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Camilla, I heard his say he invented the Internet. Of course it was just a sound bite on the 11 PM news ....... would my interpretation have been different if I had heard the whole context? David Meigs [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camilla Flintermann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Politics--PD related ! > Dear Jo Ann-- Just to say that you have repeated the error many have made. > In fact, Gore NEVER SAID he "invented the net"......what he said was that > he had initiated the drive to push internet stuff through Congress when he > was there, and I heard this correction confirmed on the radio today, by > two U. of Michigan scientists who were involved in the early days of the > internet. > > Express your feelings about Gore if you wish, but PLEASE DON'T repeat this > distortion.....PLEASE > > SNIPPED > Then on the other hand, look at the lies Gore told about > >inventing the Net, > SNIPPED > > > > Camilla Flintermann, <[log in to unmask]> > > On PDWebring at : http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm > > " Knowing when to insist, and when to let be, > is, perhaps, a lifetime learning experience ." > --Mary McCurry