Decline of Civilization–Biker Bingo: They don’t pollute and they reduce traffic congestion, but what the hell, let’s run ’em down. They’re probably liberal wimps, anyhow. That’s the message that was aired by shock jocks at Clear Channel radio stations in at least three major markets–Cleveland, Houston, and Raleigh–as they encouraged their motorhead listeners to run bicyclists off the road. The anti-cyclist rants unearthed a whole new vein of right-wing rage, with callers flooding the station to unleash on-air diatribes against bicyclers. One woman bragged that her father had intentionally hit one on the way to church. Who knew?

“Mmm, this Ford Probe is tasty, but now I need to get me some two-wheeler dessert….”