KTLK Thug Radio to Sponsor Mpls Bike Tour... WTF?

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The Saint Paul Bike Classic has sponsors like Aveda and Jazz 88:

http://www.bikeclassic.org/event/index.php?strWebAction=sponsors

The Minneapolis Bike tour has Clear Channel and KTLK:

http://minneapolisbiketour.com/sponsors.cfm

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KTLK's Jason Lewis has railed against bicyclists on his show and called on motorists to "start fighting back" against bicyclists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzoyEmvbgw

Jason Lewis was among thE right-wingers who attacked Rep. Oberstar for funding bike trails:

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/11150621.html

For his part, Oberstar is no slouch when it comes to pork-barrel projects. When he isn't holding news conferences demanding a 23.4-cent federal gas tax, he's busy at his perch on the House Transportation Committee bringing home the bacon. The 2005 "bridge to nowhere" highway bill (one of the reasons the GOP lost control of Congress in '06) was loaded with $24 billion of earmarks, including some $500 million for Minnesota. Oberstar's office touted his achievement in allocating $12 million for the Eighth District, some $10 million of which was for non-road uses, including pedestrian trails and bicycle paths, not to mention mass-transit centers in that metropolis known as Duluth.

Oberstar responded to Jason Lewis:

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/11150676.html

Lewis and others also claim that bicycle and walking paths are leeching funds away from the maintenance of our roads and bridges. But concentrating on math instead of political rhetoric reveals that only 4 percent of all members' high-priority projects went to bicycle and footpaths nationwide in the last federal highway bill. That's 4 percent of 8 percent, or .0032 of the total amount of the bill. It is barely enough to replace two structurally deficient bridges like the I-35W bridge. After that there would be 73,782 bridges left to deal with.



[loveable liberal]

1. probably trying to reach the "white male cyclist" demographic...

I suppose they have to do something to try and get ratings. Trying to invigorate the angry white male somehow.

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2. Speaking of Angry White Males...

Chris "Machine-gun" Baker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606X0O_52NA

[loveable liberal]

3. I'm dumber for having heard that....

I work as a 911 dispatcher, this clown doesnt know policing from a hole in the ground. Its rough being a liberal working in law enforcement, but I really like about 80 percent of all the cops I work with. They are reasonable people. Their defining personality traits are they enforce the law, they expect the law to be obeyed, and they require the control of situations.

I have suggested before that protest planners invite various police departments to their planning sessions but I dont think the idea has really taken hold. If protesters start damaging property then no one should be surprised when the police crack down and take control of the situation. I would not expect the police to start a riot especially with the pervasiveness of video or like what happened in 1968.

[CatholicEdHead]

4. And an overall ad blitz

They have been running them on KARE for quite a while now. More advertising means that nobody is really tuning in. Most riders are moderate to liberal, so there is not that much to reach out for in the "angry male" demographic.

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5. Republicans Also rIde Bikes

A comment on the You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzoyEmvbgw

I'm glad Jason Lewis is degrading bicyclists. We should be allowed to endanger people who choose not to support foreign oil, keep in shape, and don't want to pay $4.00/gallon. Why does he have to be a Republican...I don't want this moron on my side!

Want to guess what Jason's BFF Michele Bachmann thinks about bicyclists?