On May 9, 1999 in an interview with Wolf Blitzer Al Gore made the preposterous statement that "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." Don't believe me!? Check out the official CNN transcript at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/
ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE! How could any one person be so dense as to believe that they actually created something as extravagent/complex/exciting/wonderful/etc. as the internet? I guess that Gore has had a great teacher in telling lies and streeettcccchhhiiinnnggg the TRUTH in his boss Bill Clinton.
For the record: the Internet was originally called ARPANET. Preliminary discussions of how the ARPANET would be designed began in 1967, and was developed with Defense Department funding beginning in 1969, according to the Associated Press, which says Gore was 21 then, and eight years away from joining Congress.
Also, "The Internet technology was developed principally by American computer scientist Vinton Cerf in 1973 as part of a United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project managed by American engineer Robert Kahn. In 1984 the development of the technology and the running of the network were turned over to the private sector and to government research and scientific agencies for further development."
"Internet," Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1995 Microsoft Corp.
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