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To: tejek who wrote (600316)	2/9/2011 3:23:13 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575426

Gov’t Employee Union Boss Calls Those Who Believe in Cutting Spending ‘Mentally Retarded’ breitbart.tv

To: tejek who wrote (600316)	2/9/2011 3:39:30 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575426

Ted, I guess I must be in the "haves." My wife just bought an orchid to decorate our otherwise empty living room. ;-) Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (600316)	2/9/2011 3:45:36 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575426

The Gun Indicator Guns, Ammunition, and Silver Coins – Whether you are “pro-“ or “anti-“ gun, the sale of firearms should be on your radar screen as a heuristic measurement of something I will call “consumer security.” There is a baseline of organic firearm demand in the U.S. – for years it was about 8 million units, as measured by the FBI’s instant background check request data. With the 2008 recession that number spiked to first 10 million and now 14 million background checks a year. At first observers chalked that up to a Democratic President, but it has been years since Obama’s inauguration and the numbers keep climbing. I attribute that to a deeper sense of unease in the population – perhaps about government controls, perhaps about crime. Hard to say how much of each. But it is easy to say that an unsure society is not one ready to resume a carefree spending profile. And keep in mind that guns are not cheap – a basic rifle or shotgun will run $300 or more.