[Rhodes22-list] Speaking of politicians.

[TN Rhodey]

The sailing here has been great the last few days!!!  I have been trying NOT 
to follow the AG firings but doesn't every President do the same thing 
Clinton did? I thought this was pretty standard when a new pres came 
in.....this may be a matter of bad timing? Wally


>From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Speaking of politicians.
>Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 07:29:24 -0600
>
>Rummy,
>
>Speaking of amnesia, last Sunday we had George Stephanopoulos on his ABC
>news show discussing the firing of eight Attorney Generals, a non-event if
>there ever was one, and little Georgie keeps a straight face through the
>whole thing.  What a fine piece of acting.  Did George share his experience
>as spokesperson for the Clinton administration explaining the firing of 
>all,
>every single friggin' AG in the US, including the one in Little Rock
>investigating Whitewater?  No, he continued on, sure that most of the
>country is too stupid to know or care. He was right. Want to know how much
>press coverage that got when it happened?  About 20 seconds on one network.
>Fair and balanced?
>
>Brad
>
>On 4/4/07, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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