Transitions

With Baby New Year 2009 still in the toddler stage, it's time for another transition. This time, we say good-bye to President George W. Bush and say hello to President Barack Obama. CNN shows us how the logistics of the move, down to placing presidential cereal and peanut butter in the kitchen, is accomplished in just six hours.

Every four to eight years, for the past 220 years, we've been performing this peaceful transition of power. While for many Americans, this inauguration is a special day of hope, change, and renewal, in general we tend to take this civil exercise for granted. In some countries, there is no hope for transitions of power, peaceful or not.

Thank you to 43 for your service to your country. And a big welcome to the game for 44. May God bless each of these men, and the United States of America.

Now it gets interesting...