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Newly appointed Chief Kuhnian Disruptive Officer at Joybricks. Former corporate minesweeper. Music lover, painter, aspiring filmmaker some day





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Clinton and Gore

It doesn’t cease to amaze me the vision of Al Gore and the executive power of Bill Clinton.
Take note, the next time the idiots dare mocking Al Gore, this is what he was working for back in 1986. 22 YEARS AGO. Talk about the recessive genes of creationists.

As a result of Al Gore’s vision, in 1993 during the Clinton-Gore administration, the National Science Foundation got the green light (and funds) to turn the Internet to the private sector, thereby enabling for massive creation of wealth and leading the US in the new information age:

AL GORE, 1986:

MR. PRESIDENT, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION ACT.

WITHIN THIS BILL I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS, THE COMPUTER NETWORK STUDY AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT REPORT. THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED WITH SENATOR GORTON AS S. 2594. IT CALLS FOR A 2-YEAR STUDY OF THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND CURRENT AND FUTURE OPTIONS REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS FOR RESEARCH COMPUTERS. THE SECOND AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT.



Full text transcript @ First Monday

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