However, that aside, without TV I would be unaware that Canada will be allowing incarcerated individuals to serve their prison time via computer. The cash savings will be astronomical. The Correctional Officers' Association has gone ballistic, and the various contracts awarded to companies for the construction of modern 'correctional' facilities are now in question.

This new program will provide opportunities for hackers to free their friends while increasing the sentences of people who were mean to them in grade school. Government officials have assured the public that the computer systems involved are as safe as putting "money in the bank."

The bill will be brought before parliament in 2012.

Special thanks are due 'The Onion' for this perspicacious, bold and innovative idea.