Thank goodness this blog isn't the only media watchdog holding the Iowa meditators to account for Wall Street's problems. Reuters has also raised serious questions about issues in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, where the 1,800 transcendental meditators responsible for stock market increases and world peace are not delivering the results the American people have a right to expect. The Dow is down 600 points in a couple weeks. Who's running this show, Rumsfeld? FEMA? Helluva job, Maharishi.

From the Reuters story:

"U.S. stocks had a tough week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffering its worst one-week point drop in five years, but a group of meditators promise their good vibrations will send the index past 17,000 within a year.

"A group called the Invincible America Assembly made that claim and more on Friday, insisting they have America's prosperity under control and their positive vibes will bring fewer hurricanes and better U.S.-North Korean relations.

"Through group transcendental meditation the assembly -- which has 1,800 people meditating daily in Iowa since it was formed in July 2006 -- releases harmonious waves which benefit all aspects of U.S. life, spokesman Bob Roth told Reuters.

"And the group's leader, John Hagelin, said when that number reaches 2,500 within the next 12 months, America will see a major drop in crime and the virtual elimination of all major social and political woes. "Asked what it would take to achieve world peace, Hagelin said such a utopia would need 8,000 meditators."