FITSNews http://www.fitsnews.com Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Thu, 23 May 2013 02:43:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 SC Senate Screws Kids … Again http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/sc-senate-screws-kids-again/ http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/sc-senate-screws-kids-again/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 02:35:30 +0000 fitsnews http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=115669 Eight “Republicans” – including four “former” Democrats and the self-proclaimed “conservative” leader of the GOP-controlled South Carolina Senate – voted against a scaled down parental choice measure this week. The vote to reject the measure – which was sponsored by longtime school choice champion Larry Grooms – comes as many of these lawmakers are opting to join [...]

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]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/sc-senate-screws-kids-again/feed/ 1 Jeff Duncan Issues Keystone XL Statement http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/jeff-duncan-issues-keystone-xl-statement/ http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/jeff-duncan-issues-keystone-xl-statement/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:46:37 +0000 news_releases http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=115661 Washington, DC—South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement following the passage of H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, which approves the permitting for the Keystone XL Pipeline: “Republicans and Democrats both realize that energy production creates jobs. That’s why it’s shocking that President Obama has taken a position too extreme for many members [...]

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]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/freedomworks-stop-obama-in-sc-schools/feed/ 1 “We Will Never Stop Fighting You” http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/we-will-never-stop-fighting-you/ http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/we-will-never-stop-fighting-you/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:03:01 +0000 fitsnews http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=115647 A British soldier was brutally murdered on the streets of South London by a pair of radical black Islamists – a savage killing that was followed by a rash of jihadist rhetoric. The attack took place in broad daylight near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Onlookers – disarmed by Britain’s strict gun control laws – [...]

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]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/homeland-security-monitoring-irs-protests/feed/ 7 Susan Pearlstine: On SC Appointments http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/susan-pearlstine-on-sc-appointments/ http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/susan-pearlstine-on-sc-appointments/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:04 +0000 fitsnews http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=115630 My recent experience running for a seat on the MUSC Board of Trustees provided me an unabashed view behind the curtain of our State’s legislature. The South Carolina General Assembly is responsible for electing the members of the State’s university boards, and after going through the process as a candidate, it became clear that internal [...]

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]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/late-night-legislative-taxi-service-shut-down/feed/ 17 IRS Administrator Pleads The Fifth http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/romano-irs-administrator-pleads-the-fifth/ http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/romano-irs-administrator-pleads-the-fifth/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:57 +0000 Robert Romano http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=115607 Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is invoking her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself in the ongoing congressional investigation over her agency’s targeting of tea party groups. Lerner was set to give testimony before the House Oversight Committee this week, but a May 20 letter from her lawyer, [...]

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]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/sc-vets-up-to-no-good/feed/ 22 SC Government: Spreading Love With The Bud http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/sc-government-spreading-love-with-the-bud/ http://www.fitsnews.com/2013/05/22/sc-government-spreading-love-with-the-bud/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:36 +0000 fitsnews http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=115593 Do you suffer from “glaucoma?” Or some form of chronic pain? If so, then the state of South Carolina is required to procure marijuana for you. And give it to you free of charge. Seriously … there’s a little-known state law instructing the director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) to “obtain [...]

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