[Am-info] Down the River

Geoffrey esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
Sat, 03 Nov 2001 15:41:14 -0500


Mike Stephen wrote:

> Well first, you quoted Declan's remarks, and Declan has no credibility as an unbiased
> reporter,

Wrong, that quote is from the original transcript as well as a
transcript from an interview with Gore, where Gore admits that those
were the words he used.

> 
> Gore was one of the earliest political supporters of the internet.  The internet existed
> before that, but remember it was knitted together via Telebit Trailblazer 9600 BPS
> modems.......  I know... I was one of the members at the time.

<small applause heard in the background....>

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@denali.atlnet.com

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