January 07, 2009
— Ace A genuine request, or some sort of goof on their part?
With the financial industry, auto makers and more getting assistance from the federal government to stay afloat during the recession, the adult industry decided it would try to get something as well.Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis and “Hustler” magazine publisher Larry Flynt have said they will petition Congress for financial aid along the lines of what the Big Three auto makers are getting.
Francis said that he and Flynt are asking for $5 billion, and that they have sent letters to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Congress and their local Congressman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) with the proposal.
With the $5 billion, they would "invest in building new means of distribution, and shoring up our distribution right now to prevent further erosion from factors like Youporn and other Internet content that has seriously affected our business over the past few years," Francis said in an interview with FOX Business. "We will use the money wisely, and we will create more jobs."
Francis said that if invited, he and Flynt would drive across the country in a hybrid vehicle to present their plans to Congress.
Gotta be a goof, right?
Meanwhile, as we've all been cheering the dying of the MSM, it seems we overlooked an unintended casualty. We can afford to lose a network, certainly.
But the porn industry?
This could have a "ripple effect" reverberating through the rubber sex novelty industry, the swingers' magazine industry, and even the late-night-programming-on-HBO-and-Cinemax industry.
Why, an entire region of twenty square miles of California could be devastated.
Thanks to Uncle Jefe.
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And why not? If we can give money to broken banks and broken car copmanies, why not give it to porn-makers? They employ lots of college students, right?
Posted by: Shill at January 07, 2009 09:58 AM (8jYMc)
We can generate enough electricity to power the entire country by sticking magnets on the corpses of members of The Buggy Whip Makers League, then wrapping their coffins with wire.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 07, 2009 09:59 AM (fGDhl)
Posted by: Vercingetorix at January 07, 2009 09:59 AM (iTDJo)
Posted by: Ken at January 07, 2009 10:00 AM (3rbzb)
Posted by: The Obvious at January 07, 2009 10:01 AM (1g+FW)
Posted by: NoDakDrunkhobos at January 07, 2009 10:02 AM (Rxscw)
Posted by: Sam at January 07, 2009 10:03 AM (2RAD8)
Posted by: icus at January 07, 2009 10:03 AM (Zvtms)
Posted by: wiserbud at January 07, 2009 10:04 AM (EW49d)
Besides, what's more stimulating than porn?
Posted by: DrewM. at January 07, 2009 10:04 AM (hlYel)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 07, 2009 10:04 AM (fGDhl)
Posted by: Andrew the Noisy at January 07, 2009 10:07 AM (V0QP1)
Posted by: Sam at January 07, 2009 10:07 AM (2RAD8)
12 If you can't sell images of naked people having various kinds of freaky sex during a recession, you should consider a different career. Like a test dummy. Or a doorstop. Or mulch.
Why buy it when it's free on the Internet? Ask the NY Times. Why am I paying for a sub to Weekly Standard, when the content is free on the web, and my damn magazine comes a week late?
Just asking.
Kemp
Posted by: Kempermanx at January 07, 2009 10:10 AM (qvT/A)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2009 10:11 AM (TJoU6)
Posted by: IC at January 07, 2009 10:13 AM (jZNCU)
So, we need to bail out those people who publish media showing basically the same thing that Congress has been doing to all of us? Sounds like cutting off Peter to save Paul.
Posted by: Roy at January 07, 2009 10:13 AM (cB77O)
Posted by: MikeH at January 07, 2009 10:13 AM (wCFWT)
Posted by: ErikTheRed at January 07, 2009 10:15 AM (erlfI)
Posted by: Benson at January 07, 2009 10:17 AM (qzcNU)
Posted by: Rocks at January 07, 2009 10:18 AM (Q1lie)
With the $5 billion, they would "invest in building new means of distribution, and shoring up our distribution right now to prevent further erosion from factors like Youporn and other Internet content that has seriously affected our business over the past few years," Francis said in an interview with FOX Business. "We will use the money wisely, and we will create more jobs."
Didn't he mean more blowjobs?
Posted by: TomJW at January 07, 2009 10:18 AM (xRCpL)
Posted by: katya at January 07, 2009 10:19 AM (oRJZj)
Posted by: polynikes at January 07, 2009 10:20 AM (m2CN7)
As a concerned Christian, oops, wait a minute, I thought this was Dennis Prager's thread.
Nevermind.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 07, 2009 10:24 AM (ZGhSv)
If taxpayer's front the money for this, would we then be able to get hotels to give us back the free 2 minute trailers. It's all I need.
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2009 10:25 AM (TJoU6)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2009 10:25 AM (TJoU6)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 07, 2009 10:26 AM (PQY7w)
Posted by: Potosi Joel at January 07, 2009 10:27 AM (TPRbZ)
Flynt has to realize that dead-tree print porn is dying. With the net you can see for free Hungarian, Russian, and Czech girls working for Germans who do things that the meth addict trailer trash that work for Flynt won't do.
But Larry might have something there. If we can bail out Detroit because of the consequences to Southern Michigan if they go under, Larry can claim that the San Fernando Valley will be gutted if the porn industry goes down. Come on folks, don't let Van Nuys and Reseda go down!
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 10:28 AM (miw86)
Hmmm, more jobs in the pron industry, eh? Is there like a Monster.com or a CareerBuilder site where I can apply?
Wait! I got it! Thingamajob!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 07, 2009 10:29 AM (ZGhSv)
Porn Biz May Go Tits Up
Larry Flynt of Hustler and Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild find receipts drooping and need to suck wads of taxpayers' bills. Internet competiton has turned the porn kings' enterprises flaccid. In an interview with FoxBusiness, Francis said that he and Flynt are asking for $5 billion. With the big wad, they would "invest in building new means of distribution, and shoring up our distribution right now to prevent further erosion from factors like Youporn and other Internet content that has seriously affected our business over the past few years." Flynt and Francis have sent letters to Treasury Secretary Paulson and to their Congressman, Henry Waxman. However, they have not received a reply as their names and addresses were withheld.
chsw
Posted by: chsw at January 07, 2009 10:35 AM (6KFZ+)
Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2009 10:39 AM (f6os6)
This is ripe for an Iowahawk parody.
I laughed at Congressional Motors.
I'll pee my pants over Congressional Pron.
Posted by: dusty at January 07, 2009 10:39 AM (MDkjt)
See what happens when you vote in ugly saggy wouldn't do her with your dick dems? This entire fiasco could have been avoided by casting a vote for Sarah Palin.
Posted by: Eric at January 07, 2009 10:46 AM (MFvqO)
Come to think of it, it will never work. Those guys are just promoting Hetero pron to males. The libs will never go for that.
Posted by: Eric at January 07, 2009 10:48 AM (MFvqO)
Posted by: ErikTheRed at January 07, 2009 10:49 AM (erlfI)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 07, 2009 10:50 AM (5GNS+)
Posted by: changer1701 at January 07, 2009 10:51 AM (xEHEN)
Posted by: Eliot Spitzer had a hand in this plan at January 07, 2009 10:53 AM (2nEGa)
Posted by: pitythefool at January 07, 2009 11:00 AM (Sg8sX)
Posted by: Lee at January 07, 2009 11:01 AM (TxTIh)
Posted by: Fresh AIr at January 07, 2009 11:03 AM (oSULw)
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Posted by: Sharkman at January 07, 2009 11:04 AM (69J41)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 07, 2009 11:06 AM (E6GUg)
Heh. Imagine all those porn folk being driven into real jobs because sex-for-cash doesn't pay any more.
Posted by: moviegique at January 07, 2009 11:09 AM (1y5Vr)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 11:19 AM (iafWn)
You know, I think I deserve bailout money. I'm going to apply for some and see what happens. I've been against the bailout since the get-go, but my numerous calls didn't stop it. If we're facing the collapse of our currency and possibly country with nothing but the cold death of socialis, I think I'll handle it better with $7.5 - $10 million, converted into foreign currency in overseas banks and gold coins.
That's my plan, anyway.
Posted by: Ella at January 07, 2009 11:23 AM (jeP9I)
This could have a "ripple effect" reverberating through the rubber sex novelty industry, the swingers' magazine industry, and even the late-night-programming-on-HBO-and-Cinemax industry.
There's still gonna be a lotta fuckin' goin' on at my house whether there's any on the TV or not. You can believe that.
Posted by: pendejo grande at January 07, 2009 11:23 AM (THKHB)
Posted by: w2 at January 07, 2009 11:26 AM (MobLv)
Porn Industry Seeks Backdoor Channels For Money. Shot mostly in CA, sales of porn films going down. Some say the request smells fishy, and suggest times are too tight to furiously pump money. Politically, such stimulation might be hard for the public to swallow regardless of what oral arguements are made.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 07, 2009 11:26 AM (plsiE)
Posted by: huerfano at January 07, 2009 11:33 AM (knHvu)
Posted by: wiserbud at January 07, 2009 11:38 AM (EW49d)
Posted by: polynikes at January 07, 2009 11:42 AM (m2CN7)
Goodyear and Firestone abandoned Akron, Ohio. The big Goodyear tower there is now the home of the company that makes Go-Jo, the soap that the rubber workers used to clean up after work.
The only rubber company left in Akron makes those blow-up party dolls.
People, there are union jobs at stake here.
Posted by: comatus at January 07, 2009 11:49 AM (CMi/T)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 11:49 AM (iafWn)
We can haz teh free pron?
Posted by: Alisa at January 07, 2009 11:50 AM (5VRhq)
Posted by: huerfano at January 07, 2009 11:51 AM (knHvu)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 11:54 AM (iafWn)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 07, 2009 11:55 AM (0n9wc)
Flynt can also point out to the subsidiary industries that rely on porn, such as Phillipino plastic surgeons, platform heels makers, and hair extensions parlors.
One industry that welcomed cheap online porn were the convenience stores. No longer did they have to shout out the accented 'please sir don't read the magazines"
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 11:58 AM (miw86)
Posted by: CavMedic at January 07, 2009 12:05 PM (UyFYg)
I'll pee my pants on over Congressional Pron first.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 07, 2009 12:08 PM (/i4dU)
Posted by: Capt. James T. Kirk at January 07, 2009 12:09 PM (SPSOE)
Posted by: Ginger at January 07, 2009 12:16 PM (M3d12)
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Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 12:20 PM (miw86)
Posted by: Ginger at January 07, 2009 12:22 PM (M3d12)
Online porn can be very dangerous. I'm still in sick bay from reflexive use of the Vulcan Nerve Pinch while scanning our library tapes.
Posted by: Mr Spock at January 07, 2009 12:25 PM (miw86)
Posted by: Scottie at January 07, 2009 12:25 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: Spock at January 07, 2009 12:26 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: Che Pizza at January 07, 2009 12:26 PM (SPSOE)
Posted by: George Takei at January 07, 2009 12:30 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: Leonard Nemoy at January 07, 2009 12:36 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: Pavel Chekov at January 07, 2009 12:41 PM (miw86)
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 07, 2009 12:45 PM (SPSOE)
Posted by: Dr. at January 07, 2009 12:47 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at January 07, 2009 12:49 PM (yIy7z)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 12:51 PM (iafWn)
"We are going to penetrate the zone of darkness with one massive thrust forward"
"Brace yourselves, the area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive"
"Keep applying thrust"
"When do you estimate penetration"
"We'll implant it, then back away"
"We are going to enter the body of the organism rather abruptly I think"
"Prepare to launch probe"
"Enormous and growing"
"Aye, it couldn't swallow that"
"They're ready to come together, ready to reproduce"
"We must make it through the membrane before that thing explodes"
"Penetrate it's vulnerable spots"
These are ACTUAL lines spoken in the TOS episode "The Immunity Syndrome" (the giant amoeba)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 12:53 PM (miw86)
Be careful of the Vulcan Death Grip
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 12:54 PM (miw86)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 12:57 PM (miw86)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 12:59 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 01:05 PM (iafWn)
Their request isn't just fluff, there's now a gaping hole where there once was a tight knit industry. There are too many financial gaps needing be filled to just throw them a single bone. Porn is American as hot dogs and banana cream pie. The winds of a throbbing economy will once again blow; jobs can't must be protected if our economy is to climax once again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 07, 2009 01:07 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: C in Az at January 07, 2009 01:18 PM (GiRra)
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at January 07, 2009 01:24 PM (+3fAP)
Posted by: alexthechick at January 07, 2009 01:26 PM (xUOXi)
I've heard of a Donkey Punch, a Dirty Sanchez, and the Nasty Adolf...
What's a Bailout?
I think it is the same thing as a reverse-pile-driver.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 07, 2009 01:28 PM (Nwbo8)
Maybe the one with the Intergalactic Hippies? ("The Way to Eden")
I got a kick out of that "music" they were playing, and the instruments. There was Spock's Vulcan harp which looked like a Fender Stratocaster with the neck sawed off and sounded like a Hammond organ when you turned a knob. Then there's the crossbow guitar the singing hippie played, along with the bicycle rim the blonde hippie chick strummed. A literal garage band. If the props dept had hauled out the gas can, the fishing rod and the garden hose they could have had The Wall of Sound there.
While Chekov is scowling in his best KGB face over disapproval of his ex-girlfriend's new lifestyle, he's in the auxiliary control room at the panel telling his old squeeze which buttons can be used to take over the ship. You'd think Kirk would have beefed up security in that room after Khan nearly suffocated them from the aux panel. After the Space Charlie Manson with the clamshell ears takes the room and rewires the panels, you have Space Donovan singing him a ballad. How sweet, music to hotwire a panel by... Way dowwwwn, below the oceaaaannnn...
The hippies land the stolen shuttlecraft (after painting it with peace signs and no blood for oil slogans I imagine), they discover the Eden planet they land on has acid in the vegetation. Duuude, you didn't say it was THAT kind of acid.
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 01:30 PM (miw86)
Many says "Spock's Brain", but it was so campy it was comedy gold. Those bimbos in the shiny skimpy (for 196
My vote for dumbest goes to "The Savage Curtain", the one with Abe Lincoln helping Kirk fight the baddies of history for the amusement of a rock creature that looked like a giant steaming turd.
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 01:35 PM (miw86)
Roddenberry really pushed the envelope back then. There was the episode where the "Bad Kirk" goes into Yeoman Rand's quarters and tries to rape her. It was pretty graphic for 1966.
There was an episode the next year where some Turkish style go-go bar had a dancer who showed the whole navel, and the bottoms were just above the pelvic bone.
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 01:41 PM (miw86)
Posted by: SamIam at January 07, 2009 01:43 PM (jl7C/)
Posted by: C in Az at January 07, 2009 01:44 PM (GiRra)
Gilligan and The Skipper were sailors and they shared a hut. I guess there was a sly meaning to "my little buddy Gilligan"
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 01:46 PM (miw86)
Posted by: June Cleaver at January 07, 2009 01:48 PM (miw86)
Posted by: Eddie Haskell at January 07, 2009 01:50 PM (miw86)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 01:53 PM (miw86)
Oh, and your little bio that is up there is hilarious.
Posted by: dan-O at January 07, 2009 01:55 PM (teb/C)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 01:58 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 01:59 PM (iafWn)
for the amusement of a rock creature that looked like a giant steaming turd.
Don't knock rock creatures, asshole.
Posted by: The Horta at January 07, 2009 02:11 PM (55TIb)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 02:32 PM (miw86)
Google images search results, make sure "safe search" setting is off. That's as far as I'll take it, you can go from there. If I link directly to a porn site from here, Ace might wack my pee-pee
http://tinyurl.com/9r9uzj
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2009 02:39 PM (miw86)
Posted by: navyvet at January 07, 2009 02:51 PM (IaWv8)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 02:54 PM (iafWn)
How the hell did I not know about YouPorn? I gotta bookmark that place quick!
Posted by: RoadRunner at January 07, 2009 02:57 PM (4ONdx)
I'm way, way too big to fail.
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Posted by: Barney Frank at January 07, 2009 03:21 PM (iafWn)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 07, 2009 04:28 PM (LxjSI)
That will teach the porn industry for not outsourcing or using illegal immigrants to make porn.
Posted by: darkbhudda at January 07, 2009 04:33 PM (GXlYW)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 07, 2009 04:51 PM (iafWn)
The leftards in Congress try to get something like this through and there will be a revolt in this country.
Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2009 05:34 PM (rdFaW)
Posted by: Annie at January 07, 2009 05:57 PM (AGcog)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at January 07, 2009 07:28 PM (DBS+D)
We are FUNDING our own country's DEMISE from our very own pockets!!
Posted by: J David at January 08, 2009 06:09 AM (09MIy)
"People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the press release. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex"--Larry Flynt
Supposedly, sex can compensate for lack of a job, a car, 'and such', especially if you work for Larry.
There's an old joke:
The Democratic Party is changing its symbol from a jackass to a condom because:
It stands for inflation, halts production, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives a false sense of security while being screwed.
I'll say this much; compared to the screwing that the Democrats give taxpayers, at least you'll get your money's worth out of Flynt.
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