The Computer

OK, this was pretty funny. It sounded awkward to me at first, but I'm not a techie (and I was waiting for him to credit the Goracle) so I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Jonah Goldberg, The Corner:

Several readers had the same reaction I had to Obama's claim that the computer was invented by government scientists to communicate better: "Huh?"

Benefit of the doubt defense: He was thinking of the internet.

Here's a typical email:

Jonah, I send this your way since you impress me as being at least a psuedo-techo-geek.

Obama said something about the computer being invented by "government scientists" to "communcate" better.

He cited the computer as an example to bolster the Left's theory that government scientists can simply be ordered by congress to create undefined new "green" technologies that will remake the economy, make us all rich and save the planet. The latest spin on the command and control mentality of the Left.

Of course, he's from the camp that believes nothing happens (or has ever happened) unless government makes it happen. The free market only produces greedy Wall Street robber barons.

However, in this case, believing that the computer was invented by some un-named "government scientists" demonstrates such an astounding lack of technical knowledge (and/or history) that it completely disqualifies him from making ANY observations regarding the climate, the environment, or science and technology in general.

Obama - The Chancellor, er, Change We Need...

The magical thinking of the Left.