authfriend wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> Al Gore dreamed up ethanol? I mean he was kidding about
>> inventing the Internet though he oversaw the committee
>> that funded it.
>>
>
> For the record, he never said he had "invented the
> Internet," and he was entirely serious about what
> he did say. Asked by Wolf Blitzer of CNN to
> differentiate himself from the other presidential
> candidates, he said:
>
> 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. During a quarter century of public service, including
> most of it long before I came into my current job, I have
> worked to try to improve the quality of life in our country
> and in our world.
I think most people know this except for ones living under bridges. :)
