Chavez Chills with Sean Penn

76. What are you people ignorant, are we all puppets?? Bush is a liar on every level and I applaude Mr. Penn for sticking his neck out to enrich his beliefs. DO NOT BE AFRAID of education and ALWAYS ask questions of our Governments and hold them accountable. Does that make us un american??

Posted at 5:46PM on Aug 4th 2007 by proud American

77. There is nothing wrong with a dissenting opinion, but when you go to the enemy to help promote it....that screams of a lack of patriotism. It's a shame. I always liked Sean Penn. Has hatred made him freakin' crazy? Ya gotta wonder. What posesses a man to pull off a stunt like this? He obviously has a goal in mind. What does Hugo have that Sean wants? What is there to gain? Who does it help? Does it help the democrats to have him down there? I would hardly think so. Chavez is an enemy to this country and NO democrat running for office would be caught dead with Sean at this time. Look at these posts. Most people hate what Chavez stands for. Someone needs to put a muzzle on him before he hurts himself LOL. JMHO

Posted at 5:41PM on Aug 4th 2007 by whatever

78. Dude-you were in Fast Times at Ridgemont High-nuff said

Posted at 5:41PM on Aug 4th 2007 by What The ????????

79. What Penn needs is a punch in the face....or the gallows.

Posted at 5:42PM on Aug 4th 2007 by the hammer

80. It surprises but warms my heart to read so many who see Sean Penn and many entertainment people--who think they are Ph.D's in politics (many of whom dropped out of high school) for the ungrateful, uneducated, unamerican antics they pull. I certainly agree with the person who said he should go live in Venezuela.

Posted at 9:28AM on Aug 5th 2007 by tina

81. - http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/oilwars/income.jpg
This chart, from the private firms of AC Nielsen and Datos, shows how Chavez has raised the REAL income of the lowest half of the Venezuelan population by 130% over the past few years.

- http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/oilwars/socialclasses2007.jpg
Remember, social class A is the wealthiest and it works its way down to social class E which is the poorest. Keeping that in mind what do we see? Well, social class E had been growing steadily from the 1970s through the beginning of Chavez's term. That is the bulk of the Venezuelan people had been getting poorer for at least the last three decades - and this is reflected in the steady growth of social class E. Immediately before Chavez came to office in 1998 social class E was 52% of the population. Finally Chavez has reversed the three decade trend and social class E has now dropped to 45.7% of the population - as people move up to higher income classes!!

Posted at 5:45PM on Aug 4th 2007 by kalle

82. thanks #75. People are so excited to defend Sean Penn because he hates Bush so he must be a good guy. (lame). Didn't Chavez just shut down a popular TV station in Venezuela because they were speaking out against his corrupt government?

Posted at 5:45PM on Aug 4th 2007 by Barb

83. Sean Penn hates the United states of America. It is obvious that he doesn't respect this country, it's people, idiology and its leaders. He should leave this country where he has become a multi millionaire and go live in Venezuela where he can give us his freedom and much of his personal wealth.
I for one will NEVER go see another film that Sean Penn is in or do anything to further support this traitor. I would hope that others do the same. We need to send a message to this piece of crap of a human being.

Posted at 7:20AM on Aug 5th 2007 by Bill

84. Sean Penn should make one more movie, actually a short film, titled "The Execution of Sean Penn For Sedition During A Time Of War." I'm sure we would pay to see that.

Posted at 5:47PM on Aug 4th 2007 by Scott Doesnt Know

85. Sean Penn is a pathetic fool. If he lived in Venezuela and spoke out about Chavez, he would be tortured and then murdered in public. These Hollywood lefties and nothing but a bunch of naive, selfish slobs. I would put Streisand at the top of the list. Im still waiting for her to leave the USA, as she promised.

Posted at 10:49PM on Aug 4th 2007 by StatenIslandBarbie

86. Wait a minute. Since when has Chavez been considered by everyone to be so evil? He's the democratically elected leader of a oil-rich country who's using those resources to benefit over half the population that's living in poverty. If you compare him to Bush, who stole the election in 2000, and has perpetrated innumerable violations of our constitution, you have to question who the true dictator is!

Are you all mad? Chavez's crime: helping the poor. Bush's crime: lying to Americans in order to conduct an illegal, immoral war which is leading to the death of thousands of innocent Americans and Iraqis. I wish we were as intelligent as the people of Venezuela when it comes to electing our next President!

Posted at 8:04PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Jacques Lacan

87. The U.S. should have invaded Venezuela instead of Iraq. There's much more on-the-ground support for American-style democracy in Venezueal than there ever will be in the middle East. At the very least, everyone needs to boycott Citgo. Chavez owns the frickin' company!!!

Posted at 5:57PM on Aug 4th 2007 by Boycott Citgo

88. Don't forget that Sean Penn is the son of Leo Penn, who was a staunch supporter of Stalin at the time the Russian dictator was slaughtering millions of people. Leo, as well many (not all) Hollywood celebrities, conveniently looked the other way during this horrific period and refused to criticize Stalin for this massacre. These American celebrities were wined and dined by the Soviets as a payment for their support of Stalin's murder of millions of innocent men, women and children. Leo was rather famous as an enemy of all things American. Oh, I remember this traitor very well indeed. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?

Posted at 6:08PM on Aug 4th 2007 by Don't forget

89. #94 Do you prefer the Bush familly?

- http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1312540,00.html
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president...

...His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act,,,

Posted at 6:16PM on Aug 4th 2007 by kalle

90. Are you kidding? Are you the same folk who support Bush in the Iraq war and every other mess he has put us in.
Nothing wrong with Sean Penn checking out the facts. We should have more people to question rather than jump on a Bush wagon.
Maybe if we ourselves took alook instead of listening to what were told. we may be become a much wiser and peaceful world to live. Peace !

Posted at 6:28PM on Aug 4th 2007 by deo