The Internet Is Not A Truck. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the amendment and gave an amazing primer on how the internet works.

If you haven’t been disheartened by the level of ignorance in Congress over the net neutrality debate, you should be. One of the key Senators in the debate has weighed in with astonishing ignorance, likening the Internet to "a series of tubes." And it goes downhill from there.

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) voted against the net neutrality amendment before the Senate Commerce Committee. His explanation of his vote would be hilarious…if it weren’t so horrifying.

Here are excerpts of the senator’s attempt to describe how the Internet works, courtesy of Wired http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1512499 .

"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.

Full Story; http://techsearch.cmp.com/blog/archives/2006/07/key_senator_the.html