From: Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>I don't want to get drawn into politics, because both major
>parties are flawed. However, I will comment on the creation of
>the Internet. As much as Gore-bashers will hate it:
>Congressman Al Gore was one of the leading proponents of the bill
>that legalized public access to the Internet. Before this bill
>passed, the Internet was limited to military and university access
>under government programs. Gore specifically called this "the
>Information Superhighway" to parallel a similar bill his father
>had passed which created the Interstate Superhighway system. As
>much as his father created the Interstate Highway system, Al Gore
>created the public Internet system in America.
>It was an obvious idea that would have happened no matter what,
>but Al Gore did bring the Internet to the American public.
I have had no luck finding any reference to the bill you speak of,
please provide a reference.
I remember things very differently, although I do remember Al being
an advocate of a government led "Information Superhighway which of
course was never built.
Brian
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