I heard one of these…

It seems the Saudi’s are trying to “smooth” things over, but our national cable networks are pretty smart.

At least nine national cable networks have turned down a potentially lucrative — though controversial — ad schedule from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. No national cable networks are known to have accepted the ads.

Turning down ad money in today’s economy because of principal? WOW. There is a concious somewhere in the media world.

Both 30-second commercials feature print on a screen, music in the background and voiceover narration. One features a quote by President George W. Bush, the other a quote from Secretary of State Colin Powell. The ads demonstrate misperceptions about Saudi Arabia by showing statements about the desert nation that at first appear to be negative and then transform into what were actually positive remarks by either the president or the secretary.

Misperceptions? A terrorist (or those who harbor them) by any other name (you know who you are) is still a terrorist (or those who harbor them).