Well, the Bush era is ending very quietly. I will admit I didn't think it would end like this. After all of the well documented illegal acts like torture, secret prisons, wars of aggression, spying, and violations of civil liberties, I thought that Bush would feel a little nervous that his administrations actions couldn't be adequately covered up. The internet has caused too much non-propaganda related information to spread quickly, and Bush's co-conspirators in Congress like Democratic congresspersons Nancy Pelosi and Jay Rockefeller couldn't stem the inundations of calls from constituents demanding investigations of the Bush administration. But Bush has made it out to retirement in Dallas. He did not escalate the middle east war into Iran despite being pressured to by the right wing Israelis and neocons here in America. He did not use some domestic emergency, real or staged, to suspend the Constitution or stay in office. He did not end up pushing the world to the brink of a region wide Middle East War. After all the destruction and desolation he has meted out, at least there is a blessing in what he didn't end up doing the last year or so in office. Now Bush will cede power as being the most unpopular president around the world in recent history.