Hugo Chavez and Sean Penn
I just returned from Venezuela. If you’ve never been there you can’t begin to imagine the filth that exists in such a rich and beautiful country. The stench from the port was so bad it burned my nostrils. Venezuela, or I should say, Chavez has more oil than the Saudi’s but his people live in abject poverty. Most of the professional people have either left or will leave soon. How could any leader live as Chavez lives and see the plight of his people every day.
Then along comes an idiot like Sean Penn and heralds Chavez as a great leader doing great things for his people. It just doesn’t make sense. I hope none of you see Penn as a model figure. Would it help you to know he has been arrested twice for assualt? Well, he has. Penn is not even close to anyone’s role model.
I know there are worst conditions throughout the world, but none of those countries have OIL, lots of oil. You can say what you want about the Saudi’s but they do take care of their own.I decided to never see a Sean Penn movie again as well as to never watch Oprah again since she thinks Penn is one of the great thinkers and humantarians of our time. I doubt if Oprah has been to Venezuela.
November 8th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
You might want to hold off on boycotting Sean Penn. His new movie, which he directs, “Into the Wild” based on the very good book also with same title has been well received. The book is worth reading even if you don’t want to see Penn’s version on the screen. The author of the book also wrote, “Into Thin Air” which more people may be familiar with.