Senator downloads Internet

Found on The Inquirer on Sunday, 02 July 2006
Browse Politics

A US senator who is one the ringleaders against 'net neutrality' provisions in recent US telecom laws has claimed that he had to do so because the Internet was too slow when he downloaded it.

Senator Ted Stevens who is a Republican from Alaska in a committee transcipt printed by Wired, here, complained that the Internet was sent to him by his staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, but it took days for him to get it.

"We aren't earning anything by going on that internet. Now I'm not saying you have to or you want to discriminate against those people," he said cryptically.

Stevens seemed to be getting hot under the collar by this point and said some even more technological things including.

"We have a separate Department of Defense internet now, did you know that? Because they have to have theirs delivered immediately. They can't afford getting delayed by other people."

This speech is so hilarious and scary at the same time. Hilarious because he fails to bring across a single sentence without stumpling over words; scary because this guy belongs to the government and not some comedy show. If you have 10 minutes and need a good laugh, go and listen to his speech.