Silly "News Analysis" of the Day: Women Will Save the Economy Because We're Shop-a-holics

Really? I hope the writer of this was attempting to be cute and funny:

Men may have got us into this recession but it is women who are going to get us out of it. Not because they are more practical or prudent but because they just have to shop.

. . . There is no need to look dowdy just because your country has a $11 trillion debt.

Somehow, vaguely, I feel insulted. Furthermore, notice the little bit of man-bashing too. Excuse me, men alone did not get us into this economic mess. Everybody who spent themselves into debt like idiots and bought things they could not afford played a part in this debacle -- and that means women too.

I have to add: the fact that you have a $11 trillion debt (and are going to crash and burn more with every passing act of government folly) is a perfectly legitimate reason not only to "look dowdy," but to moan and wail in sackcloth and ashes.

Oh, and FYI? It is totally possible to look rather nice (i.e., not dowdy) without spending a pile of money!