Numbers

Sometimes, "numbers" and how they are portrayed by the media really tick me off. Example: CNN blasts headlines of 4000! today, meaning the loss of American fighting men in the war in Iraq. I'm sure Soldiers on the ground are not paying that much attention to specific  numbers, because they have a job to do. Every loss or injury is important in its own right, not the total amount as headlined on some web page or daily newspaper.