BOWIE SUBMITS RESIGNATION TO S.C. FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FITSNews - September 21, 2007 - Effective next Wednesday, embattled S.C. Firefighters Association Executive Director Jim Bowie is stepping down from his post with the organization, although it is unclear whether or not he will remain as a national
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South Carolina Ain’t Got No Health Insurance
STATE RANKS 11th NATIONALLY IN NUMBER OF UNINSURED FITSNews - September 21, 2007 - South Carolina has the 11th-highest percentage of uninsured, non-elderly residents in the nation, according to a study released today by Families USA. A whopping 37.4% of South Carolinians under the age of 65 currently
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SC WILDLIFE CONTRACTOR OFFERS ALLIGATOR'S STUFFED HEAD TO ITS VICTIM FITSNews - September 20, 2007 - A contractor for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources wants to give the victim of an alligator attack the stuffed head of the very alligator that bit his arm off, the AP is reporting. (The
Read story »Osama Bin Laden Is Making Lots Of Videos
THIRD RELEASE IN A MONTH HAS SOME THINKING GRAMMY NOMINATION FITSNews - September 20, 2007 - According to a not-so-informative news source, terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden has released a new video in which he says that his al Queda network is declaring war on the president of Pakistan. The video
Read story »Julia Roberts Looks Like Emily The Tank Engine
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON THE ISLAND OF SODOR, PEOPLE FITSNews - September 20, 2007 - We were hauling some freight from Tidmouth's Shed to Brendam Docks on the Sodor Main Line the other day when we happened to bump into our good friend Emily the Tank Engine. As we built up some
Read story »Sanford To Announce New Workers’ Comp Guidelines
WHICH IF YOU READ FITS, YOU KNEW ALREADY FITSNews - September 19, 2007 - S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford will hold a press conference tomorrow announcing that his office will now require South Carolina's workers' compensation commissioners to begin implementing cost-saving American Medical Association (AMA)
Read story »Homey Don’t Play That
JESSE JACKSON SQUIRMING OVER "WHITEY" COMMENTS AIMED AT BARACK OBAMA FITSNews - September 19, 2007 - South Carolina native and poverty pimp extraordinaire Jesse Jackson is backtracking over controversial comments he made to The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper this week about presidential candidate
Read story »Mitt Romney Did Something Smart
HE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNISTIC TOOLBAG, BUT HIS NEW AD ACTUALLY MAKES A GOOD POINT FITSNews - September 19, 2007 - We can't believe we're saying it either, but the latest advertisement from that crazy flippin' dolphin Mitt Romney is actually pretty damn good. Don't get us wrong, the guy is still the biggest
Read story »FITSNews Exclusive – Hugh & Yancey’s “European Vacation”
STATE SENATORS, WIVES TAKE "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT" MISSION TO EUROPE FITSNews - September 19, 2007 - State Senators Hugh Leatherman and Yancey McGill accompanied their wives on a European vacation earlier this month under the auspices of an "economic development" mission - touring castles and cathedrals,
Read story »John Kerry’s Tasergate – What’s The Big Deal?
AND WHY NO CATTLE-PROD? FITSNews - September 18, 2007 - By now the whole country has seen the hilarious video of crazy college student Andrew Meyer getting tasered and arrested earlier today after acting the fool at a John Kerry Q&A session on the University of Florida campus. Predictibly, a bunch
Read story »Sic’s Simpson Sister Vote Is For Ashlee
WHAT'S YOURS? FITSNews - September 18, 2007 - Some people have nothing better to do than sit around all afternoon and daydream about which Simpson sister they'd rather hook up with, and sad as it is to admit, it's fairly obvious at this point that Sic Willie is one of those people. Anyway, after being
Read story »FITSNews Exclusive – Phoney Phone Calls In Lowcountry Campaign
RACIST CRANK CALLS STIR THE POT IN BEAUFORT, S.C. FITSNews - September 18, 2007 - Yup, we're still in South Carolina, people. Sources are telling FITSNews that a black woman calling herself "Shaniqua" has placed telephone calls to several Republican voters in Beaufort County urging them to vote for
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