Porn industry seeks federal bailout
Posted: 02:03 PM ET
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.
- Re: Another industry seeks federal bailoutposted on 01/07/2009
Porn industry seeks federal bailout.
This is hilarious. ;) - Re: Another industry seeks federal bailoutposted on 01/07/2009
ha ha ha ... This is ranked the best ZT in this week.
Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex.
They can't ? :) - Re: Another industry seeks federal bailoutposted on 01/07/2009
People are too depressed to be sexually active!!
larry flint太有才了。这么会折腾我们的宣传部啊。 - Re: Another industry seeks federal bailoutposted on 01/07/2009
when the world turns up-side-down, and yourself pantless, how can you be activated in such coldness -- even with 5 billion?
consider yourself lucky if this is not you. it happened on the New Year's day in Vail, Colorado. the poor guy was exposed for 15 minutes.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0106091vail1.html - Re: Another industry seeks federal bailoutposted on 01/07/2009
虽然这人生活方面“道德败坏,没有信仰,传播淫秽……”,但他硬是为言论自由而战斗的英雄一个,一直闹到最高法院,令人肃然起敬。可惜命运多舛,半身瘫痪已经三十年了。玛雅推荐这个反映他的事迹的片子:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117318/
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