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Sport Pilot wrote:
Sorry, net,he said he created the inter not invented it. So what?

No, he didn't say that no matter how many times you claim he did.

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FF


Fred, Gore did say "I took the initiative in creating the Internet." There
are plenty of cites for this up thread. Hell, even Corky admits he said
that.

Right. Gore did not say "he created the internet".

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Corky Scott wrote:

But after joining Congress eight years later, he promoted high-speed
telecommunications for economic growth and supported funding increases
for the then-fledging network, according to the International Academy
of Digital Arts and Sciences, which presents the annual awards.

Supporting the extension of the internet isn't even close to "inventing" it.


Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:
Corky Scott wrote:

But after joining Congress eight years later, he promoted high-speed
telecommunications for economic growth and supported funding increases
for the then-fledging network, according to the International Academy
of Digital Arts and Sciences, which presents the annual awards.

Supporting the extension of the internet isn't even close to "inventing" it.


Right.

Ever say something that was technically incorrect when answering
a series of questions on the fly?

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Sport Pilot wrote:


Gore said he "took the inititive to invent the internet". Which means
he claimed he invented the internet.

No, that doesn't mean he claims he invented the internet. It means
you do not understand or choose to misrepresent plain English.

Suppose Eisenhower had said that after observing the effectiveness of
the German Autobahn, he had taken the initiative to create the
interstate
highway system. Would you say that was equivalent to Eisenhower
claiming
to have invented highways?

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FF

wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:

Corky Scott wrote:

But after joining Congress eight years later, he promoted high-speed

telecommunications for economic growth and supported funding increases
for the then-fledging network, according to the International Academy
of Digital Arts and Sciences, which presents the annual awards.

Supporting the extension of the internet isn't even close to "inventing" it.



Right.

Ever say something that was technically incorrect when answering
a series of questions on the fly?


No, I've never run for office. :-)

Matt

Earlier, Richard Isakson wrote:

...These aren't doing verbs...

I don't believe that. Talking, urging, supporting, those are what
politicians do; even the ones who are acually doing what we want them
to do. They are the tools of trade in politics; they are part and
parcel of representing a constituency in what is left of a
representative government.

To my way of thinking, looking for more concrete actions like "build,"
"invent," "develop," "make," or "modify" in the world of politics is
akin to looking for verbs like "represent," "promote," and "envision"
in the world of rough carpentry. Sure, there are going to be many that
do it, but I doubt that it features prominently in the job description.

Here's another tack that might be fertile ground for discussion: Would
we have sent a man to the moon if it were not for Jack Kennedy? I think
that it would be safe to say that without strong Presidental support
for the lunar program it is more than a little likely that NASA's
detractors in the House and Senate would have quashed the whole thing.
And of course, it opens the floor to discussions about whether Kennedy
ought to be credited with having "invented the Saturn 5..."

Thanks, and best regards to all,

Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
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Fred, Gore did say "I took the initiative in creating the Internet." There
are plenty of cites for this up thread. Hell, even Corky admits he said
that.

If Gore had actually written a bill that promoted the Internet or the
World Wide Web, then he could have made that statement but it would have
still been overstating his efforts.

All he did was vote for a bill that some one else wrote and that's like
saying some one that voted for Clinton took the initiative with Monica
Lewinsky. As usual, Gore was taking credit for something some one else
had done.

Tony

Anthony W wrote:
...

All he did was vote for a bill that some one else wrote and that's like
saying some one that voted for Clinton took the initiative with Monica
Lewinsky. As usual, Gore was taking credit for something some one else
had done.


So why's he getting the award?

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wrote:

Sport Pilot wrote:

Gore said he "took the inititive to invent the internet". Which means
he claimed he invented the internet.

No, that doesn't mean he claims he invented the internet. It means
you do not understand or choose to misrepresent plain English.

Suppose Eisenhower had said that after observing the effectiveness of
the German Autobahn, he had taken the initiative to create the
interstate
highway system. Would you say that was equivalent to Eisenhower
claiming
to have invented highways?

Close - the correct analogy would be if President Carter said it...
which would be as silly as Gore's indisputably silly comment.

He could have said "I've consistently pushed for funding to develop
the internet" and been fine. But he didn't, so here we are.

Mark "but what's 20 years in political years?" Hickey

Anthony W wrote:

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
wrote in message
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Fred, Gore did say "I took the initiative in creating the Internet." There
are plenty of cites for this up thread. Hell, even Corky admits he said
that.

If Gore had actually written a bill that promoted the Internet or the
World Wide Web, then he could have made that statement but it would have
still been overstating his efforts.

All he did was vote for a bill that some one else wrote and that's like
saying some one that voted for Clinton took the initiative with Monica
Lewinsky. As usual, Gore was taking credit for something some one else
had done.

So I'm guessing at least 60 or 70 other senators could say they "took
the initiative in creating the Internet", and be equally (in)accurate.
Most of 'em would probably have the good taste to say "we" instead of
"I", though even those who wrote the bill couldn't really say they did
anything other than help fund development (since creation of the thing
was a long distant memory already by that time).

Mark "there's no "I" in "Senate"" Hickey