Angelo Mozilo More Or Less Suggests Bank Of America Stock Up On Lube

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Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo nearly started crying at the last CFC shareholder meeting. The salty discharge was overshadowed, comedy-wise, however, by the Moz's promise-- and he actually said this-- that Bank of America "will reap the benefits of what we have sowed." If that is not the greatest veiled threat EVER uttered, I don't know what is. And you know he wanted to continue with something like, say, "Those suckers don't even have a clue what they're in for. Seriously, the long-term effects, merely taking lawsuits into account, will be not unlike having a scalding hot poker violently inserted where the sun don't shine. [pauses for effect] They might as well have bought an asbestos company. In fact? Probably would've been better off doing so. Honestly, though, this deal is like getting a very expensive answer to the question, 'what does it feel like to be ass-raped for an eternity?' [shakes head at the thought] Anway, I see we have leaf cookies today, is that new? Man, I'm going to miss this shit."
At Countrywide's End, an Emotional CEO [BusinessWeek]

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