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Why Bikes and Bazookas Don’t Mix in Santa Barbara

A new bike path opens, but will they come?

Why Bikes and Bazookas Don’t Mix in Santa Barbara

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PSYCHO MANIA: I am well acquainted with road rage. That’s why I want to buy a bazooka. By the way, they are legal to own in this country. This is America, after all.

I tend to trigger easily. I was leafing through the L.A. Times this morning. That might be the problem. Dawn hadn’t woken up. But the crows had. As usual, they had a lot to say. A thick mist hung ripe and heavy. A shiny wet sheen shone off the street. ICE had just promulgated new rules, I read, limiting congressional access to Trump’s new penal colonies where those foolish enough to believe the American Dream are locked up. This is America, after all.