Archive for October, 2007


Colbert Rising In The Polls, Coming To South Carolina

BUT CANDIDATE WILL FACE QUESTIONS OVER HIS "RIGHT EAR LEAN" FITSNews - October 24, 2007 - Does bi-party presidential candidate Stephen Colbert's right ear lean just a little too far to the right? That's one of many questions the Comedy Central anchor must answer to the satisfaction of South Carolina

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A Clever Little Ploy

REESE AND JAKE AREN'T FOOLING ANYBODY FITSNews - October 24, 2007 - You know, we're one less-than-satisfying mocha away from removing Reese Witherspoon from our "About Us" page. Seriously, people, it's obvious she moved to South Carolina just to get close to Sic Willie, but for some reason she couldn't

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Fred Thompson Kinda Got Kicked In The Balls

BY A GIRL FITSNews - October 24, 2007 - We've only met Rudy Giuliani's spokeswoman Katie Levinson once, but we have a strange desire to marry her all of a sudden. That's because Levinson had the stones to offer the following quote responding to the new immigration plan offered by former U.S. Senator

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We Almost Got “The List”

SIC WILLIE SNEAKS UP ON SUPER-SECRET MEETING ON WHO'S BEEN NAUGHTY AND NICE FITSNews - October 24, 2007 - Anybody who knows Sic Willie will tell you he's not in the habit of wearing Brooks Brothers suits and hanging around in swanky, upscale restaurants. Frankly, he dresses like a damn hobo and considers

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Claflin Is Spinning

UNIVERSITY SAYS STUDENTS NOT COERCED INTO ATTENDING HILLARY EVENT FITSNews - October 23, 2007 - Claflin University apparently put out a statement to local and national media last week after we broke the story that the school allegedly coerced Barack Obama volunteers into decorating the set of a Hillary

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The Country Is On Fire

WILDFIRES WREAK HAVOC IN CALIFORNIA FITSNews - October 23, 2007 - America is on fire, people. And not in a good way. Looking at this image from space, it's hard to believe that only one person has died from the wildfires that now stretch hundreds of miles up and down the California coastline. We'll

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Still Perfect, Too

INDY MOVES TO 6-0 WITH WIN OVER THE JAGUARS FITSNews - October 22, 2007 - While Sic Willie was shedding man tears of joy because Brad gave a rose to Sheena on The Bachelor (even after she busted her ass coming down the stairs prior to their "one-on-one time"), the FITS girls were busy watching the Indianapolis

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FITSNews Lands In A Clemson Chatroom?

MUST BE A MISTAKE FITSNews - October 22, 2007 - Apparently our article from this morning informing South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier of our God-given right to "boo" during a home loss to Vanderbilt has made its way into more than a few Clemson Football chatrooms this afternoon. Which

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Disease Is Expensive

NEW STUDY FINDS CHRONIC ILLNESSES COST SOUTH CAROLINA $17 BILLION ANNUALLY FITSNews - October 22, 2007 - According to a new study by the Milken Institute, chronic illnesses cost the State of South Carolina $17.8 billion annually, making our state's sorry excuse for a health care system a lot more expensive

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Can He?

ARTICLE EXPLORES COLBERT'S CHANCES FITSNews - October 22, 2007 - Writer Joshua Green has an interesting story in Friday's edition of The Atlantic about the presidential prospects of Comedy Central anchor Stephen Colbert, who is running in both the 2008 Republican and Democratic primaries here in South

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Two More Reasons To Hate Tom Brady

AYE CABANA BOY, PEOPLE! FITSNews - October 22, 2007 - From time to time we get complaints that there is too much "T&A" on FITSNews. Of course since we have no earthly idea what the people doing the complaining are talking about (Tips & Analysis???) we keep going about our business, oblivious

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Cutting The Oh-Eighters Some Slack

THE BLAME FOR SPIRALING HIGHER ED COSTS RESTS SOLEY WITH S.C. POLITICIANS FITSNews - October 22, 2007 - It's called "agenda-driven journalism," and if you're looking for a good example of it, check out this morning's front-page story about higher ed costs found in La Socialista, a.k.a. The (Columbia)

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