To be honest, it is a silly stunt like this that may save us from being saved by the federal government. We do not need them to spend more -- we need them to tax less and limit their footprint by reducing their interference with our freedoms.
On Jan 8, 5:51 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the only one that hs made any sense. > > From: Travis > Subject: Latest bailout request > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 > > > [image:http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/]<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/> > January 7, 2009 > Porn industry seeks federal > bailout<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/porn-industry-seeks-f...> > Posted: 05:00 PM ET > > *From* CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Mark > Preston<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/tag/cnns-rebecca-sinderbrand-and...> > [image: Larry Flynt is asking for a bailout.] 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." > "We should be delivering [the request] by the end of today to our > congressmen and [Secretary of the Treasury Henry] Paulson asking for this $5 > billion dollar bailout," he told CNN Wednesday. > 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. > –CNN's Chloe Melas contributed to this report > > -- > *~@):~{> > > logo.political.ticker.sm.gif > 5KViewDownload > > art.flynt.gi.jpg > 124KViewDownload > > corner_wire_BL.gif > < 1KViewDownload > > flynt-francis.png > 88KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
