Penn & Chavez – Douchebags

And so Sean Penn just adds to the list of things I call “Reasons to be punched in the face really really hard”.

The guy just flies on down there to socialism central unannounced and then gets all chummy chummy with Chavez. Over the phone mind you, but the two are planning a meeting some time today.

“Welcome to Venezuela, Mr. Penn. What drives him is consciousness, the search for new paths,” Chavez said Wednesday in a televised speech. “He’s one of the greatest opponents of the Iraq invasion.”

He’s also a pretty big asshole too. I hear that he has a record of punching people in the face.

Chavez said the two plan to meet Thursday. He called the actor “well-informed about what is happening in the United States and the world, in spite of being in Hollywood.”

Well-informed? Well, Chavez is so self-enamored that he can’t discern drivel from actual coherent thought, but then again he shares the same world views as Penn. I’m actually hoping that Penn likes it so much down there he doesn’t ever come back.