05:02 pm
Jail Bars Are a Series of Massive, Massive Tubes. . .
. . .albeit solid ones:
Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was found guilty on Monday of violating ethics laws for failing to report gifts and services that he was given by friends. A federal jury of eight women and four men from the District of Columbia found that the 84-year-old Republican, who has represented Alaska in the Senate for more than 40 years, knowingly failed to list on Senate disclosure forms the receipt of several gifts and tens of thousands of dollars worth of remodeling work on his home in Girdwood, Alaska.The verdict came after more than three weeks of testimony, the highlight of which was Mr. Stevens making the calculated risk of taking the witness stand in his own defense.
It will be interesting to see if he ends his reelection campaign. Somehow I doubt it.
Here are a couple of videos to celebrate commemorate mark his conviction. The first is the techno remix of Stevens’s infamous speech on the floor of the Senate claiming that the Internet is made of tubes:
Second, this seems only appropriate given the circumstances:
Enjoy your last few months of freedom, Senator. Maybe you can spend them in your vibrating chair.
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