Porn Industry Seeks Federal Bail Out Assistance … Fed $’s, the New Viagra … Porn on Hard Times?

Some stories just write themselves.

Only in America … from the satirical truth is stranger than fiction category comes the Porn industry asking why they can’t get federal bail out money as well. Hustler’s Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.

Have the profits gone soft in the adult entertainment world, or is this just and effort on Flynt’s part to get a piece of the American “bailout” pie? Larry Flynt has always been a master of satire, as repulsing as he may be, but talk about hitting a home run to show just ridiculous and selective government has been in choosing he they will bail out and who they will not. As the Q and O states, “this gives ‘too big to fail’ an entirely new meaning”.

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.”

As Hot Air claims. who knew the oldest profession was not recession proof? Has the adult entertainment industry really fallen upon hard times? Are the profits down, one might ask even limp? Flynt admits DVD sales are down; however, the porn industry in general is fine. The real issue according to Larry Flynt seems to be that the depression caused by the bad economy is causing people not to have sex.  Flynt is never at a loss to take a jab at government; however, if only Bill Clinton were still in office maybe he may have just gotten his request.

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.”

The following is the full press release from Larry Flynt.