This might be petty, but, coincidentally or not, it speaks volumes about Bush’s relationship to common Americans:

On Friday, police were alerted just before Bush began his commute. With only a few minutes’ notice from the U.S. Secret Service, LAPD and city Department of Transportation cops shut down Sunset Boulevard west of the San Diego Freeway from 8:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

One commuter commented, “If he can sneak in and out of Baghdad without anybody knowing it, it seems like he could slip in and out of L.A. without disrupting rush hour – twice.”