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Post by redbaron on Jun 18, 2007 22:12:07 GMT -5
Subject: Democratic National Convention Schedule for 2008:
7:00 P.M. Opening flag burning. 7:15 P.M. Pledge of Allegiance to the United Nations. 7:30 PM. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 7:30 till 8:00 P.M. Nonreligious prayer and worship: Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton. 8:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:05 P.M. Ceremonial tree hugging. 8:15- 8:30 P.M. Gay Wedding: Barney Frank, presiding. 8:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:35 P.M. Memorial for Saddam: Cindy Sheehan, Susan Sarandon. 9:00 P.M. Keynote speech: "The Proper Etiquette for Surrender", French President Jacques Chirac. 9:15 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 9:20 P.M. Collection to benefit Osama Bin Laden Kidney Transplant Fund. 9:30 P.M. Unveiling of plan to free freedom fighters from Guantanamo Bay :Sean Penn. 9:40 P.M. Why I hate the Military: A short talk by William Jefferson Clinton. 9:45 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 9:50 P.M. Dan Rather receives "Truth in Broadcasting" award, presented by Michael Moore. 9:55 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 10:00 P.M. Presentation: "How George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld brought down the World Trade Center Towers ", by Howard Dean. 10:30 P.M. Nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton for President by Mahmud Ahnadinejad. 11:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 11:05 P.M. Al Gore reinvents the Internet. 11:15 P.M. "Our Troops are War Criminals", presented by John Kerry. 11:30 P.M Coronation of Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. 12:00 AM. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 12:05 A.M Bill asks Ted to drive Hillary home...
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Post by dtex on Aug 13, 2007 13:38:56 GMT -5
Subject: Democratic National Convention Schedule for 2008: 11:05 P.M. Al Gore reinvents the Internet. 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." Taken in context, the sentence, despite some initial ambiguity, means that as a congressman Gore promoted the system we enjoy today, not that he could patent the science, though that's how the quotation has been manipulated. Hence the disingenuous substitution of "inventing" for the actual language. But the real question is what, if anything, did Gore actually do to create the modern Internet? According to Vincent Cerf, a senior vice president with MCI Worldcom who's been called the Father of the Internet, "The Internet would not be where it is in the United States without the strong support given to it and related research areas by the Vice President in his current role and in his earlier role as Senator." The inventor of the Mosaic Browser, Marc Andreesen, credits Gore with making his work possible. He received a federal grant through Gore's High Performance Computing Act. The University of Pennsylvania's Dave Ferber says that without Gore the Internet "would not be where it is today." Joseph E. Traub, a computer science professor at Columbia University, claims that Gore "was perhaps the first political leader to grasp the importance of networking the country. Could we perhaps see an end to cheap shots from politicians and pundits about inventing the Internet?"
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Post by Coach on Aug 13, 2007 13:54:07 GMT -5
Since he is a Democrat, maybe we should just call Gore the internet's "baby's daddy".
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Post by dtex on Aug 13, 2007 13:58:09 GMT -5
Sounds about right. Made porn more avalable. The gift that keeps on giving.
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Post by Coach on Aug 13, 2007 14:01:45 GMT -5
It beats the sh*t outta taking a quick peek at the nudie mag centerfold when the convenience store clerk turned his head, like we had to do in the seventies when I was growing up. Youngn's today don't even have to work to see some porn.
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Post by texiban001 on Aug 13, 2007 16:20:40 GMT -5
Yeah, they took all of the fun out of it! Those 7-11 clerks never did figure out how the mags got stuck together! Jolley did it!
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