I've been curious about Gore since the 70's and I think you can safely call him "the father of tax abatement." If you look into the internet stuff I think you will find a lot of other Democrats who played a lot bigger role than Gore. One guy comes to my mind who was soundly defeated by radical Republican Santorum in Elenor Smeals hometown. But, that's a whole other story. Is Santorum the hand and Smeal the glove?
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Tom L.
Nathan Newman wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
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> >But Al Gore as the father of the Internet?
> >Then came the kicker: "During my service in the United States Congress, I
> >took the initiative in creating the Internet."
>
> Actually, this is a pretty ignorant article. Gore didn't invent the
> Internet but he is one of the politicians who supported its funding earlier
> and more enthusiastically than almost any other politician. I don't
> particularly like how chummy he is with a lot of the tech companies but he
> legitimately can take as much credit as any politician for the Internet.
> A few other news articles quotes:
>
> "In fact, Gore has been involved in the development of the Internet
> from its very beginning.
> He is credited with coining the phrase "information superhighway" 17
> years ago. And as a member of the House of Representatives Science
> Committee in the 1970s, Gore attended the first hearings on the
> prototype Internet."
> - Computer Weekly, April 23, 1998
>
> ---Nathan Newman