Man, I sure feel betrayed right about now. I mean, come on, Bart Simpson was one of my all-time favorite cartoon characters. He used to rank high up there with Manny from Ice Age and Sailor Moon (for the non-connoisseurs, that's a Japanese Anime cartoon character that saves the world dressed in a short skirt). I really trusted him. His philosophy. His complete and utter shamelessness. But now it's all ruined - and I blame Xenu for it. Kidding. But really - who knew Bart was so religious? Well, maybe not the guy himself, because he's - as one of my friends once put it - nothing more than a figment of our imagination, but the lady who provides Bart's voice for the famous cartoon series sure knows the meaning of devotion and saving the planet.

Everyone, meet Nancy Cartwright. She's the actress that lends her voice to the aforementioned Bart, and thus brings joy to millions of fans around the world. Well, it seems that Nancy is not only talented, she's also very dedicated to her cult... or religion, however you chose to call it, and has donated a staggering $10 million to the cult's Global Salvage initiative. My math skills are a bit rusty, but I think that $10 million is actually twice as much as Scientology poster boy Tom Cruise donated to the cult. Moreover, Cruise forked the $5 million in two $2.5 million installments over the course of two years. For his financial contribution, he was first awarded a Platinum Meritorious Award, and then appointed Diamond Meritorious awardee by the International Association of Scientologists. Talk about gratitude!

Well, as far as I could find out, Nancy won't be taking over from Tom anytime soon, which goes to show that money can buy you a whole lot of things, but they can't buy you everything. As for the Global Salvage effort (the campaign for which Nancy gave up all that money) - well, a little research pointed out that its purpose is to "de-aberrate" Earth - which means, rid the planet of psychology and all "aberrant" behavior. Yes, now that would make Earth a really wonderful place. Imagine Britney running around without taking her medication. Now who would ever want to do that?