{"id":2037,"date":"2010-08-10T19:18:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T19:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/08\/in-honor-of-ted-stevens-who-di.html"},"modified":"2010-08-10T19:18:47","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T19:18:47","slug":"in-honor-of-ted-stevens-who-di","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/08\/in-honor-of-ted-stevens-who-di.html","title":{"rendered":"In honor of Ted Stevens, who died today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 13px\/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; \">\n<p>&#8230;I&#8217;d like to repost this video which is still one of the most hilarious things I&#8217;ve ever seen. This video was created after Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, who wanted the phone companies to be able to charge internet providers, famously reported, &#8220;The internet is not a big truck. It&#8217;s a series of tubes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With three planets in Scorpio and an Aries Moon, Ted Stevens did not like to lose and was famous for his fierce manner on the Senate floor. He was a fearless promoter of Alaska interests and brought home a lot of bacon to that state, including the famous &#8220;Bridge to Nowhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In my mind, though, his biggest contribution to American life are the words that resulted in this music video.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EtOoQFa5ug8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EtOoQFa5ug8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;I&#8217;d like to repost this video which is still one of the most hilarious things I&#8217;ve ever seen. 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