DEMOCRATS GETTING DEFENSIVE: He didn't say that!

I'd strongly recommend young Mr. Sarlin delve into the history of the internet. Not only did his idol Al Gore not invent the internet, neither did the government. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) certainly did have a hand in developing the data protocols for sending binary data over telephone lines, but the development of the commercial internet was at best not hindered by our far-seeing, all-knowing government interlocutors.

UPDATE & BUMP: Here's more on the government 'invention' of the internet.