STATE RANKS 49TH IN LATEST COLLEGE BOARD RESULTS FITSNews - August 28, 2007 - After legislators pumped another billion dollars into South Carolina's public schools over the last four years (much of it on SAT preparation), our state's SAT scores are still on the decline. This year, South Carolina was
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U.S. Senator Pleads Guilty To Disorderly Restroom Conduct
IDAHO REPUBLICAN WAS SERVING AS ROMNEY'S NATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN FITSNews - August 28, 2007 - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, one of the biggest "family values" Republicans in all of Washington, D.C., is reported to have pled guilty earlier this month to disorderly conduct charges stemming from a June arrest in
Read story »South Carolina Is Full Of Fat People
STATE RANKS FIFTH IN THE NATION IN OBESITY FITSNews - August 27, 2007 - We wrote just last week about how South Carolinians were getting fatter, and how our state's growing obesity problem was causing all sorts of chronic diseases among our citizens. Today, a report shows that the Palmetto state is
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MISS TEEN SOUTH CAROLINA UNEARTHS GLOBAL MAP-STEALING CONSPIRACY FITSNews - August 27, 2007 - If you haven't yet witnessed the mind-blowing answer given by Miss Teen South Carolina Caitlin Upton at last week's national competition in Pasadena, California, you simply must CLICK HERE. Asked why twenty
Read story »Maggie Gyllenhaal Is Confusing Sic Willie
PLASTIC FLYING PIGS, CEILING FANS AND ONE MAN'S INSANITY FITSNews - August 27, 2007 - Confusing Sic Willie is a lot like making instant coffee. It doesn't take a lot of time or effort, and you usually end up with satisfying results. Enter actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who's had our bad boy's brain flying
Read story »Crasher Down
OWEN WILSON HOSPITALIZED AFTER APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT FITSNews - August 27, 2007 - Wedding Crasher Owen Wilson has been hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt, numerous sources are reporting this morning. The 38-year old actor is said to have slit one of his wrists and overdosed on pills. Star
Read story »State Attorney General To Investigate Nuclear Dump?
FACILITY WAS REPRESENTED BY LOBBYING FIRM OWNED BY ROMNEY'S LEAD S.C. CONSULTANT FITSNews - August 26, 2007 - The website Palmetto Scoop is reporting today that S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster could be preparing to investigate whether or not legislators were intentionally misled earlier this year
Read story »Anonymous Swift-Boaters Infesting S.C. Presidential Waters
UNKNOWNS SMEAR OBAMA, ROMNEY IN EFFORT TO SCARE WHITE CHRISTIAN VOTERS FITSNews - August 26, 2007 - It's called "swift-boating," and in the political world it has become synonymous with the sustained delivery of a devastatingly negative attack against a specific candidate. Taken from the infamously
Read story »Hooked on Phonics – Governor’s Edition
PICTURES OF LEGISLATORS WILL HELP HIM IDENTIFY THEM AT EVENTS FITSNews - August 25, 2007 - Earlier this year, State Sen. John Courson was kind enough to send the staff here at FITSNews a personally autographed copy of the 2007 Legislative Manual. An "insider phone book" complete with pictures, brief
Read story »The Egg-Tooth Has A Strange Definition Of “Cautious”
HOUSE WAYS & MEANS CHAIRMAN ISSUES CURIOUS RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL REVENUE SHORTFALL FITSNews - August 23, 2007 - House Ways & Means Chairman Dan "Egg-tooth" Cooper gave an interesting response yesterday when asked what he thought of the potential revenue shortfall facing our state as a result
Read story »Barack Obama Is Officially “Black Enough”
CANDIDATE'S S.C. JUMP SHOT HITS NOTHING BUT THE BOTTOM OF THE NET FITSNews - August 24, 2007 - Ever since he announced his candidacy, we've heard a number of political pundits debate whether or not presidential candidate Barack Obama is "black enough," which it turns out is a highly-technical, scientific
Read story »Giuliani Hires Big Romney Fish?
HIZZONER LANDS CATCH FROM ROMNEY'S S.C. POLITICAL MACHINE? FITSNews - August 23, 2007 - This is one of those political insider stories we could really give a rat's rear end about except for the fact that it seems to make absolutely no sense. The news that Hizzoner Rudy Giuliani has hired Palmetto politico
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