REPORTER EXPOSES BOGUS INNER WORKINGS OF "COMPETITIVE" GRANTS SCANDAL FITSNews - November 25, 2007 - It's rare that we pay a compliment to the big government lovers over at La Socialista (a.k.a. The State newspaper), but ever since we broke the story of South Carolina's competitive grants scandal way
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Typical Carolina Football … And 10 Ways To Fix It
PERPETUAL MEDIOCRITY DEMANDS RADICAL CHANGES FITSNews - November 24, 2007 - Having cheered for the University of South Carolina football team from the womb, tonight's last-second 23-21 loss to arch-rival Clemson really wasn't all that bitter. After all, it's tough to feel too much pain when you know
Read story »We Shopped, Sic Dropped
ADVENTURES IN MALL-HOPPING FITSNews - November 24, 2007 - It took a lot of meth, lunch at Hooters' and a steady diet of blended venti mocha frappucinos, but Sic Willie actually survived yesterday's sixteen-hour shopping marathon with the FITS gals' personal shoppers (above). Even more amazingly, he
Read story »Super Marvelous We Need You
COLTS BEAT FALCONS, BUT TEAM ISN'T THE SAME WITHOUT HARRISON FITSNews - November 23, 2007 - The defending Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts made short work of the Michael Vick-less Atlanta Falcons on Thanksgiving night, but without star wide receiver Marvin Harrison for the fifth consecutive game,
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SIC WILLIE IS AN INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY, PEOPLE FITSNews - November 22, 2007 - "London Calling" isn't just a famous song (and iconic album cover) from legendary British punk rockers The Clash, it was actually something that happened to our very own Sic Willie this Tuesday morning. That's because
Read story »Just A Game? Let The Smack Talk Begin …
SCETV SPECIAL ON CAROLINA-CLEMSON RIVALRY CAPTURES FANS' PERSPECTIVE FITSNews - November 22, 2007 - The great thing about specials like SCETV's "Just A Game" - which premieres on the network tomorrow night at 9 p.m. - is that there's a good chance at least one of the trash-talking tailgaters they interviewed
Read story »The Quintessential Choppers
THE PANDERER OF THE LEFT, SAME AS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT FITSNews - November 22, 2007 - By last Thanksgiving, we had already pretty much decided that the two candidates we loathed most in the 2008 presidential campaign were Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat John Edwards. Everything about the two of
Read story »We’re Thankful For This …
TWO VIDEOS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND FITSNews - November 21, 2007 - Holy Hell ... this is South Carolina politics like you've never seen it before ... they've even got the Sock Puppet and the "Egg-tooth" (both FITSNicknames) included in this video. Oh, and after you've watched the drag-dancing
Read story »Yo-Bama’s Education Spending Is “Ba-Dam” Big
WHAT'S HE GONNA DO WIT ALL THAT JUNK? FITSNews - November 21, 2007 - If education spending plans were celebrity asses, then Sen. Barack Obama's recently-announced proposal would be the ass of Kim Kardashian. Seriously, we've stuck up for Yo-Bama repeatedly in the past (editor's note: it was the only
Read story »This Story’s Got Carmen Electra Legs
AND SOME DECENT SHOES, TOO FITSNews - November 21, 2007 - You know a political story has "legs" (i.e. staying power) whenever people start doing Saturday Night Live-style spoofs about it, which is what the diabolically funny website 23/6 is doing with the recent Mitt Romney push-polling scandal up in
Read story »We’re Such Hams
TRY A SLICE OF US THIS HOLIDAY SEASON FITSNews - November 21, 2007 - We're pretty sure the guy who runs Voting Under The Influence is just trying to get into the FITS girls' pants, but as far as we can tell there's no crime in that. Besides, his website has a kick ass name (no one should ever vote sober)
Read story »Friggin’ Lawyers?
ACTUALLY, S.C. SUPREME COURT, BAR ASSOCIATION ARE THE ONES GIVING LEGAL PROFESSION A BAD NAME FITSNews - November 21, 2007 - Five days after mildly questioning the S.C. Supreme Court's controversial decision to throw out an entire section of the state bar exam - which resulted in five Circuit Court
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