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Posted by Oli Filth on 01/15/06 16:20
Oli Filth said the following on 15/01/2006 14:12:
> Martin Janssen said the following on 15/01/2006 11:09:
>> Super Taped Coke Bottle Glasses and Pocket Protector Man, Jr. wrote:
>>> Martin Janssen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apparently GW Bush's grandfather is responsible for coming up with the
>>>> idea of hypertext:
>>>>
> ......
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> W could have really shamed Gore when he made his Internet creation
>>>> claim, yet he didn't. I think that shows his character.
>>>
>>
>>> They aren't supposed to be directly related, though.
>>
>> Pull the other one. They are both from the same area of the US, have
>> the same last name and look like brothers. Vannevar even founded
>> Raytheon, Bush 41's favorite government contractor, and Bush has
>> quoted Vannevar fondly in speeches.
In fact, Bush Sr. himself states that there's no relation, in the very
speech you're probably referring to:
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1990/90111300.html
>>
>> Just because Wikipedia says they aren't related doesn't make it true.
>> They are obviously related.
>
> How, exactly? He's clearly not G.W. Bush's grandfather. And seeing as he
> "had two sisters" and his "father was a Universalist minister", where
> exactly does that link him to the famous Bush family tree?
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_political_family)
>
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Oli
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