It's a sick sad world out there....

[lensman]

I first saw this on Keith Olbermann, but thier embed codes don't work so here's a link for some text as well as the Youtube copy below:
Porn Industry Asks For Government Bailout

Okay now they really are going to talk about a "Stimulus Package"!!!

Comments

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

Oh, that song never gets old...

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure this is a stunt, meant to be both entertaining/publicity enhancing and also a sort of satirical commentary on what's happening in the world.

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

True, although the porn industry has long complained about the decline in revenue from internet sites:
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1396

[lensman.livejournal.com]

Which is so ironic given how much of the Tech industry owes it's lifeblood to the porn industry for all those development dollars... :-) "To Boldly Wank, Where No One Has Wanked Before!"

But it sheds a new light on the governments role now as an industrial fluffer...

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

I think the gov should go with the president-elect's infrastructure program instead, and have topless babes repairing bridges instead.

[lensman.livejournal.com]

Heh and that would certainly bring new meaning to those "Dangerous Curves Ahead" signs.... :-)