Through a blog, an ordinary citizen such as myself can use the Internet, this thing invented by Albert Gore, to talk from my house to the U.S. capital and to make use of my right to point out to government officials and to the media when they are wrong.
John Jay Hooker Jr. Quotes
A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.
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| Birth: | 24th August, 1930 |
| Death: | 24th January, 2016 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Businessman, Lawyer, Politician |
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John Jay Hooker Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was an American lawyer, businessman and politician who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998. He studied at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University Law School. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1957, and then practiced law with his father. In 1960, he left his father's law firm to start a new law firm. He served as chairman of STP Corporation from 1973 to 1976.
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