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Re: [PLUG] fun with the new Caldera CEO
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All this (and the previous discussions) proves is that "Politics by sound-bite"
is riddled with problems.
This was the most amazing revelation for me:
http://www.echonyc.com/~meehan/Soil/Territor/springer.html
I saw (and recorded) it from channel 35 about 5 or 6 years ago (IIRC). I may
even still have the tape.
The creator says: "Spin captures the contempt for the public whispered by spin
doctors, and the hallucinogenic collusion of the candidates, the press and the
technology."
The "man [men] behind the curtain" is very real... and we're not in Kansas
anymore.
Eric
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 10:28:25PM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 04:33:56PM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> > This is true. What he actually said was, "During my service in the
> > United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
> > (Interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, March 9, 1999,
> > http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html)
>
> And for more than you probably ever wanted to know about Al Gore and
> the creation of the Internet, see
>
> http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue5_10/wiggins/
>
> > Draw your own conclusions.
>
> As with this, too. :-)
>
> Walt
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