Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island

[ericire12]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/14/from-congressman-to-survivorman-2/

This past summer, Rep. Jeff Flake(R) went into the wild.

After two years of planning, the Arizona Republican spent a week on a remote, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, eating coconuts and fish he caught with a spear, purifying his own water, sleeping in a hammock on the beach, and writing daily in his journal.

He listed a number of reasons for going on this trip, calling them "more physical than spiritual." And while he didn't end up talking to a volleyball, like Tom Hanks did in "Cast Away," he did find some unlikely friends — a few hermit crabs.

"I picked up a hermit crab, and, spotting the sharpie, wrote the number '1′ on the back of his shell, and put a circle around it. I repeated this act whenever I felt a bit lonely," Flake wrote. Later, he added, "I've labeled 102 at this point with a sharpie marker. I just saw number one again today. He's remains one of my favorites, as is number 12, long since forgiven for pinching my toe."

Entire photo gallery here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/10/09/GA2009100903130.html

Full 7 day account here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/11/ST2009101101762.html

[JC5123]

Watching a little too much "Survivorman"? Though, I must admit, that sounds like my kind of vacation! 

[ericire12]

that sounds like my kind of vacation! 

You bet!

If you look at all those pics in the slide show, he really was in paradise. He said that the reasons he went were not really "spiritual", but from the looks of where he was........... I would bet he saw God more then once.

[2HOW]

we should put them all there for a while, get alittle bit of "lord of the flies" thing going

[fightingquaker13]

A Cogressman on  deserted island? One down, 534 to go.
FQ13

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[tombogan03884]

 A LOOONNNGGG while.
Let them have a Donner Party, and then vote out the leftovers  

[PegLeg45]

A LOOONNNGGG while.
Let them have a Donner Party, and then vote out the leftovers  

My wife and mother are both looking at me like I'm a total idiot (no comments from the peanut gallery) because I'm laughing at the computer.

Thanks, pal.       

[JC5123]

A LOOONNNGGG while.
Let them have a Donner Party, and then vote out the leftovers 

Now THAT'S a reality show I would watch!!!!! Survivor Government Edition.

[PegLeg45]

Now THAT'S a reality show I would watch!!!!! Survivor: Special Government Elimination Edition.

There.  

[JC5123]

There.   

V Ring Peg!