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[> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- Show & Shiner, 11:43:28 07/17/03 Thu

If THEE ENLIGHTENED ONE, really believed there would be 2000 HOGS at his First Lava Love Run, he would have had to BEEF up Security. That has not been done. Just another municipal-myth courtesy of Thee Enlighted One? True Hog Credits go to PHIL WICK who has been putting on the Hog Show for Soap Lake in past years and will be again this year. Wicks have busted butt to bring it here and dipped into their own pockets more than once to do it. Then there comes along a guy who wants a piece of the pie and the stupid Soap Lake Chamber jumps at the opportunity to pay risk coverage. More Discrimination. Wanna bet Blake thinks he can build a better mouse trap? I don't give a Rat's Ass who could. Ethics is the missing ingredient.

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[> [> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- No name, 14:29:44 07/17/03 Thu

Who is Phil Wicks and what does he have to do with this dude Blake that has invited 2,000 hogs to snort mud at Soap Lake?

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[> [> [> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- kevin, 21:27:07 07/17/03 Thu

Wick has no significant other connection, he needs no introduction, he introduced the first of many Hog Rallies. Hail King Wick and Queen Margy!

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[> [> [> [> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- sandy, 21:29:56 07/17/03 Thu

There always will be a Copy Cat.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- Monica, 07:00:59 12/14/04 Tue

As elsewhere on the globe, people in Soap Lake also have separate realities and worlds they live in. What comes to mind reading about the unrealized is the saying, "Psychotics build castles in the air, neurotics live in them." Soap Lake's feverisly hoped for Giant Lava Lamp project is ailing, it's denominator reduced to a makeshift electronic billboard type sign. This makeshift replaces another makeshift, a huge Lava Lamp banner that came first. A world where they call an unrealized dream "realized" is pretty scary territory. What really has been realized is the fact that trying to acquire 25 million or so to build the Giant has ended up being a nightmare.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- Rolf, 11:42:30 12/14/04 Tue

To sum it up, creduality is belief on slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. In this sense it is the infidal, not the believer, who is credulous. "The simple," says Solomon, "believeth every word." ---Tyron Edwards.

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[> Re: BLAKE'S WORLD -- Margy, 10:46:02 07/22/03 Tue

Thank you. We needed that.

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CAPITALISTIC PIGS LIKE TO ROOT IN THE PORK BARREL. -- No name, 09:24:38 07/23/03 Wed

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[> Re: CAPITALISTIC PIGS LIKE TO ROOT IN THE PORK BARREL. -- nancy, 11:46:32 07/23/03 Wed

Yes they do and a few have been pigging-out at the trough far too long. What does it cost the city and county for crowd control? Why doesn't the Chamber who fronts the risk insurance get a return profit, % of money from the Lava Lave Event? Why must the City run the lava lamp banner thru the Chamber's books? That is easy to answer due to the type of funds used. Why not give every event a $2000 banner? Why doesn't the City get a return on their cost for an event?
The City, you the taxpayers, eat the loss. Any business person struggling to survive outside the OKAY CANNA CORRAL can take it in the shorts. Time for change!

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[> [> Re: CAPITALISTIC PIGS LIKE TO ROOT IN THE PORK BARREL. -- dede, 11:59:01 07/23/03 Wed

What I hear you saying is just grab the street and hook right to the door of your own business to push your booze and beer sales up. This way the enterpriser does not have to pay for a City event permit, someone else does. Gee.....seems the City is leaving out an important issue here. All Americans support free enterprise, but there is a bad skip in the tape here.

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[> [> [> Re: CAPITALISTIC PIGS LIKE TO ROOT IN THE PORK BARREL. -- No name, 12:06:33 07/23/03 Wed

Even the vending at the event was a closed circuit operation, discriminative. Maybe the beer garden should donate it's off the concourse profits to the chamber, the event or city.

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PURE UNADULTERATED BULLSHIT -- hankthefrank, 11:29:37 07/23/03 Wed

RE: Lava Love Event. Event should have be contained in the City Park. Anyone wanting to be part of the event must setup in the park under the umbrella, fee sponsor pays to City of Soap Lake to use park. An outside the park beer garden should not be allowed to use city streets in front of their LOCAL business to capture the trade. They are not in the event arena. Other cities have FAIR RULES and use them. This was not a street fair for ALL. Most LOCALS who rode solo were limited to sidewalk space. DOES ANYONE GET THE CATCH? I IT IS A BIG OKAY TO THE CANNA CORRAL. Always been that way. WAKE UP. Let us all hope the ANNUAL HARLEY SHOW & SHINE gets their fair share of the City apple cart, the same praise and high profile recognition the City extended to the newbees rally. Nobody recalls the Harley Show & Shine getting a lot of municipal handshakes and handouts in the many years they have taken from their own pockets to cover this event year after year. The eleventh command is: City shall not act in a PREJUDICIAL manner. How predjudicial can SL City get? We are about to see.

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[> Re: PURE UNADULTERATED BULLSHIT -- jamesK, 11:33:26 07/23/03 Wed

Any fake promo and any false new's flashes should be squelched. This too is PURE UNADULTERATED BULLSHIT!

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BEING A COPY-CAT CAN BE PERILESSLY CLOSE TO PLAGIARISM -- marsha, 09:06:04 07/23/03 Wed

COPY-CAT COPY-CAT is what the grade school children used to taunt. How about that REGISTERED Lava Brand Motion Lamp? How about that ESTABLISHED ANNUAL Harley Show & Shine Rally?

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GIANT LAVA LAMP RECIEVES DUNCE-CAP AWARD -- connie, 08:30:48 07/23/03 Wed

It will fit well on top of Blake's Giant Lava Lamp. Haggerty's Lava Lamp looks good as is. Haggerty is the Lava King. Right smart business head.

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[> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP RECIEVES DUNCE-CAP AWARD -- No name, 08:43:09 07/23/03 Wed

Soap Lake has a 25 ft. PAPER LAVA LAMP. News headlines read, "maybe one day an actual lamp." How strange can this hoax get?

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[> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP RECIEVES DUNCE-CAP AWARD -- kittykatacoma, 08:47:10 07/23/03 Wed

I felt it. Feels more like a plastic kitchen trash bag to me, maybe made from recyled DRANO containers.

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[> [> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP RECIEVES DUNCE-CAP AWARD -- biffy, 08:53:19 07/23/03 Wed

Two thousand bikers and a two thousand dollar plastic poster? What a match! Someone should look into this malarky.

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WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- Bubba23, 13:00:19 07/22/03 Tue

Michelle Partridge, Wenatchee World Staff Reporter, may have stayed out in the blistering Soap Lake Sun too long. EH? She reports, "LAVA LOVE EVENT LURES THOUSANDS." A VERY WEAK TRY AT STRETCHING THE TRUTH FAR BEYOND REASON. Who would buy that one? About as hilarious as reading about the 60 ft Giant Lava Lamp can't be built to work. Has everyone lost their thinking cap in Soap Lake or while there visiting? Looks like it! I see there is no quotes, but would venture to say that it was another one of those BRENT BLAKE says. I am not against an event that hawks leather jackets or skull caps but when it comes to hawking bullshit....the buck stops there. BULLSHIT!

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[> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- doug, 13:59:27 07/22/03 Tue

Must have been an outtage in the control tower when the Wenatchee World reporter overshot her runway. You got to wonder who was on watch duty holding the people counter. By the looks of things it would take brass balls to keep a straight face and bald face lie.

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[> [> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- Brass Balls, 21:22:34 07/22/03 Tue

Exposing the bullshit count would be a piece of cake. All they'd have to check is the number of bikers who registered for the lava run up the coulee.

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[> [> [> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- phylo, 22:19:30 07/22/03 Tue

seems to be a lot of mixed messages coming from headquarters about the count so don't bank on it. someone can't count. Truth is hard to come by.

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[> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- No name, 15:58:31 07/22/03 Tue

Everyone should call the Wenatchee World and see who is responsible for counting the imaginary thousands that DID NOT came to SL.

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[> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- No name, 20:31:26 07/22/03 Tue

It doesn't matter if nobody believes it. What matters is that NEWS is supposed to be FACT, not FICTION. For those of us who were there, the article is pure and unadulterated lies and fiction. Goes to show the agenda promoted by the Wenatche World Inquirer.

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[> [> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- ezra99, 22:29:01 07/22/03 Tue

I have come to the same conclusion as many have. A trick is a trick is a trick. Tricky Dick Comics might want to set up shop in soap lake and create a whole comic strip series around the giant lava lamp.

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[> [> Re: WENATCHEE WORLD REPORTER MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH SOAP LAKE SUN. -- No name, 08:39:46 07/23/03 Wed

The Public is getting a snow job. The internet is crammed full with jokes about the giant hoax at Soap Lake.

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[> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- Rocker, 15:33:23 07/22/03 Tue

Soap Lake has a 25 foot tall Giant Lava Lamp poster affixed to a private building. "Were making progress," says Brent Blake who owns the building where the poster is hanging. Why would he, the creator, not care to foot the bill for the poster affixed to his building? Blake, an architectural designer also wants to use other's money to design and build the lamp. A SWEET DEAL FOR WHO. EH? Any lummox knows better than to claim 2000 were lured to Soap Lake. The infamous LAVA LOVE EVENT did not lure "Thousands". HEH TEAM... REALITY CHECK TIME! EARTH CALLING!

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[> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 15:46:07 07/22/03 Tue

The City Council of Soap Lake at their Wednesday council meeting on 07/16 approved FUNDING to pay for the Giant Lava Lamp banner and Love Run signs. Very considerate of the city council to spend scarce tax dollars on this private enterprise while turning off street lights, lay off police, get rid of ambulance. The Giant Lava Lamp Project will succeed in speeding up the town turning into a REAL GHOST town. And to think that some thought this goofball publicity stunt was DEAD on arrival.

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[> [> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 15:54:12 07/22/03 Tue

Cost of the plastic banner was around $2000. Ever hear of any other distressed City co-sponsoring this kind of shit? A no-brainer.

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[> [> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 16:10:46 07/22/03 Tue

Strange project to earmark monies for. City must have free money for any non-profit group and if not non-profit yet-- it can be run thru the Chamber books and filtered back that way. Seen that act before. How about a 25 ft. tall poster for all events at $2000 a crack? What the hell is this favortism shit. We can all say what we do is good for tourism. PLEASE!

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[> [> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 08:25:13 07/23/03 Wed

If the CITY wants to be PARTY TO THE CAUSE without doing their homework they are up the creek without a paddle along with the ding-bat giant lava lamp idea. Maybe they all need to be replaced if they have lost their ability to reason.

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[> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- burly shirley, 18:01:29 07/22/03 Tue

MAKING PROGRESS YOU SAY? When can we stop laughing. What kind of grass do they grow in Eastern Washington?

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[> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 19:42:12 07/22/03 Tue

WHO OWNS THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER ON BLAKE'S BUILDING?

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[> [> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 20:28:14 07/22/03 Tue

The 25 poster is owned by the 2000 bikers who were never at Soap Lake, never registered for the run, never ran up the Grand Coulee. Just like the invisible Giant 65FT Lava Lamp, the 2000 bikers were never there. The Wenatchee World News Reporter must have written fiction passed for news at the New York Times and clearly ought to be challenged for lying and writing fiction. Shame on the WWN.

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[> [> [> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- salsa, 22:10:24 07/22/03 Tue

Shame on the conceptor who told the reporter that 2000 were lured to Soap Lake. This shit is getting too high for my biker boots and is way out of hand. Time to pull the plug.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 08:33:49 07/23/03 Wed

Shame on Soap Lake for buying into this circus act.

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[> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- kerrie, 15:48:57 07/22/03 Tue

I liked the statement that included a traditional out. " MAYBE ONE DAY AN ACTUAL LAMP." Soap Lake has been SO snookered in by fast giant lava lamp talk that they can't tell the differance between counting of the chickens before they hatch and hatching. Blake must be a pyschic. Did he not say we will have 2000 here at the Lava Love Event. Say it first and last and they will believe it. Don't think so Barney. Sounds like .."when we build it they will come." People with simple or vacant minds are ripe candidates, open to suggestion. The power of salesmanship is a lethal weapon. Promotors will say anything. Law of gravity is, what goes up must come down. The come down will be a hard one. This whole scheme will peter out.

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[> Re: NEUROTICS BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR AND PSYCHOTICS lIVE IN THEM -- No name, 16:25:38 07/22/03 Tue

How about getting off the ego trip and the maybe Lava Lamp and down to comprehensive business. A private group needs to be formed in accord with the Main St. program, which is intended to better the business district as a whole. The lava lamp is a cart before the horse chimera. Get off the trip of taking donations for the horseshit. $25 Million could really do something worthwhile in the Main St program or is there not enough personal gain there to make it worth while. Hmmmmmmm?

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GRANT CO. JOURNAL REPORT ON LAVA LOVE RUN REAL -- taylor, 08:19:43 07/23/03 Wed

Compare the Grant Co. Journal's report with the Wenatchee World. Which one has the TONI frizz? No smoozzzing, smiley faces and sleeping with those Journal reporters. Journal is accurate, all business and has high standards. The press is wise to the lava game. A City should stay out of promotor's pockets too.

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THE TEAM BEHIND THE GIANT LAVA LAMP CONCEPT CALL IT AWE. -- Dottie, 14:50:29 07/21/03 Mon

Logan Burdick's thoughts on Aptoshs.net humorously suggest more than "awe." He implied,... "there are some religious undertones." He goes on to refering to the burning hot glass that he calls " hot as the eternal fires of hell." The Soap Lake conceptors have in their plans a high platform for people to be able to to get up high and real close to the hot globe. DAH! I put my hand on a motion lamp at Wal-Mart and let me tell you had to pull it away real quick. That sucker gets hot as hell and it was only about 16 inches tall and smaller around than a pink grapefruit. I agree with Burdick who was smart enough to recognize the folly of this. Logan was touching on the heat factor when he used the word...."despite the obvious dangers involved." WHERE ARE THESE PROMOTOR'S HEADS AT?

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[> Re: THE TEAM BEHIND THE GIANT LAVA LAMP CONCEPT CALL IT AWE. -- fairy princess, 15:11:55 07/21/03 Mon

Soap Lake needs to resurrect the fantasy of Jack in the Beanstalk in order to kill the Giant Lava fantasy.

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[> [> Re: THE TEAM BEHIND THE GIANT LAVA LAMP CONCEPT CALL IT AWE. -- Alice, 21:24:44 07/22/03 Tue

Why kill the fantasy? It's more fun to create a fantasy and pretend it is real.

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[> [> [> Re: THE TEAM BEHIND THE GIANT LAVA LAMP CONCEPT CALL IT AWE. -- No name, 23:05:23 07/22/03 Tue

Your right. We can't take the fantasy away. It is all there is to offer. Reality might send the sheep rushing over the Palisades in a head long fart to their death.

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[> Re: THE TEAM BEHIND THE GIANT LAVA LAMP CONCEPT CALL IT AWE. -- No name, 15:53:42 07/21/03 Mon

Sounds satanic.

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[> [> Re: THE TEAM BEHIND THE GIANT LAVA LAMP CONCEPT CALL IT AWE. -- cherie, 21:04:30 07/21/03 Mon

I heard the weapon inspectors are secretly in Soap Lake looking for some weird chemicals thought to be hidden in the Giant Lava Lamp.

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BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- No name, 06:19:24 07/22/03 Tue

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[> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- harvey, 06:24:44 07/22/03 Tue

Maybe the lava lovers can push for a city ordinance that mandates all Soap Lake residents place a giant lava lamp sticker on their garbage can or their garbage will not be picked up.

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[> [> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- newyorkpetro, 07:30:55 07/22/03 Tue

Hold on Hannah. Not so fast with that new garabage can ordinance. I pay taxes here too and want a picture of the lava lap team on my can. After getting the ears of those not so swift powers-that-be, I can easily be assured to get four pocket votes in the bag before Soap Lake Council offically meets to vote. That is how they do it here in the back country of Gash, Arkansas. But then again the population there is pretty slim; 20 men and 20 Jersey heifers.

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[> [> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- dillon, 16:18:01 07/22/03 Tue

Those preschool paper cutouts of lava lamps taped to many city buildings we found to be great ass wipes. With all those thousands there in Soap Lake and not enough bun holes and T-paper what can guys like us do. Does a bear shit in the woods?

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[> [> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- Smuggy, 20:42:02 07/22/03 Tue

In the works. Blake's got the 10c stickers printed, going on sale for $5 a piece, the ordinance will be railroaded through at the next council meeting. Garbage cans with no stickers will not be picked up, owners will be fined $100 each week the owner refuses to comply.

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[> [> [> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- No name, 23:01:12 07/22/03 Tue

I heard they killed Saddam's too sons and Saddam is fleeing Iraq, seeking asylum in Soap Lake. Propaganda is that he read about soap lake's giant lava lamp on the internet, has a few crazy ideas of his own and wants to present them to the City Council.

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[> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- No name, 06:59:21 07/22/03 Tue

After the last lava love vote, you can anticipate just about anything goes. Worst of the matter is that City Councilpersons should be representing the majority of residents. Majority do not support out of the ball park ideas that are not in their era. Giant Lava Lamp idea is BIG FARCE.

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[> [> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- Bill, 20:45:22 07/22/03 Tue

So what if it is a BIG FARCE? We are getting 10,000 bikers come to town, drink the Del Red dry, Don's runs out of everything in the kitchen, we get to drink beer and smoke pot out in public while the police walks past us with a smile, and nobody is getting hurt. The locals who don't like it, can MOVE out of town.

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[> [> [> Re: BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SOAP LAKE'S CITY SEAL & PD PATCHES BE A GIANT LAVA LAMP. -- bonger, 22:49:09 07/22/03 Tue

Lots of empty land to build your lava lamp on in Iraq and lots of flat land to ride bikes on. Might be a little bumpy around the palace. When you build it we will come. May the moon shine over your cowshed. A big plus is noone has to plant tall corn to hide anything in Iraq.

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[> Re: CAN SOAP LAKE'S HEALING MIRACLE WATERS HEAL THE GIANT LAVA LAMP FEVER? -- Shooter, 20:37:40 07/22/03 Tue

... brain-washing may not be reversed by dunking but is by drinking ... a 10 inch lava lamp begins looking like 65 foot monster, and a $25 bar tab at the Del Red at closing time begins to look like a $25 million grant coming at you.

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[> [> Re: CAN SOAP LAKE'S HEALING MIRACLE WATERS HEAL THE GIANT LAVA LAMP FEVER? -- joe, 22:31:30 07/22/03 Tue

I could not agree more. You pegged that right.

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[> [> Re: CAN SOAP LAKE'S HEALING MIRACLE WATERS HEAL THE GIANT LAVA LAMP FEVER? -- hippy, 22:40:44 07/22/03 Tue

I don't care how you look at this crazy giant lava lamp scheme it SMELLS. Appears to me that an ageing dude likes his face plastered all over the newspapers. Some think he might be wanting to pad his wallet to boot.

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THE PAPER LAVA LAMP REMIND US OF THE 40s TUNE CALLED "PAPER DOLL." -- dixie42, 22:06:10 07/22/03 Tue

The song went like this without the inserts. I'm going to buy a paper doll (paper lava lamp) that I can call my own. A doll (lava lamp) that others can not steal and those flirty flirty guys with their flirty flirty eyes will have to flirt with dollys (lava lamps) that are real. Could become Soap Lake's GIANT LAVA lAMP THEME. Ya think maybe someone is trying to skirt around Lava(r)? Could be flirting with trouble.

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[> Re: THE PAPER LAVA LAMP REMIND US OF THE 40s TUNE CALLED "PAPER DOLL." -- No name, 22:13:05 07/22/03 Tue

DR. LAVA no like to be messed with.

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WHIMSY FLIMSY $25 MILLION DOLLAR LAVA LAMP PROJECT DENOUNCED. -- ~~, 14:25:17 07/22/03 Tue

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[> Re: WHIMSY FLIMSY $25 MILLION DOLLAR LAVA LAMP PROJECT DENOUNCED. -- kyle, 14:28:22 07/22/03 Tue

This project takes fantasy one step beyond the real world intelligent people live in.

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[> [> Re: WHIMSY FLIMSY $25 MILLION DOLLAR LAVA LAMP PROJECT DENOUNCED. -- susan, 15:36:34 07/22/03 Tue

They could use these dumplings on the NICOLE show.

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[> [> Re: WHIMSY FLIMSY $25 MILLION DOLLAR LAVA LAMP PROJECT DENOUNCED. -- dean, 18:16:30 07/22/03 Tue

Wonder how long the giant lava team would last on SURVIVAL. HA!

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[> Re: What is the profile of someone wanting $25 Million in donations.. -- No name, 14:16:54 07/22/03 Tue

NO NO NO. The correct answer is-------------" A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED."

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SOAP LAKE "LURES THOUSANDS." -- nancy, 13:13:45 07/22/03 Tue

It appears that Brent Blake may need to become educated about the differance between fact and fiction. A FACT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PROVEN.

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DO PEOPLE READ IN SOAP LAKE? -- dante, 06:52:13 07/22/03 Tue

If you read, you know the state of affairs. Check out the Federal and State Budget Crisis. Brent Blake, Soap Lake, Wa, expects he can drum up millions of dollars? Just pull it out of the hat or pork barrell to spend on a giant lava lamp. GHEEZZZZZZZ......what kind of brain matter could go along with such nonsense.

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[> Re: DO PEOPLE READ IN SOAP LAKE? -- DEREK, 07:16:05 07/22/03 Tue

I can read and also see that wanting to construct a $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP in a one horse town is beyond the ridiculous. What a crumb-ball theme. For a lot less money they could build a giant fence around the town to protect the rest of the county from deranged thinkers.

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Would Ladybird Johnson Approve Of Giant Lava Lamp Poster On Scenic Route? -- patrick, 06:40:11 07/22/03 Tue

Bless Mrs. Johnson's departed soul. She proudly worked hard to keep our scenery attractive. Then in poor taste, along comes a Giant Lava Lamp Poster nailed up in Soap Lake on the hiway side of someone's private building. What a ghastly idea. Certain to repel the mature well-heeled tourists that can boost Soap Lake's economy. NO CLASS! Sign ordinances are abided by in most respectable communties. Chelan, Wa. even requires plans for erection of signs be inspected by an architect for safety purposes. Of course, Chelan has class.

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[> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- Margie, 05:10:17 03/30/03 Sun

Too funny.

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[> [> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- Ghostie Postie, 18:47:10 04/17/03 Thu

A "substantial" grant has been secured to perform an environmental study. Sales on posters have been FLAT. The promoters are much on the run, as is Saddam. The a giant lava lamp ever happens at Soap Lake, it will not ber as "imagined" by the current promoters. If Soap Lake ever has one, it will probably end up having many. None will keep the town from becoming a Ghost Town.

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[> [> [> GIANT TOWN GHOST -- No name, 22:32:09 07/13/03 Sun

Now there is talk of building a Giant Town Ghost at Soap Lake. They say they will come when the build it.

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[> [> [> [> Re: GIANT TOWN GHOST -- No name, 21:32:29 07/17/03 Thu

With undying effort Soap Lake has managed to build a GHOST TOWN with no funds. Now that is progress.

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[> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- Dave, 05:19:16 03/30/03 Sun

Several hundred posters were printed and sales are flat. Big loss for the promoters. One of the officials whose name appears on the poster has taken legal action to stop further distribution and sale of the poster. Inside information on the street is that the promoter is vacating, fed up with attacks.

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[> [> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- No name, 13:49:35 03/30/03 Sun

How does a nonexistent giant lava lamp do anything for Soap Lake?

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[> [> LAVA LOVE EVENT - JULY 18 - JULY 20 -- Mid, 21:14:30 04/08/03 Tue

Big Biker Lava Love Event. $25 booths. $5 posters. Non-existent Giant Lava Lamp.

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[> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- No name, 05:31:23 03/30/03 Sun

�Whether it will ever be finalized, I don�t know, but a lot of people are interested in it,� Mayor Ken Lee told Reuters by telephone. �I�m for anything that will bring tourism back into our city.�

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[> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- undertheradar, 23:04:02 05/15/03 Thu

so... a city in need of improvement figures out a way to
raise money,improve the life of its citizens,and not raise taxes..through a landmark that causes the crazed summer crowd to stop and drop some money in the town ,is thought of as stupid...
i guess everyone enjoys tax hikes after all.
btw it's estimated that over 100,000,000 people have read the press release world wide... may the rest of the state could be as inventive as mr. blake ...or maybe he should be the next gov...

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[> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- undertheradar, 23:05:07 05/15/03 Thu

so... a city in need of improvement figures out a way to
raise money,improve the life of its citizens,and not raise taxes..through a landmark that causes the crazed summer crowd to stop and drop some money in the town ,is thought of as stupid...
i guess everyone enjoys tax hikes after all.
btw it's estimated that over 100,000,000 people have read the press release world wide... may the rest of the state could be as inventive as mr. blake ...or maybe he should be the next gov...

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[> [> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- Gomer, 19:55:08 07/16/03 Wed

Who the hell cares about estimates. Who can prove that over 100,000,000 have read the press releases re the Giant Lava Scamola? Did you know that it has never been estimated that way way over 100,000,000 who live on the cutting edge wiped their ass with giant lava lamp news print. Statistics rarely lie. People lie.

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[> [> Re: ORANGE ALERT. DEFACED GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER FOUND IN IRAQ BUNKER. -- TODD@Chicago, 20:57:15 07/21/03 Mon

May the whole state of Washington be as inventative as Blake you say. There is not enough drugs on the streets to make that happen.

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[> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- robert, 21:17:35 07/17/03 Thu

You got it. The backwater is yours Bro.

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[> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- Potter, 06:45:02 07/18/03 Fri

The dry falls are ours too.

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[> [> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- BIG MIKE, 07:02:56 07/18/03 Fri

the high and dry is yours Bro.

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[> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- BIG BERTHA, 21:46:11 07/17/03 Thu

Big Bertha predicts there will be a low bike count at this weekend's rally. Check out the fizzle, grab your beer cooler and get fried on City Property.

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[> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- inmate, 07:00:36 07/18/03 Fri

DRINKING IN PUBLIC PARKS IS NOT ALLOWED. EAST BEACH PARK IN SOAP LAKE IS A PUBLIC PARK. HOW MANY WILL BE ARRESTED DURING THE LAVA LOVA RUN? WILL BLAKE TURN HIS BACK ON A SMALL ARMY OF BIKERS DRINKING WITH COVERCUPS IN OUR PUBLIC PARK. SHOW US WHAT YOUR MADE OF OH GREAT FATHER OF THE GIANT LAVA LAMP. ATTENTION ALL SPOTTERS: BRING YOUR VIDEO CAMERA.

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[> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- No name, 22:26:17 07/20/03 Sun

LOW ESTIMATE IS AROUND 300 BIKES. PROBABLY 20 VENDORS. ALL CLEAN FUN. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY WAS SPENDING MONEY. NO BEER DRINKING IN HE PARKS SEEN. PHIL WICKS WAS HELPING. LOOKED LIKE A DECENT FIRST TIME EVENT. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY CARED WHETHER THERE WAS A GIANT LKAMP OR NOT.

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[> [> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- pete, 11:53:03 07/21/03 Mon

People lie, rally registration does not. Most of the bikers were touring THRU Soap Lake, from Ephrata's Christian Bike Rally, not part of Blake's entourage or event. Many were passing thru to gawk. Christians do not participate in drinking events. Best count for Soap Lake is under one hundred, Ephrata's rally logged in with more than 300 registered in their event. The count for Soap Lake is a confused one due to not knowing who is who. Watch where they land. If found to be at Dead-Red or other local sud's bar...they are the Lava Love Run's crowd.

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[> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- No name, 22:34:06 07/20/03 Sun

Big Bertha has no hairs on her butt.

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[> [> [> Re: HOGS UNLIMITED -- shane, 14:59:42 07/21/03 Mon

More Cock and Bull stories come out of Soap Lake.

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THE SOAP LAKE CURSE HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN -- ~for it is written~, 19:51:26 07/18/03 Fri

THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS CURSED. SOAP LAKE WAS CURSED BY TRIBES WHO HAD BEEN MISTREATED DURING SOAP LAKE'S ANNUAL SUDS AND SUN FESTIVAL. THE INDIANS NEVER AGAIN MADE THE PILGRIMAGE. THEY DID NOT RETURN TO THEIR SACRED GROUNDS TO DO THEIR CEREMONIAL DANCES AND STICK GAMES. WHITE MAN ONCE AGAIN TREATED THE REDMAN POORLY. IN THE FORM OF A CURSE, EVIL HAS BEFELL SOAP LAKE. THE REDMAN'S GOD AND THE WHITE MAN'S GOD PROMISES THAT EVIL SHALL NOT PROSPER AND THAT EVIL ONES WILL BE JUDGED; PERISH AND DIE. "WHAT YOU SOW YOU SHALL REAP."

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[> Re: THE SOAP LAKE CURSE HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN -- No name, 22:18:08 07/20/03 Sun

This "curse" thing has been around for years. Who put the curse on Soap Lake, when, and what was it all about? Sounds like a lot of BS.

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[> [> Re: THE SOAP LAKE CURSE HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN -- No name, 10:53:31 07/21/03 Mon

In simple terms, the Superior-Powers-That Be, Soap Lake Whiteman, did not like the REDMAN drinking FIREWATER. Ran them off or arrested them. MANY WHITEMAN have been seen drunk in CITY PARK, their foaming pour flowing from iced coolers tucked away inside their tents, cars & Rv units; they drink in a no drinking zone out of foam-covered cups. This TURN YOU BACK APPROACH can ONLY be considered as a DOUBLE STANDARD. What was not GOOD for REDMAN is GOOD for WHITEMAN. SOAP LAKE VIOLATED the Indians. Discrimination, racial in nature. How many white drunks have you seen being arrested in Soap Lake City Park during City permitted festivals? TOO MANY TO COUNT.

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[> [> [> Re: THE SOAP LAKE CURSE HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN -- No name, 11:28:36 07/21/03 Mon

Too many to count? Check out the public records re arrests made in Soap Lake. Soap Lake Police Blotter appears in the Grant County Journal after each and every event held in Soap Lake Parks. Little mention if ever of drunk in public or violation of City Ordinance re drinking on City Properties. What does that tell you? Drinking undercover is the name of the game! Turn your back!

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HOWARD STERN TO SPEAK AT LAVA LOVE RUN IN SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 07:27:17 07/18/03 Fri

RUMOR HAS IT HOWARD WILL BE THE MC. TELL ME IT'S SO. HOW I LOVE THAT BOY'S MOUTH. MAKES THE BAD-MOUTHERS AT SOAPLAKE LOOK LIKE PUSSYCATS. MAYBE HOWARD WILL COME IN DRAG OR WILL REMAIN INVISIBLE TO ALL BUT THE HAND-PICKED SELECT FEW. GET OUT YOUR ARF BARF SACKS AND READY FOR SOME REAL FUN IN THE SUN. HOWARD IS NOT A LAVA LOVER. HE IS A LADY LOVER.

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[> Re: HOWARD STERN TO SPEAK AT LAVA LOVE RUN IN SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 16:24:31 07/19/03 Sat

Howard failed to show. The day was one hot one as the bikes streamed in. Black leather...whew!

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[> Re: HOWARD STERN TO SPEAK AT LAVA LOVE RUN IN SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 22:19:26 07/20/03 Sun

Nobody could find the lava lamp or Howard. There were lots of hot babes if you like'm in leather and hanging out.

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[> [> Re: HOWARD STERN TO SPEAK AT LAVA LOVE RUN IN SOAP LAKE. -- pepper, 10:04:40 07/21/03 Mon

The gals do look cute in black leather if their saddle bags aren't too big. Something about that boots and bondage look that stirs sexual passions. Rather like dungeons, chain-mail & torture era. BRINGS OUT THE ANIMAL ANIMUS IN MANKIND! No skin off my hide. If you like it..fine and dandy.

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GIANT LAVA LAMP OBITUARY -- BIG BERTHA, 17:46:43 07/17/03 Thu

This whole dam publicity stunt seen it's last leg sometime ago. Project is DEAD. DEADER than a DOORNAIL.

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[> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP OBITUARY -- No name, 17:51:20 07/17/03 Thu

Project may be dead but the publicity stunt is NOT. Giant Gay Pride Lava Lamp Parade UP next. Gaad. How is this scam STOPPED?

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[> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP OBITUARY -- No name, 21:19:02 07/17/03 Thu

Oh death where is thy sting.

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[> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP OBITUARY -- BJ Crocker, 18:29:11 07/20/03 Sun

You ask how is the Lava Lamp Scam stopped. WELL.......first of all back to basics and reality. Those us who are not stupid KNOW. Brent might hope noone knows that such a giant lava lamp can not be built not can the formula be gotten for it. The locals that want to believe Brent's bravada and hoop-de-do have no common sense or knowledge of the history of LAVA. Ignorance is not Bliss. The facts are out there. Brent should give them out. Why not? I will tell you why not. Cause then the screwy promo fantasy will be exposed for what it was. It has fallen flat as a pancake already, but the front is still being kept up. Snake Oil Salesmen have always existed, there is nothing new on Earth that hasn't been tryed before. The Giant Lava Lamp is one of them. Ask Haggardy Enterprises what they think of the 65 ft. Giant. That is when they stop laughing.

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BEST PORKER CONTEST -- Madonna, 20:56:42 07/16/03 Wed

Where is the underground Suds Club and how much cover-charge for the The Best Porker Contest. Will probably raise more money then the non-existent phallic symbol.

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[> Re: BEST PORKER CONTEST -- No name, 12:21:39 07/17/03 Thu

Wet T-Shirt Contest at Nude Beach at High Noon.

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[> [> Re: BEST PORKER CONTEST -- No name, 14:32:02 07/17/03 Thu

Cool. Wet or not, where is the T-Shirt contest?

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[> [> [> Re: BEST PORKER CONTEST -- teresa, 21:23:15 07/17/03 Thu

Wet T-Shirt Contest will be held inside the Giant Lava Lamp. Viewers may mount the platform for a closeup. Braver souls may venture to mount the phallic giant lava lamp.

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HUNDREDS OF HOGS ARE ARRIVING -- Phillis, 20:18:57 07/16/03 Wed

WHAT in the world is going on at Soap Lake? 2,000 hogs? What's that all about? And why in the world would anybody want to build a Giant Lava Lamp in the shape of a phallic symbol? Is that LEGAL?

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[> Re: HUNDREDS OF HOGS ARE ARRIVING -- whoflungdung, 12:27:07 07/17/03 Thu

What is going on is BULLSHIT. So full of shit that pretty soon you won't be able to see the whites of the eyes.

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LAVA LOVE RUN -- No name, 21:35:47 07/14/03 Mon

The Lava Lamp promoters, now selling their posters for $10 a piece, are predicting the descent of 2,000 thundering Harleys July 18-20 on Soap Lake. The promoters have sold the event featuring a non-existent 65-ft Giant Lava Lamp, found only on a 30-ft banner hung on the side of Lava Lamp Central buiding on the NE corner of Main St and Hi-way 17. Everywhere in town are strangers roaming around looking for the Giant Lava Lamp, only to find themselves at the Del Red not caring after a few pitchers whether the Giant Lava Lamp is real, or not. Most leave town swearing they actually saw the Giant Lava Lamp though they can't remember where. Why build one when they are coming without building one.

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[> Re: LAVA LOVE RUN -- chi-chi, 14:17:22 07/16/03 Wed

Some cornballs can't make it otherwise. So move on and adopt a whistle-stop town. Having a need to FEED their own comfort zone, they work to turn a teeney micro of the globe to their own likes. Ask those who do have some culture what they think about late arrivals, those a day late and a dollar short who own a TITLE & suitcase . Ask those who are smart. Ask those who are not sheep. Ask all who are not into fuzzy alternative mind-benders. They can think and do think. They give you that rolled back eye look and you already know what is ready to zip off their tongue. You got it, giant lava lamp is not their idea of cultural progress. Maybe some are just not leftover enough from the 60s, have some sense of reality and can not oggle over a tall boggle. Pretty plain to see who has got their head on straight and who has not; certainly separates the men from the boys about town real quick like.

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[> [> Re: LAVA LOVE RUN -- Kerri, 21:08:24 07/16/03 Wed

Stumbled on this site by accident and read some of the posts. Who is this BLAKE anyway and why has he been able to get so much traction with an imaginary non-existent giant symbol of the 60's? Kind of goes well with wearing flowers in your head, but how does that mix with the choppers he says will take over what sounds like a very quiet peaceful little town?

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[> [> [> Re: LAVA LOVE RUN -- yangwah, 11:59:16 07/17/03 Thu

Soap Lake is 60 % SENIORS on low income. This community is a retirement community, a bedroom community to Moses Lake and Ephrata. What it all boils down to is this: A worn-out few burned out has-beens make up a small minority who wants what the majority cares less about. That is it in a nutshell and who the hell made Blake God or adopted him? Noone we all know, Blake adoped Soap Lake. Jackson's NeverLand is a good spot for a Giant Lava Lamp?

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200 FOOT LONG GIANT WEINER REPLACES RETRO LAVA ICON. -- oscar, 16:11:54 07/14/03 Mon

The vote count is now in. 99% of the people favor the SOAP LAKE ICON to be the GIANT WEINER. 72% wish to see the Giant Weiner stuck knee deep in the sand at East Beach adjacent the Info. Center, the other 28% prefer a loftier approach, wish to see the Giant perched high mast on a stick over City Hall. Placement isn't the real issue. One of the Chamber Maids suggested adding mustard to the Giant so it would blend in nicely with the new baby fecal tone building on Main. That shade must have replaced shit-brindle-brown on the color chart this year. Like how cool is that? The stupid ideas that come out of Soap Lake certainly would make one think there has been a lot of inbreeding going on. That's why the Giant Weiner won the popular vote by far, beating out the Giant Lava Lamp as favored icon for Soap Lake, Wa. Picture Soap Lake's GIANT WEINER FEST. & ANNUAL WEINER-RAMA.

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[> Re: 200 FOOT LONG GIANT WEINER REPLACES RETRO LAVA ICON. -- woody, 21:01:31 07/14/03 Mon

The Giant Weiner is now available at the B&B. $3.95 with an order of Giant Spuds. A Giant Corn Dog might actually be more befitting for Soap Lake.

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[> [> Re: 200 FOOT LONG GIANT WEINER REPLACES RETRO LAVA ICON. -- No name, 20:17:41 07/16/03 Wed

A Giant Bumpkin would be fitting to Soap Lake for me thinks too many Bumpkins go bump in the dark there. Ha!

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PERNICIOUS INFLATED PHALLIC SYMBOL -- No name, 10:04:58 07/16/03 Wed

UNREAL... FAKE.....INFLATED. WHO WOULD WANT TO OWN UP TO BEING THE CREATOR OR PROMOTOR OF THE SL GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT? To do so would be like having to own that dam inflated creature that ended up being a blown-up poster child. HOW CLIMATIC IS THAT? Swinging in the wind from a pole; the brain-flash now close to it's Creator. Speaking symbolically, when you don't mind the counterfeit and are unable to achieve the real, you can buy the DREAM. Above all inflated things, the Sex-Toy Business exceeds Soap Lake's Giant Lava Project. Those sex promoters REALLY make the unreal feel like the for real. Even seems real when it is not reaL if you add a touch of hootch or dip into your private stash. The Veleveteen Rabbit asked. "What Is Real." "Ask Alice When She Is Ten Feet Tall."

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[> Re: PERNICIOUS INFLATED PHALLIC SYMBOL -- No name, 12:20:04 07/16/03 Wed

Blake says he will have 2,000 hogs take over Soap Lake. Should be quite a show for the locals. He calls it a LAVA LOVE RUN.

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[> [> Re: PERNICIOUS INFLATED PHALLIC SYMBOL -- piggly-wiggly, 13:30:42 07/16/03 Wed

SOMEONE MUST EXPECT TO BE IN HOG HEAVEN. SNORT SNORT SNORT AND DREAM ON.

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[> [> [> Re: PERNICIOUS INFLATED PHALLIC SYMBOL -- No name, 15:07:52 07/16/03 Wed

The HOGS will rule this coming weekend. The SUDS will flow at the DEL RED. Don's will have a line out the front door all the way to Highway 17. The Liquor store will run out of booze. The Shell Station will run out of gas. The locals will love it.

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[> [> [> [> Re: PERNICIOUS INFLATED PHALLIC SYMBOL -- Les Lee, 19:32:37 07/16/03 Wed

As an added attraction to the Lava Love Run, A Big Woman's Bathing Beauty Contest would go well with the Hog theme. The Best Porker could bare all at the Underground Suds Club. The cover charge could go to benefit fat kids whose Mothers are sueing McDonalds cause their kids eat three fast meals a day there and look like butterballs. Any leftover funds can go to Soap Lake Lava Lamp Project cause what the world needs is more Poster Board plastered everywhere.

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[> [> Re: PERNICIOUS INFLATED PHALLIC SYMBOL -- Chuckie, 20:10:40 07/16/03 Wed

Heard it said many times, "Soap Lake is a good place to be from, far away from." Seems about right.

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SOAP LAKE'S LAVA LUNACY WAVE -- (FOSL), 07:56:50 07/16/03 Wed

What does Municipal Myth-Making, Marketing Gimmicks and Promotors have in common? Familier as farces have become, lunancy is not new. Persons needing attention spin preposterous and odd yarns to get it; may have a need to still act out their childhood. The intelligent see it for what it is, watch it play out to Dead Dog! Not a favorable wave to ride on. It is another far stretch of a vivid imagination Sir Soap Lake Blake ---to think you will see 2000 Lava Love Sun Runners July 18-20,03. Who is covering your Security Costs? Out of pocket? :-) For the sake of MYTH-MAKING, imagine an army of road dusty hungry thirsty bikers roaring in. Imagine a hot day in the Sun. Imagine a Pub filled to capacity. Imagine another hot day in the Sun. Imagine a Club filled to capacity. Imagine by day three the runners getting edgy or pissy. Imagine the poker run ending. Imagine noone can find the giant lava lamp. RIDE THAT WAVE BABY. Imagine what is taxable, flows and fuels bored people stranded in a small berg on a hot summer day. Not the Love of Lava or Java. Kiddies, the frost will be on the pumpkin soon. That summer train ain't coming in spite of the lunacy of Soap Lake's municipal myth-makers.

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LAVA JAVA EMPORIUM & FORUM -- Honest Dave, 09:48:04 07/15/03 Tue

Soap Lake still hot for lava lamp - Lack of actual bottle hasn't dampened spirits, Doug Clark says.

Doug Clark
The Spokesman-Review

SOAP LAKE, Wash. _ Visitors to this Grant County hamlet no longer need ask where to find that giant lava lamp they read about in the tabloids and newspapers.

There's no missing it now. Soap Lake's lava lunker loomsover traffic from the corner of Main and Daisy.

True, this is only a poster depicting the Godzilla-sized glob-burbling bottle Brent Blake claims he wants to build to revitalize his adopted town.

But it's a pretty impressive poster nonetheless: 25 by 15 feet of rich glossy color.

"A mysterious wonder of unearthly proportions," states the script at the top of the graphics.

Blake is a trim, ponytailed 62-year-old. He moved to Soap Lake from Seattle five years ago and bought the former police station/city hall.

He spent a great deal of dough turning the space into an office and apartment that is chic by Seattle, not Soap Lake, standards. Now it is the backdrop for Blake's mammoth poster.

Call me a professional cynic. But I'm betting this artwork is the closest Soap Lake ever gets to a 65-foot lava lamp.

Although Blake now refuses to discuss that niggling little detail (M-O-N-E-Y), his earlier estimate put lava lamp construction at somewhere in the ol' $3 million to $10 million ballpark.

That may as well be $10 billion to the 1,000-plus residents who inhabit this whistle-stop, 120 miles west of Spokane.

Once upon a time, Soap Lake was a trendy destination resort for bathers wanting to soak in its supposedly curative waters.

Today Soap Lake struggles to stay afloat.

But even if Blake's lava never glows, the interior designer must be thanked for giving Soap Lake a gift most tourist-starved burgs would kill for.

A drawing card. A talking point.

A giant lava legend.

"It's energized the community," agrees Blake. "And I'm grateful for that,".

There's nothing wrong with a little municipal myth-making. That New Mexican town, Roswell, for example, has built an entire tourist trade around imaginary space aliens.

Is it so wrong for Soap Lake to do the same with a giant lava lamp?

Blake, of course, insists he's dead serious, that this is no marketing gimmick. The notion, he says, popped into his head one night while he and a friend were discussing civic improvement.

Lava lunacy or not, this is doing wonders for Soap Lake.

"I've had so many calls," says Sandra Garnett of the Inn at Soap Lake. "South Dakota. North Dakota. Minnesota. . . One man from New York wanted to book a room with a view of the lava lamp."

The tale of Blake's 65-foot lava lamp is one of those preposterous yarns news agencies find irresistible. Since word of it broke last fall in this here column, the story has morphed across the globe.

Radio talk show hosts have trolled Soap Lake for comment. Newspapers like The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe and The Los Angeles Times have all dipped their toes in.

Although sensibly aloof at first, most residents have now become infected with Blake's goofy vision.

The mayor, City Council and Chamber of Commerce are all on board, says Blake, who is talking feasibility studies and possible grants. He has formed the Soap Lake Giant Lava Lamp Project, a nonprofit corporation.

I dunno. Somebody must have put something hallucinagenic in the Soap Lake water supply.

Along Main Street, merchants show support by putting (normal-sized) lava lamps in their shop windows.

William Sorensen is going a step beyond. The shaggy-haired man, who looks like a Grateful Dead follower but claims to be a capitalist, plans to open his Lava Java Emporium Forum (something like that) within
days. The coffeehouse/cyber cafe sits on a corner directly across from where Blake's poster hangs.

"I'm not stealing his idea," says Sorensen. "I'm just riding the wave."

This weekend, Soap Lake is bracing for a small army of motorcycle riders who plan to rumble in for some kind of organized ride.

Blake is already rehearsing what to say to any surly bikers who might not be satisfied with his poster and want to know where the real giant lava lamp is hiding.

"It was here last night," Blake quips with a shrug of his narrow shoulders. "I don't know what the hell happened."

� Doug Clark can be reached at (509) 459-5432 or at dougc@spokesman.com.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=071503&ID=s1381765

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[> Re: HAIL TO THE ONLINE WEBSITE THAT GAVE THE GOOFBALL AWARD TO THE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT. -- tess, 19:40:51 02/22/03 Sat

Want to build the largest lava lamp in the world..eh? I say go for it. Build it 18 meters high, fill it with colored gloop, and stick it smack dab in the middle of the street where cars can't miss it! That is where their colored mockup shows the lava lamp placed or rather "found" in Soap Lake, Washington. According to their picture, they deserve the Goofball Award. How could anyone miss seeing how diligent they have worked at seeking recognition and what could be better than getting an award for it.

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[> [> Re: HAIL TO THE ONLINE WEBSITE THAT GAVE THE GOOFBALL AWARD TO THE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT. -- chris, 05:57:33 02/23/03 Sun

Longtime Soap Lake resident, Beverly Hasper, had enough commen sense to make a very valid comment to the press. Hasper did not think the middle of street was an appropriate location for the giant lava lamp. Who could argue with that?

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[> [> Re: THE GOOFBALL GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT -- Victoria, 23:09:57 04/27/03 Sun

Masquers are $500,000 in debt, and Grant County Journal announces US Forest Service has all but approved a gift of $82,000 from the taxpayers. What does the US Forrest Service have in common with the Masquers?

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[> [> Re: IS IMPLIED ENDORSEMENTS ON SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTERS BEING SOLD...MORE SPOOF? -- No name, 10:31:01 02/27/03 Thu

I'd kick ass if my name was put on a poster without consent. Alluding to endorsement mean s...!

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[> [> [> Re: IS IMPLIED ENDORSEMENTS ON SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTERS BEING SOLD...MORE SPOOF? -- dlpeterson, 13:54:13 02/27/03 Thu

Whoever conjured up the idea of printing names of elected officials and economic development head honchos on the giant lava lamp posters must be thinking names are up for grabs. Unless names are quite famous, they don't add up to give any more spice or zip than if they were left off. It is a cold shot to place a electee's name on a poster unless there is prior sanction, especially when venturing into commercial sales and and advertising on the internet. Appears similar thinking was applied to grabbing the lava image. Baffling to me that ethics and simple courtesy can mean so little.

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[> [> [> [> Re: IS IMPLIED ENDORSEMENTS ON SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTERS BEING SOLD...MORE SPOOF? -- No name, 20:27:53 03/02/03 Sun

Terry Brewer is the mastermind.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: IS IMPLIED ENDORSEMENTS ON SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTERS BEING SOLD...MORE SPOOF? -- No name, 18:55:51 03/27/03 Thu

Ya Think? Single celled ameobas don't have masterminds.

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[> Re: IS IMPLIED ENDORSEMENTS ON SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTERS BEING SOLD...MORE SPOOF? -- ta, 11:24:47 03/02/03 Sun

good question

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GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- ~, 09:25:46 02/26/03 Wed

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[> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- --, 09:47:31 02/26/03 Wed

Believe it or not, TERRY BREWER had the audacity to tell the press,..."we need someone with capital that is willing to spend it." Sure as anything when the Giant Lava Lamp story broke, Brewer was quoted. TERRY BREWER is connected with a Grant County Economic Development Group, paid aid to local municipalities who join to seek funding sources. Brewer is also is area rep. re WA-CERT. Excuse me Terry. The giant lava lamp was never a Municipal Public Works Project. What is Brewer thinking? He is back in the saddle still. HELLO!

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[> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- harry, 10:10:59 02/26/03 Wed

Sounds to me like that small bandwagon needs it's wheels removed. Needs new grease too. Small minds in small towns think they can run roughshod and ride the rim thinking nobody will notice they are not operating extrinsically. A gadfly tends to hang their political ass out a mile for all to see.

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[> [> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- No name, 13:25:37 02/26/03 Wed

To Harvey: We too are turned off by the way the giantlavalamp.com. webmaster replied to your posting.
Because your posting did not agree with the project concept is no excuse to tell you to "PISS OFF" and infer that you are a "latte sucking holier than thou left winger". Why would the site's webmaster imply you are a guy who drives a leather upholstered BMW. Could he be envious of the rich, hates the rich cause they are already rich and he wants to get rich. Paradoxically, he is the same guy looking for a rich philanthropist to fund his lava lamp project. Well, he just up and alienated a big majority, many in the world along with the philanthropists. Nothing wrong with them BMW drivers who drink lattes at Starbucks. Such a display of anger, ignorance and imaturity was uncalled for. Time to get on Dr. Phil show. Dr. Phil asks, "How is it working for you?" A reply like Harvey got from the giantlavalamp webmaster doesn't work. It could not help but make people think the lack of visitors at the mineral ghost town must be due to bad attitudes. Is Soap Lake too small to have a pharmacy where people can get Prozac?

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[> [> [> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- No name, 21:08:22 02/26/03 Wed

The question has been asked whether Soap Lake is too small to have a pharmacy where people can get Prozac.

Prozac? The bunco scheemers and associates don't need PROZAC: they grow GRASS and they smoke stems and seeds while they grow and sell the buds and flowers while they ride the internet scamming their way on to front page headlines!

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[> [> [> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- denise, 06:33:40 02/27/03 Thu

What a nasty response Harvey got from the webmaster at giantlavalamp.com. Icky attitude. The giant lava team must think adverse publicity is good publicity. Not for the community of soap lake. They called their own team names also. "Stand back while the rest of us greed bastards run the country........" Someone's colors are showing.

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[> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- No name, 21:03:59 02/26/03 Wed

TERRY BREWER's days are counted. He is part of the good-old-boys network who personally benefits from his peanut butter. There is NOTHING happening in Grant County. If he doesn't get a cut, he is OPPOSED. He can get away with this because people put up with it. Things are changing, and TERRY BREWER's days are counted. May TERRY BREWER and his cohorts live long and prosper.

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[> [> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- sparky99, 09:26:57 02/27/03 Thu

I recall reading the newspapers about Grant County Sheriff Young getting arrested for doing surveillance work for by air drug trafficers. The giant lava lamp may right well fit that kind of area

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[> [> Re: GAINING MASS PUBLICITY MEANS NOTHING. CAN BE DECIEVING, CAN BOOMERANG.. -- No name, 20:30:24 03/02/03 Sun

This state is $4 billion in DEFICIT. H E L L O?

Why is it in DEFICIT?

Because of people like TERRY BREWER.

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HOMELESS 65 FT. GIANT SLEEPS IN MIDDLE OF STREET IN SOAP LAKE, WA. USA. -- --BUMMER, 07:29:55 02/27/03 Thu

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[> Re: HOMELESS 65 FT. GIANT SLEEPS IN MIDDLE OF STREET IN SOAP LAKE, WA. USA. -- harvey, 10:26:26 02/27/03 Thu

What if a bimmer runs into the bummer? Kaput! Better hurry and marinate your kabobs, throw away your George Forman grill, get out the skewers and hit Main street for a 50 ft. high barbecue party around the hot lava globe while it is still standing.

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[> [> Re: HOMELESS 65 FT. GIANT SLEEPS IN MIDDLE OF STREET IN SOAP LAKE, WA. USA. -- kismet2003, 10:38:25 02/27/03 Thu

Standing 65 foot giant lava lamp? Don't think so, nothing exists but a cheap $5.00 poster, cheap publicity and expensive talk.

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[> [> Re: INTERNET POLL INDICATES: 90 PERCENT SAY $25 MILLION DOLLAR 65 FT. GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A JOKE. -- geo, 09:11:56 02/27/03 Thu

Keep in mind, the local level is only a miniscule of the greedy abusive power trips that go on in the bigger picture of higher-up government. When officials begin to realize it is high time to put an end to the subliminal, stop endorsing vague and omissive suitcase projects that supply a window of opportunity to every greedy hairbrain scam that crosses their table, economc development and the public trust will increase by leaps and bounds. OUR tax dollars OUR collective revenue. Tax dollars should not to be shelled out for the frivilous and haphazard to ever greedy Tom, Dick and Harry that shows up at the government trough bearing wants. Many of these scams show little if any credibility when it comes to feasibility regarding any number of hairbrain dreams, concepts and designs, but these cooties still poke around in the pork barrel trying to find funding for their off the wall get rich schemes.
gned so as to foremost feather their own nest.

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SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- No name, 06:41:26 02/24/03 Mon

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[> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- No name, 14:06:11 02/24/03 Mon

Few approx. tips: A norm (maybe 4 footer) Giant Lava is heated with a frosted 100 watt R20F bulb, takes 5-6 hours or more to warmup. Best operating temp. around 21oC/65oF to 23oC/720F. Experts say never operate for more than 10 hours at a time and if exposed to direct sunlight the colors will fade. Often lamp may beome cloudy, doesn't do well when shook and goo can peter out in a few years.

How on God's Green Earth is this Soap Lake Giant going to keep it's color in direct desert infra-rays? And how many watts to heat a 65 footer? How much energy will it consume a month? What will that energy bill be per month? How many hours a day will it operate? Day or night? Night and day? When it peters out then what? Having no history of lava, these Soap Lake dudes must be dreaming. Last but not least, just what is Haggerty's secret formula. Bet you got that figured out too. :-)

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[> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- todd898, 14:34:48 02/24/03 Mon

Despite how beautiful bananas look on the outside, bananas are all show and no action. They are seedless and sterile. Despite suggested appearances, this #25 million dollar stunt is still a banana.

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[> [> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- DR.LALA, 16:36:37 02/24/03 Mon

Lava is used as a generic term but not under intellectual property laws. Lava World International closely monitors how publisher's print the word "lava" in connection with motion lamps. The Soap Lake giant lava lamp picture was released world-wide. Shows not much respect for property rights.

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[> [> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- No name, 17:05:06 02/24/03 Mon

A clump of bananas makes a handfull. That is about all the bunch is made up of.

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[> [> [> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- blackjack, 08:40:09 02/26/03 Wed

Hey man, the giant lamp is not found at Soap Lake. Pure logic doth prevail Bro. The lamp won't be funded and lamp won't get built. That lamp won't get past the POSTER stage and I call it what it is, an imposter. Precede the word farce or facade with the big F word and you got what I see Bro.

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[> [> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT WRONG STUNT FOR THE RIGHT REASON -- tish875, 07:02:15 02/27/03 Thu

for sure--------- this giant lava project has went bananas.

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IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP AN ENORMOUS TRIBUTE TO GETTING STONED IN YOUR BASEMENT AT FIFTEEN? -- No name, 07:12:33 02/23/03 Sun

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[> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP AN ENORMOUS TRIBUTE TO GETTING STONED IN YOUR BASEMENT AT FIFTEEN? -- heidi43, 09:59:32 02/23/03 Sun

Did you ever wonder how long pot stays in a person's lungs? The peace and love groupies that used controlled substances back in the 60s claim they have perodic flashbacks. Glad to be a conventional forties grad rather than a 60s flower child. If it came to a vote on whether to build a giant lava lamp or not, majority of soap lake people would vote a big no. The dream of one man should not take priority over other's dreams. The publicity overkill trappings are usually found to be induced by a dreamer seeking to gain something. Anyone caught in the dreamer's riptide tags along thinking they too have something to gain. The art of salesmanship at work is the tender trap many fall into. If your not smart enough to think for yourself...buyer beware.

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[> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP AN ENORMOUS TRIBUTE TO GETTING STONED IN YOUR BASEMENT AT FIFTEEN? -- siggie, 16:27:42 02/24/03 Mon

Stoners love the vomiting mind numbing motion of the lava lamp.

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[> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP AN ENORMOUS TRIBUTE TO GETTING STONED IN YOUR BASEMENT AT FIFTEEN? -- sue, 06:48:34 02/27/03 Thu

Nothing wrong with lava lamp motion. What is wrong, is when people persist on promoting the impossible and try to pass the concept off as cool groovy far out feasible idea. THAT is not living in reality.

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[> [> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP AN ENORMOUS TRIBUTE TO GETTING STONED IN YOUR BASEMENT AT FIFTEEN? -- Marlin, 06:59:02 02/27/03 Thu

re history. This small community in eastern washington has attracted many 60s leftovers, stoners and dreamers with or without integrity. Many of those that took up short resident in the town of soap lake later moved away after having tried to scam their projects through at the expense of local, state and federal government.

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65 FT. GIANT LAVA LAMP BELONGS AT NEVERLAND NOT SOAP LAKE, WA. -- ~~, 01:58:49 02/25/03 Tue

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[> Re: 65 FT. GIANT LAVA LAMP BELONGS AT NEVERLAND NOT SOAP LAKE, WA. -- walker, 02:39:08 02/25/03 Tue

Manufactors have recommended Lava lamps are for ages 6-8 years and up. Neverland sounds like the right spot. These un-hip Soap Lake motion lamp enthusiasts are neophites trying to duplicate commercial models. They will have a very hard time duplicating that display in a 65 ft. giant, fairly complicated to balance the compounds, source of heat, size of globe and the secret ingredients are guarded very closely. The Soap Lake tourists may never see the golden opportunity to sit back, become transfixed and veg-out at the feet of the 65 ft. Giant. People from all over the globe wanting to worship an icon or be healed may have to seek out one of those other icons, possibly the icon said to weep or the one said to bleed every so often. Last resort..take home a Giant Lava Lamp Poster. What will they dream up next? Annointed prayer cloths with motion lamps on them?

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[> [> Re: 65 FT. GIANT LAVA LAMP BELONGS AT NEVERLAND NOT SOAP LAKE, WA. -- craig, 07:04:40 02/26/03 Wed

Could the first run Giant Lava Lamp posters that were sold and did not have credits listed to Haggerty Enterprises Inc. become valuable as collectible pop-art? Might bring a fair market penny.

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[> [> [> Re: 65 FT. GIANT LAVA LAMP BELONGS AT NEVERLAND NOT SOAP LAKE, WA. -- No name, 21:11:21 02/26/03 Wed

Bullshit doesn't pay. Did JUDAS benefit?

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[> 75 FOOT LAVA LAMP AND GROWING -- Pinocchio, 09:38:28 02/25/03 Tue

What is with the growing size of the Giant Lava Lamp? Started at 60 feet, went to 65 feet, and is now up to 75 feet. At the rate it is growing, it will soon be taller then the Space Needle or the Eiffel Tower.

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[> [> Re: 75 FOOT LAVA LAMP AND GROWING -- sue, 08:23:39 02/26/03 Wed

The posters show the erection has gotten bigger than 60 ft. Maybe the Giant is taking Viagra. Doesn't turn me on, I'm celibate. lol

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QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- No name, 06:21:29 02/23/03 Sun

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[> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- PAT, 06:28:59 02/23/03 Sun

Giant Lava Lamp Posters are on sale at Soap Lake Senior Center. We are told a dollar goes here and a dollar goes there. Sort of a sweetheart deal. Is the tax figured in? Does Center have a resale license? Since when? How sweet is that? I am quite sure royalties are not included in their dollar here and there co-mingling effort.

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[> [> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- macOne, 06:45:19 02/23/03 Sun

Was their authorization to use city and county officials names on the giant lava lamp poster? Hard to believe.

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[> [> [> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- anderson, 06:49:06 02/23/03 Sun

Come on, these guys are only looking for clout. Conflict of interest is not their concern.

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[> [> [> [> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- hankthefrank, 06:59:58 02/23/03 Sun

If the local chamber of commerce along with county and city officials willing became listed as lava poster boys and girls, those weighty sponsors maybe also willing to pay for a royalty dispute if it is brought about. Bowing to the KING OF LAVA is always considered a proper gesture.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- Moses Lake, 14:08:13 02/23/03 Sun

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see why the giant lava lamp posters are alluding to people of title, Kenneth Lee, Fred Slough, Terry Brewer, Bill Riley and Tim Snead to name a few. Name dropping won't elevate the giant lava lamp cause. We do read past see Jane run. Snow jobs will always be snow jobs. Bad taste will always be bad taste.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- DR. LALA, 14:28:08 02/23/03 Sun

I remain UNIMPRESSED.

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[> [> [> Re: QUESTION IS: WHO MAY BE DEMANDING ROYALTIES RE GIANT LAVA LAMP? -- wade, 09:14:27 02/26/03 Wed

The commissioner named on Brent's poster, does wear more than one hat, appoints committee that selects by priority projects in Grant County to be funded. Matter of ethics: Adding that name leads us to BLack's legal definition of the "doctrine of fairness." This perilously borders on a prejudicial issue, especially when name has been used without person's knowledge or permission and posters have been advertised and sold. Could be that nothing is scared when your hell-bent to shove your dream up everyone's derriere; whether the silent majority of the population in the community wants it or not hasn't seemed to matter much.

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LAVA LAMPS NEED TENDER LOVING CARE. -- Evie Watkins, 16:03:35 02/23/03 Sun

To all you lava lamp lovers: Lava Lamps are colorful cozy creatures that enjoy TLC just like you. They like setting around with you in your parlour, your bedroom and other nice toasty safe spots where they won't get hurt, shaken up or broken to pieces. After a few years with you they depend on you to see that their fluid is replaced if you find they appear to ooz less and less, get filmy and look dull. They do not like cold, freezing rain and snow turns them off. They aren't meant to be too tall, work too hard, live outside all the time or be plagued by bugs and birds. They won't live long under harsh conditions. After hearing about Soap Lake's horrendous oversized giant lava lamp setting in the middle of the street, being expected to work it's guts out twenty four seven, a group of the likes of them got their globs together and decided it was their duty to conduct an intervention to save the Soap Lake giant lava lamp from a hard life ahead. What could they be planning to do? ... Evie Watkins

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[> Re: LAVA LAMPS NEED TENDER LOVING CARE. -- karrie, 08:51:52 02/26/03 Wed

This has got to be a joke. They want to put this 65 foot giant lava lamp outdoors in blistering heat,blustering rain and snow, expecting it will function properly? This is an insane concept. Do they have anything working upstairs? Moreover, makes you wonder what brings about such a dream state.

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SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER PARADE RAINED ON -- ~, 06:42:55 02/26/03 Wed

Th world-wide web is full of colorful comments, much jest being made over Soap Lake's giant publicity scheme. They are raining on Brent's parade like giant snowballs coming down hard. One of the best comments to consider: RAIN ON HOT LAVA GLOBE BURSTS GLOBE. Washington State has a heavy rain belt, even the desert climate at Soap Lake gets more than their share of nasty cold rain, sleet, hail and plenty of icy snow. Worst comments: "the organization building this is funded so I think they would have enough money to make it possible" {FALSE} " Maintinance would probably not be a problem because the city and a private foundation would e servicing it." {FALSE} From the WA-CERT application (and maybe between) to the pixel images used, seems to turn up looking on the FALSE side rather than TRUE side. Makes people very leery of this project.

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[> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER PARADE RAINED ON -- Dr.Lala, 06:48:01 02/26/03 Wed

THEY WILL NEVER BE DOING IT. IT CAN'T BE DONE.

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[> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER PARADE RAINED ON -- aussie73, 06:55:29 02/26/03 Wed

DARN. IT CAN'T BE DONE? I was so looking forward to traveling to Soap Lake's Giant BBQ. Couldn't wait to stand on the Giant Lava Lamp Balconey watching my meat cooking on the sizzling globe. Dam..guess I will have to just sit in Australia & watch this thing blow up on TV.

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[> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER PARADE RAINED ON -- chipindale2003, 07:22:06 02/26/03 Wed

Don't sweat the small stuff at Soap Lake, the poster boys only have a poster and a GIANT lot to learn! Take a REAL LOOK at the not so fake at the URL's listed below.

http://www.lavaland.de/index2.htm. ( be sure to drop off last period)

http://www.lavaland.de/gallery.htm. ( be sure to drop off last period)

Biggest giant lava lamp I've ever seen built, especially when you look at the first link, with they guys standing in front of the lamp. Now these guys have got a secret....eh?
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[> [> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER PARADE RAINED ON -- sedona, 08:00:39 02/26/03 Wed

How the hell do these Soap Lake peanuts think they are going to transport this 65 foot Giant Lava Lamp to Soap Lake or do they plan to build in right in the middle of the street as their stupid posters show. (NUTS-NUTS-NUTS and more NUTS) Maybe they have never heard the song, "I'M ALL SHOOK UP." Undue shaking or sharp impacts, especially during transport of the display device, can cause total or partial emulsification of the globule. Another brainflash or brainstorm won't fix that.

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[> [> [> [> Re: SOAP LAKE GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTER PARADE RAINED ON -- primo67, 08:15:26 02/26/03 Wed

You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't keep fooling all of the people all of the time. It sure appears to be that Blake knows nothing about lava history? Blake keeps putting it out there loud and clear, "when we build it, they will come." "Giant Lava Lamp found at Soap Lake, USA." How about doing a reality check?

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GIANT LAVA LAMP GROWS TO 65 FEET TALL -- dolly_D, 14:23:14 02/23/03 Sun

Must have been given growth hormones to be able to sprout from 60 Feet Tall to 65 Feet Tall almost overnight. If they keep moving the height bar, expect a sky scraper and a nine eleven.

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[> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP GROWS TO 65 FEET TALL -- diva, 16:52:57 02/24/03 Mon

Nothing to fret about, only someone from a backwoods town would come up with such an unfeasible idea as a 65 foot giant lava lamp. The kitsch will not work and the idea will end up having to be trashed. Anyone with brains should known that and put the kibosh on it early on. These youthful thinking glory seekers haven't a clue what they are up against or who and what they are going to run into. By the way the lava lamo inventor died in mid 2000. Haggerty Enterprises Inc. is still alive and well, holding onto the rights and secret. Blake and crew have their work cut out for them.

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NO SERVICE & MAINTENANCE CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN SOLA LALA & CITY OF SOAP LAKE. -- Jerry, 11:32:17 02/23/03 Sun

To date, CLAIM is still being made on www.giantlavalamp.com. Service and maintenance of the giant lava lamp structure has never been approved or voted on by City of Soap Lake and a joint service & maintenance collaboration does not exist between City of Soap Lake and SOLA LALA, which is a private foundation connected to the Giant Lava Lamp project. The claim is outright misleading. To say...."will be provided" while operating from no official base, certainly sends up a red flag. Because City has never ever agreed to provide, claim would have to be considered false.

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[> Re: NO SERVICE & MAINTENANCE CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN SOLA LALA & CITY OF SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 11:35:32 02/23/03 Sun

How about 3 strikes and your out? This is the 3rd miss. Come on get things straight.

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[> [> Re: NO SERVICE & MAINTENANCE CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN SOLA LALA & CITY OF SOAP LAKE. -- harryw03, 11:44:15 02/23/03 Sun

I never took this project to be for real from the get-go. I never swallow doublespeak.

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[> [> [> Re: NO SERVICE & MAINTENANCE CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN SOLA LALA & CITY OF SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 12:02:50 02/23/03 Sun

More about unsound reasoning. If nobody made the claim and nobody is perfect, they could be considered perfectly correct in doing so. Say what?

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$25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP VENTURE IS UNREALIST.IC. -- No name, 04:50:14 02/23/03 Sun

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[> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP VENTURE IS UNREALIST.IC. -- No name, 05:03:09 02/23/03 Sun

Susan's book was titled, "stop the insanity." Word has it that will soon happen. Right of petition is in motion and signatures are being gathered.

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[> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP VENTURE IS UNREALIST.IC. -- zx5951, 05:22:44 02/23/03 Sun

I couldn't help but laugh when the party on another forum claimed to have spit Cherrios all over the place when reading about the giant lava lamp. Puts it in perspective.

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[> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP VENTURE IS UNREALIST.IC. -- dantheman, 05:44:18 02/23/03 Sun

Let us hope his unrefined pop-art project poops out.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP VENTURE IS UNREALIST.IC. -- darcydoe44, 09:24:08 02/23/03 Sun

Michael Jackson is the KING of POP, Elvis Presley is the KING of ROCK & ROLL and Haggerty Enterprises Inc. is the KING of LAVA. Is this trivia or what?

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CAN THE ERECTION OF THE ENERGY CONSUMING GIANT EVER COME TO BE A REALITY. -- No name, 09:02:00 02/23/03 Sun

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[> Re: CAN THE ERECTION OF THE ENERGY CONSUMING GIANT EVER COME TO BE A REALITY. -- REV., 09:11:35 02/23/03 Sun

Brent Blake said, when we build it they will come. If you believe that, want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge from me? GOT MILK? GOT MONEY? JESUS said, feed my sheep. He did not say, fleece the lambs. Some seek to milk the system for all it is worth.

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DOOMED $25 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT NEEDS A BURIAL PLOT.. -- No name, 13:51:51 02/22/03 Sat

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[> Re: DOOMED $25 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT NEEDS A BURIAL PLOT. -- No name, 15:30:06 02/22/03 Sat

PROJECT DOOMED FROM DAY ONE.
On FEB. 20, 2003, the Soap Lake Giant Lava Lamp entrepreneurs issued a NEW PRESS RELEASE which appeared on Google Search. The public became informed that the website of Brent Blake @ www.giantlavalamp.com, contained lava lamp images on site that were another's property; federally registered trademarks owned by Haggerty Enterprises, Inc.

This hitch comes right on the heels of the project's first setback. Blake's October 1, 2002 Wa-Cert application fell short of conforming to applicant requirement; was not filled out in regulation compliance. City of Soap Lake was shown as applicant but had no knowledge of application submitted by Blake, Giant Lava Lamp Team Mgr.

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[> [> Re: DOOMED $25 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT NEEDS A BURIAL PLOT. -- dennisreed, 15:42:01 02/22/03 Sat

I did see the giant lava lamp posters for sale on their internet site. Don't know if you can do that. Sounds as if they are now claiming that the lava lamp images they used were not their property and trying to close the barn door after the horse got out?

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[> Re: DOOMED $25 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT NEEDS A BURIAL PLOT.. -- PanamaXX, 05:37:06 02/23/03 Sun

The kiddish idea certainly needs to be dumped. How about a burial plot at the vacated sanitary landfill or the vacated carnival grounds. Both are fitting burial grounds.

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NO $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP AT SOAP LAKE, WA.. -- No name, 05:52:51 02/08/03 Sat

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[> Re: NO $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP AT SOAP LAKE, WA.. -- Powers, 21:13:22 02/22/03 Sat

Between 1998 and 2001, 184 Soap Lake homes were sold, average price $39,175. All Soap Lake needs is a giant lava lamp in mid town to really screw up the works, lowering values even more. Bluntly speaking, stop the music. Many of us are disgusted enough over foolish costly ideas and have begun to worry about whether we can salvage any equity from our investment in Soap Lake's soft unstable real estate market. Quality people will move elsewhere, finding a more reasonably sane, sensible and affordable place to live.

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[> Re: GIANT SOAP LAKE LAVA LAMP MAY EVAPORATE INTO THIN AIR -- don, 18:28:18 02/22/03 Sat

source: www comment on building a giant lava lamp at Soap Lake. "Nothing screams culture like an enormous tribute to getting stoned in your basement when you were fifteen."

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[> [> Re: GIANT SOAP LAKE LAVA LAMP MAY EVAPORATE INTO THIN AIR -- filo26, 19:15:59 02/22/03 Sat

Right on Bard. Nutty. Hippie Daze. Bound to fail, it is a dubious plan that won't work. An outdoor giant lava lamp would have to be surrounded by a building to keep the temp consistant. If not, it will take more power to heat than Soap Lake. They have yet to figure wattage out or the formula. What a lark.

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[> [> Re: GIANT SOAP LAKE LAVA LAMP MAY EVAPORATE INTO THIN AIR -- davis, 20:22:10 02/22/03 Sat

The Boston Globe ran an article about the Soap Lake giant lava lamp on 12/1/2002. John Glassgo, who has been helping Brent Blake with the lava lamp project, shared his feelings. Glassgo compares the lava lamp to the yo-yo and expressed he believes the lava lamp to be a cultural icon. My thoughts on the subject differ somewhat. By no means do I find the yo-yo or lava lamp to be an enduring alluring childish fixation carried into adulthood. Having class, does not spell yo-yo or lava lamp. If you want to put on the dog and attract tourists with bucks, drop the 60s cultural icon. The majority of Soap Lake dislikes the icon. Too corney and carney.

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$25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- No name, 06:32:24 02/01/03 Sat

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[> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- @hotmail, 06:14:48 02/04/03 Tue

What has actually caused Soap Lake to become practically a Ghost Town? The backwater town's extensive and infamous history has played a big role in the decline. Forever, Soap Lake has been known as the whistle-stop hub of whirley-bird rip-saw poliics. Soap Lake Miracle Waters have not healed it. The Holy Bible speaks of evil that can not prosper. And tells us people will reap what they sow. Failing to be aware enough to recognize people of diverse opinions can express them, can speak out, can differ and still be friends is one evil. Another evil is having no respect or love for one another if opinions differ. Ignorance causes people to not stick to issues. Hence, personal attacks have always run rampart in Soap Lake. Soap Lake has been held back by the evils of 16th century thinking.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- No name, 06:22:15 02/04/03 Tue

IF THE SHOE FITS WEAR IT.

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[> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- Carrie, 15:56:01 02/04/03 Tue

Some don't get it. Public Issues, especially those involving asking for State fiancial assistance, are public issues that the public has a right to discuss and offer opinion about. Majority of Americans do engage in various issues of their choice. Nothing wrong with having a say and voice. More people should get involved in public issues instead of sitting home on their duff complaining to the four walls or their friends, wives and husbands.

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[> [> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- betty, 19:32:10 02/04/03 Tue

There is a handfull at Soap Lake who have used different means to try to muzzle those that oppose the giant lava lamp proposition. They shoot darts at anyone who disagrees with the plan they are ogling over. The muzzlers are well known. Not many join the muzzlers, they don't want to think like persons who think like that? The plan to build a giant lava lamp is a joke. That is what people are talking about all over, muzzle or no muzzle.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- pristine56, 07:46:56 02/05/03 Wed

Sounds as if someone needs to make bumper stickers that say WELCOME TO SHUNABUN IN THE SUN, a dot on the map where abusive co-addicts can find each other. BANABUN is good too. SHUNABUN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INFORMATION CENTER could be established where the lowest of the low-down can be given out on a volunteer basis. During off hours, when too busy collecting or making up gossip, a box could be placed outside for the hungry. This will soften the appearances. SHUNABUN could add a in-house food bank. Food could be purchased with profits from lava lamp sales. Be sure to hold back some in reserve for therapy purposes.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- Chamber of Commerce should set better example., 08:27:58 02/05/03 Wed

You would think a chamber of commerce would know better than to get gung-ho over a 60's lava lamp. However, the giant lava lamp is being advertised by the the local chamber of commerce. Because of this, people keep calling and calling, thinking it is for real, already built. What is with the wording on the chamber's web? GIANT LAVA LAMP FOUND IN SOAP LAKE USA. That's not factual. It is no wonder so many people are getting turned away and turned off. The fake wording is decieving.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- 50s lover, 09:36:02 02/05/03 Wed

Building a Giant Lava Lamp is not a cherry idea. This cheesy idea will draw the leftover 60s cooties. How about a 300 foot high Giant Greasy Three Decker 50s Cheeseburger that drips with catsup, mayo and mustard? This drippy cheesy idea could become the alternate that saves the ghost town if the giant lava lamp fails to work.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- gina, 05:48:04 02/08/03 Sat

The local chamber of commerce advertised a similar promotion a while back, the big spa to come on the hill was elaborate. This was another facade that had people calling the City and Chamber. The spa did not exist and never would have. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Supplying a drawing of a replica means nothing. There is never any substance to these hair-brain schemes that the Chamber grabs onto. DAH!

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION LAVA GIANT NOT A SHOE-IN. OTHER SHOE READY TO DROP. -- wavo, 18:59:33 02/22/03 Sat

Another evil is getting conned into stupid projects.

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$25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP IMAGE QUESTIONABLE ADVERTISING. -- No name, 13:01:52 02/22/03 Sat

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[> Re: $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP IMAGE QUESTIONABLE ADVERTISING. -- Jerome, 13:46:08 02/22/03 Sat

The guys left out Chicago, no credits tag. Naughty Naughty.

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[> Re: $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP IMAGE QUESTIONABLE ADVERTISING. -- humongo, 18:50:29 02/22/03 Sat

The question remains unanswered. Will Haggerty Enterprises Inc. be sponsoring the giant lava lamp project or will they be demanding royalties?

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GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT FOILED. OWNERSHIP ISSUE,HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES,INC. HOLDS LEGAL RIGHTS. -- No name, 08:56:47 02/22/03 Sat

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[> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT FOILED. OWNERSHIP ISSUE,HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES,INC. HOLDS LEGAL RIGHTS. -- No name, 09:07:24 02/22/03 Sat

THREE CHEERS FOR HAGGERTY, THE KING OF LAVA. I RECALL THAT BRENT BLAKE WAS QUOTED BY PRESS ( IN SPOKANE NEWS) AS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THEY (BRENT BLAKE & GIANT LAVA LAMP TEAM) NEEDED TO GAIN "OWNERSHIP". IF PUPPIES WON'T PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE BIG DOGS, THEY ARE BETTER OF SLEEPING ON THE PORCH. :-)

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[> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT FOILED. OWNERSHIP ISSUE,HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES,INC. HOLDS LEGAL RIGHTS. -- No name, 09:11:52 02/22/03 Sat

WWW Post of Sep-09-02.
Sorry Brent & John
I like the idea of a humongous Lava Lamp glowing in the night sky BUT I don''t see how this could ever be possible and be functional like the way we know lava lamps work..
I will be the first one to apologize "when and if" you ever make it and have it functioning; as for now... I feel this is a "humongo" publicity stunt and just trying pull a fast one on us..
Nope not me....." No-Way

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[> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT FOILED. OWNERSHIP ISSUE,HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES,INC. HOLDS LEGAL RIGHTS. -- No name, 09:14:46 02/22/03 Sat

MORE world-wide comments: Sep-13-02.
"I'm a man of many thoughts and little words. I think that this is the wrong stunt for the right reason! Why ...... due to rising power cost the use to power up a 60 ft. lava lamp with no history to the location would exceed the influx of visitors & make this a failure! Secondly without cost support from Haggerty for the material you will find that you will have a cost excessive replacement of the materials as they degrade over the years (3 years?), all because you don't have a local area history of where "lava marketing was conceived"! The poplicity will be great for a year or two but when you have to spend the funds to replace the lava & once the poplicity has faded, the pros will out weigh the cons!! I truly believe the loss of income will exceed the gain in revenue!
Regards.

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[> [> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT FOILED. OWNERSHIP ISSUE,HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES,INC. HOLDS LEGAL RIGHTS. -- starski, 16:03:29 02/22/03 Sat

Now that is a fact.

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[> [> Re: GIANT LAVA LAMP PROJECT FOILED. OWNERSHIP ISSUE,HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES,INC. HOLDS LEGAL RIGHTS. -- rudi, 16:05:23 02/22/03 Sat

A fast one is right.

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$25 MILLION SUPER DUPER STUPOR BLOOPER DOA. -- Trisha89, 13:41:52 02/22/03 Sat

Watching Lava Blobs continuing to move like mating and dividing amoebaes is not my idea of a good time or a tourist attraction. Brent Blake, creator of the giant lava lamp dream, is really�stretching for relevance when he soulfully expounds on what is economic development. Of course, primarily that would include Blakes own 60ft giant lava lamp project. Welcoming furthering and enhancing his dream scheme, one not orginal at all, by State funding and pledges, economic development is the key wording to use. Being the configuration, base and globe of the lava lamp are trademarked already, sounds off base to me. Maybe that minor matter is not a concern or relevant either. This giant was DOA. Get on with the funeral.

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CATASTROPHIC $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP REMAINS CATATONIC. -- No name, 06:22:22 02/06/03 Thu

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[> Re: CATASTROPHIC $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP REMAINS CATATONIC. -- wayne, 09:46:31 02/22/03 Sat

I trend to surmise that anyone who voted to support this crazyed concept had to be near if not catatonic at the time. It is dammed pig in a poke.

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[> Re: LARGEST LAVA(r) BRAND MOTION LAMP ON THE PLANET CREATED BY HAGGERTY ENTERPRISES INC> -- KL04590, 09:41:57 02/22/03 Sat

I am not Sherlock Holmes but I would suspect Haggerty Enterprises located their claim to fame, the largest lava lamp on the planet, somewhere other than at Soap Lake, WA, USA. From all appearances, it rather looks like the 60 ft lava lamp proposal could possibly have infringed on Haggerty images. One would suspect, think so?

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CITY DOES NOT NEED A FUNKY GIANT FLASHBACK. -- (heavens to betsy--get real), 06:38:41 02/05/03 Wed

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[> Re: CITY DOES NOT NEED A FUNKY GIANT FLASHBACK. -- colin, 06:59:17 02/05/03 Wed

Times are gettng tough. In tough times, people do not travel. Unless your down to smoking stems, it is probable not many moo when they see a lava lamp.

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[> Re: CITY DOES NOT NEED A FUNKY GIANT FLASHBACK. -- darlene, 09:08:19 02/05/03 Wed

You would think someone might be concerned about lava wax and dangerous chemicals overflowing, runnng down the street into storm drains and ending up in the mineral lake. Isn't there any ecology buffs living in Soap Lake.

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[> [> Re: CITY DOES NOT NEED A FUNKY GIANT FLASHBACK. -- mabb03, 06:09:41 02/08/03 Sat

This giant lava lamp thing was never planned out in advance. The creators dropped the giant thing on the SL City Council. Information given the City Council was next to none. What a pity, they were used.

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[> [> [> Re: CITY DOES NOT NEED A FUNKY GIANT FLASHBACK. -- dave, 09:26:36 02/22/03 Sat

I think the rush was on to try to gain ownership of the lava lamp concept. Maybe The Soap Lake Lava Team's Mgr. was not abreast of the fact that Haggerty had renewed their lava rights and after 35 years history in the business commemorated by building the largest lava lamp on the planet. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread!

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[> Re: CITY DOES NOT NEED A FUNKY GIANT FLASHBACK. -- karrie401Z, 06:31:38 02/06/03 Thu

A lava flashback puts us back in the ice-age.

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NO REAL STATS GIVEN FOR $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP SPOOF. -- No name, 06:13:57 02/08/03 Sat

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[> Re: NO REAL STATS GIVEN FOR $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP SPOOF. -- PeterB, 17:32:19 02/19/03 Wed

The giant lava lamp idea can be best described with one word and that is FOOLISH. A NO CLASS CONCEPT.

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[> [> Re: NO REAL STATS GIVEN FOR $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP SPOOF. -- Dorrie, 09:18:36 02/22/03 Sat

Nothing against lava lamps, but putting a 60 ft. lamp outdoors and expecting the lava to work is DUMBER THAN DUMB. HAGGERTY OWNS the secret formula and more.

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[> Re: NO REAL STATS GIVEN FOR $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP SPOOF. -- No name, 07:15:16 02/20/03 Thu

The reason there are no stats is obvious. How could there be stats on NADA?

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LEECHES SEEKING HANDOUTS PERPETUATE THE GOVERNMENT DEPENDANCY STEROTYPE. -- No name, 16:10:50 02/04/03 Tue

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[> Re: LEECHES SEEKING HANDOUTS PERPETUATE THE GOVERNMENT DEPENDANCY STEROTYPE. -- Pappie, 16:38:42 02/04/03 Tue

The Internet has made finding government grants and funding a lot easier. The funding bible is wide open. By far the greatest volume of information on the Web about grant opportunities will be found on government home pages. Recently, the US Government Printing Office made several of its publications available on-line for free. There are full text searches and downloading articles available everywhere. Some are way too high priced. The almighty search for free money keeps the caterpillars crawling the web surfing for that green stuff to live off of. It is not unusual for a grant seeker to create a high paying job for themself in their cozy packet. Can be the motivation, reason for seeking money.

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[> Re: LEECHES SEEKING HANDOUTS PERPETUATE THE GOVERNMENT DEPENDANCY STEROTYPE. -- gigi, 18:33:40 02/04/03 Tue

One guy on the internet called the giant lava lamp an enviremental hazard waiting to happen. There has been warnings about the lava lamp containing a harmful chemical.

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[> Re: LEECHES SEEKING HANDOUTS PERPETUATE THE GOVERNMENT DEPENDANCY STEROTYPE. -- pete, 19:02:15 02/04/03 Tue

Ambiguously overstated, the giant lava lamp hype reminds of my childhood, those door-to-door kirby sales pitches. Making the assertion that the giant lava lamp will help attention deficit children shows up as grasping for straws.

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$25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP. ONE MAN'S DREAM IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION. -- No name, 11:48:11 01/31/03 Fri

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[> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP. ONE MAN'S DREAM IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION. -- No name, 15:22:14 01/31/03 Fri

In many minds, the giant lava lamp vision is part of the problem, not really a solution. Grant County Journal was blessed with an article written by Burr Beckwith, a Soap Lake resident who has lived in Soap Lake since 1976. Hear some of what he had to say. Speaking in regretful terms, Beckwith surmises that a portion of the interest in the giant lava lamp could be generated by the lava lamp's connection with the drug culture. Another portion may be due to Americans love for the SUPER BIG. Beckworth did not hesitate to speak of the project development problems, ie no money, no property site and no science to support the vision. One of the most important issues Beckwith brought out was that early on during Brent Blake's contacts with the lava pros, Brent was told over and over that it may well be impossible. In spite of this knowledge, Blake kept up flood of publicity going, has seemed to relish more and more of it and still keeps on talking about mazimizing the melane mellifluous giant lava creature of his imagination, sometimes speaking as if it was already built, other times speaking as if it is real, speaking as if it is possible, speaking of it as if it will magically materialize. The there are those other times when he exposes his own doubts, rather pragmatically implying it might never happen; that last thought being closer to the truth than anything else. It is reasonable to think this vision may never be realized.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP. ONE MAN'S DREAM IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION. -- sheila, 21:31:46 01/31/03 Fri

RE: Comments at witwords.com. written by Mark Bennman are delightfully witty. Besides having a giant lava lamp in middle of street, he proposed that lava lamps could replace all of Soap Lake's street lights. And suggested getting the guru of lava that holds exclusive rights to LAVA(R) to move their enterprise from Chicago to Soap Lake. What an idea. That new decor and lava industry would call for a name change to go with it. Fathom changing the City's name to Haggerty or Lava or Lava Lite City.

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DOUSE THE GIANT LAVA LAMP. FORGET 60s DEJA VU. START A SOAP FACTORY IN SOAP LAKE. -- kelly, 11:22:04 01/31/03 Fri

A Lava Lamp is a container filled with clear or dyed liquid contains a non-water-soluble substance (the "lava") that's just a little bit denser (heavier), and is heated by thermal process. Not something in demand. Now, everyone uses soap. Well, maybe not all left-over hippies, but generally speaking the supply and demand for good natural soap is great and on the rise. Salt Lake City, UTAH sports a fine soapcrafter business, Entiat, Wash. has turned out sweet scented and non-scented natural soap for some time. Another thriving business that just expanded. I have ordered from them and other soapcrafters on the web. I find many companies have had to expanded their business of late. Soapcrafters are cropping up all over the place. The best theme Soap Lake could ever have is to sell Soap Lake Soap. Soap Lake Natural Soap Factory selling Nature's Best, now that fits. More fitting than trying to sell Blake Brent's lava lamp as Soap Lake's famous claim to fame. Soap is not costly to produce and easy to make. Supply and demand is what makes business thrive. There is a demand for soap, hardly no demand to see a 60000 lb. bottle of goo. Get back to nature and basic people's needs and off one man's dream. Douse the lava lamp idea. Otherwise, your setting yourself up for failure.

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[> Re: DOUSE THE GIANT LAVA LAMP. FORGET 60s DEJA VU. START A SOAP FACTORY IN SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 11:42:36 01/31/03 Fri

That's a cool idea. Don't use the name LAVA SOAP, it's been taken. The hometown boys who came up with the idea of building a giant lava lamp could switch their goal, get a small business loan and go into the soap business or help others get started. Won't take any soft-soaping to sell that idea to the government. Bring in new business. What is needed most is attractive commercial enterprises, not roadside attractions.

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[> Re: DOUSE THE GIANT LAVA LAMP. FORGET 60s DEJA VU. START A SOAP FACTORY IN SOAP LAKE. -- No name, 14:10:24 01/31/03 Fri

nuzee.com had an interesting title when making a referance to the giant lava team's lava lamp story. The meaning was, "a lord who has supremacy over other lords". I take it this is to mean the Lava Lords. Of course, the redundant term used in an earlier press release which relates to the expression not to underestimate the power of awe was also drudged up. A question was posed, structured in a way to touch on where they may have came up with the giant lava lamp idea. Following that, came a typical trendy classic insinuation, something more than once refered to on the internet in discussion groups. The 60s drug syndrome can not be destroyed, it does surround the giant lava lamp. Reading web chat boards prove that much. Specifically, the blurb on nuzee glibly merely suggested more of the same; not to underestimate the power of cannnibus. It shows all the more why�the giant lava lamp is not a good theme for City of Soap Lake or any City for that matter that wants to remain a bit more polished and attract the same!

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WANTING TO SPEND $25 MILLION FOR A GIANT LAVA LAMP IS OUTRAGEOUS! -- No name, 05:38:38 01/30/03 Thu

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[> Re: WANTING TO SPEND $25 MILLION FOR A GIANT LAVA LAMP IS OUTRAGEOUS! -- No name, 05:45:12 01/31/03 Fri

Can It Continue?
How can such outrageous waste go on year after year? Simple: grant seekers and bureaucrats aren't doling out their money, so they have little incentive to be responsible. Politically connected special interests, who either have no money or are better off than the average taxpayer, seem to get most of the loot. The most powerful special interest is government. Outrageous wastes can not be allowed to continue Taxpayers are not wanting to see a total reversal of power to the people. Write your local and state elected reps. Recall the Boston Tea Party? Complain about waste. $25 MILLION for a Giant Lava Lamp is a prime example of GIANT WASTE.

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[> [> Re: WANTING TO SPEND $25 MILLION FOR A GIANT LAVA LAMP IS OUTRAGEOUS! -- No name, 13:05:47 01/31/03 Fri

City of Soap Lake Officials~~
~ Mayor L. Kenneth Lee
~ Councilmember Maynard Hagen
~ Councilmember Wayne Hovde
~ Councilmember John Hillman
~ Councilmember De Black
~ Councilmember Lesley Slough
~ Councilmember Marina J. Romary
~ Councilmember Chris Rowland
~ Attorney Lemargie Kenison Wyman & Whitaker
~City Superintendent Craig Reynolds
~Clerk-Treasurer Jean Wallar
~Fire Chief Michael Clines
~Police Chief Scott J. Stokoe

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MANY SAY THE GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A BIG JOKE. -- B.Carlstrom, 11:17:42 01/30/03 Thu

I don't approve of politically-oriented jokes---I've seen too many of them get elected. They have their own lttle world, but that's okay---they know them there.

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[> Re: MANY SAY THE GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A BIG JOKE. -- jorden2005, 05:23:15 01/31/03 Fri

Jerry Springer might want to give the giant lava lamp team some more publicity. Springer has weird stuff on his TV show. Worth a call.

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[> Re: MANY SAY THE GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A BIG JOKE. -- Don Harder, 07:23:22 01/31/03 Fri

{RE: Taxpayer writes to Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa. Dennis Bjork's letter speaks out about Sl and the giant lava lamp.} Dennis Bjork expressed he supported the expansion of the Moses Lake Port. Bjork also stated reasons why not wanting to be a part of a Soap Lake Port. Among these, interestingly enough, the giant lava lamp was mentioned, saying, "my tax dollars will go to building the famous "lava lamp." Another reason for not wanting to be part was that a Soap Lake Port would have control of the decision-making in voter-approved bond issues; according to Bjork, controling 2/3rds of the votes. Bjork made it clear he was unwilling to support any other hair-brain ideas.

It is Fair Comment to say, Soap Lake has well earned the reputation it has gotten for hair-brained ideas. The up-comings is, this crazyness coming out of Soap Lake and always making local and national headlines has has been what has greatly affected progress... resulting in Soap Lake's steady decline. Who wants to pay taxes in a nutty-buddy community of wishy-washy politics and weird ideas?

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[> Re: MANY SAY THE GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A BIG JOKE. -- No name, 09:11:58 01/31/03 Fri

CBS Story-1/20/03:
Soap Lake Councilman Wayne Hovde revealed that there are no funds in the Soap Lake City budget available for the giant lamp. And mentioned, the news reports about the lava lamp are tongue-in-cheek while jokingly commenting-- "they spell Soap Lake right". Hovde is right about the fact the giant lava lamp idea has been commented on tongue-in-cheek. Also with a not a grain of salt but with mounds of salt. This idiotic idea has drawn special interest because it is a special interest idiotic idea. Check out any internet search engineer for giant lava lamp. On WEBCRAWLER ADVANCED SEARCH, you can see for yourself. WWW readers and reporters are not so dumb, much harder to convince to see the light. Many make jest of the backwater town's idea; the giant lava lamp is a hard-sell.

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[> [> Re: MANY SAY THE GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A BIG JOKE. -- DWells, 09:37:49 01/31/03 Fri

Jan.28, 03. DAVID GRIMES, Jewish World Review had this to say. "The giant lamp, the vision of ponytailed architect Brent Blake, would be approximately 60 feet high, 18 feet in diameter and weigh 60,000 pounds." He explained the catwalk proposed to encircle the lamp. I am sure I would not visit this and more sure I would not pay to go up the high catwalk. Imagine someone wanting to become hypnotically entranced by grooving-out on a 5-inch-thick glass filled bubbling colored oozing goo. They might decided they can fly and go careening to the concrete below. Grimes joked about not have a million to donate but rather tongue-in-cheek implied, those that do better get right on it. HA!

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[> [> [> Re: MANY SAY THE GIANT LAVA LAMP IS A BIG JOKE. -- No name, 09:56:39 01/31/03 Fri

How in the sam hill do they propose to transport this offbeat sucker. Are they planning to build it on site in mid-street Main. Is there a building tall in enough available in the city in which to build or house the sucker. Costs a pretty penny to move a 60 footer thru traffic. Plus all the permit costs. This is delirious.

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$25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- No name, 05:09:49 01/28/03 Tue

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[> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- clroberson, 06:09:36 01/28/03 Tue

The project application sent into the State Agency by Giant Lava Lamp promotors refers to jobs the project will create. {quote} Jobs Created in 1-3 Years: 10
Jobs Created in 3-5 Years: 50
Jobs Retained: 100 {unquote}

RE: Important Issues, 1-2-3
(1.) The State Agency did not accept application.
(2.) Consumption of ENERGY to operate a giant lava lamp is A WASTE. Energy needs to be Conserved.
(3.) After considering all aspects of the project, leaders have said that it might well prove to not be feasible and the cost will kill any possible chances of being funded.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- Irma, 06:42:50 01/28/03 Tue

Soap Lake Garden Club has the best project. Their donation drive has been going on for many years now. It has been a real struggle but they are nearer and nearer to placement in the City Park. Their Current Project is A Bronze Statue entitled "Calling The Healing Waters", by DaveGovedare/Keith Powell.
The Club has a table size scale model which was developed through the $25,000 raised for the first phase. The second phase is due now and the cost is $17,500. Thhe Garden Club has raised $6,000 toward that goal. These tax deductible contributions are helping bring the finest of art to Soap Lake. Fine art that locals and tourists will be able to enjoy for generations come. Beats the hell out of a giant lava lamp!

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[> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- Henry V, 08:14:02 01/28/03 Tue

Let's build a giant martian observatory so Mar's hypothetical inhabitants that are said to be similar to the inhabitants found living in Soap Lake, Washington can be preserved behind a 60 ft glass conservatory. Scientists recieved monies recently to study the Lake which is half in City of Soap Lake and other half in the County of Grant. Soap Lake Conservancy leader, Jerry Vice, who hails from the West Side, has more detailed information on this micro-study. Vice has been active in areas of lake water conservation at Soap Lake as has John Glassco. Glassco and Vice, both are members of the Conservancy, a group which has become very public figures, fighting to keep boats off of Soap Lake waters. Glassco is also listed as the co-designer of the Giant Lava Lamp. Think how many people would flock to Soap Lake to see martian specimans. You could mount a large microscope on the tower and watch them weird creatures squirm inside the swimming pool. Better than keeping them in a test tube. How about that?

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[> [> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- doc7001, 04:39:51 01/29/03 Wed

How about copying those forms of life found in Soap Lake that are claimed to be similar to life forms on Mars. First clone speciman found at Soap Lake would get huge media publicity. When we clone it they will come!

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[> [> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- jan, 06:31:07 01/29/03 Wed

The bronze art sculpture is delightful. The SL Garden Club's project relied strictly on private donations, they have not asked the government for a dime of grant money.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- 246Dwayne, 08:32:43 01/29/03 Wed

Facts are: This lava lamp idea never got into Phase one, public input and community support before an attempt was made to ramrode it into Phase two, application for funding a feasibility study; 2002, State Agency put the kibosh on that plan.

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[> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- kevin, 05:04:19 01/29/03 Wed

The jist is: There is no FREE lunch! Do the designers, scientists and engineers of this project want to work for free? Let's hear about that before begging for money from other sources.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- No name, 06:36:14 01/29/03 Wed

So far, the Giant Lava Lamp Project Mgr. has not stated anywhere in their media releases who is working for FREE and who will be getting paid.

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[> [> Re: $25 MILLION DOLLAR GIANT LAVA LAMP NOT FOUND IN SOAP LAKE, USA. -- MarK, 05:04:56 01/31/03 Fri

Are the idea makers willing to invest a million or so towards the development of their own giant lava lamp idea? If not, why expect anyone else to dive in and dish out?

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US IN WORST RED INK SINCE 1992 & ON THE VERGE OF PREEMPTIVE WAR.. -- RaWeb86, 08:23:51 01/30/03 Thu

Then along comes a dude that thinks the declining economy can be fixed with a 60s sub-culture icon. A 60 foot giant lava lamp costing $25 Million won't surge the lava formula or surge the economy. The idea is not economical. Were in hard times boy.

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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING GIANT LAVA LAMP -- No name, 05:28:29 01/30/03 Thu

The Giant Lava Lamp application failed to cut the muster. Identification of Funding Resource: WA-CERT; WA State funding. Both the applicant and the grantor agency should have the same interests, intentions, and needs if a proposal is to be considered an acceptable candidate for funding.
Once a potential grantor agency is identified, a grant application comes into play. The more agency personnel know about the proposal, the better the chance of support and of an eventual favorable decision.
NOTE: In the case of the giant lava lamp project proposed at Soap Lake, application was flawed; City of Soap Lake and Applicant did not have the same interests and intentions.

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[> Re: ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING GIANT LAVA LAMP -- KW, 05:57:44 01/30/03 Thu

For the initial giant lava lamp proposal development to be acceptable several bases should have been covered rather than bypassed. Seeking Criticism Is Very Important. At Some Point, seek out a neutral third party to review the proposal for continuity, clarity and reasoning. For example, has the writer made unsupported assumptions or used jargon or excessive language in the proposal? Applications Require A
Signature. Most proposals are made to institutions rather than individuals. Signatures of Chief Administrative officials are required and included in the proposal where appropriate. THE GIANT LAVA LAMP APPLICATION WAS NOT SIGNED BY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS OF CITY OF SOAP LAKE. IT WAS NOT THE INTENTION OR INTEREST OF CITY TO DO SO EVEN THOUGH THE APPLICATION WAS MADE OUT IN NAME OF CITY OF SOAP LAKE.

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PRICE TAG TO BUILD GIANT LAVA LAMP WAS FIGURED AT $25 MILLION. -- No name, 14:53:04 01/25/03 Sat

The price tag is extravagant. To think nothing of begging for that much money to flounder and fling into a lava lamp, tells the whole world something right off the bat. This is unreal!

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[> Re: PRICE TAG TO BUILD GIANT LAVA LAMP WAS FIGURED AT $25 MILLION. -- jensen, 04:43:08 01/30/03 Thu

How did they arrive at $25 Million. Who figured the cost? Wanting to build the biggest lava lamp in the world is in the idea stage? Lack of know-how will be the snag. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

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$25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP -- NCosak262, 06:20:13 01/29/03 Wed

In fact, the giant lava lamp press releases sound so good that I'd bet some elite conservatives with a libertarian streak are salivating all over their jerking knees. Gaining a lot of publicity means nothing. In fact, can be decieving.

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[> Re: $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP -- frank, 08:06:23 01/29/03 Wed

Wonder if the giant lava lamp project site is listed on the internet under Urban Legends, you know those "Don't Believe Everything You Read" pages. Maybe it's located on "Believe It Or Not"? Think I'll ask GOOGLE to check!

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[> Re: $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP -- carl, 09:46:28 01/29/03 Wed

A common goal serves to sustain the whole. The giant lava lamp project will not sustain the whole, will benefit the few.

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IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- No name, 22:35:39 01/25/03 Sat

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[> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- No name, 22:57:15 01/25/03 Sat

PRESS RELEASE: "Giant Lava Lamp found in�Soap Lake, WA USA."
Never underestimate the power of bull pucky. How pukka is that?

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[> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- Howdy_Doody, 23:20:41 01/25/03 Sat

The giant lava lamp can't be found in Soap Lake, WA USA cause it's not there. :)

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[> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- Chong, 07:18:05 01/26/03 Sun

Lava lamps are showing up all over town. Johns has one and so does the Del-Red. Rumor has it that the Lava Team is setting up the manufacture of lava lamps in town. What is next? A SeaFair Parade Giant Lava Lamp Float entry?

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[> [> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- CHING, 08:11:10 01/26/03 Sun

What's next you say? Float the money, float the giant. The slogan in every empty storefront could be ROSEBOWL OR BUST.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- CHEECH, 06:57:14 01/29/03 Wed

The huge lava lamp will get shaken up on the long trip to the Super Bowl. The lava may poop-out or the glass get cracked. That's the way to go. Get rid of that energy sucking gizmo.

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[> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- Mary, 07:11:27 01/26/03 Sun

The lavalamp team says 300 to 500 million people have read about the lamp. That is a lot of people. What is going to happen when a few million show to see the lamp and no lamp is found? The lavalamp team needs to get busy fast to build the lamp before the masses show up. They say when they build it, the people will come. Their publicity has been so effective, the people have already started coming long before they built it. The people don't even find the Lamp Lighter open 'cause only non-smokers are welcome.

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[> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- Mack, 07:22:49 01/26/03 Sun

The "300 to 500 million readers" is a claim made by the Lava Lamp Team. Their own lavalamp website has only 76 posts on it, most from the same posters. The numbers don't jive.

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[> [> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- BUD, 08:34:21 01/26/03 Sun

For example, say there really were 500 million readers and 76 goodwill posters on lava team's .com, that's a simple mathamatical deduction. Seems logic then to assume there were 424 million CONS instead of PROS. The Cons may have been deleted.

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[> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- Kat2002, 08:23:27 01/26/03 Sun

I read the news report where Blake had said something to the effect that he wants to see it built in 3 years or----in his lifetime. That is about as wide a range answer given whenever asked about cost of project. Readers do not mean diddly squat when it comes to the issue of having no yenom; money backwards.

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[> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- Chas., 04:56:14 01/29/03 Wed

The GIANT LAVA LAMP POSTERS have been built. People can come and see those; looks pretty close to real, real as it can be expected to be and more like as real as it is going to get. :)

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[> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- No name, 16:08:23 01/27/03 Mon

What does pukka mean?

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[> [> [> Re: IS THE GIANT LAVA LAMP A "HUMONGO" PUBLICITY STUNT? A NEED FOR ATTENTION! -- dean, 16:16:08 01/27/03 Mon

Your talking about the posted message that says, "How pukka is that?" (that lava lamp idea) Pukka means genuine. How genuine is that? (that lava lamp idea) Message questioned whether the idea is real.

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THE TAKING OF GRANTS. TAKING FUNDING. $25 MILLION GIANT LAVA LAMP -- KEMarks, 05:56:26 01/29/03 Wed

Unfortunately, what's really going on is that many of these non-profits, are lefty in their orientation. When you take money from the government, you are simply expanding the need for government handouts while standing as the middlemen between the government and the so-called needy. The "needy," in large parts of America these days are being ignored. Bush isn't removing socialist functions from the state as some elite conservatives preached would happen. Instead, he is simply putting left wing non-profits into the driver's seat and has helped them obtain even more tax money and push their lefty social and political agendas. Many non-profits have turned into money laundering operations that would put middle eastern terrorists or drug cartels to shame. Some of these predatory non-profits have full time experts applying for government grants. These people know how to fill out the forms correctly and they prowl government web sites looking for easy grants. They take the grant money and turn it into their own dreams, what they selfishly want to see happen for them and like class, they often classify it as helping the "community," "working poor," or "needy," and never refer to helping themselves to government funds. They think nothing of draining the coffers and resources that could help the real needy and hungry. Their scabby grubby little paws are out there. The egregious anomolies grant-seekers become high profile, claim to be helping us Americans develop our economy. Today, they are found to becoming more and more prevelant in our cities. Government grants should only go to funding the absolute necessities. The haphazard taking of government grant must cease.