I don't disagree with that. Gore did make a difference with how we use the Internet today. I will readily admit that he or his legislation was instrumental in making it as wide spread as it is today. But he did not in any way affect the creation of it. The Internet was "created" before Gore even took office as a junior legislator from Tennessee.
Personally, I have issues with people bringing up about Bush's slips of the tongue but excusing or ignoring those of Gore. I find it to be another example of the politically correct double standard infecting so many social liberals today. ===== Russel Madere Senior Software Engineer Turbo Squid, Inc. http://www.turbosquid.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > The fact is, there is reason to believe that the Internet as we know it > today may not exist without the leadership of Al Gore. I remember clearly > Gore holding hearings and pushing the federal government to expand the net > and make it ubiquitous before the vast majority of American even > knew there > was such a thing as the Internet. He gave us the term "Information Super > Highway." He was a visionary in that regard and to quibble over > whether he > said he "invented" the Internet or "took the initiative in creating the > interest (as we know it)" is to attempt to rewrite history and > create a red > herring out of the whole matter. > > Al Gore wanted to do for the Information Age what his father did for the > Highway Age -- Al Gore Sr. took the initiative, quite literally, > in creating > the interstate highway system. > > There are lots of things I disagree with Al Gore on, but I'm not going to > deny him his due. > > H. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > Actually, a lteral reading of the quote reads that he claimed to have > introduced the legislation that created (not invented) part of > the Internet. > > I cannot read this quote any other way. "During my service in the United > States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." > > The rest of the quote claims to have done much for businesses and the > environment. I'm not familiar with his full legislative record, > but he has > done much for the environment. I'm not sure about businesses. Maybe he > really helped those located in Tennessee. > > I can't help but remember that the vast majority of the > technologies of the > Internet were created before 1977. > > ===== > Russel Madere > Senior Software Engineer > Turbo Squid, Inc. > http://www.turbosquid.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:01 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > > \ > > > > 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. [snip] ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
