Republican governors are more lunatic than they used to be - as attested by all the ones so eager to turn down free federal money to qualify more of their poor citizens for Medicaid under Obamacare. Meanwhile, some states have taken the money only to hoard it.
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ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) States that scrap their state-run Obamacare exchanges are admitting they've wasted millions of d... JOHN BARRASSO It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more mo... G.K. CHESTERTON I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA ...Federal aid promotes the idea that federal school money is 'free' money, and thus gives the peopl... BARRY GOLDWATER And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT How to value money;We learn to value money by learning to re-value our priorities. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to value money ;"If the profit you made in a business deal or the money gifted you is small,just... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) For the short term it looks like the worst is over. Yes prices are higher, but they are going down a... CLAES FORNELL To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accoun... RON PAUL People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-h... ERIC JEROME DICKEY Long term care insurance is more important than ever for consumers to consider, especially in light ... LAURA MOORE The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD Don't hoard that money,but rather spend it on yourself & others,for money is a currency that can onl... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they... EDWARD ABBEY It's mostly just celebrating that Rita didn't turn out to be as devastating to the Gulf as feared, a... EVAN OLSEN Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. A... 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CHYNNA PHILLIPS Well, clearly, for me in the immediate future, it is grappling, like so many other governors are gra... JENNIFER GRANHOLM Some have made more money than they expected. Some have been merged out of a job. Some have been as ... JULIE DAUM To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Do I think there will be more Democratic money than Republican money? Heck no. CHARLES COOK In 2001, Congress passed much needed tax relief to allow Americans to keep more of their hard earned... DOC HASTINGS The honest poor are the moneyless vulgar rich. Poverty forces them to have good qualities and pride ... JOHN FOWLES To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in... P. T. BARNUM Castro always used the boxers as a symbolic war against American values to demonstrate that they fig... BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they... JOHN GOODMAN The only way politicians will be able to get more money to fund this under funded pension is again b... JOE SINAGRA I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live. JOYCE RACHELLE The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule. NUNO ROQUE You can make a lot of money doing the right thing SOTONYE ANGA Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI We are the books we read and the things we love. CATH CROWLEY You should give up sarcasm. People could get the wrong idea about you. MICHAEL PRYOR I know exactly who I am, what I'm about and who I will become. EMMA PAUL It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entru... SUDHIR KAKAR If you argue with a fool, you become a fool. L.A. HILDEN Everyday is another chance to do something great. EMMA PAUL You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm! COLETTE there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely ... OSCAR WILDE I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they... PHILIP HENSHER Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself. MEG CABOT I have this feeling, like I'm waiting for something. But I have no idea what. JENNIFER NIVEN 2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don't. JASPER FFORDE If the federal government shifts large Medicaid costs to the states, some states are likely to turn ... ANDY SCHNEIDER All the states are required, either by constitution or by statute, to have balanced budgets - they... GARY LOCKE So that instead of the partnership being what Washington says it is, it's more open to the states to... LINDA LINGLE As we all know, the needs of the people in the Gulf region are great, so we need to move with all de... DONALD EVANS You want to take all my money slow with success, so far you have taken 120$ and they aren't return b... DEYTH BANGER Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da... VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you. KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l... MARK SMITH What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o... DOUGLAS ADAMS It's why the money that should go to the poor stays with the bureaucrats and why things cost so much... ALEXANDRE BARROS Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in ... MARGARET YOUNG People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who i... THOMAS SOWELL A country should be ruled not by the ones, who have the more money but by the ones who have servant ... SUNDAY ADELAJA The federal standards are adopted by the vast majority of the states, so for auto makers to produce ... BRIAN NEWBACHER
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RICK RIORDAN What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. B... RICK RIORDAN The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They w... RICK RIORDAN A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He... RICK RIORDAN Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick yo... RICK RIORDAN Dreams like a podcast, Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff." "Apoll... RICK RIORDAN Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderf... RICK RIORDAN It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one. RICK RIORDAN What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vos... RICK YANCEY Rachel: You're a half-blood, too? Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about? RICK RIORDAN I turned to Dionysus. "You cured him?" "Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple." "Bu... RICK RIORDAN My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding stude... RICK RIORDAN Hermes gazed up at the stars. "My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons... RICK RIORDAN Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."Her... RICK RIORDAN It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inv... RICK RIORDAN Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper. "Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." RICK RIORDAN I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mor... RICK RIORDAN You’re not the only one,” he says through gritted teeth. “My twelve-year-old sister died in my... RICK YANCEY A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve. RICK RIORDAN Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as fa... RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle. RICK RIORDAN Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter." RICK RIORDAN Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.<... RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,... RICK RIORDAN