If you've not heard clips of Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska ranting about how the internet is a series of tubes, you're officially not in the internet lifestyle at all. Net neutrality is the latest land grab the [US] federal government is trying to sell the American consumer. And, to his credit, Senator Stevens complained that he didn't think the senate knew enough about the internet and the bill to adequately determine its potential impact. And, for all the laughing, he's correct on that point: senators don't know enough about the internet to regulate it properly.

The manner in which he unintentionally exhibited this reality has been the source of much fodder over previous weeks. Listen to the unedited audio clip.

My ten year old has been quoting the Senator all week around the house, and thinks he's hillarious. She enjoys the techno remix of the Senator's comments.

Posted in public law jasonn's blog