Sean Penn Pops In On Hugo Chavez Vigil In Bolivia

Hugo Chavez was back in Cuba for more cancer surgery, his fourth, but he's not blaming the U.S. just yet.  And just to lend support, one of  the Venezuelan president's best buddies- lefty actor Sean Penn- popped over to Bolivia (another lefty-led country) to participate in a candlelight vigil for poor ailing Chavez.

Chavistas along with Bolivian officials and the Venezuelan ambassador to La Paz, Crisbeylee Gonzalez, gathered at some diplomatic venue and were delighted to have Sean Penn show up wearing his snazzy Venezuelan flag jacket.

“Thank you, Sean,” said Gonzalez, “for joining us and for wanting to be here. We know President Chavez is a good friend of yours, and you didn’t hesitate one second about coming here with us to this vigil."

Sean Penn gushed:

“He’s one of the most important forces we’ve had on this planet." “And I’ll wish him nothing but that great strength he has shown over and over again. I do it in love, and I do it in gratitude.

“I just want to say, from my very American point of view, of my friend President Chavez: It is only possible to be so inspiring as he is, as a two-way street. And he would say that his inspiration is the people.”

Inspiring and one of the most important forces on this planet?  Whatever.

Okay, so Penn didn't fly to La Paz exclusively for the vigil, he was there for Jacob Ostreicher, an American capitalist entrepreneur who has been in jail (without a trial) for 18 months for money laundering, a charge he claims he's innocent of. The bizarre story reads like a movie, which is probably why Penn attended the release hearing. It's still odd, since Ostreicher is definitely a capitalist and Penn's sympathies obviously run decidedly left.

So why does Chavez fly to Cuba for all his medical work?  Isn't the medical care in his socialist country good enough? It should be.

Kid Rock and Sean Penn In Video- Don't Let Politics Divide

This is incredibly surprising: Republican singer/musician Kid Rock and lefty Sean Penn have collaborated on a Public Service short film. The message: don't let politics divide us.

"Americans" is a short, public service film starring Sean Penn and Kid Rock, directed by Jameson Stafford. The goal of the film is to tear down the one-dimensional political stereotypes portrayed by the media by confronting them head on. It reminds us that what really matters is that we're all Americans, with diverse thoughts, opinions and stances on issues. We are millions of unique, individual parts, the sum of which comprise a whole that is the shining beacon of freedom throughout the world.

The film reminds us to be proud of our differences, and to never forget that we're all in this together as Americans.

Watch the 10 minute or so film here, it's worth it.

The liberals will find it harder to get along than conservatives- there's just far too much anger, but glad to see someone like Sean Penn  encouraging us all to get along. The ball is really in their court.

Wouldn't it be nice not to be vilified for our politics.

Source: Politico

Hugo Chavez Gets Another Six Years To Ruin Venezuela

Did anyone really expect anyone other than Hugo Chavez to win the Venezuelan presidential election?  I know I didn't, although I had hoped that Henrique Capriles Radonski would somehow manage to persuade the Venezuelan people he was a far better choice, considering crime has soared since Chavez took control of the country. With 19,000 murders last year, Venezuela has the dubious honor of being one of the most dangerous countries in the world. And what about the food shortages, which can be blamed on the strict price controls that are part and parcel of Hugo's Bolivarian revolutionary thought? I guess Chavistas don't care, after all the little they do get is cheap, and along with their free apartments why wouldn't they vote for Chavez again?  Sound familiar? It's a little like Mitt Romney's "47%" who will vote for Barack Obama for all the free goodies they get.

So, Chavez won by about 54% ( with 1 million plus votes), compared to Capriles'  45%.  Capriles did surprisingly well, in spite of a nasty smear campaign against him by Chavez and his goons.

Of course his Hollywood useful tools, including Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Harry Belafonte are elated, and Danny Glover was actually in Caracas to share in the joy.

Venezuela gets six more years of Chavez, so he can totally run that country into the ground like every other socialist/communist country.  That is if he lasts that long.

I hope the American people aren't as stupid as the Venezuealans.