I have seen some people copy and paste "damning" evidence from Wikipedia that Al Gore claims to have invented the Internet the past few days, yet the stuff they copy clearly states that Al Gore said he "took the initiative in creating the Internet".
Is the bias so thick that they can't tell the difference between "inventing" something and "taking the initiative to create" something?
The Internet is something that was a project that was a cummulative effort, no one person invented it. If Gore was responsible for legislation that provided that project with funds, doesn't he have the right to take credit for it?
2007-02-25 15:24:46 · 12 answers · asked by brickity hussein brack 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
That is exactly my point. They don't understand the English spoken and written language very well.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aqk.WUIEYBZXaG789pz_sSzsy6IX?qid=20070225174416AAjkjjE
2007-02-25 15:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
These Conservatives have learned how to push all our buttons. They are playing the U.S. population like nobodies business.
By ridiculing the quote, they target the Reptilian Brain in us; our Fight, fear and survival mode.
By switching the quotes meaning, it invites laughter, which targets our Mammalian Brain; our Emotions and feelings.
By transforming it into a negetive idea, it targets our NeoCortex; our logic and thought center.
"Interestingly, the most powerful tool to hit all three brains simultaneously is good-natured ridicule, because there is no possible way to respond to it. Ridicule touches the thinking neocortex by referencing an issue, but also touches the limbic and reptilian brains, where our most lasting impressions are stored and feelings are anchored."
"The only possible response to ridicule is logic, which only touches a third of our brains and thus always fails to undo the ridicule's emotional impact."
"Even God is not immune, as Mark Twain wrote: 'No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.' History demonstrates well the truth Czech author Milan Kundera wrote: 'Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.'"
Cheney Speaks to the Reptile Brain
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0817-13.htm
2007-02-25 21:33:44 · answer #2 · answered by Joe_Pardy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This stems from the Carl Rove strategy of 'defining' and event before people have heard of it - therefore gaining the ability to spin it into something that can be taken advantage of.
The story that Gore said he 'created the internet' is Republican created spin and it's been in heavy rotation since it was created. No mater how many times the truth is shown, people who want to have a story against Gore are still willing to tell the false version (they enjoy it).
2007-02-25 15:36:37 · answer #3 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gore never claimed that he "invented" the Internet, which implies that he engineered the technology. The invention occurred in the seventies and allowed scientists in the Defense Department to communicate with each other. In a March 1999 interview with Wolf Blitzer, Gore said, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Given that Gore was telling the truth, what's the issue? We have an odd bit of trivia of no relevance to anything--except to those liars who want to portray Gore as a liar.
2007-02-25 15:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by itsdabigbadwolf 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-25 23:29:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?! Al Gore is Democratic, why would you say the Conservatives are giving him credit for this? It's the reason the Democrats are giving for him making a good president. So you are confused with your own party.
2007-02-25 15:32:03 · answer #6 · answered by Brianne 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
When you make statements without substance you have to lie. You lie to avoid the truth. You like because you can't top the guy with any real isssues so they have to blow something up or rewrite, lie whatever it takes. By the way the master of that is Karl Rove.
2007-02-25 15:31:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Everyone knows the difference. Al "the tree" Gore is just so much fun to ridicule.
2007-02-25 15:31:27 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
You forgot,Al Gore invented the wheel too. Hee!
2007-02-25 15:33:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Oh,lighten up. Dems even make jokes about Gore and the net.
2007-02-25 15:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by bebe 4 · 4⤊ 7⤋