Archive for October, 2007


Tragedy Strikes South Carolina College Students

FATAL FIRE IN NORTH CAROLINA LEAVES SEVEN DEAD FITSNews - October 28, 2007 - Six University of South Carolina students and one Clemson University student were killed when an early-morning fire consumed a waterfront vacation home in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., this morning. Six more students from USC were

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Bring On The Patriots

INDY STAYS UNDEFEATED WITH BIG WIN OVER THE PANTHERS FITSNews - October 28, 2007 - The defending Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts rolled to 7-0 this afternoon, thumping the Carolina Panthers 31-7 and doing their part to set up a "Battle of the Undefeateds" next week against pretty boy QB Tom Brady

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Oh, The Humanity

AFTER AMAZING COMEBACK, GAMECOCKS FALL TO TENNESSEE IN OVERTIME FITSNews - October 27, 2007 - It should've been a comeback for the ages. It ended up being the second heartwrenching overtime loss suffered by the Gamecocks in their last three visits to Knoxville. After falling behind 21-0 at halftime,

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Rocky Top Rednecks Still Love Phillip Fulmer

VOLUNTEER FANS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR TENNESSEE COACH FITSNews - October 26, 2007 - You've got to love a state where even the family pet wears overalls. Such is Tennessee, which according to this morning's Tennessean newspaper, is still solidly behind its embattled college football coach, Phillip Fulmer. Perhaps

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FITSNews Exclusive – Pigs At The Personal Injury Lawyer Trough

S.C. LAWYER-LEGISLATORS REAP MILLIONS FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION FEES FITSNews - October 26, 2007 - Eight State Senators - four Democrats and four Republicans - and their law firms have collected nearly $6 million in workers' compensation fees over the past three years, according to an exclusive analysis

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The Less Popular Bloggers Are Whining

"TRAFFIC ENVY" SETS IN OVER AT THE UNABOMBER COMPOUND FITSNews - October 26, 2007 - Since we never seem to find the time to read Brad Warthen's corporate-sponsored "blogging" (or the appropriately-titled Not Very Bright, for that matter), we had no idea until today that these two left-leaners were talkin'

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The Stress Vote

AMERICA IS TELLING ITS POLITICIANS TO FOCUS ON FISCAL ISSUES ... BUT WILL THEY LISTEN? FITSNews - October 26, 2007 - While we can't speak for Sic Willie, the rest of us here at FITSNews aren't dumbasses. Jerks? Yes. Smartasses? You betcha. Lesbian perverts? Maybe just a little bit. But when we float

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They Were Gonna Whack Giuliani

CRIME BOSSES WERE ONE VOTE AWAY FROM CALLING IN THE HIT FITSNews - October 25, 2007 - According to this afternoon's online edition of the New York Times, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani was one vote away from sleeping with the fishes two decades ago. If an FBI memo read in open court earlier today is

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State’s Top Political Reporter Headed To Hot-lanta

AARON GOULD SHEININ ACCEPTS POSITION WITH ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION FITSNews - October 25, 2007 - For all the grief we give his anally-P.C. commie bosses at La Socialista (a.k.a. The (Columbia) State newspaper), we've always considered political reporter Aaron Gould Sheinin to be one hell of a journalist

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Tom DeLoach Is A Secret Agent Pimp

WATCH OUT, LADIES! AGENT 007 IS HERE ... FITSNews - October 25, 2007 - It's hard to believe it, but for some reason our founding editor Sic Willie didn't make the local Jolie Magazine's "Top Ten Bachelors" of South Carolina list. That's fine by him, though, because he'll be spared the humiliation we're

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Dum De Dum Dum

TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF CLEMSON STUDENTS FAIL TO GRADUATE WITHIN SIX YEARS FITSNews - October 25, 2007 - Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? We don't know, but you're probably better off NOT asking a Clemson student. The Greenville News is reporting today that one quarter of Clemson University

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More Beattygate Shiestering

STATE TREASURER'S BROTHER SHILLS FOR TRIAL LAWYER VOTES IN LOCAL HOUSE RACE FITSNews - October 24, 2007 - We've known that Dorchester County was a political cesspool ever since the Beattygate scandal rocked South Carolina politics earlier this year, but the corrupt little Lowcountry clique of State

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