Does anybody care about Charlie Sheen?

http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/thefamous/charlie-sheen-demands-3-million-per-episode/739?nc

   This Yahoo! article, from their... OMG! section talks about how Charlie Sheen is demanding three million dollars per episode of Two & a Half Men now that he's quite publicly hated-on everyone involved with the show. He plans to take CBS and Men creator Chuck Lorre to court for breach of contract if they fail to give him ever more money. The writer of the article, Erin Carlson, makes a point of stating the considerable wealth Sheen has amassed as well as including some greater-than-thou quotes from him explaining why he needs more money.

   I only chose this topic because this whole issue is clogging up my RSS feeds and I keep having to see Charlie Sheen's self-righteous face. As the title of this post asks: who cares? My mom is the only human being I know who watches Two & a Half Men, but she doesn't care about this; she'll just watch Conan or DatelineNBC instead. All this because Sheen has obviously had his feelings hurt because people blame his arrogance on drug and alcohol addictions, which makes him even angrier it seems. Now if Charlie could end his temper tantrum and find a nice late-night timeslot on HBO, I think everyone would be a lot happier.

How Quaddafi Lost Libya

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/how-qaddafi-lost-libya.html

    Andrew Solomon of The New Yorker details in this article the several failings of Moammar Qaddafi, currently the longest ruling leader in the Arab world, that have in recent days enabled Libyans to rise against him. One of many is the long-delayed promise of reforms delivered by one of Qaddafi's sons, Seif-al-Islam. Solomon recounts how he, along with a number of American diplomats, attended a meeting with Seif in 2005, who then, as now, promised those same reforms. As such, Solomon, as well as myself, find it hard to find credence in his promise more than five years later. Solomon seems to know a good deal about Libyan politics and how Qaddafi runs the country, so he has good ethos. Overall, I am persuaded that Qaddafi is losing Libya, seeing how he has ruled the country with an iron fist since Nixon was President.