The Two Stooges Visit Washington

Maybe Larry Flynt and Joe Francis are joking, but they must be living in a suspended state of reality if they expect a $5 billion dollar bail out from Congress. Never mind that many of our elected officials are regulars or that Uncle Sam just had an episode with the banks and the automakers. Still, if they don't want to be caught with their pants down (The only pun that this piece will contain.), then they'd better not give in. (Okay, one more, but I promise that that is the last.)

Perhaps I'm the one living in my own suspended state, but I am praying for the day their empires collapse. Then, all the actors and other self-proclaimed professionals could go into something where their moaning and groaning skills would come in handy like digging ditches on a government work project, emptying bedpans at a hospital or trying to be a union president.

In the time being, if Flynt and Francis are strapped for cash, they could always sell their holdings at an auction. Hopefully, some Mormons will show up along with Rick Warren and the ever-loving Ann Coulter.