BATTLE ROYALE BETWEEN GOVERNOR, GOP PARTY CHAIRMAN EXPECTED FITSNews - May 31, 2007 - Gov. Mark Sanford will veto a bill allocating state resources for South Carolina's "First in the South" 2008 presidential primaries, sources tell FITSNews. The bill, S. 99, provides approximately $2 million for the
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S.C. Reps Ready For Vacation
LIMEHOUSE, THOMPSON AND CEIPS EAGER TO BE DONE WITH SESSION FITSNews - May 31, 2007 - We can't ever make fun of State Rep. Chip Limehouse without him blowing the proverbial gasket, so we figured today we'd at least give him some company. Apparently, the skin of big green ogres isn't as thick as we thought
Read story »Brian Williams Sucks
NBC NEWS TOO BUSY TO COVER LATEST LOHAN-CIDENT FITSNews - May 30, 2007 - We were there for you when the AP pulled the plug on Paris Hilton, and we're here for you now that pompous, over-tanned NBC News anchor Brian Williams is "too busy" to cover the latest Lindsay Lohan drama. From TMZ's coverage of
Read story »Right Said Fred
THOMPSON'S IN ... NOW WHAT? FITSNews - May 30, 2007 - With actor-politician Fred Thompson now all but assured of mounting a bid for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2008, political observers everywhere are scurrying to determine the impact the former U.S. Senator from Tennessee will have on
Read story »Playing The Triangle Isn’t Easy
GOVERNOR'S STRATEGY OF ISOLATING S.C. SENATE HITS A SNAG FITSNews - May 30, 2007 - For the past few months, Gov. Mark Sanford's game plan has been to beat up on the ultra-liberal South Carolina Senate while holding his tongue when it comes to the slightly-less-liberal S.C. House of Representatives.
Read story »Flipper Is Doing Tricks Again
ROMNEY JUMPS THROUGH CAMPAIGN 101 HOOP IN SAYING HE WON'T TAKE PRESIDENTIAL SALARY FITSNews - May 30, 2007 - Here we go again. It seems in every election cycle, you can count on at least one candidate to make a big deal about the fact he or she is refusing to take a salary. It's a nice idea in theory,
Read story »S.C. General Assembly Testing “Infinite Monkey Theorem?”
ACCUSATIONS OF PRIMAL DESIGN FLY AS TRANSPORTATION REFORM BILL DEBABTED FITSNews - May 29, 2007 - We remain convinced that the average South Carolinian doesn't give a monkey's rear end about reforming the State Department of Transportation - nor are they especially concerned with deciphering the nuances
Read story »It’s Not Easy Being Famous, Pretty, Talented
FEMALE POLE VAULTER DEALS WITH SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS ADULATION FITSNews - May 29, 2007 - Being beautiful ourselves, we know exactly what 18-year-old pole vaulter Allison Stokke is dealing with. We want so bad for people to focus on our accomplishments, but for some reason they can't get past
Read story »Keep Your Memorabilia, Barry
TAINTED SLUGGER DOESN'T WANT TO SHARE HOME RUN MEMENTOS WITH HALL OF FAME FITSNews - May 29, 2007 - As San Francisco Giants' slugger Barry Bonds nears the all-time home run record, he's apparently giving the Baseball Hall of Fame a bit of a headache. That's because Bonds is currently refusing to pledge
Read story »Journalist? Or Unabomber?
STATE NEWSPAPER'S EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR STARTING TO SCARE US JUST A LITTLE BIT FITSNews - May 28, 2007 - We've got to admit - we don't spend too much time hanging out on Brad Warthen's blog. As if all the holier-than-thou sermonizing, revisionist history and pseudo-socialist whining wasn't enough to
Read story »Chavez Changes Channels
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT PULLS PLUG ON OPPOSITION TV STATION FITSNews - May 28, 2007 - When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sees something he doesn't like on television, he doesn't just reach for the remote control, he shuts down the entire TV station and replaces it with one sympathetic to his socialist
Read story »Russians Don’t Like Gay People Very Much
THEY EVEN BEAT UP THE GUY FROM 'RIGHT SAID FRED' FITSNews - May 27, 2007 - Russian police have detained several gay rights activists after a fight broke out Sunday at a protest gathering in Moscow. The protesters were seeking to hold a gay rights rally against the expressed wishes of the city's mayor,
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