We Got A New Supreme Court Justice In S.C. January 31, 2008
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NO, NOT HIM, PEOPLE
FITSNews - January 31, 2008 - According to the kids over at The Other Brooks Brothers, the State of South Carolina has a new Supreme Court Justice today after Chief Appeals Judge Kaye Hearn dropped out of the running for the post, leaving the election of John W. Kittredge a mere formality.
Hearn’s candidacy began taking on water like the Titanic after we published accusations earlier this week that State Sen. Hugh Leatherman was using his powerful perch as Senate Finance Chairman to bribe fellow lawmakers into supporting her candidacy.
Apparently, Leatherman’s Democratic allies in the State Senate spent a good bit of time talking trash about FITSNews on the Senate floor yesterday, defending Leatherman’s integrity and railing against our “unsubstantiated accusations.”
On behalf of all of us, Sic Willie responded today by politely urging the State Senate to kiss his right … um, something … and make his left something “jealous.” We never had a dog in this fight, although we’re certainly not sorry for letting everybody know that Leatherman did.
UPDATE - We don’t know who these “Brooks Brothers” are, incidentally, but we can say that Sic was very pleased to learn there’s a “sister” in the bunch. Send him a pic, baby!
Sean Young Is Outbursting
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REHAB-BOUND ACTRESS REMINDS US WHY WE LOVE AWARDS SHOWS
FITSNews - January 31, 2008 - Actress Sean Young doesn’t have a penis, but she played a woman who did in that first Ace Ventura movie, which is enough for us to run for the hills anytime something reminds us of her existence. Unfortunately, something reminded us of Sean Young’s existence today, although in all fairness drunk chicks disrupting awards ceremonies is something we’re not entirely opposed to. In fact, awards shows need all the help they can get right now. Anyway, according to Access Hollywood:
While Julian Schnabel, director of “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” was speaking onstage at the DGA Awards, Sean, decked out in a white fur coat, began to heckle Schnabel, reportedly yelling, “Get on with it!” and “Move it on!” She also reportedly yelled at a video clip of George Clooney and had an outburst in French directed at Marion Cotillard.
An outburst in French? Holy hell. And here we thought French was only good for trying to get laid (editor’s note: Quand vous êtes près de, tout je peux penser d’est mon amour pour vous, mon chéri). Of course to be perfectly honest, anybody who directs a movie with the word “butterfly” in the title deserves to get yelled at. Perhaps not surprisingly, Young has now checked herself into rehab. It’s what all the cool kids are doing!
UPDATE - You can watch Young’s outburst for yourself by clicking HERE, although lamentably it only shows Madame Butterfly’s reaction to Young.
FITSNews Exclusive - Rex “Testing Reform” Bill Is Dead
Posted by fitsnews in : SC Politics , 9 comments
ORWELLIAN, ACCOUNTABILITY-GUTTING MONSTROSITY DERAILED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS
FITSNews - January 31, 2008 - Two days ago, State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex put out a press release touting his so-called “testing reform” bill, saying his proposal “would make the first significant changes to South Carolina’s Education Accountability Act since it was approved by the General Assembly 10 years ago.” In the same release, Rex gloated that the bill was “sponsored by House Education Committee Chairman Bob Walker (R-Spartanburg) and co-sponsored by more than 70 Republicans and Democrats” and would be “introduced later this week.”
Well, as Phil Collins would say, “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven.”
That’s because instead of the testing reform bill promised by Rex and several of his Republican allies, the since-aborted proposal was instead a Trojan Horse designed to totally gut South Carolina’s already-weak accountability standards and give Rex complete control over selecting, administering, grading and defining our state’s academic assessment program - among other potentially-debilitating “reforms.”
The mammoth bill is now deader than a doornail on the Republican side of the aisle, although sources tell FITSNews there is still a chance that House Democratic Leader Harry Ott will introduce it on Rex’s behalf at some point. (more…)
Plaxico Burress Is Crazy
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GIANTS’ WIDE RECEIVER PREDICTS PATRIOTS WILL FALL 23-17 IN SUPER BOWL XLII
FITSNews - January 31, 2008 - Look, we can’t stand the New England Patriots as much as the next person. They’re cocky, condescending, they cheat and above all, they’ve got pretty boy “Poopie” as their quarterback. Okay, okay, we’ll be honest. The real reason we hate the Patriots is because they beat our beloved Colts this year (um, and a lot of other times, too), and to say we’ll be rooting for the New York Giants in Sunday’s Super Bowl XLII is the understatement of the century.
Yet as much as we can’t stand New England, we’ve got to call out Giants’ wide reciever Plaxico Burress for being a complete idiot and predicting his team will hold an offense that’s averaging 36 points a game this year to less than half that total. From the AP:
For the Giants, Plaxico Burress’ guarantee that New York will beat the New England Patriots 23-17 in the Super Bowl Sunday is nothing more than an outspoken player showing confidence. For the Patriots and MVP Tom Brady, it’s a Super-sized diss, and bulletin board material.
“We’re only going to score 17 points?” a surprised Brady said Wednesday. “OK. Is Plax playing defense? I wish he had said 45-42 and gave us a little credit for scoring more points.”
Oh boy. While we certainly hope Burress is right, New England could probably put Sic Willie in at quarterback and still score 17 points. What the hell, Plax? Remember what happened the last time somebody talked trash to the Patriots prior to a big game? Yeah, they got served.
The Gutting Of Academic “Accountability” In South Carolina
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REX, REPUBLICANS CONSPIRING TO DUMB DOWN PUBLIC EDUCATION
FITSNews - January 31, 2008 - When you’ve got the absolute worst public education system in America, you’d think the idea would be to smarten it up, not dumb it down any worse than it already is. Unfortunately, this is South Carolina, where getting politicians elected and reelected behind a bunch of smoke and mirrors is much more important than actually accomplishing anything.
Without question, the master magician in this increasingly-expensive charade is State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex. For the last year, Rex has been playing the state’s sympathetic mainstream press like a fiddle, posing as an agent of real change despite the fact that most of his proposed reforms are all about preserving his failed monopoly over our kids’ futures.
The latest “misdiRex-ion,” as we like to call the Superintendent’s clever little ploys, is an unprecedented attempt to gut South Carolina’s Education Oversight Committee so that his own Department of Education can become the sole author, administrator, reporting agent and so-called “reformer” of our state’s academic assessment tools. But wait, there’s a lot more to this little bag of tricks … (more…)
The Miggity-Miggity-Miggity-Miggity Mac Daddy January 30, 2008
Posted by fitsnews in : Presidential Politics , 6 comments
JOHN McCAIN WILL COMMENCE TO MAKE YA “JUMP, JUMP” PEOPLE
FITSNews - January 30, 2008 - One of the things that always confused us about early nineties child rap sensations Kriss Kross (click HERE for the video) was which kid was the “Mac Daddy” and which one was the “Daddy Mac.” We’re still not sure on that front, but in a Totally Krossed Out race for the GOP presidential nomination, John McCain’s win in Florida last night has pretty much established him as the Republican Party’s “Mac Daddy” headed into Super Tuesday.
With Rudy Giuliani’s decision to drop out of the race (and an endorsement of McCain imminent), it’ll be tough for either Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney to match McCain’s momentum, not to mention his recent surge in fundraising appeal.
Hopefully as McCain counts all of his new money, he’ll figure out that his misguided and unconstitutional premise that “money isn’t speech” is a little less valid now than it was back when he had just $2 million in the bank. Ahh … if wishing made it so.
On the Democratic side, we should all celebrate the end of John Edwards’ socialist sideshow, because it means we can start focusing exclusively on what is destined to be one of the great political slugfests of our time, Clinton v. Obama. Word from inside both campaigns is that Team Clinton is about to pull out some pretty heavy artillery, so things should get very interesting very quickly …
Now Who The Hell’s Gonna Protect Us?
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RUSSIA’S MOST GLAMOROUS FEMALE BODYGUARD KILLED IN RANDOM CARJACKING
FITSNews - January 30, 2008 - Tragedies are awful. Especially when they happen to attractive people. That’s why today’s news that Russian bodyguard Anna Loginova was killed in a random carjacking is so depressing. Seriously, if there’s one thing the world needs more of, it’s hotties who pack heat and are trained in jujitsu. From the Daily Mail UK story:
Loginova ran an agency for female bodyguards, some trained by the ex-KGB, to give discreet protection to Moscow’s billionaires and their wives and mistresses.
“I do think that a girl should be a girl, not a Terminator,” she said. She posed semi-naked for a Moscow men’s magazine to make it clear that she was feminine as well as good with a gun.
And God bless her for doing that. We’re not sure that “feminine + good with gun = hot” was something that really needed to be made clear (editor’s note: that equation should be in every standardized third-grade curricula), but whatever. We’re just sorry Anna’s gone …
