Speaking of Lame Claims

[kilroydegeek]

It's obviously the season for specious claims

Bush claims governemt research developed the iPod.

I think somebody must have slipped the President one of those off-the-cuff ironies... ROTFLMAOTillIBleed

[cStu]

So what was the reason, I wonder?

George W. Bush told his audience, "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod."

[davajonah]

So what was the reason, I wonder?

George W. Bush told his audience, "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod."

It definitely wasn't a military reason I'm quite sure of that.

[ifingers]

So what was the reason, I wonder?

I am sure it must have been to further environmental and climate research...

[davajonah]

So what was the reason, I wonder?

I am sure it must have been to further environmental and climate research...

Or poverty relief in the Third World maybe?

[cStu]