Wednesday, January 07, 2009

$5 Billion Porn Bailout?



Ever since the $700 billion TARP bailout, every industry in distress it sometimes seems have sharp-elbowed their way into a choice position at the government teat. So, why not porn? From CBS LA:

"Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and 'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis announced Wednesday that they have asked Congress for a $5 billion federal bailout to help the adult entertainment industry during the economic downturn.

"'People are too depressed to be sexually active,' Flynt said. 'This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex.'

"'Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important businesses,' he said. 'We feel we deserve the same consideration. In difficult economic times, Americans turn to entertainment for relief. More and more, the kind of entertainment they turn to is adult entertainment.'

"According to Flynt and Francis, adult DVD sales and rentals have decreased by 22 percent in the past year.

"Francis said the money for the $13 billion industry would be 'just to see us through hard times.'"


Who knew that two men as porcine and oily as Flynt and Francis are were capable of such clever satire?

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