--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> 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. :)
Know what--that he did all this, or that he never claimed to have invented the Internet? If the latter, you wouldn't believe how often the "invented the Internet" phrase has been--and still is being--repeated and mocked in the media. Be interesting to take a poll and find out how many people are convinced that's what he said.
