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“Are you one of MANY MANY people that still believes Al Gore invented the internet?”

Just an OT reply on a OT thread – Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. He did, however, claim to have taken the initiative to create the internet – a claim that is backed by Vint Cerf (who is one of the prime personages who actually could be said to have “invented” – at least in large part – the internet). In context, it is absolutely clear that Gore’s comments about the internet had to do with his role as one of the primary congressmembers who saw the potential and actively lobbied for funding for the nascent internet in the 80’s. The idea that he thought – or intended for anyone else to think – that he had somehow engineered the entire thing himself is ludicrous on it’s face, and a prime example of “soundbite” politics at it’s most dishonest.

Al Gore steered a LOT of funding towards the interconnection of the various disparate networks that were rising in the 80s (cerfNet, ARPAnet, etc) into a unified whole. He was probably the most technologically savvy senator during the 80s, and clearly had a very good idea of what was being done with those funds. Without Al Gore, it is likely that the unification of the various networks would have taken considerably longer.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

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The South has been trending more and more conservative for decades now. It’s pretty much a lost cause for Democrats there, with the exception of FL. I doubt Hillary could win a single one of the deep southern states, with the exception of Arkansas, and possibly FLA (which Obama I would say has a similar shot of winning). And Arkansas doesn’t – or shouldn’t – have near enough votes to matter.

However, while the South has been trending conservative, other areas have been trending more liberal (rocky mtn states like CO and NM, even AZ to a certain degree), New England and the West Coast are now pretty much Republican free zones at the state office or higher level (with the exception of RINO’s like Schwartzenegger who disagree with somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rds of the Republican party platform). It offsets.

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The South has been trending more and more conservative for decades now. It’s pretty much a lost cause for Democrats there, with the exception of FL. I doubt Hillary could win a single one of the deep southern states, with the exception of Arkansas, and possibly FLA (which Obama I would say has a similar shot of winning). And Arkansas doesn’t – or shouldn’t – have near enough votes to matter.

However, while the South has been trending conservative, other areas have been trending more liberal (rocky mtn states like CO and NM, even AZ to a certain degree), New England and the West Coast are now pretty much Republican free zones at the state office or higher level (with the exception of RINO’s like Schwartzenegger who disagree with somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rds of the Republican party platform). It offsets.

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The South has been trending more and more conservative for decades now. It’s pretty much a lost cause for Democrats there, with the exception of FL. I doubt Hillary could win a single one of the deep southern states, with the exception of Arkansas, and possibly FLA (which Obama I would say has a similar shot of winning). And Arkansas doesn’t – or shouldn’t – have near enough votes to matter.

However, while the South has been trending conservative, other areas have been trending more liberal (rocky mtn states like CO and NM, even AZ to a certain degree), New England and the West Coast are now pretty much Republican free zones at the state office or higher level (with the exception of RINO’s like Schwartzenegger who disagree with somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rds of the Republican party platform). It offsets.

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The South has been trending more and more conservative for decades now. It’s pretty much a lost cause for Democrats there, with the exception of FL. I doubt Hillary could win a single one of the deep southern states, with the exception of Arkansas, and possibly FLA (which Obama I would say has a similar shot of winning). And Arkansas doesn’t – or shouldn’t – have near enough votes to matter.

However, while the South has been trending conservative, other areas have been trending more liberal (rocky mtn states like CO and NM, even AZ to a certain degree), New England and the West Coast are now pretty much Republican free zones at the state office or higher level (with the exception of RINO’s like Schwartzenegger who disagree with somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rds of the Republican party platform). It offsets.

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The South has been trending more and more conservative for decades now. It’s pretty much a lost cause for Democrats there, with the exception of FL. I doubt Hillary could win a single one of the deep southern states, with the exception of Arkansas, and possibly FLA (which Obama I would say has a similar shot of winning). And Arkansas doesn’t – or shouldn’t – have near enough votes to matter.

However, while the South has been trending conservative, other areas have been trending more liberal (rocky mtn states like CO and NM, even AZ to a certain degree), New England and the West Coast are now pretty much Republican free zones at the state office or higher level (with the exception of RINO’s like Schwartzenegger who disagree with somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rds of the Republican party platform). It offsets.

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Since rollovers account for roughly half of all SUV crash fatalities, that’s not all that comforting.

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Since rollovers account for roughly half of all SUV crash fatalities, that’s not all that comforting.

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Since rollovers account for roughly half of all SUV crash fatalities, that’s not all that comforting.

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Since rollovers account for roughly half of all SUV crash fatalities, that’s not all that comforting.

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Since rollovers account for roughly half of all SUV crash fatalities, that’s not all that comforting.

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FLU –

True, a lot of the larger sedans get up around small SUV weight ranges. But those are pretty much the largest and heaviest cars compared against smaller SUVs.

Please note though, I’m not advocating everyone move to a 2000lb hybrid car – just pointing out flaws in the argument that “SUVs are safer”. I’d hardly be believable, since I drive an Infiniti G37 which usually gets around 19mpg.

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FLU –

True, a lot of the larger sedans get up around small SUV weight ranges. But those are pretty much the largest and heaviest cars compared against smaller SUVs.

Please note though, I’m not advocating everyone move to a 2000lb hybrid car – just pointing out flaws in the argument that “SUVs are safer”. I’d hardly be believable, since I drive an Infiniti G37 which usually gets around 19mpg.

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FLU –

True, a lot of the larger sedans get up around small SUV weight ranges. But those are pretty much the largest and heaviest cars compared against smaller SUVs.

Please note though, I’m not advocating everyone move to a 2000lb hybrid car – just pointing out flaws in the argument that “SUVs are safer”. I’d hardly be believable, since I drive an Infiniti G37 which usually gets around 19mpg.

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FLU –

True, a lot of the larger sedans get up around small SUV weight ranges. But those are pretty much the largest and heaviest cars compared against smaller SUVs.

Please note though, I’m not advocating everyone move to a 2000lb hybrid car – just pointing out flaws in the argument that “SUVs are safer”. I’d hardly be believable, since I drive an Infiniti G37 which usually gets around 19mpg.

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