By FITSNews || Damn you, country music.
First, you Taylor Swift-boat us with a catchy single about us “belonging to you,” and now you deliver with expertly-layered pop sensibility another sucker punch disguised as a “crossover” hit – saying you “need us now.”
WTF?
Have we not made [...]
EOC may be riding off into the sunset
Sources close to the state budget process are reporting that lawmakers have taken the first steps towards eliminating the Educational Oversight Committee (EOC), a controversial arm of state government tasked with reporting to parents and lawmakers about public school [...]
By FITSNews || Relax, America! Barack Obama and his Congressional allies are riding to the rescue of our troubled economy with … wait for it … a new “Jobs” plan.
You know, because government creating jobs worked out so well last time.
And guess what!
This [...]
Faced with gaping budget shortfalls and declining incoming revenue this year, state lawmakers moved closer Tuesday to hanging onto more of the state's future tax collections.
The Senate approved second reading of a bill that increases the amount of revenue the state retains in the General Reserve Fund each year from [...]
By FITSNews || With South Carolina’s state budget reeling from recessionary pressures (or at least the general fund portion of the state budget – the rest of it is growing just fine, thank you very much), state lawmakers are looking for anything and everything [...]
This is a follow-up to a formal complaint regarding distribution of religious material on the campus of Georgetown High School. I regret any confusion or misunderstanding regarding this issue. We certainly respect students’ rights to pray and assemble. [...]
Recent Congressional Votes
Senate: M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor House: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go ActUpcoming Congressional Bills
House: Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition ActHouse: Intelligence Authorization Act, FY2010 Recent Senate Votes M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for [...]
Attorney General Henry McMaster (R-Running for Governor) prefers furloughs for public school teachers to raising the cigarette tax. [...] 
By FITSNews || Is the George W. Bush “Miss Me Yet?” billboard that has allegedly cropped up along Interstate 35 in Wyoming for real or a clever internet hoax?
Honestly? Who cares …
MSNBC, of course, is scurrying frantically to figure out who paid for the thing, [...]
Former Gov. David Beasley will serve as campaign chairman for Ken Ard, a Florence attorney who is seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor.
Ard, like Beasley, is from Florence.
“I am thrilled to spearhead Ken Ard’s campaign for lieutenant governor because Ken is not only a man of character, he is a [...]
By FITSNews || A few months ago, disgraced former judge Larry Richter was making some noise in Lowcountry legal circles about joining the Republican primary race for S.C. Attorney General. We shone some light on this attempted infestation of the state’s political process, however, and [...]
Camp Wellstone will offer two full days of intense campaign training to progressive activists and candidates this weekend at the University of South Carolina. Registration link to Wellstone Training, Feb. 12 - 14, 2010.I’ve just signed the entire family up, Julia, Jackson and Myself. [...]
Independent voters see Pres. Obama in a negative light by a nearly 2-1 margin, according to a new Marist College survey, while almost half of voters say he has failed to meet their expectations.
The poll, conducted [...]
The latest editorial cartoon from award-winning TPS contributor Mike Beckom tackles President Barack Obama’s tanking approval ratings… and a possible solution.
[...]First lady Jenny Sanford told "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart she missed the inmates who worked at the S.C. governor's mansion. Why? Those inmates cleaned her dogs.
Jenny Sanford said the Sanford family had two Labrador Retrievers who lived outside the mansion. And the inmate staff, she said, would clean [...]
"Outside of a person's love, the most sacred thing they can give is their labor."
A bowl of turkey chili (Breezy Mama)
ANNUAL EVENT FEATURES CREATIVE RECIPES FROM ACROSS PALMETTO STATE
It is perhaps the greatest event of the year for Palmetto State chili connoisseurs: The Palladium Society’s Annual Chili Cook-Off in Columbia.
Chili lovers [...]
“Move Along Home” has a reputation for being one of the worst episodes of DS9. I will agree it has some serious issues, but like “Spock’s Brain,” some absurd moments make it a spectacle to watch. It reminds me a lot of some o the more high [...] 
GPats issues an edict:
This Saturday morning in Summerville, it's grits, eggs, and a heapin' helping of First District GOP Congressional candidates at the February meeting the Lowcountry GOP Breakfast Club.
It's no secret that GOP Congressman's Joe Wilson's re-election bid has drawn the attention of national-level Democrats, with Rob Miller, his Democratic opponent, doing numerous out-of-state fundraiser events aimed at attracting national involvement for his second attempt to defeat Wilson.
Uber-bagger Ron Paul, the racist gold bug congressman from Texas, has three Teabagger primary opponents.
Last night’s performance at the super Bowl halftime show got me to thinking about recent halftime acts. Aside from Prince, who is not exactly a spring chicken himself, the halftime show has been nothing but safe, nostalgia rock by musical acts who were over the hill decades [...] 
I have been scanning the political sites for commentary on Sarah Palin’s address to the tea Party Convention to discover what portion is legitimate criticism and what is Palin Derangement Syndrome. There is not much of the former, but there is a load of the latter. Progressive [...] 
Congressmen Clavin and Peterson (D-MA) Hail Contradictory Bill
We're not sure if you caught this week during the week, but the House passed a bill to install Pay As You Go to it's spending bills - at the exact same time' [...]
Last night's Super Bowl was watched by 106.5 million people, meaning it has surpassed the MASH finale as the most watched television show in history. [...]
By FITSNews || The curious case of Columbia, South Carolina’s elusive, anonymous (and racist) vandal just keeps gettin’ weirder, folks …
In addition to absolutely no one witnessing the spray-painting of racist graffiti onto Columbia’s City Hall last month (or at least no one who has [...]
By FITSNews || We’d have never guessed it, but there are actually people to the right of us on the ideological spectrum … who (believe it or not) are every bit as funny and talented as we are.
Although not as humble … definitely not as [...]
By FITSNews || For those of you who missed her big Barbara Walters interview, S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford (TM) was at it again on Monday, transforming her “private anguish” into additional public overexposure (and ka-ka-ching) on Good Morning America.
Interviewed by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, [...]
Joe.My.God:
