What astonishing balls it must take to actually print this on one's website, in light of the indisputable fact that there are many reputable organizations who already know exactly what is needed to bring relief and are in a position to do so immediately. Nothing, absolutely nothing, can be construed from this except that Rawat wants to gain by his "charity". For Rawat to do anything other than to encourage his devotees to donate to established relief organizations amounts to his deliberately delaying help to victims while he either skims profits or decides how to turn the situation to make himself look even more "glorious". Not even the most rabid premie can fail to see anything else in this ploy.

Premies, try out this scenario: Let's assume that, oh, say, President Bush sends a message in which he tells people to send him money directly. "Help is so urgently needed for these poor victims; send money directly to me. My people will figure out what we think is the best thing to do with your money." Does anybody have a problem with that? It's the same thing, exactly. One difference: President Bush isn't stupid enough to do that. Even if you hate the President, as so many here seem to do, you have to admit he's not stupid enough to do that. Apparently the same cannot be said of the lord out there in Malibu. Pity.

Speaking of the lord....In all my childhood musings of "I wonder what God really looks like?", not once did the answer 'an overweight, squeaky-voiced, ego-driven, multi-millionaire out in California' come to me.