Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Note: I’ve recently been asked to provide a weekly article to the Concord Standard. So, for Standard readers: This is not deja vu. Welcome to the Cheap Seats.
When I was younger, a diet of processed and fried, fast food meals warped my appetite so badly that I would walk through a fully-stocked kitchen, declare there [...]

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Cabarrus County Republican Men’s Club will meet at Troutman’s Bar-B-Que,
on Highway 601 By Pass at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 28. We will hold a
legislative forum for candidates for the GOP Nomination for the NC House
and Senate from Cabarrus County.
Come early for a BBQ Buffet for $7.
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

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Chairman Carruth, TEAR DOWN THIS BLOG

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How Monopoly Helped Allied POWs Escape in WWII (this is freakin’ awesome)

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Good mornin’ - here’s some stuff I’ve picked up around the web since last Monday.
Democrats Fear NASCAR Cooties - here’s a good collection of articles: Charlotte Observer (news article), Charlotte Observer (editorial) Carolina Politics Online, Carolina Politics Online Again, The Moderate Voice (great cartoon); but the best analysis, hands down, came from our friends at [...]

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This blog does a rather poor job at covering the North Carolina General Assembly (because there’s Under The Dome that covers it better than anything else out there). So, for today’s Friday Five - I’m going to cover five pieces of legislation awaiting approval by the Governor and how it [...]

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Well, it is finally over. Jim Black has been convicted and sentenced in both Federal and North Carolina Courts and is in the back of the bus headed for Pennsylvania and the Federal Pokey.
While no one knows exactly how much damage the Decker/Black conspiracy did to the state of North Carolina, it is very clear [...]

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Alright, I was supposed to go over our portion of pork from the federal highway bill. Well, the data analysis I had in hand was suspect…so, that’ll be next week. Instead, I’m going to focus on two bills that our representatives in Raleigh considered, and in the process, I’ll upset most of the readers of [...]

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