Archive for June, 2007


S.C. Group Set To Record “We Got A Crush On John Edwards” Video

"TRAILER TRASH TRAMPS" TO LAUNCH MUSIC VIDEO ON YOUTUBE NEXT WEEK FITSNews - June 19, 2007 - After the rousing success of Obama Girl and the by-now infamous "I Got A Crush On Obama" song, four South Carolina women living in a trailer park in Anderson County are preparing to launch their own music video

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Sanford Set To Veto Open Enrollment Bill

GOVERNOR TO CITE LACK OF MEANINGFUL CHOICES, LEGISLATORS SAY FITSNews - June 19, 2007 - State legislators say S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is set to veto an open enrollment bill championed by Democratic Superintendent of Education Jim Rex which would provide the illusion of parental options for children in

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Thomas The Tank Engine Is A Merchant Of Death

SIC WILLIE IN QUARANTINE AFTER TOY RECALL, DOCTORS FEAR THE WORST FITSNews - June 18, 2007 - FITS' founding editor Sic Willie is in one of those NASA quarantine facilities today after a nationwide recall of Thomas the Tank Engine toys. Apparently, there is too much lead paint in the popular toy trains,

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Politics In France Is Crazy Sexy

FRENCH ELECTIONS ARE OVER, BUT IT SEEMS POLITICAL SOAP OPERAS ARE JUST BEGINNING FITSNews - June 18, 2007 - We're seriously considering changing the formal name of our little news outlet from "Faith In The Sound" to "France Is The Sh*t." And why not? While mayonnaise remains the only thing the French

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Being A South Carolina Legislator Isn’t Easy

LACK OF STATE BUDGET, TRANSPORTATION REFORM WOULD DEFINITELY MEAN THE END OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE FITSNews - June 18, 2007 - South Carolina legislators really are heroes. Seriously, you wouldn't think that passing a state budget and fixing a wasteful and inefficient transportation department was harder

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Who The Heck Is Winning South Carolina Anyway?

CAMPAIGN 2008 IS GETTING CONFUSING FITSNews - June 17, 2007 - A week ago, we read in The State newspaper that Rudy Giuliani was ahead in the polls in South Carolina. Five days ago, we read in The Greenville News that John McCain was in the lead. Today, The State is saying there's a new poll out that

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Chinese Censor Pirates Of The Caribbean

GOVERNMENT SAYS MOVIE "VILIFIES, DEFACES" CHINESE CULTURE ... NOT TO MENTION BEING CONFUSING AS HELL FITSNews - June 16, 2007 - The Chinese government has censored the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie because it "vilifies and defaces" Chinese culture and maintains "Hollywood's old tradition of

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Top Ten Signs “Obama Girl” Is Famous

FROM AL GORE TO AL QUEDA, THE WHOLE WORLD IS CRUSHING ON THE INTERNET'S SEXIEST SONGSTRESS FITSNews - June 16, 2007 - Straight from the home office in Galivants Ferry, S.C., the editorial staff at FITSNews is proud to unveil our "Top Ten Signs Obama Girl Is Famous." Drumroll, please ... 10. Forced

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Stuff Keeps Breaking In Space

AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM STRUGGLING, NOT TO MENTION EXPENSIVE FITSNews - June 15, 2007 - It was Don Henley who famously sang "we haven't had that spirit here since 1969" in the Eagles' classic hit "Hotel California," but it might as well have been an engineer at NASA. In the thirty-eight years since

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Thad And Natalia

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST PALMETTO POLITICAL SOAP OPERA FITSNews - June 15, 2007 - There's no escaping the fact that the buzz in the Palmetto political blogosphere over the last 24 hours has focused on the personal lives of three folks who we here at FITSNews have had the pleasure of calling our

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Sanford Smoothes It Over With Lindsey Graham

GOVERNOR ASSURES SENATOR HE'S NOT RUNNING AGAINST HIM FITSNews - June 15, 2007 - In response to our reporting about a recent poll that seemed to test the waters for a potential U.S. Senate run, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford has apparently called U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and assured him that he has no intention

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Fred Thompson “Facts”

CANDIDATE SPLITTING ATOMS, THROWING FASTBALLS WITH HIS FEET FITSNews - June 14, 2007 - Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson may have stopped just short of officially announcing his presidential candidacy on Jay Leno's show the other night, but that hasn't stopped some of his more ardent supporters from extolling

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