Late Night Shots, and... Polo?

This article, about a social networking site for DC's young elite, is making a bit of a splash on the US liberal internet. (See it linked here, here, and with some interesting observations here.) None of the article surprised me, particularly, but one bit is sticking with me:

In June, she attracted a crowd to the Courage Cup, a polo match in Virginia that raises money to teach disadvantaged D.C. youths to play polo. Although the charity receives a fair amount of scorn (several posters asked why anyone would teach poor kids to play a game they can’t afford), it was one of the early summer’s most popular events.

Imagine the community consultation that went into that one. No, we don't want health care, quality education or career opportunities other than dying in Iraq - we really wish we could try riding around a field on horses, carrying a big stick. (Okay, my knowledge of polo is entirely from Archie comics.) Sometimes I wish there was a useless-and-out-of-touch clause that could deny groups a charity number.