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Comments on: Friday Poll: We the ppl--imagining a digital 1776

Twitter, cell phones, Google Docs: which tool of the Digital Age would have had the greatest influence on the course of American history?

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by philmmaker July 3, 2009 11:52 AM PDT
Why would anyone vote for Franklin inventing the Internet? If you're using Google Docs then the Internet already exists. Not to mention the fact that Ben Franklin would have been quite distracted from his work by all that access to yebuxomwench.com
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by DWes July 3, 2009 7:05 PM PDT
All but #'s 3 and 4 could not happen until Franklin invented the internet. And I don't think an axe could take out a cell tower.
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by mbrewthx July 3, 2009 9:26 PM PDT
Paul Revere Tweets "the British are coming, the British are coming"
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