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

[Jerry Smith]

         The problem I see is that we are coming to conclusions without 
knowing all of the facts. Yes this is a poor country, but who knows where 
the money is coming from? The only country dumb enough to call Haliburton 
is who????

Jerry

At 08:29 PM 12/12/2004, you wrote:

>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.
>>
>>Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
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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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>dave mudge
>>>
>>>dave at magichammer.net
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>>>http://www.magichammer.net
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>>>http://www.metalsmithinghowto.com
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