[TheForge] 500' bronze statue,,,OT OT OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Assuming it was primarily foreign currency, that's a lot of employment 
in a poor nation....Doubt they'll call  Haliburton to do the job......PF
Rick Crawford wrote:

> This is only my PERSONAL OPINION, but if they were really concerned 
> about the poor, they would not be blowing 250 million on a statue of 
> anyone.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mudge" <dave at magichammer.net>
> To: "TheForge" <TheForge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 7:25 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] 500' bronze statue
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>> The Maitreya Project is about a 500ft. bronze statue of Buddha being 
>> built
>> in northern India.
>>
>> Just for reference, the Statue of Liberty is 305'1" from the ground 
>> to the
>> tip of the torch.
>>
>> Of course the Maitreya Project is about a whole lot more than the 
>> statue.
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>> It's a $250mil.on 750 acres education center, health care center and 
>> social
>> development
>>
>> center focusing on the world's poor and underprivileged people. Check it
>> out.
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>> http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/index.html
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>> dave mudge
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