In today's Senate hearing for Senate Bill 1068, stakeholder groups came together to present their views on the legislation, which would update the oldest laws regarding underground utilities in the nation.
By FITSNews || In news that will come as a shock to absolutely no one, our founding editor has a fairly sophisticated understanding of what is – and isn’t – permissible at Hooter’s.
Specifically, the Hooter rules state that the famous orange “short shorts” worn [...]
For a lot of people in the South — not counting that weird outlier known as North Carolina — the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is but a mild distraction from the long wait for the 2010 football season. Many teams have already started spring practice, with [...]
Hey, how about that hiatus Wolfe Reports took? Well, we had to lay off for a few days to take care of a labor-intensive project that threatened to turn us into the most irritable curmudgeon of all time. Sort of like a state representative spending 22 [...]
By FITSNews || S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has effectively pleaded “no contest” to thirty-seven ethics violations stemming from an investigation into his administration last year.
The governor has also agreed to pay a $74,000 fine over the charges, which include numerous travel indiscretions and improper [...]
By FITSNews || Two of South Carolina’s leading “pro-business” groups are refusing to support a controversial $134 million incentives package for a politically-connected, out-of-state developer – a surprising turn of events given each organization’s support of similar status quo deals in the past.
SC BIPEC announced that [...]
"I'll vote the way my district wants me to vote," said Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) this week. If you don't think your voice matters, think again. There's more than 30 confirmed members of the U.S. House who remain undecided on health reform. These members of Congress are waiting to hear [...]
At 1am this morning, after a day of arm twisting and political maneuvering, anti-choice Representatives managed to re-open debate on employees' benefits in the state health insurance plan.
The intense debate lasted over four hours into the wee hours of the morning. Our pro-choice champions, Representatives Cobb-Hunter, James Smith, Stavrinakis,' [...]
A news package on the French documentary “The Game of Death”
DOCUMENTARY FORCES PARTICIPANTS TO SHOCK CONTESTANTS TO DEATH ON FAKE GAME SHOW
A lot of people say they will “kill” for celebrity, but a French documentary recently put that notion to the test with a social science experiment [...]
By FITSNews || There was a time when S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s opinions on national issues … let’s see … “mattered” isn’t the right word, is it?
Hmmm … hold on … we’re thinking …
Okay … let’s just say there was a time when S.C. Gov. Mark [...]
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks on FOX News, March 17, 2010 (FOX News Channel)
GRAHAM: DEMS MUST BE DRUNK TO VOTE FOR THIS BILL
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham stirred the Democratic hornets nest on by suggesting that anyone who voted for the massive trillion-dollar health care bill must be [...]
Here's the 25-page document from the Congressional Budget Office detailing the effects of the bill.
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY), a [...]
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY), a [...]
Similar legislation is pending [...]
Similar legislation is pending [...]
The Water Bobble sits on my desk in front of my MacBook loaded to the Water Bobble website (TPS)
TPS TESTS OUT WATER-PURIFYING BOTTLE
After more than three weeks of waiting, I arrived home last Friday to finally find that my much-anticipated Water Bobble had been [...]
By FITSNews || South Carolina home builders would have to shell out an average of $4,000 per new home to install mandatory sprinkler systems under a new law that’s being considered by the Palmetto State’s “Supreme Soviet” (a.k.a. General Assembly). The S.C. Building Codes Council [...]
By FITSNews || Another day, another estrogen-fest with South Carolina’s First Lady that costs $25 bucks to get into …
This time it’s the Sea Island (S.C.) Republican women sponsoring a “Tribute To Jenny Sanford,” which will be held on April 17 at the [...]
The South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia (TPS)
SPENDING PLAN INCLUDES CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE, ABORTION BAN, GOLF FUNDING
After a 23 hour marathon session that included seemingly-endless discussions over taxpayer-funded abortion, the cigarette tax and a golf tournament, the South Carolina State House on Thursday approved a [...]
By FITSNews || The rigged three-ring circus of “health care reform” could be entering its final chapter this weekend as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in Washington D.C. released its official estimate of the cost of the plan. Meanwhile, Democrats appeared to be working towards a [...]
From The Heritage FoundationFrom The Heritage Foundation
By FITSNews || Sixty-three percent of independents in South Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District say they are likely to vote against U.S. Rep. John Spratt – a fourteen-term incumbent – in the event he votes to support President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine proposal.
That’s according to the results [...]
My review for this week’s Lost is unavoidably late under the circumstances, but I had to wrote one anyway even if fans have already moved on because I am quite fond of “Recon.” the Sawyer/DarkLocke dynamic has provided some of the best moments th final season has [...] 
Episcopal conservatives said the approval of the Rev. Mary Glasspool was "grieving the heart of God."
Each of the Trek spin offs has its own punching bag. It is La Forge in TNG, Harry Kim in VOY, and Tucker in ENT. For DS9, it was O’Brien, the longsuffering enlisted man who never caught a break. “Tribunal” puts him through the wringer of a [...] 
The Constitution requires that a bill has to pass both the House [...]
The Constitution requires that a bill has to pass both the House [...]
By FITSNews || Republicans technically “run” the S.C. General Assembly, but it’s become painfully obvious over the last decade that you can count the true fiscal conservatives at the S.C. State House on one hand.
Well … almost.
There are actually about ten of them in [...]
By FITSNews || Led by Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston), the “Republican” controlled South Carolina House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to raise the state’s cigarette tax by 30 cents – with no corresponding decrease. Lawmakers estimate that this tax hike will put an estimated $88 million [...]
Box Turtle Bulletin:
Who knew thousands of red-blooded American men will spend March Madness with a package of frozen corn between their thighs? Oh, the strange rituals of straight guys:
By FITSNews || By a vote of 69-43, the “Republican” controlled S.C. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to include a controversial $10 million loan for a private golf tournament in the state’s $21 billion budget.
The money is for the Heritage golf tournament, which is [...]
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Across South Carolina, there are 273,455 people who are unemployed and actively looking for work.
Many more are underemployed or have simply given up the job hunt.
The South Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC) is providing jobless benefits [...]
House lawmakers debated again a budget amendment that would prohibit the state health plan from covering abortions under any circumstance.
Tuesday, lawmakers rejected a ban on abortions under the state health plan, and instead carved out exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother.
But a debate raged anew and spilled [...]
Gallup, polling people on health care, took transcripts of their reasons pro and con.
Speaking of Sunlit Uplands (see below), here's an interesting glimpse into his psyche. He runs an item about the IRS demanding pennies in back taxes from a carwash.
By FITSNews || Nothing against Vanna White but we’re pretty sure that Australian Wheel of Fortune is the best Wheel of Fortune ever.
How come?
Because of co-host Kelly Landry, who was spotted sporting her bodacious bikini bod on the beaches of Miami Florida last weekend. [...]
By FITSNews || Does your fantasy baseball league test for banned substances?
No … not steroids, because that’s obviously not going to do anything to help a bunch of out-of-shape white boys sitting around some swanky conference room table with their laptops and fantasy draft cheat [...]
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For The Gipper's centenary next year, GE is planning a year long ad campaign celebrating his work as a corporate pitchman in the 1950s.
By FITSNews || Legendary publisher Larry Flynt takes a serious chunk out of S.C. Rep. Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson’s backside in the latest edition of Hustler magazine – a publication which we swear on a stack of Bibles we’ve never read before in our lives.
We’re [...]
