milk.
I think the poster "Sean Penn" was making a joke.
God, I hope so.
What's he hanging out a carnival claw machine with a pocket full of quarters?
If I remember correctly from back in my lefty days, if the government agrees to take of something using some one else's tax money, then I can rest assured I have done everything possible for my fellow man, and now I can go back to watching Letterman, SNL and the Daily show, with a trouble free conscience.
Look at the name on the post. Sarcasm.
Does anyone remember back the Katrina when Penn was so moved by the destruction and despair, that he assembled his own rescue team and set out in search of future campaign photos with his own private photographer?
The images of them sinking at the dock, bailing out water with paper cups is priceless.
http://www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/Penn.jpg
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/i...
http://www.woodwaugh.com/admiral/penn01.jpg
There's a general kind of pathetic self-boosterism that accompanies these natural disasters. From the people at work who send out emails about "Hey, there was an earthquake in Chile, why don't you give some money to this charity" to the Facebook/Twitter updates to the concerts …
One doesn't want to be too vocal about disliking the constant attention-whoring, because it can seem like one is against giving aid. But there's a difference between giving aid and being self-adoring about it.
Makes me wonder – did Sean show up in another leaky boat full of reporters?
Thanks for calling this out. It is such a tragedy the way celebreties exploit poor people and countries for their own ego and PR gain. You have endless material on this topic, to be sure.
I mean, can't they adopt American babies? Why don't they just go to Detroit or East LA if they want to "help" someone in need and get and exotic kid. Now that WOULD be a good PR stunt. "Jolie adopts twin babies in Detroit from unemployed auto worker."
http://www.jphro.org/
What's this? Looks like results, what have you done lately?
It's good that Sean Penn is using his celebrity for this cause, and the above link shows he's good at doing it. But this article does have a valid point.
gotcha
When they pay their taxes, right Rangel?
Sometimes it just takes time. Today on The Daily Caller it has a story of the 84-85 Ethiopian Famine that tells of as much as 95 million dollars donated, some from Live Aid, going to buy arms for rebels. Ahhhhh, sweet hippie dollars buying bombs and bullets.
He needs a leaky boat and a shotgun. And, of course all those cameras and lights and stuff.
Madonna should be proud of him. Castro and Chavez and Iran's Hitler, too. Mao, Che, Stalin, Lenin, Marx and the rest are all smiling at their little boy.
Sean Penn appears on Larry King Live instead of FOX News because he cares more about his ideology, than the people in Haiti.
Someday he'll realize that liberals only donate to charitable causes through increases in taxes and fees, so EVERYONE has to pay. There's no sense appealing to them on Larry King's show unless he's advocating the new "Haiti Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
SEAN PENN IS RELEVANT!!!
The surest way to NOT be seen is by appearing on "Leaky Pants Live" with Grandpa Munster….
Great article, Steven! Though I know I say that every single week.
I am really enjoying seeing you on Hannity and Red Eye more; t's great to see you on a bigger screen than my little Netbook.
Sean Penn…haha what a dummy. Hey, it's Hollywood, what can you expect.
"there are lies. there are damned lies. and there are statistics." it's hard for me to believe those stats. but if they're true, dang life is good
Agreed. The Left likes theoretical compassion. Let our taxes pay for "their" kindness.
L…..O…..L !!!!! (Had to repeat it out loud as Robert Downey Jr's character.)
And not to mention– there were Americans and Christians who died in the quake because they were there already helping before the quake occurred, victims in the act of giving. They did not ambulance chase the latest disaster.
Those are the dirty "evil" Christian right that you despise Sean Penn. Where's your buddy Hugo Chavez and Castro now? They were bitching because they didn't even want us there.
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as part of their own charitable belief system that comes naturally
It's good that Sean Penn is using his celebrity for this cause, and the above link shows he's good at doing it. But this article does have a valid point.
Sean Penn came to New Orleans shortly after hurricane Katrina, to help. He got in a boat and went around to houses in the flood, looking to get people out. He had his publicist and his photographer with him doing it. Later he did a movie based in Louisiana, "All the King's Men", Oscar-wanna be, which didn't make money at the box office, movie about former governor-US Senator Huey P. Long.
Steven Crowder, with respect, I think you've lost your way.
Perhaps you could think about doing some good in the world, as Mr. Penn's efforts seek to, rather than make noise which benefits nobody.
You can change, be a better man.
Blah, blah, blah, raise awareness, blah, blah, blah. Isn't raising awareness the talking point that these liberal celebrities use to seem humble and concerned? Nevermind the tangible problems with raising money, building infrastructure, avoiding corrption, etc. that come with nation-building. I have yet to hear any celebrity discuss how to tackle these problems.
A few kind words aren't going to solve Haiti's problems. Until Penn is willing to commit and live in Haiti or the utopia of Cuba, he needs to STFU.
http://www.jphro.org/
As a matter of fact he has committed.
Dude you're missing the whole point (are you liberal?).
If Penn DROPPED his ridiculous hate for all-things conservative, he actually could be a major "savior" in Haiti, because he'd be reaching literally millions more by appearing on O'Reilly or even Shep Smith, who might be a closet libbie himself.
It's not that Penn isn't doing something admirable in Haiti – it's his prejudice toward the conservative base that HINDERS his own cause.
Brilliant, Mr Ford……Outstanding
Having said that, now I have to clean up the iced tea I just shot out of my nose while reading your post….
Sean Penn is a stupid, uneducated, incoherent headcase. I wish the next fotog he picks a fight with whoops his ugly, little hobbit ass.
True. Stalin wasn't as bad as Hitler either…..
oh NO! Just heard on the news… Penn retroswallowed Lemmiwinks!
"All he wants is peace. Peace. PEACE!
aaaaaaa little peace of Poland,
a little peace of France… "
~ Hitler, "To be or Not to Be"
adn the Crypt Keeper gets better ratings that Larry "I'm still alive" King
Quite alot actually, but we dont brag about it. What about you?
Whats the matter Robert? Still ticked off that your brother Roger got the real good role instead of you?
Conservatives believe in "We The People". Liberals believe in "I The Person Who Knows Whats Best For The People Because the People Are Too Stupid To Be The Person".
Anger issues?
And TFTC occasionally had bare breasts, which always helps.
He actually went out and helped, more than you did, so your complaint is utterly contemptible, what else is new?. Then you act surprised that he avoids FOX, after the way he is mocked there? This is the kind of trash I love to see here, it re-affirms in me that today's right is a bunch of selfish mental midgets.
wow, that was as ugly and stupid as the article, good work.
Hah haha hah, so funny there Dr Quack. So all those Oscars he won since then, like 2 in the last 6 years, how does that fit into your brainless anal-lisis?
Really, so one of the highest rated actor and directors is just a performance artist? Talking about logic and intelligence, what exactly does a low class ignorant geek who babbles about elites like you know about those qualities?
If he was looking for people with twice his IQ, he wouldn't find them here or at teabagger HQ FOX, all he would find there is morons who think Palin is intelligent.
if you go high enough water will boil at 180F
Ok let me see – Roger Moore, he played 007 and my last name is Moore. And my first name begins with an R like his. I get it….your a riot.
Well stated. And a cool car.
yes, can always rely on those two issues.
Be still my beating heart… one of you is finally developing a sense of humor.
Oscars are awarded by moron Hollyweird leftists – of course, Jackass Penn wins some…
…how does it feel to me a Useful Idiot of the Lying Socialist Left, Morrie ?
They should put a carbon Tax on Sean's Bloviated breath!
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