@Madeira: You sound pretty hateful yourself.

@ri59: One hopes Republicans would deliver on their campaign promises to cut spending. Whether they will or not has yet to be seen.

@Hurting Now: Your tax rates will stay the same due to the extension of the current tax rates through 2012. Your overall income will improve because instead of having 6.2% of your paycheck taken to send to Social Security, you'll now only lose 4.2% of your paycheck for that purpose. As JasterMereel said, it's like…

I look forward to taking advantage of this (temporary) change in 2011. I really wish I could permanently opt out of Social Security and just invest that money myself.

Public service announcement for those with broken sarcasm detectors:

@AddictedToGiz:

Must have Super Mario RPG.

@todbodman: "A real man knows a real woman always comes first." - Alicia Keys

@MercerCh00x: What isn't?

@leeit2me: I bet it can be slip through the TSA exam too..

@anitesh.jaswal: If we actually followed the Constitution anymore, it would work great.

Tropicana tried something like this, and it made their product read like a generic brand. Their sales took a huge hit, and they switched back.

A .40 caliber Glock? That's no gun, that's a hand grenade!

@TampaShooters: You'll have to request that specific screener.

@fritzwolf: It does happen. A flight attendant did it this year too.

@Lagi: Here's a list of newspaper stories just from my home state where law abiding citizens used firearms in self defense. Check out the stories and tell me if you think they had 10-30 minutes to wait for the cops to arrive, then tell me whether you think these citizens should be disarmed.

@Lagi: Where do you live?

@hellsing1: Yeah, on one hand people freak out because the government-run TSA is failing to protect us, and on the other hand, they freak out when a private citizen takes responsibility for their own protection.

@jb.mewett: Are you claiming there was no crime until guns were invented?

@nozer: Yup. I held up a big line at Midway yesterday with my terrorist's kit...errr, water bottle. We're safe!