The Bridge to Nowhere, Brought to You Through Internet Tubes
Ted Stevens, Republican Senator from Alaska who was previously most well known for the “bridge to nowhere”, enlightens supporters of Net Neutrality on how those Internet thingies really work:
There’s one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service. Okay. And currently it comes to your house, it gets put in the mail box when you get home and you change your order but you pay for that, right.
But this service isn’t going to go through the Internet and what you do is you just go to a place on the Internet and you order your movie and guess what you can order ten of them delivered to you and the delivery charge is free.
Ten of them streaming across that Internet and what happens to your own personal Internet?
I just the other day got, an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?
Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the Internet commercially.
“…an Internet was sent by my staff…” WTF!?
Can you believe this idiot said this, and that now it’s part of in the Congressional Record? Can you believe this idiot got elected in the first place?
July 3rd, 2006 at 1:57 am
“Your own personal Internet.” Sweet! Where can I sign up to get one of those? I’m soooo tired of having to share this one with everyone else.
July 4th, 2006 at 11:15 am
As a former Alaskan, it’s sad to watch the decline of this man. He was gifted intellectually and a reasonable conservative who showed moderation on social issues but today he presents a strong argument for term limits. He has always been a hothead but has become almost infantile with tantrums in the face of any criticism and has sadly, become one of the biggest “porkers” in the senate. Alaska has never had a diverse economy and has always been dependent on government spending but “Uncle Ted” as he’s often called by Alaskans is raping the government coffers at the expense of the overall economy. Alaska prides itself as a solidly conservative state but Stevens is a reminder that given enough money most people will compromise their principles.