Honk If You Loved 2020
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Automobiles played an oversized role in the news this year, from the country's response to the pandemic to the strange twists and turns of the presidential election. In fact, some might say 2020 was the year of the car. Beyond the growth of drive-thru COVID testing and importance of curbside voting, there was the president's weird virus-infected limousine ride around Walter Reed, flag-flying "Trump Trains" shutting down highways and the strange spectacle of watching President-elect Joe Biden deliver his victory speech before supporters in parked cars who expressed their excitement and enthusiasm by honking. What does it mean for the future of democracy that most of our interactions with our fellow citizens now happen from behind a windshield? Are we destined to duke it out, road-rage style, until society collapses? Or is there an off-ramp from all this madness? Plus, is there really a parking angle to the Four Seasons Total Landscaping story? You bet there is. Aaron, Sarah and Doug are together again to discuss it all.
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SHOW NOTES:
How "Trump Trains" became a political weapon. (The Atlantic)
What was with the red, white and blue Jeeps at Biden's victory speech? (Jalopnik)
The owner of the adult novelty store next to Four Seasons Total Landscaping was annoyed that his customers couldn't find parking. (Slate)
"Petro-masculinity" was on display at Trump highway rallies. (Gizmodo)
Drive-thru voting survives challenge in Harris County, Texas. (Texas Tribune)
Trump rally gets ugly in Marin City, California. (KTVU)
Long lines for COVID testing at Dodger Stadium. (ABC 7)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, for our sponsor, Cleverhood, let's do a speed round. |
| 0:05.0 | What are our favorite features of the Cleverhood Rain Cape? |
| 0:09.0 | Go. |
| 0:10.0 | All right, for me, it's the color, I got the pink totally out of character for me. |
| 0:14.0 | I usually get everything in black, |
| 0:15.8 | but in the pink, I feel beautiful. |
| 0:19.1 | It's an amazing thing. |
| 0:21.0 | My favorite feature, I can sum it up in one word thumb loops, which might be two words, |
| 0:26.2 | but thumb loops. You stick your thumbs in these little loops under the cape and when you're |
| 0:31.6 | riding your bike, when you're walking walking it doesn't matter if it's |
| 0:33.6 | windy the cape stays in place it's great keeps you dry. I have the Electric Glen |
| 0:38.2 | Rain cape in olive green and my favorite thing are the arm holes. The fact that when needed I can stick my arms outside of the cape. |
| 0:47.0 | I can hold my bicycle handlebars, I can look at my phone, I can do whatever I want to do with arms either inside or outside of the cape. |
| 0:55.4 | It is a very thoughtful design. |
| 0:57.0 | If you want to discover all the awesome features of Cleverhood raingear go to |
| 1:01.6 | cleverhood.com slash War on Cars, and at check out, enter code War on Cars, all one word, and |
| 1:08.6 | you'll get a 20% discount on your purchase. |
| 1:21.0 | So Wednesday, the day after election day, I was asked to go to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which is about two hours from Brooklyn where I live, |
| 1:25.0 | to document this event, protect the results. |
| 1:28.0 | Last night, before all the votes were counted, |
| 1:32.0 | we heard the chilling words of the President of the United States |
| 1:36.4 | declaring himself the winner of this election. |
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