Ted Stevens' Internet

I just love a solid example of the moronic depths of our elected leaders.

Here's Senator Ted Stevens' (of "The Bridge to Nowhere" fame) take on that whole Internet thingy:

…the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck.

It's a series of tubes.

And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and its going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.

This little gem came out of what passes for the Senator's gray matter because he got an email 5 days after it was sent. Here's a very humorous analysis of why the email took so long.

Brilliant, bloody brilliant. And these guys are in charge...in fact Ted Stevens is the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. It's pretty scary considering that the giant phone and cable companies are trying to take control of the Internet away from the public and convert it into their own private, corporate network. Ted Stevens doesn't even know how it works, how can he make any kind of intelligent debate or legislation on it?

If you think the Internet should belong to EVERYONE: individuals, small businesses, schools, non-profits then visit ItsOurNet and let Ted and the rest of them know how you feel.