Life imitates Onion

I'm not sure how many people have noticed The Onion's quiet coverage of the Bush administration's final days:

Bush Tumbles Wildly Down Washington Monument Staircase

Bush Passes Three-Pound Kidney Stone

Crocodile Bites Off Bush's Arm

Bush Dragged Behind Presidential Motorcade For 26 Blocks

Spider Eggs Hatch In Bush's Brain

And then there's this excellent article about Cheney (the very very end being the best part):

Vice Presidential Handlers Lure Cheney Into Traveling Crate

Is it crazy or cruel to see some kind of echo of all this in the following real-life AP story?

Cheney Injures Back While Moving

    WASHINGTON (AP)—Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday's inauguration ceremony...

    [White House press secretary Dana] Perino said that Cheney is OK otherwise.

    "The vice president is looking forward to being there for tomorrow's historic inaugural activities."

I'm sorry: is it...is it OK to laugh?