PETA’s 2010 State of the Union…. Undress

Love them or hate them, the marketing team at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) always seem to come up with a new way to effectively captivate any audience, and get their message across.

Their latest video, is their 2010 State of the Union Address Undress:

PETA’s 2010 State of the Union Undress

Thoughts?

While some might be offended by the objectification of women in this ad, from a PR point of view, this is a win/win situation for PETA. First, they get the attention of the media… I found out about it from Fox News. Second, they get the attention of their weakest demographic: Men.

So, love it or hate it, in today’s “sex sells” market, sometimes this is the extreme organizations will go to in order to get their message across.

What would an adult film download tax stimulate?

The answer is the New York economy, apparently.

It looks like New York Governor, David Paterson, is taking a new approach to stimulating the state’s economy. With this proposal, each dollar the taxpayers of New York spend on self stimulation, 4% of that will go towards stimulating Governor Paterson’s budget.

From NYDailyNews.com:

This is the best tax you ever had.

A state proposal to add a 4% tax for downloading movies and music will also apply to Internet porn.

Gov. Paterson recently suggested the so-called iPod tax to help close a $15 billion budget deficit, but few realized the levy would also apply to XXX-rated material.

This tax doesn’t just apply to adult film downloads, but instead applies to all downloaded media, including movies and music.

Unfortunately, this isn’t an unusual tax proposal in New York. This is also the same state that has proposed taxing Amazon transactions, as well putting a heavy tax on soda.

With that being said, I don’t see this proposal being the climax.

Brisotl Palin On The Record: No Stopping Sex

Bristol Palin with son Tripp

I found this interview rather amusing and a different approach at an attempt to promote abstinence among teenagers.

In an interview with Fox, Bristol Palin and son Tripp and Grandmother Sarah Palin discuss the ups and downs of teen pregnacy. Bristol Palin wants teenagers to take her advice on motherhood. Ms. Palin says, “kids should just wait. It’s — I don’t know. It’s not glamorous at all.”

She also notes that there is no stopping sex, so for all you soon-to-be teenage mothers out there, you should know that for Bristol, telling her parents was harder than labor.

I should also just mention for pure amusement that there were several unreliable claims during the 2008 Presidential campaign that Bristol was the mother of Trig (Sarah Palin’s youngest son and Bristol’s brother – not to be confused with Tripp, Bristol’s son and Sarah Palin’s grandson). Find more about the hoax here.

Obama Water: Hydration You Can Believe In

Maybe it’ll be the retail-Obamagazm the nation seems to having that will stimulate the economy. After seeing Obama Condoms, Obama Thongs, and even Obama Sex Toys (nsfw), the next natural progression (aside from his own brand of after-sex cigarettes) would be bottled water.

America, Obama Water is now here.

From MediaBistro.com:

We went into Whitley Market on the corner of Highland and Franklin on Saturday to buy some over-priced breath mints and there across from the Marilyn Monroe wine and the Elvis lighters was Obama Water.

The water could go nicely with the George Bush toilet paper our cousin sent us for Christmas. Which besides the fact that it’s just screaming ‘health care-less rash’ – was a very thoughtful gift.

Anyway, this is not exactly a political town – but we do like to capitalize on images of stars. Clearly.

To be honest, I find all of this fascinating and humorous at the same time. It’s fascinating to see so many people actually interested in American Politics, but it’s also extremely funny to see some of the cult-like products being developed to pay homage to our new leader.

I wont lie, the Obama sex-toy is probably the most mind boggling, but I guess some ladies want to feel change instead of just believing in it.

Maybe I’ll make my own line of Obama hand sanitizer or something.

Adult film industry tries to get a piece from Congress

Yesterday two adult film kings announced that even their industry in need of TARP funds, and sent a letter to Congress seeking $5 billion to bailout their apparently near-flaccid industry.

The two giants, Larry Flynt (of Hustler) and Joe Francis (of Girls Gone Wild), claim that they are worthy of TARP funds because their industry has suffered a hard blow, with DVD sales going down 22% during this past year.

From TMZ.com:

Francis sees his industry like the big three automakers, only BIGGER: “Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation’s most important businesses; we feel we deserve the same consideration.”

Francis says he’s going to D.C. to personally make the pitch. Sounds like someone has a bone to pick.

I think it’s safe to say that this is one money shot they probably wont get (though they might experience a surge in sales on a Member-by-Member basis), but it’s funny to see them try.

Though I must say, if the government ever decided to bail out this industry (which they obviously wont), you would see shares of Kleenex’s stock shoot through the roof.

While I don’t think that anyone is taking their efforts seriously, I think that it highlights the foolishness of these bailouts. I wouldn’t be shocked if there are dozens of other industries that have already sought their own bailouts, but haven’t made their way into the news.

Here is a great video that also highlights the foolishness of these bailouts, stimulus packages, etc: