Comments on: Good thing he invented it

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:20:22 +0000

Startling, how attention paid to Mr. Gore in nearly any venue brings out the dissemblers attacking with myths and lies, like they’re afraid of the guy and / or the inconvenient truths he reports.

By: Tansley - addendum

Tansley - addendum — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:21:28 +0000

I think Gore’s message is right on target. daveinboca should invest heavily in local real estate, and a set of water-wings…

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 18 May 2007 04:56:15 +0000

but Geoff…..not everyone knows that……ie, Wolf Blitzer, etc.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:28:34 +0000

On Gore and inventing the internet…
IT’S A JOKE, FOLKS.
Jeesh.

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:59:19 +0000

As others have mentioned, the “Al Gore: I invented the internet” story is a complete fabrication. One wonders why bitter partisan people pretending to be journalists keep using it in headlines.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:43:00 +0000

Sigh. http://sethf.com/gore/ The story was a hit-piece by an agenda-driven Libertarian proselytizing yellow "journalist", who gleeful worked with Republicans to smear Gore.

By: Progressive Radio: Bruno and the Professor » Blog Archive » The Assault on the Internet

Thu, 17 May 2007 21:04:29 +0000

[...] Update: Jeff Jarvis has more. [...]

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:38:20 +0000

ps – I’m on another window posting a comment at another favorite site and the pipes are clogged. So I’ll add some words here.

Example of part of the “NetNeutral” debate. IMO the web should be for data exchange. Not for HDTV transmission.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:35:22 +0000

Ironically, Al Gore’s recent return to the world stage is basically a massive insult to the brains of thoughtful people, as he continues his lifelong pattern of dishonesty, exaggeration, and self-defeating U-turns. His relationship with “reason” has always been an adversarial one. His claims on “the information Superhighway” and many other imaginary achievements have been debunked since he managed to lose his home state in the 2000 election—-they know him all too well in Tennessee.

He keeps saying he’s been on Global Warming for thirty years, and it’s just another Lyin’ Al exaggeration. The C-student studied climate around 30 years ago, but at that time Global COOLING was all the rage. He is a liar who eventually will once again get caught, though the MSM will exalt his virtues and ignore his lying, dishonest, silly past. This book aims at a boomlet that the MSM/Hollyweird cabal will inflate to grotesque dimensions.

Clinton/Gore allowed 9/11 to happen after the first 1993 attempt fai1ed. Historians will note this even if the dishonest left-wing MSM will not.

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:06:35 +0000

a> Thank you Jeff for the point / focus / post.

b> “NetNeutrality” at this point in time in my mind is not a “program” with defined rules and goals. Am I mistaken? To me it is the discussion of open access to the www across financial classes. Not a trade protection program.

c> IMJ (in my judgement) the net needs to immerse Americans in voting on issues and away from voting on governors. Create the invoking of will (by referendum) and the implementor (by governor). This installs a stake for for the masses which will require knowledge and involvement. Desirable traits for a 21st Century people.

By: Pug

Pug — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:51:32 +0000

Al Gore saw the potential of the Internet long before any other politician. He might not have “invented” it, but he did introduce the legislation that opened it to the public after its beginning as a government project. He recognized early on what it could become.

For his efforts he is endlessly ridiculed for claiming he “invented” the Internet. I guess that’s politics.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:05:34 +0000

whats so funny about Al Gore inventing the internet….is that he actually never said it. http://www.dailyhowler.com and type in al gore and internet for the search and the rundown of how it all started is there. what gore didn’t do was refute the claim. that was stupid on his part.

By: Steve Boriss

Steve Boriss — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:01:56 +0000

The passage of Net Neutrality would be the beginning of the end of the Internet's potential to give us unprecedented free speech. When the printing press was invented, leaders chilled anti-government speech through licensing, prior restraint, and censorship. When broadcasting was invented, leaders chilled anti-government speech by licensing it, and making license renewals contingent upon programming that was "responsible" in their eyes. Net Neutrality invites the government into the Internet, where they will surely eventually chill our speech. When government elites like Al Gore start questioning whether our ideas are reasonable, it's reasonable to be worried (Steve Boriss, The Future of News)