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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 07:38 AM Original message |
Al Gore Never Said "I invented the Internet." Never. Said. It. (by James Boyce at HuffPost) |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. It was the Gore Bill that financed the transition of Darpa-net into the internet -and |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. You have to understand, wing-nuts don't like "nuance." |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. My son was 7 years old until a few days ago and he understood |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. EXACTLY as I stated, they're now posting definitions of "create." |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Herr Goebbels would be proud! When dealing with NAZI'S expect them to twist it to their twisted Idea |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Franken discussed this in his "Lying Liars" book |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. this is now accepted script |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I agree with you and the person pointing out the "nuance" thing above. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. here's a summary |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. That book sounds like a political manifesto to me. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Snopes has a thorough debunking of the RW "invented the Internet" BS about Gore |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. "we have to ask why, then, the media overwhelmingly and consistently cited Gore..." |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. But we should remind the corporatists that Pacific Bell DID say they invented the internet! |
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