Comments on: Bailout Watch 324: U.S. Porn Industry Wants A Suckle (Car Reference at End of Post)

By: speedlaw

speedlaw — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:59:12 +0000

Nope, thanks to the net, porn of all stripes is free and as close as any search engine.

Better for you guys when porn was sold in plain brown wrappers, by guys who charged a lot for it. It was something you could not get easily anywhere else. Playboy pushed it sorta into the mainstream, and Hugh is still an icon.

Kinda like when detroit had a 50% market share. Today you can go elsewhere, it’s a lot cheaper, and the quality is better.

The old school porn industry is JUST like the old school 2.3 makers. An old product, made shoddily, sold at high prices to an otherwise captive audience.

Except that world is gone, along with corporate loyalty, defined benefit pensions and any concept that those running things have a clue.

By: ZoomZoom

ZoomZoom — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:26:49 +0000

Okay, this is just too funny. It’s exactly what so many of us have warned about, but with all of the quips above, I’m laughing so hard I can’t think of anything clever to say!

By: Gardiner Westbound

Gardiner Westbound — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:57:56 +0000

The domestic car and porn businesses have a lot in common. The products are mostly crap, the same bits appear in countless movies, the movies are marketed under umpteen brand names, and somebody gets screwed in the end.

By: Runfromcheney

Runfromcheney — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:33:14 +0000

This is one of the reasons why many were opposed to the Big Three bailout: they thought that if the Big Three got bailed out, then every business from every industry is going to be asking for one. Those bastards were right on the money…..

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:06:19 +0000

Not only is this whole subject funny, how are we to talk about the bail out subject without acknowledging this industry’s request? Admit it, as soon as you say yes to the car guys, and no to the porn guys, you just started down a road that will end in pain for everyone. Even if it takes decades, it WILL end badly.
Stop the destruction of what our country really is – a set of ideals – not a bunch of car companies.

By: buzzliteyear

buzzliteyear — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:44:12 +0000

They’re both industries that have been damaged by underpaid amateur labor (whether overseas or domestic).

Is Senator ~~Tappy McWideStance~~ Larry Craig going to insist upon wage concessions from workers in the ~~Minneapolis Airport bathroom~~ ‘adult entertainment’ industry?…:-D…

By: sitting@home

sitting@home — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:49:28 +0000

I’d rather my tax dollars went to support a bunch of beautiful women making a product I would buy, than giving it to a bunch of union guys making a product I wouldn’t buy.

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:32 +0000

Even with such a flacid economy, I wouldn’t think the porn industry would go down.

By: Theodore

Theodore — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:12:07 +0000

Whoa! I could have sworn I was on The Truth About Cars. Must have hit the wrong link.

By: The_Imperialist

The_Imperialist — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:48:10 +0000

The photo is indeed appropriate; after all, its subject is Larry Flynt, who, like all of us, is really devoted to his set of wheels.

By: Arkay

Arkay — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:44:50 +0000

Reuters reports that Adult industry leaders Flynt and Francis sent a joint request to Congress asking for $5 billion in federal assistance, “Just to see us through hard times,” Francis said.

If what Flynt and Francis say are true, then isn’t the adult industry in “soft” times rather than hard times? :O

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:42:44 +0000

Katie,

Well played.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:57:19 +0000

Well the porn industry (like the unions) is just looking for payback for all of their support from the Democrats.

By: austinseven

austinseven — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:44:56 +0000

There’s been a trend lately at TTAC for the publishing of pictures of semi-naked women. I agree with several other B&B comments that it must be a slow day in the automotive news world. In other words, what the hell does this have to do with automobiles?

By: GeeDashOff

GeeDashOff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:36:14 +0000

That’s awesome, I hope they get it.
Socialized porn has a nice ring to it.

The porn industry has done a lot to advance technology: VHS, DVD, pay per view, the internet, search engines, broadband, streaming video; all porno innovations.

By: Strippo

Strippo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:33:52 +0000

Sorry! I couldn’t resist it! :O)

Thus further illustrating why the story was posted in the first place.

Carry on, TTAC. A little tangent never hurt anyone (well, unless it was inserted somewhere it didn’t belong).

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:29:45 +0000

I agree with Jeff.

This post has no place on TTAC. It’s just for publicity and you fell into it.

Mind you, it is interesting seeing Larry Flynt asking Uncle Sam for a helping hand……job!

Sorry! I couldn’t resist it! :O)

By: psarhjinian

psarhjinian — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:16:35 +0000

So Larry Flynt is doing this purely for publicity, and you fell for it.

Of course he’s doing it for publicity, he’s Larry Flynt. Try to think of this as a low-moral version of Swift’s A Modest Proposal: it’s plausible enough to be fallen for, yet absurd enough that it pokes a finger in the eye of those who have already cried for money.

By: jckirlan11

jckirlan11 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:46:03 +0000

You said “tit”.

By: SupaMan

SupaMan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:36:02 +0000

Wow…stick that under the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” file.

If people were wary of bailing out banks and the auto industry, they’ll be lighting up torches if Congress even considers this.

By: Stephan Wilkinson

Stephan Wilkinson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:08:38 +0000

So Larry Flynt is doing this purely for publicity, and you fell for it.

By: CAHIBOstep

CAHIBOstep — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:06:42 +0000

This one is kind of a stretch, but whatever.

More importantly, if you’re going to post a photo of “gratuitous half nudity,” please find one without Larry Flynt in it. He’s got more chins than a Chinese phone book.

By: Viceroy_Fizzlebottom

Viceroy_Fizzlebottom — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:57:40 +0000

“Hah! They have the strategic parts pixelated. I have checked myself in the name of research. I wouldn’t call that competitive. But maybe their export versions are without the annoying mosaic …. I wouldn’t know that, I do my research at the source.”

There is a loop hole in the Japanese Law that studios get around. Usually they do the filming and production in another country like Thailand. There is plenty of mosiac free J-porn out there.

The question is, are they actually serious about this? Or this is clever satire of the whole bailout mess going on, either way it gets them great publicity

I personally think it would be hilarious to see the porn industry in Washington Lobbying congress for a bailout.

By: Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:56:35 +0000

@Jeff: It’s posted so that we can show gratuitous half nudity.

By: Happy_Endings

Happy_Endings — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:22:03 +0000

Could I apply for the job of Porn Czar?