Unbelievable

Sen. Ted Stevens apparently doesn't know a damn thing about the internet.

"They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck.

It's a series of tubes.

And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and its going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material." ~ Ted Stevens

I... what? I don't even know what to say to that, other than I'm shocked an appalled that this man is sitting in Congress. I don't want to believe it, but there it is.

I was actually thinking about this the other day. When did this happen? When did our senators and congressmen become so stupid?

Take a look at our founding fathers. Benjamin Franklin was not only a Congressman from Pennsylvania and a prominent statesman, but a published writer of astrology, fluent speaker of five languages, invented bifocals, swimfins, the catheter, the Franklin stove, and the lightning rod, was one of the earliest abolitionists, and had a hand in establishing Pennsylvania University! He discovered the link between lightning and electricity!

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin

I want that! I want that making decisions in congress! That is so smart!

I take this shamelessly from Wikipedia,

"[Thomas] Jefferson was an agriculturalist, horticulturist, architect, etymologist, archaeologist, mathematician, cryptographer, surveyor, paleontologist, author, lawyer, inventor, violinist, and the founder of the University of Virginia."

Paleontologist? Our third President was a paleontologist? That is amazing. But instead of Franklin, or Jefferson, we have this,

"I know that the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully." ~ President George W. Bush

It's enough to make you cry, really. So, my question stands. What the hell happened? Where did the education of elected officials go down hill? I really have no clue. It seems like it's more important to just look good on camera than it is to be able to think or speak in a manner that isn't completely embarassing. Is it the state of educatio in this country? Has it gotten so bad that our standards have been lowered by this much? Or is it just the time period? Back then people were less specialized. We have seen the last of the "Renaissance Man" I suppose, but I refuse to settle for anyone who isn't even good at one thing, like talking.