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    Someone in Florida had made a second-mortgage loan to O.J. Simpson, and I just about blew my top, because there was this huge judgment against him from his wife's parents Full Article at Michael Moore - This Just In
    Someone in Florida had made a second-mortgage loan to O.J. Simpson, and I just about blew my top, because there was this huge judgment against him from his wife's parents
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
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Reckless strategies doomed WaMu
  1. I don't think Killinger intentionally set out to cut corners ... But he certainly created an atmosphere in which doing the easy thing rather than the hard thing was OK.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  2. Given recent production and interest rate trends ... negative amortization is a major and growing risk factor in our portfolio.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  3. There was a class of willing buyers for these out there who wanted more risk.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  4. Kerry's view of himself was tied to a constant increase in the stock price ... He was fixated on it.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  5. I'd take the files over to the processing center in Bellevue and they'd tell me 'Nancy, why do you have all this stuff in here? We're just going to take this stuff and throw it out,'
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  6. He could look at a financial statement and get to the heart of what was going on in a nanosecond ... But he could not have run a coffee stand. I just don't think his mind works that way.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  7. Washington Mutual chose its destiny, to be right smack dab in the middle to the hilt.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  8. When I asked how we could possibly foreclose on it, they said there was a letter in the file from O.J. Simpson saying 'the judgment is no good, because I didn't do it.'
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  9. This frankly may be one of the best times I have ever seen for taking on new loans into our portfolio
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago
  10. He's a cockeyed optimist to the nth degree ... He always thought he could get out of whatever trouble he was in.
    SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In 1 month ago

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