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[Roger Taylor]

This wouldn't be on Snopes had Gore not tried to imply that he helped 
create the internet and that (he or some) see himself as being the 
father of the internet.  The interview/debate I saw was not the Wolf 
Blitzer interview.  He was behind a stand and speaking on live 
television.  So this means that Twice, Gore tried to fool half the 
people into thinking he created or played a big part in creating the 
internet, etc. etc. etc. while the other half somehow heard something 
different, as Gore perfectly and politically formed the words so they 
could be interpreted two ways, and if he got in a bind later he could 
define the meaning of what he really meant.  So typical.  End o' story.









At 08:29 PM 8/3/2008, you wrote:
>"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the
>initiative in creating the Internet."  Al Gore to Wolf Blitzer, March
>9, 1999.  Semantically, George is correct.  Technically, Roger is
>wrong (but I won't go any farther than that <G>).  The Snopes article
>has the link to the interview transcript.
>
>I think, though, that the implication Mr. Gore was making was clear,
>and because it was so clear, I will continue mocking him for his
>arrogance.  I vote for Ward's view of this.
>
>Now if he had said he had taken the initiative in getting rid of
>MSDOS, I might have voted for him (just kidding!!).  Viva La CoCo!
>
>
>On Aug 3, 2008, at Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 9:12 PM, Roger Taylor wrote:
>
>>At 10:02 AM 8/3/2008, you [George Ramsower in reply to Ward
>>Griffiths] wrote:
>>>Hah!
>>>
>>>Where I work, they are SO politically correct it's sickening. So I
>>>do trash them with my totally politically incorrect stuff.
>>>  It's amazing and amuzing, the reactions I get from my superiors,
>>>when I do that.
>>>
>>>"Oh! We can't say those things here. Someone might take offence
>>>and their lawyers are bigger than our lawyers"
>>>
>>>I betcha that if I were to talk about a COCO at work, they might
>>>find something in that to be scared of.
>>>
>>>BTW. Al Gore never said he invented or helped invent the internet.
>>>I'm sure you said this in jest. Fair is fair...
>>
>>Gore actually DID claim to be the father of the internet in a
>>televised debate that I saw during (I think) the 2004 campaign.  If
>>this is true, he's responsible for the astronomically climbing
>>divorce and infidelity rate and our young kids being exposed to
>>unstopple-and-increasing porn spam.  Even if I had invented the
>>internet, I would never admit to it if I were running for
>>president.  Geez.
>>
>>>http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
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