There hasn't been much of a need to to write angry editorials in recent months, at least, not since the "Fire Bubba" campaign of 2010. Sadly, this time it once again involves the decisions of TNA Wrestling and Dixie Carter, along with Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan.

Once again, before I continue, let me state: the following statement is not necessarily endorsed or supported by AngryMarks.com or any member of our staff or the owner of AngryMarks.com. These statements are mine, however you may feel free to agree with them.

And, once again, I am going to start a new program: DIXIE CARTER, FIRE JEFF HARDY! And, once again, please re-Tweet this to @TNADixie with the hash tag #FIREJEFFHARDY as well as the link to http://tinyurl.com/firejeffhardy.

Without any doubts, Jeff Hardy's run in TNA Wrestling has been an out-of-control nightmare that nobody has had the courage to step up and address. It is no secret that Jeff Hardy has a habitual drug abuse problem, and has had one for years. Despite WWE forcing him to go to a rehabilitation program to get cleaned up, resulting in both a 30-day and a 60-day suspension, Jeff Hardy refused to turn his life around and continues to let his vices rule his world. Jeff Hardy grew tired of WWE workplace safety policies dictate his professional life in exchange for a lucrative salary, so in 2009 he chose not to renew his contract and walk away.

Two weeks later, on September 12, 2009, Hardy was arrested in a joint sting operation between three law enforcement agencies who had been investigating Hardy's home and monitoring his communications. In the raid they seized 262 Vicodin pills, 180 Soma pills, 555ml of anabolic steroids, opium, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia, all totally an estimated value of $2500. Dear readers, if that doesn't scream "drug problem", then I don't know what does. The Moore County, North Carolina Sheriff's Department had another word: "drug dealer." Hardy was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, felony possession of cocaine, felony trafficking of opium, and felony possession with intent to sell or distribute a Schedule III controlled substance.

And, yet, for some crazy reason, on March 11, 2010 Dixie Carter signed Jeff Hardy to a one year contract, knowing that he was out of jail on a $125,000 bond and a looming date in court. Perhaps they expected Jeff Hardy to some how beat the rap? A year and three days to the day of his signing, Jeff has another court appearance, on March 21, 2011.

So what has happened within the last year? Well, Jeff Hardy has continued to show a lack of professional respect for his career, his co-workers, his fans and the consumers who purchase the product that he is a part of. While Jeff Hardy has been pushed to main event levels, we have seen co-workers like Taylor Wilde forced to take side jobs working at a sales booth in the mall and eventually retiring because of a lack of pay and upward mobility. While Jeff Hardy has been pushed to the main event, we've seen top talent like AJ Styles treated like mid-card hacks and pushed to the bottom, wondering why he's the only two-time Grand Slam TNA champion who can't get television time or even a decent feud. And while Jeff Hardy has been pushed to the main event, we have seen TNA Impact's TV ratings drop to lows that had not been seen in three years, and pay-per-view buys drop below 8,000 (TNA doesn't even release their pay-per-view numbers anymore).

On October 25, 2010 it was Jeff Hardy's errant chair shot to the back that gave Ken Anderson a legitimate concussion as he hit Anderson flush in the back of the head instead. While many at the time simply chalked this up to a bad accident, we are now left wondering if this was an accident, or an accident waiting to happen. It turns out that while we don't have that complete answer, what we do know is that during the last year Jeff Hardy has not only showed up for work under the influence of drugs, but has also been allowed to work while impaired.

In the April 14, 2010 edition of Figure Four Weekly, not more than a month into Jeff Hardy's employment, Bryan Alvarez noted that Kevin Nash suffered a concussion thanks to a sloppily-delivered Senton from Hardy, and openly speculated whether Hardy was clean then. At the TNA No Surrender PPV on September 5, Hardy's sloppy work once again causes an injury to Kurt Angle, dislocating a rib. At the TNA Final Resolution PPV on December 5, reports came out that Jeff Hardy showed up impaired. At the time, TNA management immediately tried to cover it up, blaming it on "exhaustion" and linking it to TNA's tour of the Middle East the week before. Strange that nobody else who went on the tour reported any similar symptoms such slurred speech and inability to pay attention. On the December 8, 2010 edition of his Who's Slammin' Who podcast, former TNA employee and booking agent to many TNA stars, Bill Behrens, revealed that not only did TNA know that Jeff Hardy was showing up high, but allowed him to work in such a condition more than just this pay-per-view. Behrens openly questioned why TNA Wrestling would choose to leave themselves open to litigation because of Hardy's working condition, and specifically mentioned Ken Anderson's recent workplace injury at the hands of Hardy.

That right there was a bridge gone too far. At the time I made a very four-letter-fueled, foaming-at-the-mouth tirade on Ring the Bell that made my feelings known at the time that this was unacceptable. It is one thing for Jeff Hardy to put his own life at risk because of his recreational (perhaps "industrial" is a better word) drug usage, but to put the health and well being of his co-workers at risk as well is just too much. TNA Wrestling, and specifically Dixie Carter, should be absolutely ashamed that this has gone on. As soon as this news came out, Jeff Hardy should have been put on the shelf indefinitely, drug rehab or no drug rehab.

But, alas, no. TNA Wrestling chose to keep using Jeff Hardy, chose to promote him as the TNA World Heavyweight Champion once again, and chose to continue to push him as main event talent while others such as Samoa Joe and D'Angelo Dinero were allowed to slip down the card into obscurity.

Which lead to what happened on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at the TNA Victory Road pay-per-view. Fans were shocked, and legitimately pissed off, as TNA champion Sting squashed Jeff Hardy in just under 90 seconds. It played off on television incredibly poorly, the broadcast team was confused, and so were both fans and viewers at home.

Both PWInsider's Mike Johnson and WreztleZone's Nick Paglia have independently confirmed that this was not a work to screw the fans, but a legitimate shoot in order to resolve a bad situation. Once again, according to these reports, Jeff Hardy showed up to the pay-per-view impaired. So impaired that many believed that he would not be able to actually perform safely. Sting refused to wrestle against him, and there was a crisis situation about the main event as the day and event went on. According to the reports, Eric Bischoff conspired the shoot at the last minute, which only Sting and possibly referee Brian Hebner being in-the-know.

As Jeff Hardy arrived to the ring, he once again appeared on camera to be impaired, but since this is actually a part of his character, the staggering, the slow walking, talking to himself, one might not have been able to guess it at the time. The face paint certainly masks a lot of the details. Before the match got started, Hardy wandered around the ring as if he was lost. He takes off his t-shirt and acted as if he was unsure of what to do with it. Even commentator Mike Tenay was not sure of why he was delaying the match. Sting has to go into the corner to engage Hardy, pulls him out, delivers a kick to the midsection and a headbutt into the corner.

And then, it happens. Sting yanks Hardy out of the corner hard by the hair, whips him around and hits the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting then puts his full body and weight over the top of Hardy as referee Brian Hebner pounds out a quick three-count. Watching the video, you can see that Hardy is only on one shoulder, is wildly moving his legs and is trying to use his hands to move Sting off of him. It was not a job that he had expected to do. Afterwards, Hardy gets in Hebener's face and demands to know what happened. Hebner doesn't break kayfabe and waves with his hands how he counted out the pin. Hardy then turns to Sting and asked him why. Sting says nothing back, instead he gives him a look that shows Sting's own disgust with it. The fans at ringside are shocked, holding out their hands, wondering why, wanting an explanation.

While Hardy goes to a corner and starts pounding it in frustration, Sting and Hebner quickly leave the ring. The fans start chanting "BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!" loudly, to which Sting answers them: "I agree! I agree!" before he disappears off the screen. As the fans at home see a recap of the evening's matches, TNA security come to the ring to escort Jeff Hardy to the back.

If Dixie Carter had the courage to address this situation when it came to light on December 8, we would not have had this result take place last night. Indeed, if ANYBODY in TNA Wrestling had the courage to stand up and put Jeff Hardy in his place, this wouldn't have happened. According to the reports, after this match, many TNA employees let their feelings be known... albeit anonymously. Some of them were upset that Hardy was allowed to go out and work in the condition that he was in. One even wondered what the future impact of tonight's events would be when Spike TV's leadership gets word of what happened. Not only was it apparently on television that TNA delivered a poor main event, but it is apparent that behind the scenes TNA is doing a poor job of keeping its house in order.

It is understandable, to a small degree, why nobody inside of TNA is willing to speak up. It is clear that, for whatever reasons, Jeff Hardy carries a very favored status with those in power. If he did not, then he would not be allowed to continue to work like this. I can understand the possible fear of retribution from management if one did speak up against Jeff Hardy, especially if they were not in as such a favorable status, and might be suspended or even terminated. Still, one would think that they would not want to put themselves at risk working against an impaired Jeff Hardy. But, do not even his closest friends care? Not even his own brother? It is clear none of them have gone on the record to speak against his drug habit either.

Still, the bottom line is that while there are plenty of people who could be to blame for allowing this on-going fiasco to continue (Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff, executive directors; Terry Taylor, head of Talent Relations; and of course his friends and co-workers), the ultimate blame lands directly at the door of Dixie Carter. Unless dear Dixie has had her head in the sand and not reading any of the reports, watched any of the news, or even attended any of these events herself, she most certainly has to have known what has been going on, and most certainly has had to have approved of it on some level.

DIXIE CARTER, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO ACT NOW!

No longer can this situation be tolerated. No longer can this abuse go on. YOU HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PANDA ENERGY AND TNA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. YOU HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO BOTH YOUR EMPLOYEES, AND THE FANS AND CONSUMERS OF TNA WRESTLING. You cannot continue to let Jeff Hardy continue to act this recklessly, you cannot continue to put the health of others at risk, and you most certainly cannot continue to enable Jeff Hardy both financially and emotionally by letting him show up for work in an unprofessional manner.

DIXIE CARTER, IT IS TIME TO FIRE JEFF HARDY.

As noted earlier, Jeff Hardy signed his contract on March 11, 2010 for one year. It is now three days past this point. If Jeff Hardy has not signed an extension to his contract, DO NOT OFFER HIM ONE. If is is under a new contract now, then most certainly his actions have clearly violated his contract, and most certainly there is a way to legally remove him from any future dates. You have to do this, you have to do this now. I do not care if you make this a public manner or a private one, but either way, Jeff Hardy must not be allowed to continue to put TNA Wrestling and its employees at risk.

DIXIE CARTER, IF YOU HAVE ANY CARE FOR TNA WRESTLING, ITS EMPLOYEES, ITS WORKERS, AND ITS FANS, YOU WILL MOVE NOW!

To end this, last year when Hulk Hogan made his big return to professional wrestling, on an episode of TNA Impact he made a statement to the fans in the Impact Zone, the fans on television, and to the TNA locker room that it was time to start doing the right thing for the business. Indeed, Dixie Carter, it is now time, it has been time for awhile, and it needs to come to pass. Do the right thing, Dixie. Fire Jeff Hardy.