Man, I was on my way to early retirement! Then 2000 happened.....oh well, easy come, easy go I guess......
Don't you people realize what happened? Junior was listening to "Who's Next" on his Walkman right before the speech, and he got confused. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss (well, sort of)
Thank you for proving my point. Those quotes do no such thing, because the two parties are using very different definitions of the internet. The internet-guys are talking about the "internet" as the actual core backbone of the system. Gore more likely is talking about the internet as the average American thinks of it (the web, etc). The web would likely not exist in the form and depth that it does had government not taken the initiative in pushing its development (funding, etc). That's where Gore "took the initiative". That's not to say no one else would have pushed something similar, or that he created the internet himself, but he was considered a leader in the government side of the larger-scale development process.
Yeah, I really hated how Regan lied about Iran-Contra. Reagan may have been a great politician, but his ethics sucked.
The economy has been in the tank Bush's first two years in office. If we go to war with Iraq, minimally that will add another year in the tank. No way, no how does Bush get re-elected if 3 out of his 4 years the economy sux. Personally I would not be surprised if Bush waits to summer before his re-election vote to invade Iraq. That might be his best shot at re-election.
Man The internet was around in military and the govt. use prior to the congressional bill. Gore was instrumental in bringing the internet to the public at large. It might have happened eventually anyway, but it happened sooner, in part, because of Al Gore. I could carry it further because the internet boom of the 90's was a large part of what drove the economic boom of that era, so Gore deserves a share of the credit for that. Yes it will always be funny when someone says that Gore believes he invented the internet, because it's not true. But as has been shown, Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. Gore was a part of it's wide spread use today.
Oh, I get it. Two definitions of the internet. Kind of like it depends on what the definition of "is" is, right? Seriously, I understand the point that you and other apologists for Al are trying to make. I still think he was exaggerating in an effort to make his contributions seem more significant than they really were, to put it kindly. Nothing other politicians aren't guilty of, but some people seem to think it only runs in one party. Have we beat this horse to death yet?
My favorite Bush verbal error was when he claimed that in the election campaign he promised that he wouldn't use deficit spending except in times of war or national emergency. People looked and looked for that quote from the campaign, and they found it. It turns out that the person who actually said it was AL GORE, and not President Bush. That was too funny.
Here are some of my favorites-- "There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."—South Bend, Ind., Sept. 5, 2002 "I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America—we can feed ourselves."—Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002 (Thanks to Christopher Baird.) "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." "Over 75 percent of white Americans own their home, and less than 50 percent of Hispanos and African Americans don't own their home. And that's a gap, that's a homeownership gap. And we've got to do something about it."—Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 2002 "Do you have blacks, too?"—To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001 "The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."—Santa Clara, Calif., May 1, 2002 "And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your life—of service to America. That's what I asked—4,000 hours." —Bridgeport, Conn., April 9, 2002 "For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times."—Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 18, 2002 "There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything more deep than that right."—Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002 "My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the—in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen."—Crawford, Texas, Aug, 13, 2001 (Thanks to Michael Shively.) ''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe—I believe what I believe is right."—Rome, July 22, 2001 "Well, it's an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We're blessed with such values in America. And I—it's—I'm a proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values."—Visiting the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., July 2, 2001 "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."—Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001 "Our nation must come together to unite."—Tampa, Fla., June 4, 2001 "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."—Philadelphia, May 14, 2001 (Thanks to John Brooks.) "There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."—Washington, D.C., May 11, 2001 "But I also made it clear to [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe."—Washington, D.C., May 1, 2001 (Thanks to Gene Mosher.) "First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country."—On the Kyoto accord in an interview with the Washington Post, April 24, 2001 "It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce."—Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001 "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—Declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001 "This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end."—Washington, D.C., April 10, 2001 "We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House—make no mistake about it."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2001
Oh please. I was feeding Internet Usenet groups to my BBS as a kid back in 1987. Thanks a lot Gore, you really helped me get on the Internet. FIDONet helped me do those feeds, not Gore. I was also chatting with a friend in New York via the "Internet" back at approximately the same time. Several universities have had Internet access for a long time before the WWW became popular. Long before Gore was this "driving force" some of you claim him to be. I'm sure AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, Genie, et. al. had nothing to do with the Internet boom in the late 80's and early 90's, too, right? I'll give credit where credit is due, but Al Gore had about as much influence on the average person jumping on the Internet as I did. Most people got on the Internet because others got on the Internet. The boom was caused by 1) the NCSA Mosaic Browser, 2) HTML/Hypertext, 3) The coolness factor that spread by word of mouth and advertising, which all led to 4) corporations seeing a potential goldmine on the 'Net which started their influx around 1994-1995. People that say Al Gore played any major role in the Internet boom are deluding themselves. The Internet would've happened without Gore or any other politician that wants to take claim for it, and the boom of the 90's would have also happened without their aid.
Okay Max just for you: wandering the quagmire of malapropisms and terrible ad libs = Sayin' stupid stuff Better?
I wish Powell had run LAST time. ... Wait, something's missing here. Isn't it about time we get an ALL CAPS pro-Bush "argument" from Trader Jorge with a "thanks for playing!" or a "game! set! match!" type of foot-stomping capstone? I mean, everybody's been having fun with that "6 more years" comment.
