Times are tough even for everyone. From the NY Daily News-
Is the porn industry up next for a bailout? If porn titans Joe Francis and Larry Flynt have anything to do with it, it will.That Flynt and Francis are 'suffering' comes as no surprise. It was reported 18 months ago that home made porn threatened the adult film industry.Yes, ladies and gentleman, the titans of pornography are begging for a bailout.
Joe Francis, creator of the "Girl's Gone Wild" video series, and Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler, will ask Congress for a $5 billion bailout, according to TMZ.
Why does the porn industry need a bailout? Because apparently even porn is getting smacked by the recession.
XXX DVD sales have taken a hit - about a 22% hit, according to TMZ.
"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind," Flynt is quoted as saying on TMZ. "It's time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America."
Hugh Hefner is facing financial problems of his own. If he don't get a bailout, there may be playboy bunnies looking for work. We can't have that, can we?
Hat tip- Robert Koehler at Marmot's Hole
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We need to stimulate a sagg... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Pretzel Logic | January 8, 2009 10:11 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
We need to stimulate a sagging industry.
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
1. Posted by Pretzel Logic | January 8, 2009 10:11 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 8, 2009 10:11
2. Posted by Corky Boyd | January 8, 2009 10:31 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
The porn industry is suffering the same fate as newspapers and news magazines, free competiton from the internet.
But I would bet my bottom dollar they will succeed where newspapers won't. It's just that Larry Flynt's lobbyists will have a lot more appeal on the Hill than a bunch of Hogan and Hartson lawyers. And don't doubt that isn't how business is done at times in Washington.
Oh to be a Congressman or Senator!
2. Posted by Corky Boyd | January 8, 2009 10:31 AM |
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Posted on January 8, 2009 10:31
3. Posted by BluesHarper | January 8, 2009 10:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If we bail out the porn industry, stop the world and let me off.
3. Posted by BluesHarper | January 8, 2009 10:59 AM |
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Posted on January 8, 2009 10:59
4. Posted by Spurwing Plover | January 8, 2009 2:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Looks like LARRY FLINT and HUGH HEFFNER are looking for a bailout themselves WILL TED KENNEDY grant them their wish?
4. Posted by Spurwing Plover | January 8, 2009 2:34 PM |
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Posted on January 8, 2009 14:34
5. Posted by epador | January 8, 2009 3:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Pretzel set me to thinking:
Come and get it!
No Back Door Entry for Porn Industry Bail Out!
Behind the Senate Door.
5. Posted by epador | January 8, 2009 3:11 PM |
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Posted on January 8, 2009 15:11