misunderstandings.

thanks to his research for school and youtube, i have finally seen the jon stewart clip where alaskan senator ted stevens now-infamously mixed metaphors regarding an attempt to describe what net neutrality is all about. everyone has jumped on his "the interent isn't a truck that you just dump stuff on...it's a series of tubes." i can understand why. it really is a wonderful sound bite.

but it's also not the most disturbing thing about that clip. the man is obviously elderly, obviously confused, and obviously misinformed. but i can understand why you'd attempt to describe the internet as tubes, mostly because a more common metaphor is to talk about pipes (all sexual innuendo aside).

the real horrifying quote, the one where he really displays his complete and utter ignorance and why we should be afraid of him is later on. growing, apparently, increasingly more frustrated with his inabilty to make his point, he says, "why...why just last friday one of my staffers sent...sent me interent. and i didn't get it until today!"

one of his staffers...sent him internet. the whole internet? that might explain why he's so flustered.

maybe he should be training his brain. no internet or tubes involved. oh. and believe people when they say sudoku is addictive. believe them.