[WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Cliff Leboeuf
Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? 7/24/12 The Wall Street Journal A telling moment in the presidential race came recently when Barack Obama said: If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. He justified elevating bureaucrats over

Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 7/31/2012 08:57 AM, Cliff Lebouef wrote: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? 7/24/12 The Wall Street Journal Yes, Crovitz' article got some serious reactions from the people who were actually there, the Internet old timers. He began by confusing Ethernet with Internet,

Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Brad Belton
, 2012 8:22 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government. At 7/31/2012 08:57 AM, Cliff Lebouef wrote: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? 7/24/12 The Wall Street Journal Yes, Crovitz' article got some

Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Jeff Broadwick - Lists
, July 31, 2012 9:22 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government. At 7/31/2012 08:57 AM, Cliff Lebouef wrote: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? 7/24/12 The Wall Street Journal Yes, Crovitz' article got

Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 7/31/2012 09:28 AM, Brad Belton wrote: I think the point of the article is once big government got out of the way, private interests (i.e. businesses) ran with the idea and it flourished. Yes, that was the proopaganda point he was trying to make. But it was a flat-out lie when applied to

Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Jeff Broadwick - Lists
] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government. At 7/31/2012 09:28 AM, Brad Belton wrote: I think the point of the article is once big government got out of the way, private interests (i.e. businesses) ran with the idea and it flourished. Yes, that was the proopaganda

Re: [WISPA] That Internet invention too often wrongly cited to justify big government.

2012-07-31 Thread Dan Petermann
President Obama was clearly and plainly talking about highways and schools when he said, you didn't create that, The problem lies with that statement itself. They (business owners) did create the highways and schools. Who paid the taxes to build those roads? Who paid the taxes to build