President Ronald Reagan has Lost His Brain

“President Regan has lost his brain!” In the following scenes you would see a rubber brain moving along the floor…hiding under the couch, slipping from room to room. The President kept working and talking as usual – but definitely without a brain.

So do you remember that scene? Do you remember what TV program developed the idea that the President had no brain or had lost his brain? Do you remember the irreverence that this TV program treated everything?

Do you remember what country was the most picked on beside that of Ronald Reagan’s? Do you remember any of this?

No?

Do you remember what you had for supper last night? Do you remember what the news was last Monday – one week ago today?

No?

Then there is a strong indication that you have mild to severe dementia of some sort.

Really? Yep… sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news… but you may well be in trouble with your memory.

A little more testing… what was the name of the President that lost his brain? What country did that TV program originate in? What did the president lose?

Over the years I have heard of dozens of reasons that people have dementia. What is dementia? You don’t know?

One of the first reasons that were given during my days of Gerontology Studies was aluminum. Aluminum was found in everything at that stage. All of our pots and pans were made of some form of Aluminum. We wrapped our food in it. Our deodorants had a strong form of Aluminum in them and many were absolutely convinced they would rather smell bad than have no memory.

Beside the environmental causes which were many, there was the “lack of stimulation” cause that was offered. You know “use it or lose it” idea. People that sat in front of TVs too much were likely the ones that had lost their brains. People that had less education lost theirs. People that had too much education lost their’s faster. And anyone that had acted on TV or Movies – definitely had lost their brains… i.e. Ronald Regan.

The date when Ronald Reagan lost his brain was between 1984 to 1996. Does that help? Now that dating is outside the normal short term memory – and we are getting into mid to long term memory… are you okay? Why are you shaking?

Back to dementia…
“Everyone has some form of it” – was another comforting statement that was “mediaized” not long ago. If you cannot find your keys, lost something and then can’t remember what you were doing when you lost that something – you are likely dementia bound.

The latest – today I read it – published on January 16, 2009 – so it is right up to date… and the title of the report article states…
“Coffee Strong Enough to Ward Off Dementia?”
Moderate Coffee Drinking Reduces Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s by 65% in Study

Imagine – middle age people were studied and it was found that…
Those who drank three to five cups of coffee per day in midlife were much less likely to have developed dementia or Alzheimer's in follow-up checks two decades or more later, the researchers say in the January issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

The study was conducted in Finland and Sweden… somewhere along ways from here… that I don’t know about… so therefore it must be true…

One study indicated that in Canada – in 1991 the prevalence of Dementia was 250 in 1000 – in 2009 it is now 425 and by 2031 it could be 800 in 1000. The suggested group is people over 65 years of age.

Sobering thoughts on the short term.

What was that President’s name? Why am I thinking of a President now in this article? What did we eat for supper on Saturday night? Why am I sweating so profusely? Someone said something about a brain… was that about a brain tumor… or a brain stroke… what was that about a brain?

Imagine someone said that if you drink coffee – probably STRONG COFFEE it will help your memory…. Or something about forgetting… I think that is what was said.

Imagine… or think about it… in 2009 according to the study 425 people out every 1000 have memory issues… that is like four people sitting in a restaurant eating together and one for sure cannot remember where he parked his car… and the second one cannot remember where his keys are – which pocket… or what he ate for supper last night… the other two are making notes all the time to remind themselves of what they are to do today…. and one carries a notebook so he can flip back to yesterday to let you know what he had for supper….

All of them now are drinking coffee – two cups at each meal, one for coffee break in the morning and two in the afternoon coffee break. Three cups with the evening meal and one before bedtime. Then they all have sleep issues that they need medication for… But none of them can remember why the girl that served them at the counter remembers their names so well. Is she someone’s daughter that we should know?

Tomorrow they will install a new President in the USA. The last one has lost his Brain. That is what this report is all about that I just read. I am sure of it.

What do you mean that this article is rambling and not making sense?

Well my friend – let me tell you a thing or two… that rubber brain was part of one of the best TV shows ever out of Britain – it was called Spitting Image – and had Adolf Hitler living next door to Margaret Thatcher – he lived at Number 9 Downing Street and she at Number 10 – his name “Herr Jeremy”… and Margaret Thatcher’s character stood up to use the urinal… and was very bossy… and the politicians that followed Margaret were simply not that funny to make fun of – and the show died…

Hey have a great day… remembering….

Take a look at http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=a1jQdY3vfkc (this is Part 1 of 7 videos too funny)

~ Murray Lincoln ~

Sources:
http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20090116/coffee-strong-enough-to-ward-off-dementia
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/dementia_overview/page2_em.htm#Dementia%20Causes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_Image
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/studies-etudes/82-003/archive/1996/2826-eng.pdf