Al Gore to Receive Award for Internet.

[dave502d]

By Nate Mook, BetaNews
May 5, 2005, 10:56 AM
While Al Gore may forever be the punch line of jokes for crediting himself with the creation of the Internet, not everyone is laughing. The Webby Awards plans to give the former vice president a lifetime achievement award on June 6 in New York to commemorate Gore's three decades of work promoting high-speed telecommunications.

The award will be presented by Vint Cerf, who is known as the "father of the Internet" for his work on the TCP/IP protocol. Cerf says Gore is owed thanks for his early contributions while in Congress. For younger generations, Gore's legacy will likely live on through the term he coined for the Internet: "The information superhighway."

http://www.betanews.com/article/Al_Gore_to_Receive_Award_for_Internet/1115305001

[Trajan]

1. I think this already happened ....

Didnt it ?

[guajira]

2. Thank you, Al - I remember when I knew ONE person on the net!

In Miami, of all places. She was a teacher and had free access to something "mysterious" called the World Wide Web!

The rest of us weren't allowed access to this new marvel. Al Gore changed all that and I wish Dems had made that clear when the Repukes were belittling him.

[opihimoimoi]

3. Americans invested in a Lie, swallowed the Pub Brainwashing

and now are throwing up.....Gore is a better man than their Bush would even dare to be.

[janx]

4. kick

Excellent news!