It was originally a way for the Pentagon to communicate with its client universities. Congress enabled it to be used by the public under a bill written by Gore and a few others. “invented” was probably not the best word – if indeed that is the one he used, rather than an invention of the corporate media..Republicans misspeak, Democrats make scandalous statements, Greens may never be mentioned under any circumstances other than their presidential candidate being arrested for perfectly legal activities, and that only condemned. [Nader in 2000 and Stein in 2012 for trying to attend “presidential” debates); McKinney doesn’t count because she was still a Democratic Representative the first time (by capitol police) and twice after the election in international waters (by Israeli pirates).]
Agent54 over 11 years ago
o yeah – Al Gore’s Mom, invented the internet.
jklwaddle over 11 years ago
Agent 54, you really need to look that up. He had a great deal to do with it.
pair8head over 11 years ago
Gore worked on The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) that is responsible for building the pre cursor to the internet.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
It was originally a way for the Pentagon to communicate with its client universities. Congress enabled it to be used by the public under a bill written by Gore and a few others. “invented” was probably not the best word – if indeed that is the one he used, rather than an invention of the corporate media..Republicans misspeak, Democrats make scandalous statements, Greens may never be mentioned under any circumstances other than their presidential candidate being arrested for perfectly legal activities, and that only condemned. [Nader in 2000 and Stein in 2012 for trying to attend “presidential” debates); McKinney doesn’t count because she was still a Democratic Representative the first time (by capitol police) and twice after the election in international waters (by Israeli pirates).]