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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (36927)	1/4/2013 3:49:27 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

Australia did it and it really worked. They passed strict gun laws and did a buy back and their guns deaths plummeted. Why do you guys always fight against the facts? That is a terrible way to live ones life. Facts and reality are what makes life worth living. You disregard science willy nilly, and any other facts you don't like. Do you really want to teach your kids stuff that isn't true? It reminds me of people who teach their kids racism or disregard for the rights of minorites. I always made sure what I was teaching my kids was as accurate as I could get it and as moral. Japan has almost no guns and they have less than 50 gun deaths a year. We have over 10,000. Most western democraies have gun control and have a fraction of the gun deaths we have. A few hundred versus our 10,000. There are a zillion guns in Chicago. You know that. There are so many guns in the US they are easily smuggled into Chicago.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (36927)	1/4/2013 10:15:23 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Respond to of 85487

Lincolnton Furniture Company, praised for bringing jobs back to US, closes miamiherald.com BY CAMERON STEELE THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Lincolnton Furniture Company closed abruptly Thursday just one year after it was hailed by President Barack Obama as an example of the recovering U.S. economy. Furniture-making operations stopped indefinitely and only a few people will remain employed moving forward, company financial officer Ben Causey said. “I don’t know where it’s going to go exactly; we’re still evaluating our situation,” Causey said. “We just didn’t have any choice at this point.” The company was not receiving the orders it needed to sustain its operations, Causey said. “We needed more orders is really what it boiled down to,” he said. “We thought they would materialize.” Owner Bruce Cochrane, a fifth generation furniture-manufacturer, formed the company in 2011 with a $5 million investment and the hope he could make a profit off people who wanted to buy furniture made in America. It was a move that caught the attention of North Carolina officials and those in the White House. Last year, Cochrane sat with the first lady during Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address. He also joined the president and other business leaders in a discussion about how to create more jobs at home. Attempts late Thursday to reach Cochrane were unsuccessful. Causey said company officials were thankful for the support they received from the community over the past year-and-a-half. Jerry Cochrane, Bruce Cochrane’s uncle and former Lincoln County Commissioner, learned about the company’s closing Thursday. “I was surprised that they stopped the operation this quickly,” he said. “But starting a furniture business now is very difficult in this country.” Last week, the Gaston Gazette recognized Bruce Cochrane as one of its “persons of the year” in 2012 for starting the furniture-manufacturing in his hometown. “Everybody was rooting for us and wanted us to succeed,” Causey said.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (36927)	1/4/2013 12:01:45 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Respond to of 85487

CHART OF THE DAY: THE SCARIEST JOBS CHART EVER Sam Ro \| Jan. 4, 2013, 10:39 AM \| 12,461 \| 14 It's jobs day in America. This morning we learned that the U.S. economy added 155k jobs December and the unemployment rate ticked up in 7.8 percent. Although the numbers were in line with economists' expectations, they still reflect a job market that remains incredibly weak almost four years into the economic recovery. Calculated Risk runs a chart every month putting the current jobs recovery into perspective. "This shows the depth of the recent employment recession - worse than any other post-war recession - and the relatively slow recovery due to the lingering effects of the housing bust and financial crisis," writes Bill McBride of Calculated Risk. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/pct-job-losses-in-post-wwii-recessions-2013-1