Remember, this is the VP of the guy who said "That depends on what your definition of is is".
I think if you take his literal statement (which many of you want to do) he has a case to make. When exactly was the Internet invented? Early 90's was when I started hearing the term. He did not say he created the ARPANet, of the NFSNet. He said the Internet. Which opened up the wonderful world of finger and Veronica to the unwashed masses. And AOL. Just a thought. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/08/02 04:18PM >>> No it wasn't really taken out of context, The Snopes site has the quote. "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system." Right there it is, it seems pretty strait forward to me. At 03:10 PM 4/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Bush said once that "I am a God". Of course the rest of the statement was >"I am a God fearing man." > >Gore's statement was exaggerated, taken out of context, and made to sound >like he created the Internet. He did not, of course, and I think any >reasonable person would be able to make the distinction. > >Michael Corrigan >Programmer >Endora Digital Solutions >1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 >Lombard, IL 60148 >630-627-5055 ext.-136 >630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nick McClure > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:02 PM > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > Al Gore said "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" > > I have seen video of him saying that. Are you saying that is not what > he said? > > At 01:00 PM 4/8/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >\ > > > >Al Gore never said he created the Internet. That is an urban myth > based on > >a misquote of his actual statement. What he said was that he played an > >important role in moving the Ineternet forward, which is true. > > > >H. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
