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San Marcos Red and Blue Alumni Crew Working to Restore, Rededicate War Memorial

Jessica H. posted an article on - Sep 16, 2011, 9:35 pm
I recently started writing for Noozhawk.com, a local online-only news source in my home town. Here is a link to my first piece, which is about a group of alums from my alma mater who took it upon themselves to refurbish a neglected war memorial on campus. I admire their decision to organize an alumn...
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Monarchs Migrate to Ellwood Each Year

Jessica H. posted an article on - May 16, 2011, 12:51 am
Each fall, the western monarch butterfly population migrates southeast from the west side of the Rocky Mountains to various sites along the California coast. The City of Goleta is fortunate to be home to multiple monarch overwintering sites, the largest of which is Ellwood Main Monarch Aggregation S...
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Quick Hit: The Hispanic Vote

Jessica H. posted an article on - Feb 8, 2008, 9:08 pm
It's nice to see an article about the Hispanic vote that isn't about who we're supposed to support as an ethnic group (because clearly we don't think as individuals). This article by The Miami Herald's Andres Oppenheimer looks at why Hispanics went to the polls in record numbers on Super Tuesday. It...
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Thought of the Day

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
It always makes me laugh when companies use sex to sell things that are anything but sexy. Take the latest Tylenol commercial - all the people in bed are naked and showing some skin. Given, I have nothing against sleeping in then nude, but in a Tylenol commercial? Really?
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Lois Capps Rocks My World

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
*Cross posted on Choice Words It’s always nice to be reminded that my Congressional Representative, Lois Capps, is pretty awesome. One of her latest acts of awesomeness is testifying before the Oversight Committee during the Abstinence-Only Education hearings. She talked about her time as a schoo...
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NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Endorses Obama

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Breaking news!!! I was so excited to hear &mdash or read, actually, since I got the announcement via text message &mdash that NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC has endorsed Obama for president. In an email announcement, NARAL President Nancy Keenan said, “I believe that Sen. Obama is the leader who can...
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Are You Effing Kidding Me?

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The Daily Show on why Obama lost West Virginia. The comments from voters leave me speechless, and that's pretty darn hard to do.
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Quote of the Week

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
"Giving rights to the detainees 'will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed,' Justice Antonin Scalia said in a scathing dissent he read from the bench. No one threw that line back at Scalia in the guns case." &mdash Mark Sherman, Associated Press    Long quiet, justices end th...
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What to Expect When You're Aborting &mdash A Must Read

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
*Cross posted on Choice Words I just want to say a big “thank you” to Hannah for her post on Choice Words about What to Expect When You’re Aborting, a blog were a 23-year-old woman describes her experience getting an abortion, starting with a picture of the positive pregnancy test and continui...
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Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Palin, and Teen Pregnancy

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
So I’m reading my Glamour Daily Gossip email and I see a story about Lindsay Lohan giving her two cents on the scandal of the day - Sarah Palin’s unmarried pregnant teenage daughter. Great, I think, another Paris Hilton-style bit of manufactured commentary. Turns out, in the words of Guanabee, ...
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Quick Hit: Sarah Palin's Record

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Emily's List presents: The Five Facts You Should Know about Sarah Palin's Record
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To brilliant not to post

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Samantha Bee on Sara Palin and choice: Republican hypocrisy runs rampant: (especially when it comes to Hillary) (and yes, I am running just a tad behind on my blogging...)
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Vote!

Jessica H. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
So I haven't really had any time for blogging since I got my first full-time job (hooray for me!), but I thought it would be useful to post the link to my favorite voter resource: SmartVoter.org Have no idea what to vote or who to give your vote in local, state, or even national politics? The site...
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