About ten years ago my rote memory started to decline, and has been acceleratingly declining ever since.

I have to think hard and long about stuff to remember correctly. This never used to be like this. In the past I either remembered or not, and even then mostly not. Now at an alarmingly high rate not.

So... case in point, this being the politics forum...

Obama and Osama. To me they sound the osame. Almost.

Add Mutual of Omaha.

Luckily, bin Laden has been lately out of the limelight. I don't know why. For sure he is not newsworthy, that's one reason I accept readily. Have they caught him? Or given up the search for him? Or has he always been no more than a mirage of the moon-landing kind in Hollywood studios? A brain-child of George W. Bush? Or rather, a no-brain child, considering the peerage.

I often catch myself saying "obama bin laden" even when I am not laden (loaded, tanked.) I acutally don't know what it is I am saying when I say that. I have to stop, think, and realize that I haven't once properly memorized the prez's name. He is an Obama. What else is he? I mean, his names. Kennedy was John, Clinton was Bill, but what IS Obama? I haven't a clue.

It's not that I don't know what O is that bothers me. It's the memory loss. The loss of my ability to recall and to find my mouth with my fork when I eat wiener schnitzels. I like wiener schnitzels. It's sad.

Bin Laden is a Saudi prince and is protected by the Bilderburg group.
He was trained by the CIA and he worked for the CIA. At one point bunch of his men were slaughtered in some kind of black operation in Afghanistan.

His family have been good friends and business partners with the Bush Family for a long time. Bin Laden had nothing to do with 9-11 but he agreed to take the blame for the purpose of getting troupes into Afghanistan.

Sorry I don't have all the details. Besides, its classified.