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Old 01-07-2009, 03:14 PM   #1
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...deral-bailout/


From CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Mark Preston


Larry Flynt is asking for a bailout.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.

“The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three,” said Owen Moogan, spokesman for Larry Flynt. “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are going to ask for the $5 billion. Is it the most serious thing in the world? Is it going to make the lives of Americans better if it happens? It is not for them to determine.”

Francis said in a statement that “the US government should actively support the adult industry's survival and growth, just as it feels the need to support any other industry cherished by the American people."


Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger — DVD sales have slipped over the past year, but Web traffic has continued to grow.

But the industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. "People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."

"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It's time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly."

So far, there has been no congressional reaction to the request.
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Actually, that's "brown chicken brown cow"

I'm not the least bit surprised that this happened. Frankly, I think the government should have given the general public money, rather than the banks. The banks are just sitting on it and not loaning it. If the government had given the money to the public, we would have spent it. Some people would pay off debt, others would go on a spending spree, but the result is the banks would end up with the money and the people would be happy. Right now, the banks have the money and are holding it, while the public is pissed off.
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Old 01-07-2009, 03:32 PM   #5
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So far, there has been no congressional reaction to the request.
come on people! huge fake boobs cost money!
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Old 01-07-2009, 03:50 PM   #7
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People too poor to wank? I think not! Why its the cheapest entertainment yet!
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Old 01-07-2009, 03:55 PM   #8
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Beat me to posting this one, damn you!

Anyway, I don't think they should be bailed out directly. A way to bail out the porn industry that would make much more sense would be for the federal government to send out Porn Checks (CheXXX) to each taxpayer so that they could buy the porn of their choice. That way we wouldn't have any taxpayer money going to substandard porn purveyors because the people would pay the money only to the best pornographers they could afford.

Or, on an entirely different note, one could do something like Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) who planned to turn the Roman Coliseum into a wool factory to provide employment for Rome's prostitutes. Think how many prostitutes Rome must have had....
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I say bail 'em out. At least they're more honest than the goddamn automakers, they don't hide that they're whores.
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