[Amps] A tale of two IMs What happens?

[Roger]

Doug Renwick wrote:
> Al Gore invented the Great Global Warming Swindle.
>   
It took me a class in meteorology and one in climatology to even be able 
to form an opinion on that.
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/Warming.htm

Time to get back to amps.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> On a billboard somewhere along the Inter State in MN:
>
> "Gore lies
> Wins Nobel Prize"
>
> Doug
>
> I'll run the race and I will never be the same again. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT
> Sent: April 16, 2010 10:16 AM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] A tale of two IMs What happens?
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:20:43 -0400, Roger <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm not one of 'ol Al's boosters, but he never claimed to have invented
>>     
>
>   
>> the Internet. It was the press and opposition that said that.  
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore_and_information_technology
>>     
> Although 
>   
>> he is responsible for providing a lot of government money to those 
>> working on it back in those days. Computer systems and the Internet
>>     
> were 
>   
>> my profession.
>>     
>
> REPLY:
>
> It's true he did not use the word "invent" but he did claim credit for
> creating the internet.
>
> Quoting from Wolf Blitzer's interview with Gore:  "During my service
> in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the
> Internet."
>
> Is "taking the initiative" the same as "being the first"?  Is
> "creating" the same as "inventing"?  Your call. 
>
> You can read the full transcript at
> http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcr
> ipt.gore/index.html
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
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