Steve's barking; Why do you say government is bad for business?

Don't care what they say, government is good for business.
Government makes rules. These rules hopefully even the playing field.
Government prevents stealing of ideas. Government should prevent the destruction of the free enterprise system. Government with it's rules should help the next generation.
What government is bad at is running companies. This has been proven through out history.
The only ones worse at running companies are share holder activist.

Steve's barking; the Americanization of Putin

Does Putin have American politician envy. After all why is does he copy them?
How many pictures does he have that shows him with a gun.
Killing a bear with his bare hands alla Davy Crockett.
Stance against gays similar to that of the Christian Right.
Fear of the press as all president's have since Nixon. Even controlling the press as the Republican Party does with Fox News.
Undermining counties as the U.S. did in the Middle East, to appease the base, only to find out that chaos follows.
If you can think of other ways that Putin acts like an American politicians fell free to add.

Steve's barking; The market and the Keystone pipeline

The government couldn't kill the Keystone Pipeline. The house just voted to allow it.
Will the market kill the Pipeline?
Can the wold afford anymore Canadian oil?
The world is a wash with oil and the price of oil keeps going down.
I'll repeat the question, will the market kill the Keystone Pipeline?
The economics is just not there.

Steve's barking: Who be tthe Democratic Party in the Future?

Is it just my imagination but is the Democratic getting old, and tired?
How diverse is the Democratic party really?
Can a Democratic African American be elected in a white district?
Why would I vote for some one who's older then me for elected office? After all I was tired when I retired. My short term memory is be tried, I even leave the keys in the car with the engine on, something that I never did in 44 years of driving. I miss exits that I have never missed in my life.
I actually have to think while I drive. Do I want a reprentative like me? No, No, No.
Us old geezers should be mentors not leaders.

Steve's barking; The US economy, trouble ahead

I looked into my crystal ball, and saw danger for the American economy.
Even though it's almost impossible to predict what the economy is going to do in two years down the road because there are too many variables, I'm going to make some dire predictions anyway.
The Saudis are going to try to up their production in oil, destroying America's oil industry. States that  produce oil will start running deficits. Companies that feed on the oil industry will hit hard times.
There will be pressure on the fed to raise interest rates and they will succumb to the pressure, the stock market will take a major hit because of this, and borrowing money for margins will become harder. Companies such as Amazon may have to change the way they do business or die.
The new congress will make it harder for the average American to pay their bills as the cut in foods stamps  have done to the poor. Congress will cut highway money making many a car losing its' axel which the owner can not repair.
Kansas will be the first state in the union that has ever gone bankrupt causing other state hardship (?).
Even though there is more money then ever it's not in circulation causing a greater recession then before Obama took office, just as happened to FDR. This time it will be because of congress but the president will get the blame.

Steve's barking; Message to Democrates, Stop preaching to the choir.

The Democratic party made a mess of themselves this election cycle and unless they get their heads out of their asses the presidential cycle going to be worse.
First I admit that they got stuck with the panic of Ebola.
Second I admit they got hit with the terrorist panic from the Middle East.
Now my suggestion to the party of my youth, Stop pushing agendas that are don't effect most people and our dubious at best, yea women only make 78cent for every dollar that a man makes. The Walmart worker or the factory workers not buying that, nor the civil servant.
(2) Stop pressing people for money saying that your your so close to winning that your five dollars that will matched by twenty is the difference between winning and losing. Those request are a big turnoff.
(3) Complaining about supper pacs make you sound like a bunch of whiners.
(4) Question, How many Young Demarcates Clubs were on college campuses?
(5) How many Democrat women were handing out handbills complaining about Republican violation of their bodies?

I know for a fact that Texas was lost when Wendy Davis couldn't sell her book.
Hillary and Andy are lousy book sellers, not a good sign.

Steve's barking; economics of the dog chasing it's tail

Inflation, everybody talks about it, but no one does a thing about it.
Deflation is the same, everybody talks about it yet no one does a thing about it.
Maybe this is true because we really don't understand what they are?
Maybe what we do is like the dog chasing it's tail?