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Ted Stevens 

Theodore F. Stevens, referred to affectionately by Alaskans as "Uncle Ted", was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Alaska, serving from December 24th 1968, to January 3rd, 2009. He was formerly the longest serving Republican U.S. Senator in history, as well as currently being the most senior U.S. Senator to lose re-election. He is famous for his Series of Tubes quote, which brought him wide-spread ridicule on the Internet, namely the blogo-sphere. He was very successful in developing Alaska, with Alaskans nicknaming federal dollars brought to the state for it's development "Stevens money". He died on August 9th, 2010, in a plane crash that killed 5 and injured 4.
Ted Stevens said the Internet's a series of tubes.

He's Ted Stevens, he's always right.
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Ted Stevens 

The Alaskan Senator who invented the internet by creating a series of tubes. and just recently these tubes were being clogged by movies streaming across the series of tubes. He belives people are treating it like a big truck
Guy 1: Ted Stevens is out trying to protect the tubes again
Guy 2: oh shi- i thought it was a truck
Ted Stevens by All-American-Badass February 21, 2009

ted steven 

Alaskan Senator quoted as saying that the Internet "is not a big truck," but rather a "series of tubes."
According to Ted Steven, sometimes, the tubes are full and email goes slower.
ted steven by mliecah August 28, 2006