S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley’s gubernatorial campaign was the recipient of some serious mainstream media love from nationally-syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker this week … while the Palmetto State was finally the recipient of a national news story that didn’t end in late night TV punch lines.
Haley, [...]
In addition to his private lawyers, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is spending taxpayer cash ($150 an hour, to be precise) on an attorney whose stated mission is to “protect the institution of the governor’s office.”
While you try to avoid choking on that irony, consider this … [...]
At some point during the third quarter of the University of South Carolina’s loss to Arkansas a few weeks back, Sic Willie picked up his four-month-old daughter, Johanna, and informed her that she might be better off not becoming a Gamecock fan.
“Why?” her little [...]
I won’t do much by way of introduction here, since everybody on Facebook has surely seen those curious “Farmville” updates, and anyone not on Facebook is likely too smart to have clicked on an article including the word “Farmville” in its title.
And even though that title [...]
The S.C. House of Representatives formally opened hearings Tuesday into whether or not disgraced S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford should be impeached.
A House Judiciary subcommittee met for almost an hour on the subject, a mostly perfunctory hearing during which lawmakers sparred over whether Sanford’s five-day absence [...]
Nearly four months after receiving a request for the immediate addition of 40,000 troops in Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed to send at least 25,000 troops to the region.
Obama will announce the new U.S. policy in Afghanistan in a speech to the [...]
As the fallout continues from the unauthorized release of thousands of documents pertaining to the “climate change” debate, another round of scientists is confirming that temperatures on the planet earth are at a “standstill.”
“The warming is taking a break,” meteorologist Mojib Latif – one of [...]
South Carolina lawmakers have removed their taxpayer-funded email addresses from the Internet, substituting a much less personal (and presumably less read) electronic feedback form in their place.
Lawmakers will continue to have access to a taxpayer-funded email account, but those email addresses will not be [...]
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford will find a receptive audience of state lawmakers when a resolution calling for his impeachment is heard before a House subcommittee on Tuesday afternoon, sources tell FITS.
The governor – who is facing a separate 37-count ethics complaint – enjoys the support [...]
It’s been a November to remember for former Miss California Carrie Prejean, the gorgeous, God-fearing beauty queen who doubles as a self-spelunker.
First there were the revelations regarding her multiple sex tapes (all self-spelunkular, it turns out). Then came Miss USA/ Miss Universe pageant [...]
Left without a party that’s representing their core beliefs, conservatives are pressing the GOP to return to its roots via a new “party purity pledge.”
Elected officials or candidates who fail to adhere to at least seven of the ten items on the list would be [...]
Since S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s communications staff has apparently decided to start screening phone calls and hanging up on reporters whose only crime was attempting to bring you governor’s side of the story, it’s become pretty much impossible for us here at FITS to [...]
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford faces over three dozen state ethics charges stemming from violations of travel rules and campaign finance laws, Jim Davenport of the Associated Press reported Monday.
The violations – thirty-seven of them in all – are contained in a preliminary report prepared by [...]
Disgraced S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is aggressively recruiting candidates to run in Republican primaries against the GOP sponsors of an impeachment resolution against him, sources tell FITS. In targeting these lawmakers – including one who has supported his policies in the past – the governor is [...]
In a barely-noticed article last week in La Socialista, it was reported that the Town of Lexington, S.C. was planning to use an “undetermined” amount of taxpayer funds to engage the services of a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, making it one of the smallest municipalities [...]
The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, gave mankind dominion over the beasts of the field and creatures of the deep (including lobsters). Of course that doesn’t change the fact that we have nightmares (more often than we’d like to admit, in fact) [...]
Since our founding editor has for all intents and purposes checked out for the Thanksgiving holidays – a time he typically spends penning his annual “Book(let) of Lamentations” over the status of the University of South Carolina’s football program – we figured we could [...]
We’ve already addressed one of Tim Tebow’s “Urban Mythical” girlfriends – British lingerie model Lucy Pinder – in a recent story that landed us in more than a little bit of hot water with some of the Quakers in our audience.
To see [...]
A plurality of FITS readers say the Confederate battle flag should not be moved from its current location – on the north lawn of the S.C. State House grounds behind a Confederate soldiers’ monument.
With a whopping 1,500 responses received over just [...]
For those of you unfamiliar with the story, there’s a mobile home in Red Bank, South Carolina …
Wait … let’s start this over, shall we?
For those of you unfamiliar with the story, there are plenty of mobile homes in Red Bank, South Carolina … but [...]
The unknown computer hackers who raided the database of a globally-renowned British climate research center couldn’t have asked for a better haul …
In thousands of emails and documents dating back over a decade, some of the world’s foremost climatologists are exposed as petty, vindictive alarmists who [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have dipped below 50% for the first time since he was elected, according to the results of two major polls released earlier this week.
On Wednesday, a Quinnipiac University survey showed Obama’s approval rating at 48% – the lowest [...]
You’ll have to forgive Katy Stech at the Charleston Post and Courier … those new Boeing Dreamliner airplanes (which have yet to fly, btw) sure do look phallic.
Plus, it’s hard to find anybody, anywhere in South Carolina right now who’s not either fellating or tossing [...]
As much as we respect his intellect (usually) and support the vast majority of votes he’s cast in the South Carolina Senate, there’s a reason that State Senator Larry Grooms is still a fringe (and some say “Stepford”) candidate in the 2010 GOP gubernatorial race.
And [...]
For someone who prides himself on having zero integrity or credibility, our founding editor has nonetheless managed to amass quite a bit of both over the past few years.
Alright, alright … Sic Willie obviously has no integrity … who are we kidding!
But it’s hard [...]
“Y’all have stirred up a hornet’s nest now,” a friend of ours emailed our founding editor today, referring to a story we posted Thursday regarding the Confederate flag.
Actually, we have Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod to thank for that, as we were [...]
By Jeff Duncan
The act of terrorism at Fort Hood reminds us all that regardless of what the Obama/Pelosi Team or the elite media call it we are at war with Islamic fascism. Americans must rise up and remind our elected officials, Republican and Democrat, that [...]
It’s been an autumn of enlightenment here at FITS. First we figured out who Taylor Swift was (thank you, Kayne West), then we discovered Gossip Girl (courtesy of the Palmetto Family Council’s righteous indignation). That led us to Blake Lively and, today, [...]
We already knew that South Carolina was among the fattest states in America, but how much is all of that extra weight costing us?
According to a new report by our friends at the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, within the next decade 48.1% of South Carolinians [...]
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) is one of four swing votes in the upcoming Senate deliberations on President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine proposal.
As such, she’s “solid gold real estate” for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – who cannot afford even a single democratic defection if he [...]
There’s no college football game being played at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. this weekend. And even if there was, it would no doubt result in yet another University of South Carolina loss.
So why not use USC’s bye week to check out one of the Southeast’s [...]
Earlier this month, we conducted an investigation into all of the money that’s being poured into what was billed as an impassioned “conservative” defense of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham – a defense waged by South Carolinians.
You can “bone up” on the details of our [...]
Having narrowly been rammed through the U.S. House earlier this month, it’s now the U.S. Senate’s turn to shove a little socialized medicine up the collective American yin-yang …
Quick, somebody call our proctologist! While we can still afford him!
Having introduced his 2,074-page, $900 billion (some [...]
Another day, another uber-liberal lawyer jumping into a political race in South Carolina.
And we wonder why nothing ever changes in this state?
This time the culprit … err, candidate … is longtime liberal activist Steve Morrison, a managing partner at Special Interest Central (a.k.a. Nelson, Mullins, [...]
Just like that, the on-again, off-again debate about the Confederate flag is back “on.”
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod has poured gasoline on the highly-flammable subject by including the flag’s removal from the State House grounds in his jobs plan, which was unveiled Thursday.
“It is time [...]
As much as we lust after the mind and body of Liz Lemon, we cannot in good conscience tune into 30 Rock this week – or any of the shows included in NBC’s Thursday night lineup.
Why not?
Because we prefer to take our mindless entertainment without [...]
We don’t know all that much about Greenwood, S.C., and from the looks of it we’d prefer to keep it that way …
As far as we can tell, it’s just another town in the middle of B.F.E., S.C. where the local politicians ride roughshod [...]
With its public school system in the toilet despite massive funding increases and unfulfilled promises of “accountability,” perhaps South Carolina should consider following the lead of a Goldsboro, N.C. middle school, which was busted last week trying to sell grades.
From the Raleigh News [...]
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is running television ads targeting three veteran democratic lawmakers who voted in favor of President Barack Obama’s $1.2 trillion (some say $2.6 trillion) socialized medicine proposal – including S.C. Rep. John Spratt.
The other lawmakers targeted by the ads are [...]
S.C. gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod unveiled his big “jobs plan” Thursday. Meanwhile, his campaign dodged rumors that he’s once again dating Brooke Gordon – the scorching hot former wife of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon.
Sources tell FITS that McLeod was spotted Saturday night at [...]
Keeping track of all the different left-of-center environmental advocacy groups currently pouring money into South Carolina on behalf of embattled U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has become a full-time job lately …
It seems that every day, a new group with a radio or television ad is [...]
Vandals with spray paint cans broke into Williams-Brice Stadium on the University of South Carolina campus Tuesday night and put some “orange in the end zone,” mimicking the catchphrase of arch-rival Clemson University’s radio announcer.
The story of the vandalism – which had been widely-discussed on college [...]
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford committed “several” violations of state ethics law, according to the undisclosed findings of a three-month investigation into his administration conducted by the S.C. State Ethics Commission.
The Commissioners – all of whom were appointed by the governor (and several of [...]
In a stroke of good luck for S.C. Senator Mick Mulvaney, he’ll be going up against the “devil he knows” in next year’s Fifth District Congressional race.
Despite considerable speculation to the contrary, U.S. Rep. John Spratt will run for a fifteenth term in 2010, his [...]
Residents of Greenville, S.C. (a.k.a. G-Vegas) are up in arms this week – furious over the outcome of a high-profile trial involving a prominent local businessman who they thought was headed for the slammer.
They shouldn’t be …
For those of you unfamiliar with the case of John [...]
We’re sure this is some sort of sort of anomaly, but Hollywood A-list heartthrob Johnny Depp has edged out our founding editor as the sexiest man alive according to People magazine.
Actually, Depp and dozens of other celebrities (and perhaps as many as 1.8 billion other men) [...]
Sarah Palin just can’t win for losing with us … which we attribute to the fact that the GOP diva (currently in the midst of a major nationwide PR offensive) has become sadly emblematic of America’s anally PC, excessively-dramatic, “oh pretty pretty please [...]
We nearly sprayed a mouthful of Cheerios all over our computer screens this morning when somebody forwarded us an email alleging that when it comes to American TV networks, FOX News is the “fairest of them all.”
Are you kidding us?
If that’s true, then [...]
Despite S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s efforts to quash its release, the public could get a look at the preliminary findings of a State Ethics Commission investigation into his administration on Wednesday.
At the very least, South Carolinians should know Wednesday whether the Commission is moving [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama – who has a spotty record of protecting free speech here in America – got a taste of his own big government medicine (no, not that medicine) during a town hall meeting in Shanghai.
During a question-and-answer session, Obama [...]
For those of you unfamiliar with Columbia, S.C.’s standards of “fiscal responsibility,” you could basically hand your life savings over to a lunatic crackhead (in cash) and wind up with a better rate of return.
A uniquely inglorious coalescence of greedy politicians, incompetent bureaucrats, and [...]
Former Clemson University head coach Tommy West was fired earlier this month by the University of Memphis after nine years at the school.
And why not?
Other than a three-year stretch from 2003-05 – during which his teams went 24-13 and earned three consecutive bowl appearances – [...]
The government entity which brands its recommendations as the “gold standard” for clinical prevention has issued some controversial new guidelines for breast health, which is naturally something we focus on closely.
Often a little too closely.
Anyway, what entity are we referring to?
Yeah … it’s called the [...]
U.S. Rep. John Spratt was one of at least sixty democrats in the House of Representatives to request a “pass” on voting in favor of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s socialized medicine bill, sources tell FITS. If true, this would mean he was one of roughly [...]
Rather than bugging you with relentless pop-up surveys and other invasive information gathering devices (you know, like those annoying “enter your email address to continue reading” type things), here at FITS our policy is to deliver the good stuff to your eyeballs as quickly and [...]
A South Carolina political consultant was arrested outside of a rival campaign’s private party in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Monday night, a Grand Strand television station is reporting.
Mike Green, who is employed by Starboard Communications, was charged with trespassing after he allegedly attempted to [...]
S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom wants to reform how the federal government counts “stimulus” jobs, arguing that taxpayers deserve “accurate job counts and honest assessments of the stimulus’ impact on our economy.”
Last month, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama claimed that 8,100 jobs had been [...]
Unranked South Carolina will (mercifully) end its 2009 regular season on Nov. 28 at Williams-Brice Stadium against arch-rival Clemson, a game that will be televised nationally on ESPN at 12:00 noon EST.
We’ll have several stories on the so-called “rivalry” (which Clemson leads 65-37-4, including a [...]
An audit of the Palmetto State’s controversial “endowed chairs” program – which is nothing but a glorified higher ed slush fund when you get right down to it – has reportedly found that the University of South Carolina illegally matched private funds for its hydrogen [...]
Until the show Gossip Girl appeared on our radar last week, we had never heard of actress Blake Lively. Now, the 22-year-old is on our radar for all the wrong – or depending on your eligibility for social security – all the right reasons.
Lively [...]
Sometimes you just gotta read the label, people …
Especially the “take rectally” reference.
Ouch!
We also like the part about how “if side effects persist, continue taking Obamacare – you have no choice anyway!”
So true …
Pic: Right Condition
It would never occur to us to set references from a report prepared the National Transportation Safety Board to the Beverly Hillbillies, but then again we’ve never been accused of being excessively original around here.
We do, however, want desperately to sell some more of our “[...]
Sarah Palin appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s show Monday to promote her new book, Going Rogue, in which she attempts to place some additional distance between her ascending political trajectory and the stench of failure associated with U.S. Sen. John McCain’s atrociously-managed 2008 presidential [...]
A Clemson University (S.C.) political scientist is being accused of selling out his academic credentials to the highest bidder – according to a blog that itself shills for a variety of Palmetto State politicians.
James David “Dave” Woodard – who draws an $85,772 annual salary from [...]
After the University of South Carolina’s Halloween night loss to the University of Tennessee two weeks ago, we did a poll asking whether or not USC head football coach Steve Spurrier should be fired at the end of the 2009 season.
At the time, Spurrier still [...]
Evidently tired of getting shafted by South Carolina GOP lawmakers in the state budget, a group of Palmetto State solicitors is hoping to bring some serious political muscle on board to help them “get theirs” in what is expected to be a cutthroat budget year.
Specifically, [...]
Way to go, “President Badwrench …”
Two weeks after Ford Motor Company posted a billion dollar profit and forecast sustained profitability in the years to come … “Government Motors” posted a $1.15 billion loss and reduced its sales projections for 2010.
GM is spinning [...]
U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to have received roughly sixty written requests from House Democrats asking for permission to vote against a controversial socialized medicine proposal – or twenty more requests than she could handle.
That’s when a pitched battle allegedly began within [...]
Our founding editor is once again in hot water – this time with the Canadian government.
After posting a humorous (we thought) article last week about Canada fighting terrorism by using nude girls on its currency (the article was a spoof, people), we received the following [...]
A City Council member from Lexington, S.C. has reportedly called U.S. Rep. Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson a “wussy” for opposing a $5.5 million road project.
According to a blog post from Americans for Prosperity, Lexington City Councilman Danny Frazier made the comment shortly after [...]
Didn’t know they had a Women’s Rowing team at Clemson University?
Neither did we, but thanks to our buds at Deadspin, the Tiger Crew (isn’t that what they call rowing teams?) has become internationally famous … and for something other than their strong finish at [...]
Like the rest of the country, we were snowed into thinking that former Miss California Carrie Prejean was a good, God-fearing girl who was unjustly punished for her defense of family values.
We don’t have any family values, mind you, but we’ve always supported [...]
A new television ad criticizing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for his support of a controversial energy tax hike hit South Carolina airwaves on Monday morning, part of an effort to answer the recent barrage of pro-Graham ads paid for by the nation’s liberal environmental establishment.
The TV [...]
Stirring memories of their epic comeback win in the AFC Championship Game three seasons ago, the Indianapolis Colts pulled another rabbit out of their hats Sunday night against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots – capping another exhilarating edition of the NFL’s marquee rivalry.
Trailing [...]
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s public support is collapsing in South Carolina – driven by a wholesale revolt among the GOP electorate and a steady erosion of his support amongst independents.
Already consistently loathed by a solid third of GOP voters, Graham’s recent leftward bent – including his [...]
Friday the 13th was indeed an unlucky day for former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, who was sentenced to thirteen years in a federal prison after being convicted in August on eleven federal charges of bribery, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering.
Jefferson’s sentence is believed to [...]
As much as we detest Lane Kiffin, we’ve always loved the Lane Kiffin Show – a hilarious cartoon spoof of the Tennessee head football coach’s weekly program that features a shirtless Kiffin verbally accosting his guests.
This week’s installment of the show featured NuKeese [...]
Eight days after her husband admitted having an affair with his Latin lover (and lying to the people of South Carolina in an effort to cover it up), S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford filed to trademark her own name.
Wait … what?
That’s right. According to [...]
S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell reportedly made the list … while S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell and Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman checked it twice.
That was the big rumor circling inside (and outside) last night’s “Unleashing Capitalism” debut party in downtown Columbia, an event [...]
Google “Tim Tebow’s girlfriend” and there’s a better than average chance you’ll come up with a picture of British glamor model Lucy Pinder … who is actually not the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback’s girlfriend, but bears a mild (if you’re being rude to Pinder) resemblance [...]
Clemson University spent more money traveling during the last fiscal year than any other state agency, racking up nearly $10 million in travel expenses according to a report released Friday by the S.C. Comptroller General’s Office.
As usual, the University of South Carolina ($8.9 million) and [...]
She may not win Busted Coverage’s “Hottest Female College Athlete of the Decade,” but former Cincinnati tennis star Alizee Paradis has definitely got Sic Willie’s vote.
Not only does the Quebec City native have the whole “eff off” thing going for her (just look at [...]
Once lost, two multi-billion dollar contracts that Blue Cross Blue Shield says are keeping up to 2,000 South Carolinians employed may have been found again, Kristy Eppley Rupon of The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper reported Friday.
These “prodigal” contracts were awarded to another company [...]
Huh? What the hell does that word mean?
Well, we asked our intrepid new reporter/ personal assistant/ voice mail diva/ advertising manager Ashley Hester to get on it, since the term apparently has something to do with today’s date – Friday the 13th.
Specifically, we requested 13 of [...]
Two weeks after angering state’s political establishment by opposing an incentive package for airplane manufacturer Boeing, the S.C. Policy Council unveiled a new report detailing how “unleashing capitalism” – not additional government – is the key to turning around South Carolina’s moribund economy.
“Sometimes the truth cannot [...]
As U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates grows increasingly frustrated and disillusioned with his role as a Republican in a socialist administration, speculation in Washington D.C. is turning toward who might replace Gates when he steps down – which could happen as soon as next year.
Who’s on [...]
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the “highest-value” suspect that America has rounded up yet in its war on terror(ism), will be tried in federal court in New York City along with four other 9/11 suspects – a decision that will afford him and his fellow defendants the same [...]
The problem with publishing email forwards in a venue like this one is that they invariably “date” you … which in the 24/7 “insta-news” business is probably not a good thing.
“What? You’re just getting that email? Somebody forwarded that to me a week ago [...]
By William Wilson
If the year of the “Tea Party” and the summer of the “Town Hall” are to bring lasting change to the American political system, then the elected representatives of both parties need to heed the fundamental message that was sent.
That message? [...]
Gold is trading at record levels as people are conspicuously avoiding putting their money into a market whose “liquidity bubble” could burst any day now.
As a result (duh), people are desperately seeking more gold. Makes sense, right?
Yeah … one small problem.
From the Telegraph UK):
Global gold [...]
Sixteen points? Really?
Believe it or not, that’s the spread for No. 1 Florida’s visit to Williams-Brice Stadium this Saturday, where the Gators will take on a University of South Carolina team that’s in the middle of its fourth consecutive season-ending tailspin.
Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. [...]
At this point, it’s become painfully obvious that U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) is being financially supported by the leftist of left-leaning advocacy groups in America in exchange for his support of a new energy tax – one that could cost South Carolina families [...]
Two intense discussions have been percolating in the FITS newsroom over the last week, with the main debate revolving around whether or not it is worse for a participant in a monogamous relationship (editor’s note: balls in a jar) to have a physical or an emotional [...]
The United States ambassador to Afghanistan says that America should not increase its troop strength in the war-torn nation, warning that the scandal-plagued administration of President Hamid Karzai is not a suitable “long-term strategic partner.”
Karl Eikenberry, a retired Army general who commanded U.S. forces in [...]
Former U.S. Army Officer and Newberry College President Mitchell M. “Mick” Zais announced Thursday that he is seeking the Republican nomination for Superintendent of Education.
“After much thought and prayer with my family, and with strong words of encouragement from Republican activists, business leaders and education professionals, [...]
In a visit that we’re pretty sure violated University policy regarding sexual predators being on campus, FITS founding editor Sic Willie somehow finagled an invitation to speak to a class of over eighty aspiring communications practitioners at the University of South Carolina’s College of [...]
By 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning – after we had received our eleventy kabillionth “Senator So-and-So Issues Statement On Veterans Day” email – our founding editor finally snapped.
“So help me God the next time one of these yellow-bellied, douche bag politicians sends us a friggin’ press release [...]
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