Nancy Pelosi gives (deserved) credit to Al Gore for how the modern Internet developed at Netroots Nation, and Newsbusters explodes with the dumb.
See, Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet and he is NOT responsible for any of the technology that is connected with it. Not a single line of code did he write, not one piece of hardware was created by the former VP and current global warming snake oil salesman.
Neither Gore nor Pelosi have ever claimed Gore spent late nights pounding out code, but Al Gore was instrumental to the network that evolved into today’s Internet.
Tech pioneer Vint Cerf (bio), regarded by many as the “father of the Internet”:
There are many factors that have contributed to the Internet’s rapid growth since the later 1980s, not the least of which has been political support for its privatization and continued support for research in advanced networking technology. No one in public life has been more intellectually engaged in helping to create the climate for a thriving Internet than the Vice President. Gore has been a clear champion of this effort, both in the councils of government and with the public at large.
The Vice President deserves credit for his early recognition of the value of high speed computing and communication and for his long-term and consistent articulation of the potential value of the Internet to American citizens and industry and, indeed, to the rest of the world.
“explodes with the dumb.” No better definition of newsbusters exists. Excellent.
Thank God you are here to expose these guys. I just don’t have the time.
It’s a lie told so many times that a lot of people don’t even recognize it as a lie.
What do people think this rabid resistance to giving Al Gore any credit for promoting public policies or legislation that supported research for advanced technology networking is based on? These folks go into overdrive and begin frothing at the mouth whenever Gore’s name is mentioned.
“Rabid” is the key word, ptc. These folks became so conditioned during the 2000 election campaign–and especially during the prolonged recount battle–to find Mr. Gore’s every breath worthy of scorn, that the mention of his name elicits a Pavlovian response even to this day.
It’s impossible to write a sentence about Mr. Gore that is so mundane that Gore-haters will ignore it. “Al Gore woke up this morning,” “Al Gore went for a brief stroll along the street near his house,” “Al Gore drank a glass of tap water.”
Gore-haters would meet any of these with complete outrage and an explanation of why it shows Al Gore is a Big Phony.
Quaker,
Very funny but sadly true. The one thing I do continue to hold against Gore, and I will not cut him slack for it, was the utter failure of he and his campaign to fight back hard against the kind of narratives the other side and the MSM wewre generating about him. Gore and his staff managed to demoralize Democratic Party activists and others who supported his candidacy.
Crap, even Newt has given props to Gore for his efforts to fund and build the “internet superhighway.” The dude just was forward-thinking in a good way (still is).
I really, really hate Cokie Roberts, by the way, for continuing to quip about Al Gore’s invention of the internet. She is worse than useless.
Can you imagine how the world’s future would look today if Al had fought harder against the theft of his election?
Clip from SNL on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpeN2yapEwU
Oliver, I’m blogrolling you on mine, you rock!