Educational Television

The sophistry surrounding the Levant war continues to hit new and unparalleled heights of twisted logic. The latest example comes from the lips of the Israeli Minister of Justice (a grim misnomer if there ever was one) who declared today that Israel "received yesterday at the Rome conference permission from the world... to continue the operation," because delegates, obstructed by the increasingly criminal actions of American officials, were unable to agree on a immediate ceasefire call.

This sort of rhetoric is a bit like a ploy made by Rogers Cable here in Canada back in the mid 90s to introduce reverse billing for its expanded cable services. Unless told explicitly by its subscribers not to, Rogers decided, it would charge people for channels without determining whether said channels were wanted or not.

Rogers didn't fair too well in the court of public opinion thanks to its decision. It remains to be seen if the United States is going to cut Israel's cable any time soon, but don't count on it. At the moment, Dick Cheney is enjoying what's happening on the screen far too much...