Man this guy should really run. He would completely destroy the celebrity competition. He would be a very qualified leader, he has a top position at apple and was a vice president for eight years. Coming from the tech market, he will know how our economy suffers in that area. I dunno..... What do you guys think? (Yeah it won't happen but oh well)
Gore for govenor of CA
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Gore? We talking Al Gore? He has a top position at Apple? He knows about the Tech Market? For real now?
Wow, where the hell have I been?!
Wow, where the hell have I been?!
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That's why I said, "For real now?"Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Well he did invent the internet
Gore running for Govenor would be like a vice president of a company going back to working the line in a manufactoring company.
Ah! Touchmyichi, I'm afraid you're right . . . I mean many in CA would share your point of view. And as Not Fred said, Gore would most definitely win amidst the disaster we're in right now. I'm kind of ashamed to be a Californian with the whole mess created with this recall thing. The people choosing to run and those dropping out make it seem as though our state is a joke and doesn't have serious issues to be taken care of by responsible representatives.
Funny even my siblings and I were discussing my sis running. My older sis is convinced that my sis (who's an attorney) would win. I'm not sure about that, but she would come close to it I suppose. However, my sis thinks she's too young and might have too much load to carry. When she gets older, I suppose she will and can run for the position. My point, though, is that this recall just seems like such a joke. I'm worried about the welfare of my state.
Funny even my siblings and I were discussing my sis running. My older sis is convinced that my sis (who's an attorney) would win. I'm not sure about that, but she would come close to it I suppose. However, my sis thinks she's too young and might have too much load to carry. When she gets older, I suppose she will and can run for the position. My point, though, is that this recall just seems like such a joke. I'm worried about the welfare of my state.
Ahhh.. one president after his terms were up became a senator. A lot of people are thinking Bill Clinton MAY do this also. Clinton is very young for poltics.
Can't happen. Gore is not a California resident.
This whole recall cartoon show makes me glad I invented a good electronic volume control.
Any time anything comes on the radio or TV about it, I reach for the mute control.
This whole recall cartoon show makes me glad I invented a good electronic volume control.
Originally posted by: Harvey
Can't happen. Gore is not a California resident.
This whole recall cartoon show makes me glad I invented a good electronic volume control.Any time anything comes on the radio or TV about it, I reach for the mute control.
Well that and the deadline has passed
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Originally posted by: zippy
That's why I said, "For real now?"Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Well he did invent the internet
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.htm
poor al, always overestimating the intelligence of americans
note to politicians, do not use words with more then 6 letters, it gets confusin! republicans never underestimate the stupidity of americans and take full advantage.Claim: Vice-President Al Gore claimed that he "invented" the Internet.
Status: False.
Origins: No,
Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The derisive "Al Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs are misleading distortions of something he said (taken out of context) during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "Late Edition" program on 9 March 1999. When asked to describe what distinguished him from his challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Gore replied (in part):
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
Clearly, although Gore's phrasing was clumsy (and self-serving), he was not claiming that he "invented" the Internet (in the sense of having designed or implemented it), but that he was responsible for helping to create the environment (in an economic and legislative sense) that fostered the development of the Internet. Al Gore might not know nearly as much about the Internet and other technologies as his image would have us believe, and he certainly has been guilty of stretching (if not outright breaking) the truth before, but to believe that Gore seriously thought he could take credit for the "invention" of the Internet ? in the sense offered by the media ? is just silly. (To those who say the words "create" and "invent" mean the same thing: If they mean the same thing, then why have the media overwhelmingly and consistently cited Gore as having claimed he "invented" the Internet when he never used that word? The answer is that the words don't mean the same thing, but by substituting one word for the other, commentators can make Gore's claim sound [more] ridiculous.)
However, validating even the lesser claim Gore intended to make is problematic. Any statement about the "creation" or "beginning" of the Internet is difficult to evaluate, because the Internet is not a homogenous entity (it's a collection of computers, networks, protocols, standards, and application programs), nor did it all spring into being at once (the components that comprise the Internet were developed in various places at different times and are continuously being modified, improved, and expanded). Despite a spirited defense of Gore's claim by Vint Cerf (often referred to as the "father of the Internet") in which he stated "that as a Senator and now as Vice President, Gore has made it a point to be as well-informed as possible on technology and issues that surround it," many of the components of today's Internet came into being well before Gore's first term in Congress began in 1977, and it's hard to find any specific action of Gore's (such as his sponsoring a Congressional bill or championing a particular piece of legislation) that one could claim helped bring the Internet into being, much less validate Gore's statement of having taken the "initiative in creating the Internet."
It's true that Gore was popularizing the term "information superhighway" in the early 1990s (when few people outside academia or the computer/defense industries had heard of the Internet) and has introduced a few bills dealing with education and the Internet, but even though Congressman, Senator, and Vice-President Gore may always have been interested in and well-informed about information technology issues, that's a far cry from having taken an active, vital leadership role in bringing about those technologies. Even if Al Gore had never entered the political arena, we'd probably still be reading web pages via the Internet today.
Well, now Snopes is leaving its boundary of neutrality and facts toward the boundary of bias. They stated a quote of Gore (which is fine), but they proceeded to interpret his statement. Once again, it's an admission that the statement was ambiguous and could have been perceived as the public perceived it. No one was in Gore's mind to know if he meant something else. Snope is simply interpreting it, so maybe it shouldn't be in the truth or false category of Snopes.
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yea, i thought it was a strange snopes entry too
and the definition of initiative for some of you who did bad on the sats
in·i·tia·tive ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-nsh-tv)
n.
1. The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
2. A beginning or introductory step; an opening move: took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.
3. The power or right to introduce a new legislative measure.
4. The right and procedure by which citizens can propose a law by petition and ensure its submission to the electorate.
adj.
Of or relating to initiation.
Used to initiate; initiatory.
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea, i thought it was a strange snopes entry too
and the definition of initiative for some of you who did bad on the sats
in·i·tia·tive ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-nsh-tv)
n.
1. The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
2. A beginning or introductory step; an opening move: took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.
3. The power or right to introduce a new legislative measure.
4. The right and procedure by which citizens can propose a law by petition and ensure its submission to the electorate.
adj.
Of or relating to initiation.
Used to initiate; initiatory.
Yea I guess this is another act by the liberal media
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