Its a shame we are both so seeped in negativity.  :)

--- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had to laugh deeply at your responses.  The economic "reality
> check" you gave each of the patently absurd paragraphs was
> almost word for word what my response was when I read the
> same email forwarded to me by Steve Hathaway.
> 
> Dreamland continues...
> 
> --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This means finding at  least one major builder nationally and one
> > for each state who will sign on  at Maharishi's terms to putting up
> > Marble Peace Colonies (housing  developments of vastu residences),
> > Peace Palaces, hospitals, schools, or whatever is in line with
> > Sthapatya Veda. The builders find the land and locate the funding,
> > [and] build ...
> > 
> > This is what builders generally do and they take 100% of the pie.
> > 
> > > [built] according to our requirements, and then take 1/3 of the
> > profit while the International Peace Government gets another third and
> > the National Peace Government the rest. 
> > 
> > So the Global Peace Gov'ts take 2/3 of the profits while taking no
> > risk -- simply by supplying building plans. And presumably such plans,
> > being so magnificent, will provide the new "demand" for such
> > facilities (that is, buyers will shift from purchasing regular housing
> > and facilities that the builders could build on their own and opt for
> > living in a peace community. With other peace people, some of whom
> > wear funny hats and gowns.). Any marketing studies to support that
> > premise?
> > 
> > 
> > > And the amazing thing is that
> > > it's happening, and everywhere! 
> > 
> > Uh huh. And where exactly is everywhere? Can a list of builders who
> > sigened on and who have committed funds be supplied?
> > 
> > > It turns out that builders now really take
> > > to the idea as the latest direction in building and want to be
involved.
> > 
> > Yes, I guess the builers' trade journals all have front page stories
> > on this. Well maybe in the next issue, because I find nothing so far.
> > 
> >  
> > > * A second major push is to expand the pilot projects in Vedic
> > agriculture to a global scale. The 1-acre greenhouse in Vedic City,
> > even in its first year, yielded $200,000 in revenues,
> > 
> > And what were the costs? $300,000. With volunteer labor?
> > 
> > > and will easily double that in the next
> > > year or two, and demand in the US market is such that they can sell
> > > as much produce as they can produce. 
> > 
> > And this extensive demand for very high-priced organics was determined
> > how? And assuming the M. Greenhouses are an innovation, and such
> > greenhouses are actually profitable, what prevents other players from
> > entering the market to soak up that demand? Why would an investor
> > partner up with the TMO and give away 1/2 or 2/3's of thier profits?
> > What propriatory knowledge does the TMO bring to the table here?
> > 
> > >The Brazilian Maharishi Vedic Organic Honey
> > > project is also going very well. A Japanese firm that specializes in
> > testing
> > > honey and other fine products said that this is the best honey, in
> > terms of nutrients, anti-oxidents, and their own measure of
> > orderliness, that they
> > > have ever tested.
> > 
> > A marginal increase in nutrients for 5 times the price. Sounds
attractive.
> > 
> > 
> > > The upshot is that market experts like Harris Kaplan and
> > > Rajas Bob LoPinto and Bob Wynne have been hatching a huge roll-out
> > plan to fund Vedic organic agriculture projects on millions of
> > hectares world-wide, 
> > 
> > Can this be ramped up quickly by a factor of 2.5 million?
> > Particularly give that the VC greenhouse is probably largely run by
> > volunteer or very low cost labor. 
> > 
> > >The interesting thing again is that it not only looks possible, but
> > is positively attractive to underwriters and investors.
> > 
> > And how many have signed up, and committed real funds?
> >  
> > 
> > I wish them the best, but things seem a pie-in-the-sky, pipe-dream
> > thinking at this point.




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