SUNDAY NIGHT BLUES

Well, here I am already dreading work tomorrow.
Yesterday, we went out to dinner and rented some movies. We were going to go to the movies but couldn't see anything we thought was worth paying $8.50 each to see. Popcorn is 5.95 and drinks (small) are 2.75.

I saw an article in the Distorter (our local paper) from AP that talked about how movie attendance, live plays attendance and other types of entertainment are down an average of 20%. Duh! Movie stars get $20 million per picture, pictures have become more expensive to make and movie theatres have become very lush. This all gets passed down to the consumer.

Why hasn't someone figured out that many families can't afford to take their children to the movies? If you went once a week with three kids and bought popcorn and candy, you have spent your car payment. Is this so hard to figure out? They also mentioned baseball stadiums. Ditto!

Does any normal hardworking person think that someone else should earn forty of fifty million a year? I read Jennifer Lopez has solid gold fixtures in her bathroom and someone comes to do her hair and nails each day. Kids are starving all over the world while someone gets to poop on solid gold.
I don't mean to pick on her but wouldn't maybe $2million a year be enough for these people to live on?

I think the ordinary people in America should go on strike. We should not go to the movies, stadiums, rent movies or turn on our televisions for a month? Do you think anyone would notice?

It sure seems to me that everything is nuts when these things get to be the norm in America.