PORN BAIL OUT NEXT?
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 08:18AM Seems all the pigs want their noses in the tax-payer trough of bail out largesse.
Porn baron Larry Flynt is seeking a $5 billion bailout from Washington to rejuvenate the industry, which he says is suffering because of the economic downturn. The Hustler magazine founder has teamed up with fellow adult entertainment mogul Joe Francis, creator of the Girls Gone Wild video series, to approach Congress for the same kind of financial assistance recently approved for car manufacturers. The pair have asked the 111th Congress, which convened on Tuesday with the economy at the top of its agenda, "to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America" with a bailout. "Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important businesses, (and) we feel we deserve the same consideration," Francis said in a statement. "In difficult economic times, Americans turn to entertainment for relief. More and more, the kind of entertainment they turn to is adult entertainment." "The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three," Owen Moogan, a spokesman for Flynt, told CNN.
A few points.
My view on porn is that it exists because there is a marker for it, but that it is degrading to all who participate in it. All those nubile unclad girls are somebody's daughter and the question I pose is would you, if you are a father, want to see your daughter doing this for a living? Second, the idea that porn should be subsidised by the tax-payer is surreal and this is pure opportunism. Not a cent. I would not ban porn and I would not subsidise it in any way. It can stand or fall on its own merits, if you know what I mean.
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Reader Comments (11)
You don't seem to get Larry Flynt, He isn't really asking for money he is sticking to fingers up at the governments bail out of Businesses.
He has a long history of ensuring that rights are respected and the constitution is followed
Sure he is a depraved pornographer but he is also one of america's biggest supporters of constitutional rights
he is a depraved pornographer
He is worse than that if that's poss
he is also one of america's biggest supporters of constitutional rights
Wow that doesn't a great deal favourable about modern America.
what happened to stand up guys defending the constitution. hahahahaha.
>>ith the economy at the top of its agenda, "to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America" with a bailout.<<
Well, I for one hope the US Govt rises to the occasion.
Well, I for one hope the US Govt rises to the occasion.
Rumour has it Bill Clinton is helping to draft the
Vital Integrated American Growth Recovery Assistance Bill
Isn't the creator of Chester the Molester dead yet? Can't he get cancer or something. Mind you he probably wouldn't feel it, more's the pity. With luck when he does die, the owner of that Bodies exhibition can have a go at him.
daytripper that was good....
as for flynt I'll bet the cripple little scum gets his cash all in the name of free speech
I think he must be joking.
It's a satirical commentary by Flynt on the state of the bailouts:
""The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three," Owen Moogan, a spokesman for Flynt, told CNN."
(and if he gets some money, all the better I'm sure!)
He's the most gross degenerate who ever lived, but he sure knows how to get his name in the paper;
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It is easy to dissent when you are an idiot. Simply a matter of, misunderstanding humorous political statements, picking the stupid side of any argument and generally being more concerned with being "dissenting" than being thoughtful or even correct. Oh, and its really important to be outraged as well.
Thanks! I always wondered how to review politics in a dissenting way.
Stick around Killjoy, you sound such fun.
As to the topic in question I shall not comment. I find anything to do with sex or smut deeply embarrassing and offensive to my strict moral sensibilities.