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Sean Penn's been 'busy'
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| "Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> pounded on the keyboard and wrote:
>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,1011...5001160,00.html what an
>idiot!
You're right. Thanks for pointing this out.
Brian
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| John Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> pounded on the keyboard and wrote:
>In article <NYQSe.23574$FA3.14200@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>alanerskine1@bigpond.com says...
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>And what have YOU done to help?
A hell of a lot more than this Hollywood idiot!!! I donated a very hefty sum
to the Red Cross.
And, BTW, I am a paramedic with 18 years experience. I'd be down there in a
heart beat if it were not for my age.
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| Skuby wrote:
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> John Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> pounded on the keyboard and wrote:
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> A hell of a lot more than this Hollywood idiot!!! I donated a very hefty sum
> to the Red Cross.
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> And, BTW, I am a paramedic with 18 years experience. I'd be down there in a
> heart beat if it were not for my age.
I get a kick out of the fact that he brought his "personal photographer."
Also there to help, no doubt! <g>
Notan
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| Kurt Ullman 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| In article <431CE30E.E2BE8418@ddress.com>, Notan <notan@ddress.com>
wrote:
>I get a kick out of the fact that he brought his "personal photographer."
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>Also there to help, no doubt! <g>
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That alone led me to believe that the responding poster probably hadn't read it real closely.
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The difference between being diplomatic and undiplomatic is the
difference between saying "When I look at you time stands still"
and "Your face could stop a clock." ~~ Anon.
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| Alan Erskine 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
news:431CE30E.E2BE8418@ddress.com...
> I get a kick out of the fact that he brought his "personal photographer."
That's what got me too!
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Alan Erskine
Alanerskine1@bigpond.com
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| John Nelson 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| In article <3lnph1pu9b37vkq2qlmrst02dtjjov07qp@4ax.com>,
skypilot@writeme.com says...
> John Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> pounded on the keyboard and wrote:
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> A hell of a lot more than this Hollywood idiot!!! I donated a very hefty sum
> to the Red Cross.
So, you haven't spent the time or money to actually go there and help
out personally.
> And, BTW, I am a paramedic with 18 years experience. I'd be down there in a
> heart beat if it were not for my age.
So actually getting off of one's XXX and doing something is a good
thing, then?
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| John Nelson wrote:
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> In article <3lnph1pu9b37vkq2qlmrst02dtjjov07qp@4ax.com>,
> skypilot@writeme.com says...
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> So, you haven't spent the time or money to actually go there and help
> out personally.
Some of us have to support families.
You're, no doubt, one of those people that puts actors/actresses/professional
athletes on a pedestal, above everyone else.
Notan
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| Bernhard Nowotny 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| Kurt Ullman schrieb:
> In article <431CE30E.E2BE8418@ddress.com>, Notan <notan@ddress.com>
> wrote:
> That alone led me to believe that the responding poster probably hadn't read it real closely.
You mean until the "How are you going to get any people in that
thing?"
Up to "but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel"
I thought: well, Mr.Penn tries it at least, and shit happens to the best
ones - at least I know one mission here last year, where exactly this
lead to a sunk rescue boat (with 4 almost drowned rescuers, that was the
not-so-funny-part).
But the rest of the article changed my view...
Bye - and best wishes for all real rescuers in the wet part of US!
Bernhard
(from the only lucky & dry spot in southern bavaria during _our_ flood
in the last weeks)
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Bernhard Nowotny
85625 Glonn, Germany (PGP ID: 0x17B6F58C DSS/DH)
"Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems."
-- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (documented first real computer bug)
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| John Nelson 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| In article <43258C7A.45ED00E5@ddress.com>, notan@ddress.com says...
> John Nelson wrote:
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> Some of us have to support families.
And that, of course, gives you license to attack those who do have the
resources to get involved directly.
<shakes head>
> You're, no doubt, one of those people that puts actors/actresses/professional
> athletes on a pedestal, above everyone else.
Not hardly.
But I'm also not bashing anyone for wading into that mess and helping
out, no matter how inept they may appear to be.
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| John Nelson wrote:
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> In article <43258C7A.45ED00E5@ddress.com>, notan@ddress.com says...
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> And that, of course, gives you license to attack those who do have the
> resources to get involved directly.
> <shakes head>
Saying that Mr. Penn was an idiot for doing what he did is hardly an "attack."
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> Not hardly.
"Not hardly." Is that the opposite of "hardly?"
> But I'm also not bashing anyone for wading into that mess and helping
> out, no matter how inept they may appear to be.
Yeah. With his personal photographer. And, when his boat began sinking,
it was probably necessary to divert help from those who *really* needed
it.
Big help!
Notan
PS - As a member of the medical community, I *did* volunteer my services.
No personal photographers. No leaky boats.
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| Carey Gregory 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| John Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> wrote:
>But I'm also not bashing anyone for wading into that mess and helping
>out, no matter how inept they may appear to be.
If you've been in this business very long, you know that untrained,
uninvited, freelancing civilians jumping in to "help" are rarely, if ever,
any help at all. In fact, they're usually quite the opposite, consuming
resources and often becoming victims themselves.
The fact that he chose to occupy a seat in his boat with a photographer
instead of leaving it available for a victim pretty much says it all. If
he wanted to help, he would have gotten his wallet out and stayed the hell
at home where he wouldn't be in the way.
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| Kurt Ullman 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| In article <MPG.1d8f5447b168224998984c@newsgroups.comcast.net>, John
Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> wrote:
>And that, of course, gives you license to attack those who do have the
>resources to get involved directly.
><shakes head>
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That gives us license.. as it we needed, to make fun of people
who come to disaster with a leaky boat and a personal photographer.
>But I'm also not bashing anyone for wading into that mess and helping
>out, no matter how inept they may appear to be.
How about inept AND self-agrandizing.
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The difference between being diplomatic and undiplomatic is the
difference between saying "When I look at you time stands still"
and "Your face could stop a clock." ~~ Anon.
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| Kurt Ullman 2005-09-24, 2:27 pm |
| In article <6otbi1ldkns9747fg0lbphgs3kovnea9eh@4ax.com>, Carey
Gregory <tiredofspam123@comcast.net> wrote:
>The fact that he chose to occupy a seat in his boat with a photographer
>instead of leaving it available for a victim pretty much says it all. If
>he wanted to help, he would have gotten his wallet out and stayed the hell
>at home where he wouldn't be in the way.
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And if he wanted to come to the area, he coulda done more good
hitting the shelters and glad handing people and signing autographs.
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The difference between being diplomatic and undiplomatic is the
difference between saying "When I look at you time stands still"
and "Your face could stop a clock." ~~ Anon.
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