Did I go too far?

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<p>I sent the following email to the coordinator of my annual UW real estate alumni conference.</p>

<p>"I had to stop from LMAO when I saw Ethan Penner on the speaker list for the conference. Did you even read the string of failed firms he is associated with capped off by Nomura where I’m sure there are still people looking to kill him?? A quick Google turned up this article in Fortune magazine. There are many more.</p>

<p>[Are</a> His 15 Minutes Up? ROCKER-BANKER ETHAN PENNER MOUNTS A COMEBACK - February 21, 2000](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/21/273889/index.htm]Are”>Are His 15 Minutes Up? ROCKER-BANKER ETHAN PENNER MOUNTS A COMEBACK - February 21, 2000)</p>

<p>It was his scheme that became the model for the current mortgage mess that has set our business back 10 years. Unless this is a secret roast of someone who richly deserves it I find it hard to believe that the UW RE Alumni would consider giving this clown a forum. Or maybe I can do the introduction: “Drexel Burnham–failed gloriously, Nomura–failed spectacularly. I don’t know what he does for CBRE but I’m shorting their stock now. Welcome Ethan Penner”, please don’t steal anything.</p>

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<p>Well, since you didn’t send it to Ethan Penner himself, you didn’t go too far.</p>

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<p>barrons, you were waaaay too nice :)</p>

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<p>No. You did not. KEEP GOING.</p>

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<p>Awesome!!!</p>

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<p>Knew Ethan when he was an ARMs trader at DBL and MS. I think he knew Elton John, that was more of an interest to me. Maybe he could get Elton John to come to your conference.</p>

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<p>He could rewrite Candle in the Wind to be about the SubPrime business.</p>

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<p>mafool - that is funny.</p>

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<p>“The paper they were bundling was like a candle in the wind…never knowing who to cling to when reality set in…”</p>

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<p>“And they would have liked to cash out, but he was just a fooooool. The market crashed out long before the equity ever did…”</p>

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<p>… Imagines a crowd of people holding up and waving lighters, plus a couple of drunk idiots yelling “FREEBIRD!”</p>

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<p>Now THAT would be a fun conference :-)</p>