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Americans 'too depressed' for sex, porn barons seek US bailout

by matte | January 7, 2009 at 08:15 pm

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I think they have a flaccid arguement. It will take more than this plea for the funders to sit up and take notice.

Two porn moguls, including Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt, are seeking a $US5 billion ($7 billion) bailout from Washington, arguing that the limp US economy has thrown cold water on the adult entertainment industry.

Flynt and Girls Gone Wild video series creator Joe Francis asked the newly convened 111th Congress "to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America" in a bailout move similar to the one set aside for US car makers.

"Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important businesses, (and) we feel we deserve the same consideration," Mr Francis said in a statement.

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Sputnic

at 02:32 on January 8th, 2009

I always said this crisis was caused by merchant bankers

matte

at 02:43 on January 8th, 2009

what, that merchant bankers used to buy a lot of porn magazines and now don't?

Sputnic

at 05:00 on January 8th, 2009

Or it could be that fat people now eat less - libido goes up when you lose weight. The real thing is better ....

Iffy (not verified)

at 05:06 on January 8th, 2009

This is fascinating because, just like the crooked banks and the crappy car makers, the porn industry is out of tune with what people want and do. As Now Public people know, the future is all about doing it for yourself: DIY porn and amateur porn is where all the action is and people prefer that to the professional stuff, with its plastic people and fake bodies. Bailing out corporate porn is like bailing out SUV makers: a dinosaur industry that must be allowed to fail.