[Rhodes22-list] Speaking of politicians.

[Brad Haslett]

Wally,

AG's serve at the President's discretion.  Clinton wholesale replacing ALL
of them at once was a first. The press at the time barely mentioned it. Bush
replaced 8 out of almost 100.  Big deal.  This is a huge non-story that
ranks right up there with the one about whats-her-name dying, you know the
one, that blonde chick with the big hooters.

I've been tied down with airplane hangar issues and taxes but plan to get on
the lake soon.  I haven't bothered to look and see if the front that passed
here last night has made it past you, but it is chilly this morning.  At
least there's some wind.

Brad

On 4/4/07, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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