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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 04:28 AM
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Is there any way to tell if Charlie Sheen's tornado charity is on the up-and-up?
Three months and four days ago, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I sit, was devastated by a monster tornado.

A couple of days later Charlie Sheen came to town and toured the destruction with Mayor Walter Maddox.

Mr. Sheen said it was the worst thing he had ever seen. He called it a life-changing experience.

He met here with adoring fans who adoringly ooh'ed and aah'ed at the sight of the famous star.

A few days after that, on May 2, his failed actor buddy, one Stefan Hajek, of Los Angeles, California, registered the internet domain, via TUCOWS, torpedosagainsttornados.com, which requested donations, and still requests donations, to help the people affected so severely by the storm.

Curiously, the website is registered in Paris, France. That seems more than a little odd to me.

http://torpedosagainsttornados.com/

Charlie Sheen, while he was here, toured the newly-constructed Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, seemingly brainstorming ideas for his planned benefit show. It's all on video, on YouTube.

As he departed on that day, he said "I'll be back. I promise!'

http://www.google.com/search?q=charlie+sheen+tuscaloosa

For the better part of three months I've been checking Charlie's Twitter feed, at http://twitter.com/charliesheen, even though I am twitterly challenged. He seems to have let the Tuscaloosa situation slip off his map. Instead, he tells us about which concerts and nightclubs he's going to attend.

Maybe I'm all wet and Charlie is privately planning a huge, star-studded extravaganza that will blow the lid off this sleepy, Southern town. I hope that's the case.

But I'm wondering about the money that he's raised from his fans to help the people in Tuscaloosa.

Is there anyway to track what his website has raised? Is there anyway to find out if he is personally profiting from a false charity?

Can someone with a twitter account tweet him the question "how's the Tuscaloosa benefit show going?"

Several big stars have stepped up and done benefit concerts. Kenny Chesney did one at the Amp. Rhianna did one in Birmingham. The country band Alabama has one coming up soon. I hate his politics, but Hank Williams Jr. did his part.

I just want to know if Charlie Sheen is sincere about wanting to help the people, or is using them for his own financial gain.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 05:19 AM
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1. could someone tweet that for me?
To charliesheen.

"how's that Tornado benefit going?"
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 05:32 AM
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2. Has he referred to himself as a tornado, recently?
that could provide a clue.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 06:19 AM
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3. I think that you have to donate a pint of tiger blood
Beyond that, what could possibly go wrong?
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