Pro knows how to turn off the political rhetoric in other forums. Two of my best friends are for Obama and sometimes when we go out just the guys we may discuss a little politics but usually we have so many other things to talk about that it never comes up. Whomod seems the type of guy who would never dare be friends with a conservative or even maybe a moderate. I hope I'm wrong.
Whomod, what little I know of him, seems like someone who'd bring up politics in a conversation just to seem intelligent. Dude, you've got to learn to loosen up and just bullshit with us.
Pariah nerdy Moderator Triteness kicks us in the nads. 15000+ posts Mon Sep 29 2008 11:47 PM Reading a post Forum: Media Thread: Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks
I guess Penn hasn't yet figured that, other than for purposes of snickering at his bullshit and huge ego, no one cares about his political views. Now, he's writing some sort of half-baked gonzo journalism about his trips to Venezuela and Cuba and what a "threat" he represents to the military-industrial complex:
From the sublime to the ridiculous, it was now 2am. I lit a cigarette, took a couple of drags, flicked it into the alley and entered the bar. Downstairs the music was loud. Some quasi-combo of house and salsa. Thump! Thump! Thump! The downbeats shook the floor and tickled my feet.
I headed up the back stairs, and waiting for me at a table in the upper deck were the two contractors I had arranged to meet the night before. Full disclosure: I'm not a big "contractor" guy. I'd been jacked up by DynCorp-employed Iraqis on a dark night in a Baghdad alley, and slept beside Blackwater boys and their guns on a floor in the floods of New Orleans. It's just this little thing I have about apolitical military might for profit. Call it irksome. Call it what you will, but a source is a source.
We exchanged greetings by way of grunts. I took a seat and ordered Johnny Walker Black. It had been years since I ordered Johnny Walker Black. Pathetically I might have wanted to be one of the boys for a moment. They ordered a bubbly water a piece, and it was on. I was Al Capone, motherfucker, and they were a pair of Perrier pansy John Wayne's.
"Whatcha got for me?" Uninterestingly, they turned out to be a couple of gents, South African though they were. In practice, their job in Venezuela was logistical. One, organized the patrolling of waterways by their company, contracted by the Venezuelan government to aid in drug interdiction. The other strategized jungle patrols on the Colombian border. We talked about a lot of things, and a lot of parts of the world, as I tend to do when indulging Johnny Walker Black. But here are the highlights: Neither one of them liked Chavez a bit. Whatever personal politics they might have had were far to the right of my peripheral vision. Chavez just wasn't their kind of fellow. But the jungle patrolled said straight out, "I'll tell you this about Chavez though. Of all the countries we've worked for, this government is by far, the most serious about drug interdiction."
I said, "What's the bad news?"
He said, "Chavez won't last a year." "What do you mean?" I said. "He's too radical. We've seen it before." "Seen what before? I said. "They'll kill him." "They?" I said. He reached across the table, took a sip of my Johnny Walker Black, smiled, and pointed directly at me, the Americano at the table.
The whole thing is 10,000 words but it's all pretty much just like this excerpt.
Really, if Penn hadn't consistently demonstrated his assholery many times in the past, I'd have thought this was a joke.
I think it's a pretty sweet excerpt from his upcoming noir novel. I mean, that's what it is, right? Because, if it's REALLY his attempt at some sort of journalism, it's fucking gibberish. "Thump! Thump! Thump!" indeed...
Uschi said: I won't rape you, I'll just fuck you 'till it hurts and then not stop and you'll cry.
MisterJLA: RACKS so hard, he called Jim Rome "Chris Everett." In Him, all porn is possible. He is far above mentions in so-called "blogs." RACK him, lest ye be lost!
"I can't even brush my teeth without gagging!" - Tommy Tantillo: Wank & Cry, heckpuppy, and general laughingstock
I think it's a pretty sweet excerpt from his upcoming noir novel.
...or, better yet, novella.
Sincerely, Snarf
Indeed...well played.
Uschi said: I won't rape you, I'll just fuck you 'till it hurts and then not stop and you'll cry.
MisterJLA: RACKS so hard, he called Jim Rome "Chris Everett." In Him, all porn is possible. He is far above mentions in so-called "blogs." RACK him, lest ye be lost!
"I can't even brush my teeth without gagging!" - Tommy Tantillo: Wank & Cry, heckpuppy, and general laughingstock
Is there someway we can shut the borders before he comes back?
Is he taking a camera crew with him? Are they going by boat? Has anyone checked it for leaks? His dramatic and selfless New Orleans rescue more than proved his naval expertise.
But, hey, he was married to Madonna once and used to punch reporters in the face, so he MUST be better than everyone else...
President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela .
Penn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely in the jungle along Venezuela 's southern Orinoco river, Chavez said. He appeared to be referring to Carpentier's 1953 novel, "The Lost Steps," about an American anthropologist and composer's journey into the jungle region.
Penn's publicist could not immediately be reached for comment.
Chavez added that he discussed politics with Penn, who said he would soon see U.S. President Barack Obama . Chavez said he'd asked Penn to tell Obama he should take action to earn his Nobel Peace Prize , and should scrap a plan for the U.S. military to increase its presence at bases in Colombia.
"They gave him the Nobel Prize, very well, now he should earn it," the socialist leader said, paraphrasing an open letter by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore to the U.S. president.
Chavez also applauded Moore's work, and dismissed comments the director made during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on ABC earlier this month. Moore said he'd drunk tequila with Chavez at the Venice Film Festival and offered the Venezuelan president suggestions for an upcoming speech at the United Nations .
The comments drew criticism from some Chavez's supporters in Venezuela . But Chavez dismissed the controversy.
"They don't understand humor," he said, pointing out the interview was held on a talk show hosted by a comedian.
Penn arrived in Venezuela from Cuba, where he was reportedly seeking an interview with the nation's ailing former leader, 83-year-old Fidel Castro. Last year, Penn was the first American to obtain an interview with Castro's younger brother, current President Raul Castro, after he was named interim president in late July 2006. The interview appeared in the Dec. 15 edition of The Nation magazine and on the magazine's Web site last November.
This is Penn's third visit with Chavez, who has welcomed a host of celebrities to the presidential palace, including supermodel Naomi Campbell and actors Danny Glover and Benicio del Toro.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Charlie Sheen can feed hungry Haitians and fix torn down buildings merely by pointing and saying "Booyah!". His righteous fists of burning rage will turn that country into win.
Charlie Sheen can feed hungry Haitians and fix torn down buildings merely by pointing and saying "Booyah!". His righteous fists of burning rage will turn that country into win.
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