"An Open Letter to Sean Penn"
Posted by Doc Farmer
Monday, June 02, 2003
An Open Letter to Sean Penn
by Doc Farmer
Mr. Penn,
I'm currently suffering through your 4,117-word diatribe as published on page A-11 of the New York Times. It took some doing to find it, since I don't subscribe to that particular rag, but you were vain enough to publish it on your website (http://www.seanpenn.com/kilroy.pdf). As a writer, I understand that kind of vanity very well. It is a vanity we share. And I hope it is the only one.
I understand you blew $125 grand to print this. Which should tell you about the quality of your writing. Hell, they PAY Maureen Dowd at the Times. And you had to pay THEM? Think about it. I don't have the space here to rebut you point for point, Sean. My editor likes me to keep it under 1,000 words, don'tchaknow. So I'll make this short, but not necessarily sweet.
What is your major malfunction?
I know that as a member of the Hollywood crowd, you and your fellows are severely dendritically challenged. I know that you lean so far to the left that you're in constant danger of falling over, which might explain the level of synaptic degradation that you appear to suffer from. But even you understood that Saddam was an evil son-of-a-so-and-so. And yet you cozied up to the schmuck before a major war. You KNEW that he'd use your visit for propaganda purposes. That's why people referred to you as a traitor. And they were right. You're no better than Hanoi Jane. You gave aid and comfort to the enemy, you jerk.
And don't give me that depleted uranium malarkey either, sparky. You reference numbers of cancer deaths that can't be proved. Why? Because their source was Baghdad Bob? Who took lying lessons from BOTH Clintons, it would seem.
I noted that you couldn't resist taking some jabs at Dubya. You make reference to Enron, when it was really your buddy Slick Willie who was far cozier to them. You make oblique reference to Halliburton and others, raising the spectre of ''blood for oil.'' Want to find ''blood for oil'', Sean? Get Woody Allen to introduce you to his Froggy friends. You'll find lots of blood on their hands, and now-defunct oil contracts in their pockets. And then you diss Dubya's military record? I didn't serve in the military, but to the best of my knowledge, neither did you. Dubya did. Which means that he's a better man than BOTH of us.
I'm sorry that your dad died. My dad is still alive. He served in Korea and Viet Nam, and did so with honour and distinction. I understand why he served, although I'll never truly understand the sacrifices he made. You still don't seem to understand the concept of honour, distinction, or service.
You say you're not a Democrat, Republican, etc. I don't give a rat's rear end, quite frankly. It's quite clear what you are. A liar. A fool. A traitor.
And not a very good actor, either.
Your only claim to fame seems to be that you slept with Madonna. If you were dumb enough to do that, you're obviously not smart enough to claim greater political or moral awareness than the President of the United States or his many (far more moral and ethical than you) advisors. And would you care to put your college records forward, to show the universities you attended, the degrees you earned? Even your friend Slick Willie doesn't have the guts to do that. And I'd doubt that you could hold a candle, intellectually, to Dubya on his worst day.
There are now 25 million people who are freed from tyranny and oppression, thanks to Dubya and the coalition of 50 countries he put together to end their suffering under Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath party. U.S./Coalition forces served with merit, and did everything possible to keep civilian casualties to a minimum. You, on the other hand, supported a regime that maximized civilian oppression, suffering, torture, imprisonment, rape, and murder. And you're a better person than Dubya? Puh-LEEZE!
Face it, Penn, the only thing you've got going for you is that you happen to have a talent for memorizing somebody else's words and spewing them out in front of a camera. You certainly don't have much in the way of a talent for the written word of your own, if your rambling harangue is any indication.
You ask in your article that we ''celebrate'' all our soldiers. The best way you could do that, Sean, is to shut the hell up. They don't appreciate your support of leftist causes. They don't like your attitude regarding their Commander-in -Chief. They are against your collaboration with Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi regime.
Here's a bit of advice. The next time you get it into your mind to publish something, perhaps it will be shorter and clearer. Like an apology to the American People. And to the Iraqi people as well.
Yours in disgust,
Doc Farmer
Doha, Qatar
P.S. You should probably know that ''Kilroy'' didn't bring down the twin towers. ''Kilroy'' was an American Soldier. 9/11 was caused by Islamofacists, not Americans. Try to remember that.
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