The national train wreck known as Charlie Sheen came to a major split in the tracks yesterday as Warner Bros. Television told the press that the addict’s services on “Two and a Half Men” had been terminated, effective immediately, following “careful consideration.”

Warner Brothers has not yet decided on what they are going to do about the future of the top-rated comedy which stopped production for the season in order for Sheen to seek treatment for his admitted drug use.

Sheen’s addictions have cost him a hit television program and a job that paid a reported $1.8 million an episode, earning him over $43 million a year.

Liberal pundits and other enablers were quick to rush to his aid.

According to Paul Levinson, a Fordham University media professor:

At this point, all bets are off regarding where his career goes from here. Although nothing is certain where fame and celerity are concerned, Sheen’s ubiquity in the past few weeks suggest that he could indeed go on to become a bigger superstar than (the sitcom) could ever had made him.

Yeah, and he could die within the next year from his “problem”, if he continues on the path he’s chosen to take.

The problem is, self-centered people, like Charlie Sheen, the son of noted actor and raging Liberal activist Martin Sheen, want what they want and to heck with whomever they may hurt in the process.

Take the case of the Memphis City School Board, for example.

Today, in Memphis, Tennessee, voters are going to the polls to decide whether the formerly nationally recognized Memphis City Schools system should surrender its charter, forcing a merger with the academically superior and financially sound Shelby County Schools System.

After city and country citizens voted overwhelmingly against consolidation of services last November, the Memphis City Schools’ Board of Education voted last December to surrender its charter, in an attempt to shirk their responsibility for the financial and academic failure of their school system. By forcing the more successful Shelby County system, which includes public schools outside the city limits, to do their job for them, they bypass the wishes of Shelby County Voters.

Only voters within the Memphis City limits will go to the polls today. County voters are excluded.

According to those pushing the merger, this action must be taken, in order to stop Shelby County from seeking school special district status, thereby drawing a boundary around the county system and at the same time, taking a cut out of tax money that currently goes to the Memphis City Schools, to spend as they will.

Those against this unwanted action argue that the spur-of-the-movement, unplanned merger could stretch resources to the point that people will lose their jobs.

The Libs, both locally and nationally, have been very quick to label this a racial issue.  It’s not.  It’s green.

Per yahoo.com, the 2010-2011 budget for Memphis City Schools is about $890 million to cover 103,000 students, 85 percent of whom are black. For the 47,000-student Shelby County system, which is 38 percent black, it’s more than $363 million.

The other problem with the Libs’ racial argument is the fact that African-American ministers, including noted activist Rev. LaSimba (formerly Leo) Gray, have lined up with Shelby County officials, demanding to know where’s the proof that a combined system would be good for anyone.

Gray told a debate audience that athletics were his ticket out of the ‘hood. He wondered how poor children could be expected to play in a system where parents would be expected to pay for football uniforms as they do in the county schools.

Many got out of the community with athletic scholarships. Those are the activities we are talking about leaving on the table.

And what happens regarding the administration of this county-wide school system?  Will there be a 30 member school board?  Will the hacks that ran the city schools into the ground be swept back into power?

One thing’s for sure:  The Realtors in the counties surrounding Shelby County, Tennessee are all rubbing their hands together with glee.

The Sheen and School situations both have something in common:  Both have come about as a result of Liberals not accepting responsibility for their actions and their effect on those around them.

Just as Charlie Sheen’s addictions, caused by a lack of personal responsibility, have cost the cast and crew of Two One and a Half Men wages and, possibly their jobs, the poor stewardship of those in charge of the Memphis City Schools system, who are now trying to force this unplanned merger, will cause consequences felt by both the adults that are employed in the system and the children who are seeking an education.

After all, take it from Charlie Sheen:  Why hold yourself responsible when you can blame somebody else?

A Note From KJ: Here is Part 2 of a 4 part series I wrote about President Barack Hussein Obama, tracing his life from his birth to his nomination as Democratic Candidate for President.  I hope you enjoy it:

https://kingsjester.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/the-great-disconnect-part-2-columbia-community-organizing-and-hahvahd/