Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Spirited Discussion About Life in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

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Friday Five: The Rules

May 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments


Since I started this community blog experiment about a month-and-a-half ago: the results have been phenomenal.
In a little more than one month, traffic has nearly doubled, page views have more than doubled, the number of unique visitors is climbing steadily, and the RSS and e-mail subscriber list is growing.
The quality [...]

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Weekend Open Thread: Make Your Own NC GOP Obama Ad

April 25th, 2008 · 19 Comments


I’m opening up the weekend open thread a little early, because I thought of something fun.
As an open thread - you can talk about whatever you’d like to; but I challenge you…make an ad about any of the commenters, authors, candidates, officials, etc. in the style of the NC [...]

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Wednesday Roundup (16 Apr 08)

April 16th, 2008 · Comments Off

For those who need to catchup on what’s up here and elsewhere.
Enjoy.

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Video: Justin On The Stump

April 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments


I thought since most of you have only read my stuff - this would be a little change of pace.
As you can see from this video - you’re in no danger of me becoming a Vlogger (Video Blogger).  I’m probably going to stick to the written word for now.

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Tags: Current Events · Personal Experiences

Wednesday Roundup (9 Apr 08)

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This article is for those who are having a hard time keeping up with the comments (like me) on this blog. Also, I’ve thrown in a couple of articles I thought were interesting from beyond the Cheap Seats.
Enjoy.

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Quit Wasting Time On The Internet

April 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

This was an article I originally wrote a while ago, but I’ve made a couple of small changes to the site. I took out the ratings (2 people out of 1000 used them) and I added two buttons: One that will make it easier to subscribe via e-mail and another that will make [...]

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The more you know (the more scared you should be)

April 5th, 2008 · 14 Comments

I’ve been out of law enforcement now for almost four years. I know this because my ex-partner on the force and I have an annual golf outing to celebrate our freedom from the geniusry of the law enforcement system in North Carolina.
I don’t stay in contact with many of my former partners at the department [...]

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Tags: Cabarrus Communities · Cabarrus Politics · Personal Experiences

New Poll: Are You A Likely Voter?

April 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Results from the last poll - Bob Orr won; but McCrory wasn’t far behind
So, for this week’s poll - tell us what you’re doing on May 6th.

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Tags: Current Events · Polls

Could this be the wave of the future?

April 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Every day I scan all my favorite blogs. This one gets much more attention than most due to it’s lively discussions. More and more often I find myself surfing the blog search engines looking for anything that strikes me as interesting but I’ve begun to notice a trend. A trend that Justin, this blog’s [...]

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Bob Carruth Is Big In Alabama

March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yet another example of how you can get noticed by posting stuff to Cabarrus Cheap Seats.
Bob Carruth is now a celebrity…among Alabama seniors - check it out.

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