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Following  Senator Nelson's infamous "Nebraska  Compromise", which forces the other 49 states to pay for Nebraska's new  Medicaid recipients, journalists, legislators, and citizens have lashed out for  what has been labeled a "sleazy back-room deal" by many folks across the  political spectrum. The heat of the  anger towards ex-Governor Nelson comes from an innate sense of fairness; why  should the rest of the country pay for the increased health care cost of  Nebraska? While  the anger is newf

One of the world's most accurate trends forecasters is predicting the rise of a viable 3rd party by 2012.  Gerald Celente, of the Trends Research Institute is making some dire predictions for 2010 and 2012.  Celente is considered a "Prophet of Doom" by many, but a highly credible track record makes his prognostications difficult to ignore.  Here's an abridged version of his accurate predictions over the last couple of decades: 1.  Stock market crash of 1987 2.  Collapse of the Soviet Union in

In the quietly passed omnibus spending bill (say goodbye to billions and billions of your tax dollars!), more than a half million was dedicated to... research equipment for Los Angeles's very own Institute for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Research. FoxNews.com and a number of other voices quickly pointed to some of the outrageous projects being funded in the newest spending bill. It's almost as though lawmakers in Washington D.C. have given up the facade of even wanting to restrain spending. The In

Last night, President Obama's war speech was especially relevant for independent-minded voters, both in California and across the nation. For the second time in less than a year, our Nobel Peace Prize winning President ordered a massive troop surge into a raging, eight-year war zone.  In a year's time, Obama will have boosted troop levels in Afghanistan by a staggering 100%. From an independent's perspective, Obama's speech represented more of the same.  In fact, it sounded awfully similar to m

In 2007, the modern tea party movement took shape, in a vastly different form than it now presents itself.  Spurred by an impending recession, a government overrun by deception and corruption, and an unprecedented expansion of government under eight years of “conservative” leadership, the first modern day tea partiers had positive causes of action: honesty, respect for the rule of law, and protection of the rights of the smallest minority; the individual. In late 2007, on the anniversary of the

SACRAMENTO -- Finally bringing to a close a five-year-long investigation, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will not file corruption charges against former state Senate President Don Perata, ostensibly clearing his way for a less politically clouded run for Oakland mayor in 2010. Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown said late Wednesday morning from Sacramento that the U.S. Attorney's Office and the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice completed their review of t

ALAMEDA -- An East Bay woman who in 2007 allowed then Sen. Barack Obama to accompany her on her job caring for a homebound man during his presidential campaign has become one of thousands caught up in a power struggle between President Barack Obama and his administration and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over whether the Golden State should collect billions in federal stimulus money. Unfortunately, like the rest of her 300,000 home care worker colleagues in California, Pauline Beck emer

Hospitalized in a Washington, D.C.-area medical center since mid-April, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Pete Stark said late Wednesday that the congressman continues to recover from a bout of severe pneumonia. Stark, 77, came down with the illness in February and has been battling it ever since, according to Brian Cook, his press secretary. He was admitted to the hospital following a hearing mid last month.                       "(The Congressman) has been recovering (but we don't yet know) when he m

What happens when you combine digital-native collegeseniors with a tech savvy White House and a dash of"si, se puede" determination? You wind up with first lady Michelle Obama deliveringthe commencement address to the 450 members of the Universityof California, Merced's firstfour-year class. It'squite a coup for the 2,700-student university. Obama snubbed the heavy weights,including that UC campus in Los Angeles, infavor of the Central Valley newcomer. TheNew York Times reports it will be her

Remember that part in "True Lies" where Harry Tasker, as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, tells his family he's leaving for a technology conference in Europe? Later in the movie, his wife is talking to a friend, explaining how talk of the tech business is incredibly boring. Yet the audience knows that Harry Tasker is no businessman, but is actually the world's number-one spy. Well, California's number-one executive just went to Europe for a business conference, too... or did he?! Yes, he did.