Flat Tires: This Is Too Easy!

We've died and gone to Gaffe-Heaven today, thanks to John McCain.

The McCain campaign (seriously) has come out in favor of flat tires for greater fuel efficiency. All these years everyone's had it wrong, thinking that the manufacturer's recommended air pressure in tires was the right way to go. Barack Obama, along with others, pointed that that fuel efficiency is dependent on proper maintenance of your car, including tires.

John McCain begs to differ. He ridicules the idea that air in tires is necessary at all. And he should know, having been there when they invented the wheel. The wheel back in those far off days didn't have any air at all, being a stone. Like in the BC comic strip, perhaps it was a unicycle, or as in the Flintstones, perhaps it was a wide design. In each case it was unmistakeably stone. No air.

How did we get so far from "the old ways?" John McCain properly laments. And this is true.

What is called for now is obvious, that we should let the air out of our tires and drive on them. The principle has been stated. All McCain supporters should follow this advice immediately. If we see you driving around with air in your tires, we'll know you don't agree with him. Let's see your support!