Guess who’s pushing for touchscreen voting machines? “Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed-Martin, EDS and Accenture”, that’s who. You may know Accenture by their previous name, Andersen Consulting. Yes, that Andersen. This is not making me feel warm and fuzzy. They just had a…

Cruz goes populist! Bustamante blasts oil companies He is now supporting a “state constitutional amendment to regulate the price of gasoline” Which, since regular gas is now $2.12 a gallon in L.A., ain’t a bad idea at all, as the…

Workers comp in California Total premiums paid statewide have risen from around $9 billion in 1995 to about $29 billion this year, even though the system is treating fewer workers then it was eight years ago. Rates spiked 8 percent…

Dean Takes Lead in Iowa Poll Coming fresh on the “stunning” lead revealed in the latest Zogby poll of New Hampshire voters, Des Moines television station KCCI today released a new poll showing Howard Dean leading in Iowa. The numbers, with…

The Right is getting scared of Dean Larry Kudlow, from the National Review Online, has posted an all out attack on Howard Dean, advising the Bush Administration to “take out the long knives” and kill his candidacy. Indeed, they have…

A nice Orwellian twistWhy has the “evidence” Bush used as justification to invade Iraq proven to be false? Was it because our leaders were lying through their teeth and knew it? Was it because they falsified data and launched a propaganda…

Is North Korea next?From MSNBC President Bush argued Tuesday for sustained involvement in Iraq in the face of mounting casualty tolls and calls to pull out, promising veterans that he would remain “on the offensive against terrorism” even if it…