The Big 2000

About an hour ago, I was sitting with a friend of mine and we were watching the news. An announcement came on about how the "Big 2000" (signifying how many American soldiers have been killed in Iraq) was just around the corner. My friend said, "What happens when it reaches 2000?"

And I said, "When it reaches 2000, that's when Americans finally say "enough," and turn off their tvs and drag their fat lard-asses off their couches, all over America, and pour into the streets and en masse, demand, an immediate end to the war in Iraq."

I was laughing before I had all the words out. I laughed harder than I had laughed in months, I laughed so hard my sides hurt and my forehead began to tingle from the vibration of laughter inside my head. I couldn't stop laughing. I laughed and laughed and laughed at the very idea that My People - those wacky Americans - would actually Give A Shit at All about 2000 American soldiers dead in Iraq.

A part of me is still laughing. Fucking sad, ain't it?