[Rhodes22-list] Speaking of politicians.

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Breaking News
Scientists Study Memory Loss Among Politicians
Near-amnesia Reaching Epidemic Proportions, Experts  Say

An “unprecedented epidemic of memory loss” is afflicting  America’s 
politicians, making it virtually impossible for them to  remember key phone 
conversations, meetings, and memos, a spokesman  for the world’s leading brain 
scientists said today. 

The  spokesman, Dr. Hiroshi Kyosuke of the University of Tokyo, is one of  
over four hundred eminent brain scientists who have gathered in  Oslo, Norway 
this week for a high-level research conference to probe  the recent phenomenon 
of memory loss that has plagued the nation’s  politicians. 

“The question at hand is this: why are  politicians so good at remembering 
contributors’ names and phone  numbers but so bad at remembering everything else?
” Dr. Kyosuke  said. 

Over the course of the conference, brain scientists  have presented research 
papers on a variety of subjects related to  memory loss, such as former New 
York mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s  inability to remember a briefing he received 
about former police  commissioner Bernard Kerik’s possible ties to organized 
crime.  

“That seems like the sort of thing that a normal human brain  would have no 
difficulty remembering,” Dr. Kyosuke said. “What we  are learning at this 
conference is that when it comes to  politicians’ brains, we have so much more to 
learn.” 

On  Monday, a full day of the conference was devoted to a paper  entitled, “
The Neuroscience of Scooter Libby,” followed by a keynote  address given by 
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. 

While  many attendees considered Mr. Gonzales’ speech a highpoint of the  
conference, the Attorney General offered a different assessment: “I  have no 
recollection of it.” 

Elsewhere, President Bush said  he would devote the remainder of his term to 
fighting global  warming, adding, “April  Fools!”








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