Archive for December, 2007


Feudal Warfare

S.C. LAWMAKERS CHALLENGE SUPREME COURT'S AUTHORITY FITSNews - December 15, 2007 - Three South Carolina lawmakers are seeking to strip the State Supreme Court of its authority to regulate the legal profession, turning it over instead to an agency within the Governor's Cabinet. At least that's what The

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Sic’s Got Kristin Davis Abs

AND BETTE DAVIS EYES, TOO FITSNews - December 14, 2007 - Other than mind-numbing crap about the 2008 presidential elections, the most common questions Sic Willie gets these days revolve around how he can wolf down 20 chicken wings and two large six-topping pizzas a day and still maintain abs that

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More On Ted Pitts’ Sellout Of South Carolina School Children

SELF-PRESERVATION, SELF-ADVANCEMENT MOTIVATED ENDORSEMENT OF MEANINGLESS "PUBLIC CHOICE" PLAN FITSNews - December 14, 2007 - We've gotten dozens of phone calls and e-mails here at FITSNews since we published our admittedly-pointed criticism of S.C. Rep. Ted Pitts, the Lexington County Republican who

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Democratic Legislators Linked To Superintendent’s Slush Fund

REPS. GOVAN, COBB-HUNTER KNEE-DEEP IN CONTROVERSIAL "CHOICE" GRANT PROGRAM FITSNews - December 14, 2007 - While it may not be as costly a porkfest as South Carolina's scandalously non-competitive "competitive grants program," the State Department of Education's equally-oxymoronic Public Choice Innovation

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A-Rod Is Rich … Again

YANKEES SLUGGER AGREES TO 10-YEAR, $275 MILLION CONTRACT FITSNews - December 14, 2007 - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is once again the richest man in sports, eclipsing the 10-year, $251 million contract he signed with Texas back in 2000 by inking a gargantuan 10-year, $275 million

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Marcia Cross – Clothes = Yikes

WE CAN ONLY APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, PEOPLE FITSNews - December 14, 2007 - For a few seconds back in 2005, Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross was actually on Sic Willie's definitive MILF list (remember, the "F" stands for Fahrvergnügen, people) although we later figured out those few seconds coincided

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True Christmas Spirit

LOWCOUNTRY STUDENT, SUPPORTERS REMIND US OF THE REASON FOR THE SEASON FITSNews - December 13, 2007 - As much as we spar from time to time with our buds over at The Palmetto Scoop, we've got to give them credit - when it comes to getting the word out about a good cause, there's no better blog in the

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Political Correctness Strikes Again

OBAMA'S PEOPLE NEED TO MAN UP, AND QUICK FITSNews - December 13, 2007 - We got on Barack Obama's detractors awhile back for criticizing his decision not to wear an American flag lapel pin, which we think is about the dumbest excuse for a controversy we've ever heard. Well, today we're going to get

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The National Pastcrime

RELEASE OF MITCHELL REPORT SULLIES BASEBALL'S REPUTATION ... AGAIN FITSNews - December 13, 2007 - The integrity of the game of baseball took another huge hit today when former U.S Senator George Mitchell released his long-awaited report on the use of steriods among Major League ballplayers. Over 80

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That Crazy Fool Did It

CHECK OUT SIC'S RED MOHAWK FITSNews - December 13, 2007 - If you've never read Sic Willie's bio on this website before, congratulations. You have a life. For the eight of you who have read it, though, you may remember the line about his lifelong desire to get a "pink mohawk." Well, today Sic

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Jim Rex Funds Green Bean Museum With School Choice Grant?

S.C. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION COULD BE A LOT DUMBER THAN WE THOUGHT HE WAS FITSNews - December 13, 2007 - We actually laughed at the first two people who pitched us this story (and then hung up on them) because we figured there was no way in hell that image-savvy S.C. Superintendent of Education

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Nobody Is Pro-Life Enough

AT LEAST NOT FOR THE ULTRA-ULTRA-ULTRA RIGHT WINGERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA FITSNews - December 13, 2007 - We've made it a point not to follow the fringe drama associated with South Carolina's ultra, ultra, ultra right-wing right-to-life movement, but after watching one particular activist drive around

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