Written by Your house is foreclosing, your stocks are tanking, why not go to a strip club or check out a movie:
Recently, many people have been up in arms about the purported economic crisis. The Dow Jones has fallen to record lows, credit markets have been failing and the banks are going down the tubes. Yet, none of these financial woes signifies the end of civilization as we know it. That fateful sign occurred this past weekend, when “Beverly Hills Chihuahua†made $29.7 million, topping the box office. For a country in crisis, where people will supposedly soon be losing their homes and their life savings, people sure seem willing to throw $9.25 at a movie starring Drew Barrymore as the voice of a whiny rat-dog named Chloe.
