--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "rmy108" <rmy108@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > > > > > on 10/1/06 5:05 PM, bob_brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife% > > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > , "markmeredith2002" > > > > > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > >> > Anyway, unless someone can get records from a private > > offshore > > > account > > > > >> > we don't know how the pundit donations have been used. > > > > >> > > > > > > ******* > > > > > > > > > > You know how the pundit donations have been used when you see > > > bldgs > > > > > housing pundits all over India -- here's a photo of the one in > > the > > > > > Brahmastan of India: > > > > > > > > > > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2006.html > > > > > > > > > > The income from the $87 million donated to the pundit project > > in > > > India > > > > > can't be more than ~$8 million a year, even if they're getting > > top > > > > > returns in their investments. This is a very modest sum when > > > you're > > > > > talking about housing and supporting many thousands of pundits. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > how hard would it be for the TMO to publish comprehensive list > > > with photos > > > > of all such facilities, if others exist, along with what it cost > > to > > > build > > > > each one? That would dispel all this speculation about > > embezzlement > > > by the > > > > nephews. > > > > > > > > > > ************** > > > > > > Aside from a handful of posters on this list, and some TMexers, > > who > > > thinks that the interest from the $87 mil raised on the > > millionaires' > > > course is not going to do pundit stuff in India, as promised? I > > don't > > > hear any complaints from the people who donated, and the Kaplans > > > recently gave another $16 million for the project, which says that > > > the people who gave to do the pundit thing in India are confident > > > that that is what is happening. > > > > > > There are people who think that the U.S. never landed people on > > the > > > moon, despite the overwhelming evidence that they did, and those > > who > > > are not satisfied that the TMO is spending the money on legit > > pundit > > > projects are similarly not going to be satisfied with any > > > documentation. It may be the case that some administrators of the > > TM > > > movement in India are driving Mercedes (instead of Tatas or > > whatever > > > that the local junk car is), but this really does not mean > > anything -- > > > the TMO is doing the right thing in India to restore Vedic > > culture, > > > and if you don't believe it, well, then you don't believe it and > > you > > > can put together a documentary for PBS like those 6% of folks who > > > don't think the U.S. put astronauts on the moon: > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations > > > > > > The TMO is going for the effect of restoring Vedic culture -- not > > for > > > convincing people who are only interested in slinging mud that > > they > > > are wasting their time. > > > > > > > What is this about the Kaplans recently giving $16 Million? > > Where did you get that info from? Doesn't sound like anything the > > Kaplans would do now after all that has happenned with them. > > >
> What, exactly, happened to them? My understanding is that they put a chunk of money in a > joint bank account, with the verbal understanding that it would be used to pay taxes, and > instead it was used for something else. Not a good way to keep a major donor happy, but > what "happened" to them, personally? > *************** I wasn't talking about David and Earl Kaplan, but about the Kaplans (no relation) who just gave $16 mil to the pundits in India. Regardless of the rumors about David and Earl, they were required to pay the TMO several millions when they asked Purusha and MD to leave Boone. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
