It's a little presumptous to assume that the following story will actually become reality, but it's never to early to drool over the comic (oops, I mean "cosmic") possibilities of it happening.

Recently news broke in Russia that parliament member, Alexei Mitrofanov, was calling for his parliament house to send a proposal to the Russian space agency. This so-called proposal wasn't about budgetary cutbacks or agency regulations. No, it was an encouragement to send pop singer Madonna to the space station in two years. Uhh...yeah, you read that right. Supposedly the prospect of blasting the material girl into the stratosphere would bring much-needed publicity to the 2008 elections in Mother Russia.

Though it may seem like a long-shot, this is not without precedent. Civilians have hitchhiked (or is it "shuttlehiked"?) their way to space in the past with the Russians, including one, planned mission this month. Reportedly the price tag for such a spaceflight is 20 million big ones (and, no, I don't mean "rubles")!

Now I may be limited to just artificial intelligence, being a dummy and all, but...something is seriously rotten in the state of Denmark (or, Russia) when politicians are lobbying for aging pop queens to take a flying moonwalk on their overpriced shuttles.

Although, as long as it keeps her occupied long enough to NOT make another movie, who am I to complain?! Let's just say that this dummy won't cry for her or Argentina, if it means that we are spared Evita 2.

Hmmm...on second thought, anyone wanna lend Pauly Shore 20 mil as well?