A nation run by idiots

That's certainly how it seems if you hear Senator Stevens (of Alaska) explain the internet to his colleagues (more mockery here based on babbling here). All the more reason that we need legislators to listen to *us* (not just to huge telecom companies) in deciding about future regulation of the internet -- they don't understand it, and they're on the verge of breaking a marvelous system that's been working for some 10-15 years...