Let's Have a "SERIES OF TUBES" Party on DU. Bring HUMOR = Ted Stevens VIDEOS

[L. Coyote]

He hasn't resigned yet, but let the party begin.
First watch some Ted Stevens on the Series of Tubes.
Then contribute to the humor and celebrate away.....

DJ Ted Stevens Techno Remix Video: The Internets is a series of Tubes!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x36

Series of Tubes = Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) explains the Internets
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x56114

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Sen. Stevens' hilariously awful explanation of the Internet
Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 2, 2006 - http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/02/sen-stevens-hilariou.html


Senator Ted Stevens, a neutricidal maniac who wants to allow the phone companies to charge Google and others for delivering their packets to you, gave this incredible description of his understanding of how the internet works. This man is so far away from having a coherent picture of the Internet's functionality, it's like hearing a caveman expound on the future of silver-birds-from-sky and why we need to keep them from flying so high they anger the gods.

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...

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Mr. Stevens' wild ride through a "series of tubes"
Tim Schneider on July 11, 2006 - http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/521

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) is as well known for his temper as he is for his power over spending and influence over legislation. His outbursts on the Senate floor and his ties featuring the Incredible Hulk are trademarks.

Yet while his threat to quit the Senate over the funding of a bridge in Alaska may have brought a lot of time on news shows, it took a speech he gave at a markup on Net Neutrality to make him a multi-media star.

Almost two weeks ago, we posted an excerpt of audio from the Senate markup of the telecom bill, a long oration by Senator Stevens explaining why he was voting against a Net Neutrality amendment. In doing so we seem to have inadvertently sparked an internet meme, the Internet as a “series of tubes.” This Technorati chart gives a sense of the trend: