Porn Industry Asks For Bailout

[bassrique]

No, really..... this is a real story, and not "The Onion".

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...deral-bailout/

January 7, 2009

Porn industry seeks federal bailout

Posted: 05:27 PM ET

From CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Mark Preston


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."

“We should be delivering [the request] by the end of today to our congressmen and [Secretary of the Treasury Henry] Paulson asking for this $5 billion dollar bailout,” he told CNN Wednesday.

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.

–CNN’s Chloe Melas contributed to this report

[Nyarlathotep]

???

[unclejam]

k???????? interesting

[Bryan R. Tyler]

They want someone to pay $5 billion dollars to the porn industry? Didn't I already do that when I was a teenager?

[username n/a]

[awakefie]

Dude, it's the Onion.

[benthughes]

It was on a reputable news channel, the headline read " Porn industry seeks stimulus". I thought that was entertaining.

[tplyons]

It's not gonna happen. They're screwed.

[Jeff Martinez]

It seems to me that this is Larry Flynt's way of exploiting poor government financial choices. It's more of a political statement than anything else. To that, I say "Bravo, Larry".

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by benthughes

It was on a reputable news channel, the headline read " Porn industry seeks stimulus". I thought that was entertaining.

don't tell i'm the only one who caught what he did here!?

[iamthebassplayr]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

don't tell i'm the only one who caught what he did here!?

You weren't

[bassrique]

Taxpayer [well, borrowed/"printed"] money is going or will be going nearly everywhere else, so why not adult entertainment?

[steamthief]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

They want someone to pay $5 billion dollars to the porn industry? Didn't I already do that when I was a teenager?

LOL!

Originally Posted by benthughes

It was on a reputable news channel, the headline read " Porn industry seeks stimulus". I thought that was entertaining.

Originally Posted by tplyons

It's not gonna happen. They're screwed.

Originally Posted by Kwesi

don't tell i'm the only one who caught what he did here!?

The porn industry has balls to ask for a handout.

This thread delivers! The double entendres are worth the price of admission.

[Jefenator]

Well I'll be... it really is on CNN.

Well why the heck not? Go ahead and throw 'em a bone.

[::::BASSIST::::]

Oh, the religious fundamentalists are going to love this one! I'd rather my tax dollars be spent on this than to other ....

oops, better not go there or I'll get beatin with a wet noodle. Pun intended.

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by Jefenator

Well I'll be... it really is on CNN.

Well why the heck not? Go ahead and throw 'em a bone.

You thought I was jerking your chain?

[Kael]

I will write my congressman to support the pr0n bailout if they'll bring back Kobe Tai... I was in, well maybe not love but something with that woman for a looong time. Daddy like.

[frostymoose]

This is just a PR stunt/joke it looks like... I mean come on...

"Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger"

[vene-nemesis]

Is it illegal to download porn from bittorrent?

[armywalaby]

If it is, then the cops would have beat my door down a couple of years ago.

Now, if you wanna take it back to the first inception of Kazaa.....I was a minor then, so they couldn't prosecute.