The No-B*lls Prize

[J. T. Toad]

Steve,
do you think you'll close this thread also?
Do you think snopes isn't biased?
"I took the initiative in creating the internet"
regardless of whether it was or wasn't a slip of the tongue, he fully was expounding on how great he was. He may think he deserves credit for masterminding a 'economic and legislative sense,' but the internet had already happened and would have happened with or without him.

To defend or support this evil man, is asinine.
http://www.ultimateglobalwarmingchallenge.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBCRStksqL0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUQAH...elated&search=

this one is the beauty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfX_...elated&search=

honestly, I fear this guy. Forget the UN, with his following and 'success' he seems postured for a new world order.

[J. T. Toad]

oh wait....

THIS one is the one I was looking for.... I apologize, as there is so much information exposing Gore as a fraud, it is tough to weed through it all.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XDI2NVTYRXU

oh yeah, notice the timely manner of the UK courts?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/1...r_n_68157.html

there's a comment about someone's face... but it escapes me at the moment

[J. T. Toad]

thank you Steve for helping my post count, if it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't post that much.

ah frustrating 90 second delay.

[VRM]

JT,
Of course Gore is trying to make himself look great!! He is a politician, and that is how they get elected!

Sorry, I can't get to youtube at work - something about it not being work-related. I'll try and look at those links this weekend.

I already read about the UK court decision on BBC the other day. I agree with it There is a lot of bogus science that he promotes as part of his environmental agenda. I do not defend any of that. It actually disgusts me.

However, I do believe in giving credit where credit is due.

Gores comments about the internet were a result of being asked why people should vote for him instead of his opponent. His opponent had very little interest in high tech issues (based on his voting record, anyway). Gore was talking about a lot of high-tech things back in the day that were pretty forward-looking. Even the guys who invented TCP/IP defended his contributions.
Would the internet have happened without him? Yep, but he did have a positive impact, and he was one of the first politicians to advocate for internet development.

Steve

[bomelia]

Sorry being so late to chime in. Been throwing up all morning. Still feeling queezy.

Its clear to me the Ignobel Peace commitee is trying to effect American politics. Carter, Now Gorible. Next, there gonna make him president of the world. Ever notice how its dumbocrats that get this prize? Gosh, this reminds me SO much of the "Left Behind" series. Perhaps Gorible IS the Anti Christ? !!!!! Pretty sure Bill Clinton is next... If three people EVER did more to NOT win this prize, I cannot name them.

I'll tell who phuking deserves it. Our American Military men and women. Thats who!!! Someone needs to stick some of Alfred's special recipe up those commitee members' butts and light it.

Mike

[J. T. Toad]

Giving Gore credit by 'contributions' or advocacy is like saying Hanna-Barbera really CREATED the internet due to it's forward thinking video conferencing and communication representations in the Jetsons (remember he sat clicking a button all day) AH HA, George Jetson, the creator of the mouse.

Would Gene Roddenberry have patent/bragging rights when a transporter is developed?

What he really did, or contributed, was advertising at the opportune moment.

He is a salesman, taking credit for other peoples work and packaging it as his own. He is an effective one.

If you are going to base his contribution on his bill in 1991,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore's_contributions_to_the_Internet_and_techno logy
people, including me, had been using 'arpanet' which just referred to 'net' with ftp ascii files, email, and TCP/IP protocols in the late 80's. (sounds like the current day internet to me, just a lot... a lot a lot slower)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpanet
"In 1983, TCP/IP protocols replaced NCP as the principal protocol of the ARPANET, and the ARPANET became just one component of the fledgling Internet."

What many fail to realize, computing power for the consumer would never handle packet switching to make widespread use possible until the 90's anyway. The pieces were all ready in place, technology is was needed to catch up. Egomanical Gore was nothing more than a Egomaniac Mark Cuban, where they are the most fortunate people to be in the most fortunate positions. (Cuban will probably come after me for defamation of character)

Let's say this, his legislation, signed by Bush, allowed a PRIVATELY OWNED corporation out of no where, leap R&D development with huge funding to create Mosaic.

how is the context of a quote like this really defined?

"'If it had been left to private industry, it wouldn't have happened,' Andreessen says of Gore's bill, 'at least, not until years later.'"

sigh, sorry, if this constitutes a hijack, I'm sorry, he just makes my skin crawl.

[63mercury]

I do believe G.W. Bushwacker earned the prize for (1) murderer, (2) money waster,(3) 1st American dictator. Just my Democratic .02 worth.