I’ve had teams of scientists working around the clock trying to figure out some connection between the latest crazed king of all media and what I write about here. But then cartoonist Tom Toles beats me to the punch — with this Technicolor cartoon:
Sure, you might argue that Charlie Sheen is but the most extreme personification of our culture of damn-the-consequences immediate self gratification. But a stronger case can be made that he is just nuts.
NY Magazine shows what “a struggle it is to distinguish between the mad ramblings of an entertainer, a despot, and a newsman another entertainer,” in their laugh-out-loud quiz, “It’s Time to Play ‘Sheen, Beck, or Qaddafi?‘ ”
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… and it’s only in the movies you can keep on drinking and your liver keeps on being healthy.
He is not interesting because of any real or imagined talent he may have he is only interesting to some when he misbehaves. If he suffers a tragic death maybe someone will write an opera about it.
Afterall someone has written an opera about Anna Nicole Smith!
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Did you know that The Second Arrival, is so bad actor wise that it is almost fun again to watch it? Yes, this movie sucks because it does not haz Sheen, who played marvelously in the first episode of epic story about aliens which try to take over the world by polluting the atmosphere with heat trapping gases.
The 2nd part is so bad, it is ridiculous …
Part II
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122961/
Trailer “The Battle for Earth has Begun!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHvxUWriIas
Part I
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/
Regrettably, Charlie Sheen is also a role model. Without him, there could be no Jersey Shore. I wonder if Snooki worries about Sea Level rise?