Comments on: Hire Harry

By: RONALD LEE WEHENKEL, ARCHITECT

RONALD LEE WEHENKEL, ARCHITECT — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:30:51 +0000

DEAR MARK,

I AM AN ARCHITECT AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A NEW BUILDING TYPE AND I NEED HELP WITH FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE TITLE OF THE PROJECT IS “IGLU” (IGLOO). THE TITLE IS DERIVED FROM THE ESKIMO HABITAT. ALSO, I LIKE THE NAME “CUBANA” IGLU.

THE IGLU UTILIZES THE LATEST MODULAR PREFABRICATED CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, SOLAR ENERGY, PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, WIND AND WATER POWER AND OTHER RELATED SCIENCES.

MARK, WHAT I NEED IS FUNDING TO DEVELOPE WORKING DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PROTOTYPE “IGLU”. THIS PROJECT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, AND AFFECT THE DESIGN OF PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS.

THE LONG TERM, BENEFITS WOULD BE FAR REACHING. I ENVISION THE STANDARDIZATION OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PREFABRICATION CONSTRUCTION MARKET.

MARK, I HOPE THAT AS A GREAT FINANCIAL VISIONARY, YOU WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THIS PROJECT WOULD MEAN TO THE LARGEST INDUSTRY THAT AMERICA HAS IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.

I WOULD LIKE YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROJECT TO BE 49% (FORTY NINE PERCENT).

AS THE PREFABRICATED MODULAR UNITS SELL, EMPLOYEES WILL BE ADDED AS NEEDED. AS THE BUSINESS INCREASES, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WILL INCREASE TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND FOR THE UNITS.

MY PROPOSAL IS FOR $250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) OVER THE NEXT 2 YEAR PERIOD FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE “IGLU”, SUFFICIENT TO HAVE A COMPLETE SET OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ARCHITECT READY FOR FABRICATION OF A PROTOTYPE UNIT.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BUILD A WORKING MODEL PROTOTYPE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF THE WORKING PARTS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE CONTACT ME SO THAT I MAY PRESENT IN DETAIL WHAT THE PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY YOU ARE GIVING ME TO PRESENT MY PROPOSAL.

PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SINCERELY,

RONALD L. WEHENKEL, ARCHITECT
2446 ELDEN AVE SUITE B2
COSTA MESA, CA 92627
714.206.8981
ronniewink@ca.rr.com

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:40:44 +0000

I guess Crime does pay!!!

In the Public Sector, And Well-Compensated
Washington Post – United States
Mary L. Schapiro reported that she is getting a lump sum payment of between
$5 million and $25 million from the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, …

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By: Mike in Houston

Mike in Houston — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:40:22 +0000

Bill Clinton was president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 and
although he made significant progress toward fiscal responsibility,
he did not balance the budget. The United States has not had a balanced
budget since 1957, the year that Dwight Eisenhower was in office.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:35:47 +0000

I Agree, that is an obvious choice!

By: antoniogas

antoniogas — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:55:05 +0000

I did vote for Barack Obama,but even I don’t agree with a lot of the democratic policies and their general economic theory.

By: Travis Kalanick

Travis Kalanick — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:54:47 +0000

Mark, I couldn’t agree with you more. I watched Harry’s testimony on C-SPAN and was fist-pumping for like 10 minutes straight. I also couldn’t fucking believe how negligent and ass-backwards the SEC is. They were handed the case on a silver platter in 2000 (and several other times since) when the Madoff scam was less than $7 bill. WTF!! I’m really wondering if the SEC could be found liable for gross negligence or something of that sort. I actually hope they are. Yes, the U.S. gov’t would be out $50B, but the accountability will force SEC and other agencies to actually start doing their jobs, instead of dicking around doing who the hell knows what. The SEC doing their jobs for real will bring credibility in our regulatory agencies, and subsequently our financial markets.

By: JAZD Chemicals

JAZD Chemicals — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:29:55 +0000

I can honestly say, when it comes to government and our hard earned
tax dollars they are very good at losing it for us. I figure for every
dollar I make they lose about 30% of what I pay on toilet paper. Or
whatever they call that.

By: kamal

kamal — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:24:29 +0000

My humble take on this is this: do not trust the government to get you out of this mess. The people calling the shots are themselves involved directly or indirectly in creating this chaos. So it goes without saying that they will first benefit themselves, their friends and if anything is left, like the crumbs, give it back to the tax-payers who paid for this in the first place.
Once the approx. Trillion Dollars stimulus is approved and wasted, there will be no other option left, considering that interests are almost 0, but to get those laser printers working over-time and devalue the Dollar.
MC: If I were you and if you have not done so yet (I doubt it !), I would convert millions of Dollars to Gold even at current prices and keep them until this mess is sorted out (about 3 to 5 years). I am sure you have enough space to store this.

By: deb

deb — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:57:39 +0000

I’m guessing Congress and the SEC live by the motto “This to shall
pass” They express concern and their desire to correct the problems knowing full well that the public will move on to some other issue in a few days. They’ve known for ten years what Madoff was doing. The public outrage over his Ponzi scheme and the pork in the stimulus package are today’s story and the public can easily be distracted by a new puppy for the Obama girls or the openign of spring training in a couple weeks. All of us need to stay interested in the stimulus
package and the need for reform for as long as it takes to get legislation passed–and that takes months not a few days.

By: Bill in Dallas

Bill in Dallas — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:55:14 +0000

@Jeff…..
The budget was balanced under Clinton in 1999 and 2000, I believe.