He may have suffered a faltering attempt to stand for President and be off air while the writer's strike drags on, but the father of twenty-first century news comment has been acclaimed.
Stephen Colbert has been named by the Associated Press as their Celebrity of the Year.
The man who speaks not his mind, but his gut on all things news, has done it again.
Tell The Truthiness ; A merry American Christmas to our celebrity of the year, Stephen Colbert.
One thing seems to have been missed in all the protests and riots in Pakistan recently. Yes, the application of power by President Musharraf has been questioned. The real motives about the return of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have been talked about.
But on one, visually stunning aspect of this uprising, never seems to get a mention.
The people who have been protesting have been wearing suits.
Yes, like those hippies and young people against the Vietnam war, or the masked protesters during the 'Battle For Seattle' in 1999, these people have their own 'First.'
Television and print media has shown people in suits and business attire protesting and rioting. Lawyers.
Tell The Truthiness ; When middle class, mild mannered, well tailored lawyers take to the streets, you know there is something very wrong with your country.
Mr Karl Rove may have left this week, but this weekend, another member of Bush's team is also bidding farewell.
Tony Snow, the White House Press Secretary has announced his immediate resignation from the administration.
His reason for departing?
Not his cancer, which is being treated.
Nor any difference in political policy.
He's leaving because this government job doesn't pay enough. He earns $168,000 annually, but could earn far more in a similar position with a private firm.
Tell The Truthiness ; There's plenty of respect for Tony Snow from Truthiness, he didn't say it was to spend more time with his family, he said he needs more money ; fair enough.
The usually unflinching Brits are going through an interesting time right now as a new era is being moulded by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Since the failed car bombings, the urge to remain 'on alert' has been a non-stop story.
Now the UK's security minster Sir Alan West has said the fight against this terrorism could last 15 years.
Tell The Truthiness ; You shouldn't make sweeping generalisations like this. You may cite it as being 'honest and open' to citizens, but it gets hijacked by areas of government and the media and used to scare the population out of their wits. Tomorrow forces may leave Iraq and begin diplomacy with those fighting the coalition. Then again, it might not happen, but predicting the future in this fashion is a dangerous thing.
As Bush and Mission Accomplished can show, running things to a timetable isn't always the best way to operate.
Dick Cheney has declared his office exempt from a presidential order which allows the public to know how much material is classified and declassified.
As unsurprising as it sounds, the White House has given it's full support to Mr Cheney's Big Brother exemption.
This must be like reason 143 that shows Cheney is more in control of 'command and control' in the White House and federal government than that other guy, the one who stands up and waves on his way to and from the helicopters. That man called President George Bush.
Tell The Truthiness ; Dick Cheney only sleeps during daylight hours, hanging upside down by his feet from a ceiling beam in the White House Messroom.
Today President Bush is expected to veto the war funding bill when it is presented to him by Congress.
He has however assured us that he DOES want to work with both Republicans and Democrats to come up with something that we all agree on in a 'positive' way.
There's been little positive coming out of Iraq recently, with even the news that eight out of seven reconstruction projects have failed. Many have been done to a substandard, with clinical waste possibly contaminating local water supplies in one case.
Where infrastructure projects are attacked, the number of these attacks has gone down. However those attacks which still take place cause more damage and are more disruptive. So it's almost six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Winning or losing in Iraq is no longer relevant or helpful, it comes, whether its today or yet further ahead in the future, down to giving power to deal with their own affairs to Iraq. We can put it off for as long as President Bush likes, but the current policy just isn't working.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; There may be intelligent life on Mars , there's probably less chance of it existing in the White House.
Karl Rove attempted to handbag two women Saturday night when they raised the issue of global warming and the US's efforts to tackle it.
The women in question were Sheryl Crowe and Laurie David who have been touring US colleges to highlight global warming and get a grassroots movement going to push the federal government into real, substantive action.
Alas it wasn't to be at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. From reports, Mr Rove got hostile when Crowe and David tried to get him to reconsider his position on the science of global warming.
He even said that he doesn't work for Crow, but the American people.
Last time we checked, those people born in Kennett, Missouri still voted and were entitled to representation.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Karl Rove, reason 189 coming soon!
Despite the fact their is still mass civil unrest in Iraq, specifically Baghdad.
Despite the quick turnaround of troops once they reach home to send them back to Iraq, not having had the minimum amount of leave that is required of them.
Despite the attempt to hush up the scandal of terrible conditions at Walter Reed.
Despite the 200 people killed in the marketplace bombings on Wednesday, the worst single day of violence since the security plan lauded by Mr Bush was launched.
Despite all this. Mr Bush says the security plan seems to be working.
What opposite universe is he living in?
If this plan appears to bearing fruit and it involves the construction of whole walled sections of the city, then some people, indeed quite a lot don't like your plan.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Where will it finish at? Perhaps just build a huge wall around Iraq, with no doorways, that'll keep everyone in the country safe. Good call Sir.
Stories have emerged in the last twenty-four hours of how Virginia Tech students checked up on each other, trying to ensure that their classmates, friends, teachers and staff were safe and well and exhanging their individual stories on what happened on that terrible day at such a peaceful, happy place.
Sites such as Facebook and MySpace were filled with the frequent 'are you ok?' message being exchanged between friends and students who may not even have spoken in years, desperate to know that they were safe.
As a way of dealing with the tragedy and the mourning process, the swaping of experiences and stories on that day will allow people to heal and have a comprehensive view of events, allowing greater understanding of what those involved went through when their day was shattered.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; For once, technology, can help those dealing with this life changing event feel more part of a community, instead of isolating people as technology can so often be accused of.
The suicide bomb attack on the Iraq Parliament building inside the heavliy protected Green Zone in Baghdad shows that no-where at all in the Iraqi capital is safe.
Previously, with all the mayhem taking place outside of it's walls, the area containing US military headquarters, embassies and other politcal installations, it provided a break to all that an allowed the governing of Iraq to continue without incident.
All that went into history as a bomb exploded near the cafeteria just as ministers and staff were breaking for lunch on Thursday.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Is there an end in sight for all this?
On a review of the footage taken at the White House on the day that George Bush is meant to have almost put Nancy Pelosi in charge, it turns out the head of Ford may have not just exagerated things a bit, but, well, made them totally up.
Nothing at all in the video of Bush, Cheney and Ford CEO Alan Mulally at a demonstration of a Ford hydrogen hybrid, matches a quote made by the Ford CEO a few days earlier.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; The head of a vast multinational corporation lies to make himself look good, is nothing sacred! What next? Lying politicians, call centre workers and fast food firms? Whats happening to the World!
The Bush administration is dealing with three military generals have rejected taking the position of a 'war czar' to oversee all strategic decisions within these conflicts and report back to the Pentagon and State Department.
The job description is thought to include ' ability to work under pressure' and 'multi-skilled to enable analysis of many conflicts and unique, diverse campaigns on a variety of fronts' , as essential skills for any potential applicants.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Isn't it slightly concerning that the administration is only now attempting to fill a vacancy like this and didn't do this in October 2001, before it invaded Afghanistan, then later Iraq?
May the US should write notices on the sides of their vehicles in Iraq with the wording ' we apologise for the poor quality of this conflict, we aren't meeting our usual high standard. This is due to an employee shortage. We are working hard to fix this as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and patience.'
With people all over the planet gearing up for the end of this week, tucking into chocolate easter eggs and sweet flavoured rabbits, those celebrating Easter in the UK should be extra careful to check the eggs they might have.
A lorryload of £70,000 worth of Cadburys chocolate eggs were stolen in Staffordshire on Tuesday March 20th. The thieves uncunningly told the driver eggs were falling out the back and jumped in the cab when he got out check.
So if anyone should knock on your day today and attempt to sell you cheap Easter eggs and you happen to be in the Midlands, UK, then check the use by date and if they offer you them for a pound each then for god sake haggle, they've got thousands of them.
The truthiness blog ; Nothing says thank you for your sacrifice like a commercially produced, boxed chocolate hollow egg, that's been stolen.
With the British government squirming uncomfortably over 15 service personnel being held In Iran after allegedly straying into Iranian waters, it begs the question ; how would the US have reacted if the same thing had happened to some of their own military forces?
Perhaps we would right now be having sweets, flowers and mortars being thrown toward tanks in Tehran?
Or maybe President Bush might have been restrained, not exclusively by those people in white coats, but by someone with a handle on foreign affairs who would say it's dangerous to make any steps toward escalation?
Someone like Condoleezza Rice perhaps, she is the Secretary Of State after all?
No, not her, she compared Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler, so her character assessment of leaders can't be too hot.
The Truthiness Blog ; Thank goodness this happened to the British, the alternative is too worrying to think of.
The EU has come to a landmark decision on an 'open skies' agreement with the United States this week. For the first time in aviation history, this allows flying from anywhere in Europe to anywhere in the US, point-to-point.
Previously, complicated treaties, some dating back sixty years, have been overturned to allow freeing up on transatlantic air routes by US and European airlines.
Some of the particulars of the original agreements saw only two US and two UK carriers fly from the US direct to London Heathrow, the World's most lucrative international airport. At Heathrow, landing and takeoff slots on the two overcrowded runways can exchange hands for millions of pounds.
However, the so called 'open skies' move isn't really that, at least to European based carriers that is. EU based carriers will be unable to fly internally in the US, but US carriers will be allowed to do just that in European airspace.
Once again, it seems that the country with the World's seemingly biggest open market and spirit of free enterprise has closed the door allowing old fashioned government protectionism to keep the US economy in a bubble.
There is a get-out clause that airlines, especially British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are keen to see used, which is the deal is off unless the US government allows foreign investment in the US domestic air market.
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Mr Bush, defender of the faith, protector of the free market, it's over to you.
Following the discussion of BBC News' disclosure that it declared the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 on 9/11 half an hour before it actually happened, the BBC Editor's Blog replied to the hundred of comments made on the post.
The second piece from the BBC really tells us nothing about the primary focus of the BBC's misreported story, who told the Corporation that WTC 7 was about to collapse and how did that source know?
The Editor's Blog response signs off with;
''I've spent most of the week investigating this issue, but this is where we have to end the story. I know there are many out there who won't believe our version of events, or will raise further questions. But there was no conspiracy in the BBC's reporting of the events. Nobody told us what to say. There's no conspiracy involving missing tapes. There's no story here.''
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Yes, a news corporation just told the public there's no story and to stop poking about. Are they gettng protocol tips from Fox News?
Just as everyone was beginning to get sick of them, having queued up in a untidy branch, which once you've got to the counter they've got no expresso brownies in, something unusually satisfying has occurred.
In a leaked 800 page memo, the owner, Howard Schultz of Starbucks expressed concern that his company had lost it's way.
We at the Truthiness Blog haven't got any additional information or analysis on this story , we enjoy a grande hot chocolate with fresh cream and a cookie bigger than your head more than anyone.
But, isn't it quite pleasing when a company thinks it's got too big?
Why isn't the Bush administration like that?
The Truthiness Blog Says ; Anyone like their beans grinded?
