In the early 90s, I listened regularly to a short-wave radio station called WWCR (World Wide Christian Radio)--500,000 watts from Nashville. They carried programs like Radio Free America and The Hour of the Time, farragoes of black helicopter, FEMA, New World Order-fueled paranoia that managed to be hilarious and terrifying. But this was short wave, fringe broadcasting that few people ever heard. Now, I hear the same stuff on Fox News. It's mainstreamed and even in some quarters acceptable. I once heard Chris Matthews mention "the wonderful Michael Savage" on Hardball. Now that's scary, and it's not hilarious any more.