Re: Moller Skycar for $3.5 Million



On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:37:59 GMT, Anthony W <technojock@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Kyle Boatright wrote:
>> "Don Hammer" <dlh1234@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:p63mj1halj83t0p0khg4onv53vedpmdtkp@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Moler is like Jim Bede. Great at raising money for his pie-in-the-sky
>>>ideas. After at least ten years, you'd think he'd have something
>>>other than a sortof mockup. Where's the beef?
>>
>>
>> Try 30+ years. Also, his website indicates he's spent $100 million.
>>
>> I find it amazing that mainstream media still pimps his wares from time to
>> time, given that he's 30 years and $100 million into the project and has
>> Zero results other than a display only model with a pretty paint job.
>>
>> PT Barnum would be so proud...
>
>I'm suprised the feds haven't busted him for fraud by now...
>
>Tony

http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr17987.htm What surprises
me is that even though it only takes seconds to find evidence of his
decades of hucksterism, people apparently still send him money and
dream of flying his creation. Then again, this is his second attempt
to sell the prototype, so maybe he's finally running out of suckers.

Wayne
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