[lbo-talk] An Iranian Woman Comments on Scott McLemee's Crooked Timber Blog Entry

[Sean Andrews]

On 2/16/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:

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and in this same Time Magazine article, we see more evidence of
Postel's hypothesis going awry: "[Sean] Penn, who helped organize the
event, said he had heard of Ganji constantly when he visited the
Middle East and wrote up his trip as a five-part series for the San
Francisco Chronicle. "I like anybody who makes me say what I think —
he does," said Penn."  Penn, of course, is the poster boy for
Hollywood Leftists--for not only people like Bill O'Rielly, but for
ostensibly middle of the road commentators like John Stewart.
Stewart, a few weeks ago, was downright annoying in pitching this joke
when Penn's wife appeared on the show a few weeks ago. ("You are a
tremendous actress: why you married a Communist, I don't know."
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2815111 )   Penn also, IIRC, went to
Baghdad in advance of the "Shock and Awe" in March of 2003 to act as a
human shield.  And either way, he's been closer (physically) to the
Middle East than it appears Postel has anytime recently.

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