News Flash: The Deficit Is Down!
Posted by Michelle Moquin on September 14th, 2010
Last night I watched the Olberman show and the big news was that the US deficit went down. Yes, in Obama’s first full fiscal year in office, the deficit declined!
“Cool. I’ll find an artice and I’ll post it on my blog”, I thought. So perusing I went, and I came up basically empty-handed. Wha’at? Shouldn’t this be all over the net, on the front page of every newspaper? The only article I could find was from Bloomberg.com. Huh..what about the Huff Po? Surely the Huff Po will be boasting this good news. Nope. Nothing.
So…If I hadn’t watched the Olbermann show last night, I would not have known this important piece of news. I don’t know about you, but I say “Yippie!”
And just in case perhaps maybe you haven’t heard either…here it is.
Spread the news!…somebody has to…
Bloomberg:
Budget Deficit in U.S. Narrows 13% to $90.5 Billion on Rising Tax Receipts
The U.S. government posted a smaller budget deficit in August compared with the same month last year, helped by rising tax receipts.
The excess of spending over revenue totaled $90.5 billion last month, smaller than the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News and down 13 percent from $103.6 billion in August 2009, according to a Treasury Department report issued today in Washington. The gap for the fiscal year that started in October was $1.26 trillion compared with $1.37 trillion last year at the same time.
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September 14th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Hi Mischa, it’s not a newsflash but why would our biased media post something so positive about Pres Obama when their funding fathers (GOP, and no I did not spell ‘founding fathers’ wrong) want ‘their country back’ though I am surprised at Huff Po, what up with that lack?
I forgot to address you, Keith, you stated that men get a hammering here except for Zen Lill, hmm, I believe I have openly stated that males of the unadmirable ilk can all be offed and I’d be happy to watch them grovel for another chance. Maybe you missed that, that or you agree that there are some good respectable ones out there and though yes, I think they should stand up for females in general and for the one in their life in particular, the truth is: often – they don’t.
I’m past taking issue with the male are-they-really-with-us-on-this issue, and prefer to stop asking for permission myself and get people – no, not people, WOMEN – like Barbara Boxer, like the women Mischa’s been posting articles about lately, as well as Ms Mischa herself : ) (awareness is key and on that note you certainly have the market cornered!) – women who are seizing control, to keep on seizing it and not ask for it, and I personally do not care if that’s perceived as bitchy/controlling or anything else a male might want to label it.
I’m an extremely reasonable female who exercises a lot of diplomatic measures with men women and children bc I keep the end game in sight, what happens in between happens, I like peaceful exchanges no matter what…I’m looking at what will get me (and everyone else) evolved enough to not take issue with race, gender, etc…and if I seem too diplo to other women, that’s OK with me, I like to sort out my peeps my way and I have found through careful treatment and specific behaviors what males are on my team and who are not.
The bigoted/sexist George’s do not slide by – good lookin’ and ‘charming’ will garner you a eye candy experience (I’ll indulge you in a thorough ‘checking out’ and a convo for a mo’ – just to see if your looks and wits match, if they don’t in 5 well then, dang it – you opened your mouth and blew my fantasy factor…poof…or maybe not, I can still walk away and have whatever I want, it’s my fantasy, maybe a gag will be added to your ZL 2 minutes of head space fame to cover the conversational faux pas : ) who knows…my mind can be a bit random when it comes to that and I don’t mind it one bit : )
Anyway, I’ll say thank you and leave it now, Keith, good luck with your endeavors.
Lois, thank you. For women of MM blog that work in an office, see if you can hide an exercise ball under the desk or just bring one in and tell everyone its your new chair, you have that right : ) you can roll back to just improve your posture and you can do 50 sit up’s every half hour (with or w/o your ben wa’s), you can tighten your thighs around it and squeeze or bounce up and down and have everyone in the office laughing. YOu can type, hold your tummy in, do kegels and type the words: implement, distribution and proposal as well as numerous others with a smile on your face : ) yes, no matter what you do, do it to the best of your ability and try to integrate other parts of life into it…
…and if you think I talk about integrating sex into it too much let me put a fine point on this: we are sexual beings, to be in denial of this or to supress/repress this need is ludicrous, when you are lacking sex you become preoccupied with seeking it out, when you’ve got your groove on with yourself you will naturally attract an other who is like minded, that’s how it is. I am also trying to promote sex in the best way possible : ) it makes no matter to me whether you believe in the one partner mongamous for life thing or if you swing another way, I’ve got no judgement on any of that (unless you’re involved with me, then I have lots to say)- bottomline: I just want you to be happy and sex (or lack thereof) is often a good barometer reading of where you’re at – ex. are you shutting people out, if so, why, or are you not understanding how to get and give pleasure, think you need some sex lessons but would never cop to that, don’t see what the big deal is, there are NUMEROUS q’s (these aren’t even that deep, just a few examples) it could bring up and all of them are important for self examination…on that note, I’ll shut it for today : )
Luv, Zen Lill