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Porn industry seeks federal bailout
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Why the heck not?
From CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Mark Preston
Larry Flynt is asking for a bailout.
| quote: | 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. |
Filed under: Congress
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/porn-industry-seeks-federal-bailout/#more-34724
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| infinity HiGH |
":haha: :haha: Go home"
That would be the congressional reaction. |
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| Agent0 |
| i approve of this bailout. who needs cars or banks when there is no porn |
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| bas |
| His argument is flawed, you don't need money to watch porn. Pfft. |
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| Krypton |
| Larry Flint needs to die. |
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| boris_the_bear |
| Larry.. what a great person :p |
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| Moongoose |
I havent actually read the article but im 100% behing it. Think about it for a second, if there is no more porn then there is no more use for the internets. And when ISPs loose 95% of their clients because of lack of porn do you think they will be able to stay in business? No everything will fail, he internet will crumble and we will descent into the new dark age.
So yes, we need to bail out for to preserve the internet and insure the future of our kind! |
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| SkyHigh |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
I havent actually read the article but im 100% behing it. Think about it for a second, if there is no more porn then there is no more use for the internets. And when ISPs loose 95% of their clients because of lack of porn do you think they will be able to stay in business? No everything will fail, he internet will crumble and we will descent into the new dark age.
So yes, we need to bail out for to preserve the internet and insure the future of our kind! |
ISP make cheaper rates?:( |
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| donato |
| slylee will generate them profits. |
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| Akridrot |
| , he looks so creepy. |
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| aNYthing |
| quote: | Originally posted by Akridrot
, he looks so creepy. |
Imagine how the skanky runaways that have to polish his knob feel? |
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