California And The The Bureaucratization Of Pornography [THE BUREAUCRATIZATION OF EVERYTHING]

The Bulletin ^ | 19 March 2010 | Mark Steyn

[JLS]

They May Have Run Out Of Money, But CA Hasn't Run Out Of Things To Regulate

On Thursday, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to set up a committee to examine whether condoms should be required on all pornographic film shoots within the Golden State. California has run out of money, but it hasn’t yet run out of things to regulate.

For a government regulatory hearing, the testimony was livelier than usual. The porn star Madelyne Hernandez recalled an especially grueling scene in which she had been obliged to have sex with 75 men. The bureaucrats nodded thoughtfully, no doubt contemplating another languorous 18-month committee assignment looking into capping the number of group-sex participants at 60 per scene. In future, if a porn actress finds 75 men waiting for her on the set, they’ll be bureaucrats from Sacramento’s Condom Enforcement Squad.

[JLS]

Steyn comments on government over reach.

[JLS]

Steyn writes again.

[Publius]

There goes the money shot.

[jakerobins]

But Porn is a RIGHT!! We need the gov't to intervene so that everybody has FREE ACCESS to PORN! I just got a letter from little timmy jones who is 12 years old and he says he has to ride his bike 2 miles just to look at old Playboy magazines......LOL hahaha sorry if I laid it on too thick....

[DanielRedfoot]

LOL!

[BAW]

I live in California only because I like the weather. The politics is insane.

[Dr.Deth]

Steyn comments on government over reach.

It's not just over-reach anymore.. it's a reach-around.

[SeeSharp]

So California drives another industry out of the state. I wonder where all the San Fernando Valley porn companies will go now. Vegas probably. I hear the real estate there is pretty reasonable nowadays.

[garbanzo]

The unfunded liabilities of current entitlements are $100 trillion. Try typing that onto your pocket calculator. You can’t.

1E14

...ok I know that's not what he meant but you gotta laugh a little. Though I can type in at least 57 zeroes on mine.

[Dr.Deth]

Just finished article. Every Steyn gets a few requisite “best Steyn yet” accolades. This one deserves them.

[haroldeveryman]

The porn star Madelyne Hernandez recalled an especially grueling scene in which she had been obliged to have sex with 75 men.”

At this rate, if Madelyne Hernandez works weekends, she will raise Obama’s “jobs created or saved” numbers by 27375 jobs per year, and amount that will the 16500 jobs created by ObamaCare by 167 percent.

[TCH]

This is a joke, right?

[Wolfstar]

The visit had already been pared back to the bare minimum – a quick refueling stop in Canberra, with a speech to Parliament and a grip’n’greet with the Governor-General and the Prime Minister. Maybe the Administration could simply “deem” the visit to have occurred, photoshop a souvenir snapshot and stick it in the mail to their eminences.

ROFLMAO!!! This is not a comedic subject, but Steyn's razor sharp sarcasm is spectacular. This article is full of such sardonic barbs.

[Wolfstar]

This is a joke, right?

No. Our Marxist California government is indeed "studying" the oh-so-critical issue of whether or not porn actors should be required to wear condoms. I live in this nutty state, so I can confirm it is not a joke.

[JLS]

I found this in a quick search:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/nightlinedailyline/2010/03/step-closer-to-required-condoms-in-porn.html

so apparently Steyn was making several jokes commenting on the news, but not making up a joke news story.

[Grim]

The porn star Madelyne Hernandez recalled an especially grueling scene in which she had been obliged to have sex with 75 men.

If it was me, I'd file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner.

[TCH]

If it were not so pathetically sad, it would be comical. Not just the fact of the “regulatory” aspect... but the idea that we have sunk so low that such things may be discussed openly before a state legislative body without even a hint of shame. THAT IS WHY WE ARE WE’RE WE ARE AT.

[Leisler]

What was the title of that film? Um..for...um, research. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

[ArmstedFragg]

And, when you walk into the Health Care Enforcement Division of the IRS the staffing levels will make Madelyne Hernandez’s group sex scene look like an Equity-minimum one-man play off-off-off-Broadway.

However, what will happen to you will be pretty much the same thing that happened to Ms. Hernandez.

[knews_hound]

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Thanks as always for the Pings J.






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