It’s Friday, and Mr Bu$h has had a really tough week as Americans are slowly waking up from a six-year long slumber and asking “What the hell is going on in our White House?”

There was a time when revealing a covert agent’s name for cheap political retribution would have been blinked at and then ignored by Joe Sixpack. In fact, it was ignored for a long time as the Bu$h malAdministration’s 24 hour spin lie shop churned out never-ending fake terror threats and slander about citizens who cared more about the nation than about corporate profits.

There was a time when Joe Sixpack would have shrugged his shoulders at the idea of US Attorneys being fired because they preferred the rule of law to the rule of corrupt men.

Those days may be past. These are just the most recent of the long list of lies and scandals that have come home to roost in the White House.

Actions always have consequences and malicious actions even more so. They take a toll of people and nations. Even when you make others do your dirty work for you, the old bugaboo Schadenfreude nests within your soul.

While Steve Gilliard is laid up in a hospital recovering from open heart surgery, his News Blog continues, supported by a few blogger friends. Today Pants has a killer post, with before and after photos and some personal commentary, followed by an excerpt from Wayne Madsen’s report of March 13th.

Our White House Press Corps sources report further disturbing news about President George W. Bush. Our sources have witnessed a clearly inebriated Bush approaching members of the press corps and making rude comments, including one particularly crude remark about First Lady Laura Bush. In that case, Bush, nodding toward Laura, called her a "c**t." While Bush's drinking is no secret to the White House press contingent, that particular comment was reportedly the worst they have heard uttered by Bush. Our sources also report that Laura Bush's stays at the White House are less frequent and that her overnight trips to the Mayflower Hotel often coincide with the president's drunken binges.

Note: Some of our female readers were shocked to see the "C" word in the above news item. This editor wants to make it clear that word was used by George W. Bush to denigrate his wife. It was his word, not mine. It is important that the public knows what kind of person Mr. Bush is by the offensive words he uses. The editor also wants to make clear that the President chose a public press gaggle to use this word -- that is not a private moment between him and his wife. If Mrs. Bush feels her privacy has been violated, she must understand that it is her responsibility to herself, her children, and the nation to end this abusive relationship by legally separating from the President and becoming a role model for other women around the country and the world who find themselves locked into similar abusive marriages.

Nevertheless, we have "asterisked" the word in question. However, Mr. Bush cannot asterisk his own vile words.

Gossip? Sure. The report may or may not be true. Putting aside any ideological bias, read the full post on Gilliard’s site, study the photos carefully, and then make your own determination, as rational, intelligent citizens, whether you believe the report.

Sometimes the only way to assess the truth is to look at what you see and use your life experience to judge the accuracy of what you’ve just read.

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

Ill send an s.o.s. to the world
Ill send an s.o.s. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle, yeah