Aren't you glad you have smart people like this (note: for those morons thinking that I'm a Republican, this is a Republican) making decisions about your Internet?

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.

So you want to talk about the consumer? Let's talk about you and me. We use this internet to communicate and we aren't using it for commercial purposes.

This is so sad,

"...an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday..."

I hope the voters of Alaska see what a technologically challenged boob this guy is. It's frightening that even an 80 year old man doesn't understand the difference in an E-MAIL, and in the INTERNET. If he's that far behind knowledge wise on modern technology, is he still up to date enough to be in the Senate? What else doesn't he understand? How does he vote, from an understanding point of view, on these really cutting edge military systems? Is he voting FOR cow flatulence studdies but AGAINST new military hardware?

And before you ask if I am a voter from Alaska, no I am not.

But when our elected officials loose grasp on what is current, it's time for them to retire. The majority of Senators may be from 49 states I don't live or vote or pay taxes in, but their vote still affects me.

Someone should send him the link to download the internet...

I can understand an old guy being technically or sexually challenged. But Senators of any age should understand English.

In addition to the generally bad writing and thought expression, the Senator doesn't seem to know why the word Internet is capitalized, as is Web.

But wait, as TV advertisers fondly say, maybe he was really saying that his office internet is all goofed up. Maybe his employes, the ones whose salaries come from us, are using the office internet for so much personal stuff that Internet things can't get through. Can we credit him with some intelligence?

Bernard,
the answer to your question is a resounding NO!! What he shows is a lack of living in the 21st century.

The Honorable Senator went to the Senate before cassette tapes, calculators, VCRs, CDs, and cable TV. So it's probably time for him to go hunt some polar bears or musk ox at home!!

Well, yes, he does seem to be ranting about network congestion, and I've no argument with that. I've had some e-mails recently take a great deal longer than should be expected, too. But I shouldn't have to infer and interpret it out of grammar and sentence structure that no teacher worth their credentials would allow to pass, from someone in his position...

(And I still don't know the true delay involved. How long is it from Friday morning to 'yesterday?')

Don't forget that Senator Stevens is one of the biggest Pork kings in the Senate. Remember the Bridge to Nowhere?

Bernard, it's not a concensus, but the internet is routinely uncapitalized. I think the NYT initiated this, and I approve of it as an attempt to reduce the amount of random capitalization in English.

Only barbarous infidels would call the office network an "office internet". In this era of religious tolerance, we will allow you to pursue your ignorant ways, but don't try our patience. *sharpens his pitchfork, just in case*

In summary, this guy is clueless in the matter, but it's not because he doesn't capitalize "internet".

I was worried until I saw the "Republican" in question is Ted Stevens.

It took moving to Alaska and seeing him up-close to realize what a light socket Stevens is.

> In addition to the generally bad writing and thought expression, the Senator
> doesn't seem to know why the word Internet is capitalized, as is Web.

This isn't the Senator's writing. It's a transcript of a floor debate.

The capitalization is presumeably the transcriber's.