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<p>NEW YORK (AP) --  Why would Lance Bass want to go into space, when he could be home on the range with Ted Nugent?</p> <p>The 'N Sync singer was rejected this week in his bid to visit the International Space Station because his sponsors were unable to come up with the $20 million fee in time.</p>

Ted Nugent would make a good cult leader. He's got all the ingredients: charisma, fame in a popular art form, a highly articulate and highly singular worldview and a badass public persona. Also, the man is heavily armed. Nugent (aka The Motor City Madman, Uncle Ted, The Nuge, leader of Tribe Nuge) started bowhunting, at the age of 5, in 1953 and started playing guitar in 1956. Since then, he's pretty much conquered a world of his own making, a world in which seemingly contradictory beliefs are fused in a bath of undeniable testosterone. He's a rock star (since releasing...

CARLSON: Welcome back to CROSSFIRE. Ted Nugent burst into American consciousness in the 1970s with a blazing guitar and a wild act that earned him the name "the motor city wild man." Hits like "Cat Scratch Fever," "Wango Tango," and "Storm Trooping" may not be music to your ears, but Ted Nugent strikes a chord with countless Americans. That's because like many sensible people, he's an avid sportsman, hunter, and outspoken opponent of silly gun control laws. And if you want to put your money where his mouth is, consider his new book, "Kill It and Grill It," a fantastic...

Rock the Vote with Motor City Madman TED NUGENT and Michigan's next Governor DICK POSTHUMUS. Tuesday, May 7, 2002 7:30PM Barnstormers 9411 East M-36 Whitmore Lake, Michigan Tickets $50Sign up here