Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has officially gone off the deep end. In an attempt to get voters to see him as, oh i don’t even know what, he will re-subject himself to the anguish and abuse that he experienced 40 years ago in a Vietnamese POW Camp. In a blatant political tactic, McCain claims he is trying to get back to his roots and reconnect with the struggles that defined him as a leader. What concerns me more than the cost of this project, $10 million, is that McCain has planned out the whole thing to a T. He is having himself blown out of a plane, captured, and then taken to a rat and bug infested cell. And to think I thought McCain would be the hope of the Republicans. I’ve already decided to vote for Obama but this might even push me to change my party affiliation. Check out the whole story at The Onion.

Note: The poster would like to add that although she believed The Onion to be a true publication at the time of authoring, that belief had changed at the time of posting. The choice to post was made for two reasons. 1) the author feels that this is a fairly humorous fictional story about the senator and 2) she did want to publicly laugh at herself for thinking, even for a moment, that this could in fact be true. She invites you as well to laugh on both accounts. She also apologizes for previous spelling errors.

DPS and EPD both have been looking into adding tasers to their respective force programs. I think I have found the perfect models for them. Check out these new tasers making crimson waves in the blogging world. I think even the female officers will enjoy carrying them.

This little old lady should be living here in Eugene where possession of up to an ounce is considered only a misdemeanor. Thank goodness for our city government’s “de-criminalized” policies!