Harsh Perspective
It's never a good idea for me to do a serious post, but since our theme this week seems to be bad ideas, let's just go ahead and do a serious post...
I hate the news. Besides the fact that news is just news and not actual journalism anymore, as callous as this sounds, pretty much nothing that happens on the news has any actual bearing at all on my life. None. Things are going to hell in a handbasket all over the world (at least according to the news), but out here in the middle of nowhere, everything's just peachy keen. Still, when I watch the news, it makes me feel crummy, because I either have empathy for all the people who have suffered one tragedy or another, or I get pissed because of all of the people that rip us all off every day without any sort of payback.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago (or so), they announced that the official American Death Toll in Iraq was over the 2000 mark. Again, that's just American soldiers. It doesn't count Iraqui civilians, police, hostages from other countries, or anyone else that's died. That number's a LOT higher. 2000. I just kinda filed that number away in the file cabinet in my mind marked "Horrible Things I Can Do Nothing About" and went on with my life.
Then, yesterday, for no good reason, that number jumped out of the file cabinet, and put itself into perspective. Y'know what 2000 is? That's the ENTIRE POPULATION OF MY HOMETOWN OF CLAY CITY. TWICE. That's like rounding up every person I've ever known, and killing em. And quite a few other people besides.
Again, sorry. I'll write a happy go lucky article tomorrow. Today I'm too busy being freaked out.
I hate the news. Besides the fact that news is just news and not actual journalism anymore, as callous as this sounds, pretty much nothing that happens on the news has any actual bearing at all on my life. None. Things are going to hell in a handbasket all over the world (at least according to the news), but out here in the middle of nowhere, everything's just peachy keen. Still, when I watch the news, it makes me feel crummy, because I either have empathy for all the people who have suffered one tragedy or another, or I get pissed because of all of the people that rip us all off every day without any sort of payback.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago (or so), they announced that the official American Death Toll in Iraq was over the 2000 mark. Again, that's just American soldiers. It doesn't count Iraqui civilians, police, hostages from other countries, or anyone else that's died. That number's a LOT higher. 2000. I just kinda filed that number away in the file cabinet in my mind marked "Horrible Things I Can Do Nothing About" and went on with my life.
Then, yesterday, for no good reason, that number jumped out of the file cabinet, and put itself into perspective. Y'know what 2000 is? That's the ENTIRE POPULATION OF MY HOMETOWN OF CLAY CITY. TWICE. That's like rounding up every person I've ever known, and killing em. And quite a few other people besides.
Again, sorry. I'll write a happy go lucky article tomorrow. Today I'm too busy being freaked out.
1 Comments:
I've heard of some Democrats digging out and wearing the old Bush/Cheney 2000 presidential electorial buttons because of that figure.
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