Re: Politics--PD related !

[davidmeigs <davidmeigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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
davidmeigs@xxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Camilla Flintermann" <flintepc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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
>
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>  Then on the other hand, look at the lies Gore told about
> >inventing the Net,
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>
>        Camilla Flintermann,
<flintepc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>       On PDWebring at :

>
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