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"Reidsville ? Reidsville High School was recognized being recognized for their football team on a state level.

The RHS football team and coach Jim Teague was named "FootballCapital of NC" by the General Assembly in Raleigh, NC. The vote came in at an unanimous 118-0.

Reidsville High School has won more State Championships than any other high school in the state. They hold a total of 16 State Championships.

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Somebody needs to get Chelsi's back. 

Helpful. 

Video.

Hat tip, Bubba.

This book is a must read for any politician, journalist, activist, observer or just plain interested party. Christensen deserves a medal for making the subject matter approachable to the layman. As an historical work, the book ranks among the most active and engaging stories in recent memory.

Perhaps a testament to the editors Christensen has had in his career, the prose is engaging and full of energy. There is hardly a weak spot in the entire book. Whether the reader is on vacation with hours on end or a casual nighttime bookworm reading a few pages a night, "The Paradox of Tarheel Politics" is sure to capture and hold their attention.

In this essay, I hope to capture the spirit of Christensen's work while at the same time examining and providing my own interpretations viewed from my personal foundation of conservative, post Reagan-era Republicanism.

I suppose Christensen's main thesis could be summed up, as has been stated in professional reviews, by saying that North Carolina political history in the 20th Century was a dichotomy of one party domination, based on the twin pillars of violence, bigotry and malice toward the aspirations of the state's black citizens and a dedication to otherwise "progressive" policies vis a vis business and education.

As one who grew up in post-integration North Carolina, I find it disgraceful that the state's Democratic Party owes its 110 years of unfettered dominance of the state's political machine to an 1898 white supremacy campaign executed on horseback with torchlight and gunfire.

I've thought his leadership in the general assembly has been stellar. Republicans across the state would do well to look to Berger as one of the cornerstones to build a conservative legislature upon.

Take this quote for example, on the Democrat's budget, created in secret, closed door meetings, and dumped on the legislature with just hours to digest. The plan calls for more than $800 million in new debt.

AP:

*"Good gracious," said Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, a Rockingham County Republican. "I am just concerned about the level of debt -- just about a billion dollars in debt."

Berger said that much borrowing should require voters' approval, instead of letting lawmakers make the call when they vote on the $21.3 billion spending plan next week.

"If we are going to tie down the taxpayers' future, in terms of paying down the debt, we really ought to let them have a say," he said."*

That's how I feel and that's putting it mildly. Very mildly.

AP:

"The report said Carson was shot five times, including once in the right cheek by a "full metal jacketed bullet" and in the right shoulder by a similar bullet that penetrated her right lung and traveled into her small intestine. She was also shot in the right upper arm and in the right buttock.

But the most vicious wound came from a shotgun blast that struck her right hand before hitting the right side of her head and brain, where the medical examiner recovered "numerous birdshot pellets and a plastic shot cup."

"These wounds most likely represent a single shot with the hand acting as an intermediate target," the report said."

That's not just some salacious report of how a vibrant young woman died. It means a man was standing over her armed with a firearm, pulling the trigger. Multiple times. Again and again. As she lay on the ground.

Animals.

How do you take a back-up point guard who is 5-11 with the ninth pick in the NBA draft when you need a freakin' center and the best center in the draft is still on the board? Brook Lopez was a top five pick and fell in your lap. Roy Hibbert was a lottery pick last year and was available.

You took a point guard with your first pick three years ago and have built a team around a dominant power forward and two swift slashers and all you need is a big man to take the pressure off Okafor and free up some lanes for Richardson and Wallace and you take a tiny back up point guard, followed by taking a seven-foot tall, 145 pound guy with the 20th pick who averaged FIVE points a game in the FRENCH LEAGUE!!!!

I try, I really do. But what is in the water in Charlotte? Next thing you know, the Panthers will take a running back with their first pick in next year's NFL draft.

You never can waste too many first round picks with a single-minded focus on one position.

RELATED: From Bill Simon at ESPN:

5:24: Our first stunner of the night: Charlotte reaching for D.J. Augustin at No. 9, followed by a shot of a devastated Brook Lopez in the stands. Hey, any time you have a chance to grab a career backup with the ninth pick, you gotta do it.

(Do you think Charlotte's war room is located on the ninth hole at MJ's golf course? Like, it's basically him on his cell phone and two other guys on Treos trying to rush the pick in before they sneak in nine more holes? The Bobcats might be the worst-run franchise in the league. And that's saying something. If MJ's Bulls career was like Ted Danson's run on "Cheers," then his Wizards comeback was "Becker," and this current Bobcats debacle is definitely "Help Me Help You.")

5:26: Stu explains Augustin is only 5-foot-11, but he has the wingspan of someone who's 6-3½. Well, that changes everything! At the very least, he's wearing the most interesting outfit tonight: a gray suit with a purple shirt and a pink tie. That will be a good look for him when he's Charlotte's 13th man next season.

5:28: New Jersey happily and graciously takes Brook Lopez with the 10th pick. Brook? Not so happy. He's still reeling from the past seven picks.

(Come on, Brook, look at the bright side -- you get to kick Chairman Yi's butt in practice every day for the next five years, and if that's not enough, you can learn how to fake injuries from Vince Carter and become teammates with LeBron James in two years. Things are looking up, buddy.)"