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January 7, 2009
Porn industry seeks federal bailout
Posted: 01:52 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."
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.
I honestly, not in a million years, believe we'd stoop this low to have an "industry" like this ask for a bailout. Perhaps if Mr. Flynt and Mr. Francis donated all their money, time and assets to help the poor and unemployed, it would help those who actually need it. Perhaps if Mr. Flynt got dressed when he got up in the morning instead of lounging around in a bathrobe all day people like me would see their "plight.'
January 7, 2009
Porn industry seeks federal bailout
Posted: 01:52 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."
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.
I honestly, not in a million years, believe we'd stoop this low to have an "industry" like this ask for a bailout. Perhaps if Mr. Flynt and Mr. Francis donated all their money, time and assets to help the poor and unemployed, it would help those who actually need it. Perhaps if Mr. Flynt got dressed when he got up in the morning instead of lounging around in a bathrobe all day people like me would see their "plight.'
That's unbelievable !
Now I know the economy has tanked. I'm sure there's gonna be tons of jokes flying about hos in both the government and the porn industry.
? Excuse me, 
How about Kennedy and Debbie Stabenow (Michigan)?