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  • Come to Where the Fraud is.

    With last week’s potential ACORN planting in Spartanburg County, it seems as we prepare for the big day tomorrow there may be cause for concern in other parts of the state as well. Apparently, even though there were smoke signals from Marlboro County in the June primary, little, if anything, has [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2008, 3:47pm EST
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Is ACORN Sprouting in Spartanburg County?

    Number of comments: 1
    To try and combat the “Vote early, and vote often” mindset, I was going to write a little reminder on election day. I was going to say that if you saw something wrong with your polling place and thought there was something funny going on, there are a bunch of folks [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2008, 4:10pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • I’m Supposed to Vote for Something Other than President?

    You probably didn’t get the memo, but there is actually more on this year’s South Carolina election ballot than President. There’s more than congressional elections. There’s more than the Senate’s 46 seats and the House’s 124 seats. There’s even more than local races like county or city council. We have some [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2008, 2:47pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Sound Off.

    Number of comments: 2
    Well, we’re no FITSNews, but WYFF in Greenville thinks that we offer something interesting enough that their web team recently added us to their new blog hub Sound Off South. According to the SOS team: Sound Off South is your one stop shop for local blogs from Upstate South Carolina and Western [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • What’s Good for the Goose is… Well, Not if You’re a Conservative.

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    I don’t know Howard Rich. I wouldn’t know him if he kicked me in the junk, and frankly I don’t care if he ever comes here. Our Yankee quota is filled with Ohio license plates on the coast. What bothers me is the constant, “It’s OK if we (liberals) do it, [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2008, 6:35pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Welcome to the Neighborhood.

    It’s only been a few months since the primary, but I can’t help wonder if there we’ll see a repeat of Spartanburg’s Lee Bright/Scott Talley Senate primary in June. In case you don’t remember, Talley who owns multiple ice cream shops, sent a “welcome to the neighborhood” batch of ice cream [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 1:26pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • We Aren’t Even Adequate?

    Number of comments: 1
    So much for light posting to ease back in to things. The South Carolina Department of Education (DOE) released some interesting information today. According to the press release’s title, “AYP ratings decline as expected; higher PACT scores can’t match moving target.” It’s a piece discussing South Carolina’s educational performance and how it [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2008, 2:09pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • We’re Back.

    I doubt you noticed, but we took a couple of weeks off. It’s not that there wasn’t anything going on, but we had some…let’s just call them “internal issues.” If you took a look at the “About Us” page, you may have seen a few changes. We’re down a few writers and [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2008, 12:49pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Hackey Blog Post: “Celebrity Look-a-Likes”

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    As everybody talks about the physical similarities between the best looking VP candidate in American history and one of the smartest writers in television, it looks like we overlooked our own batch of look-a-likes in South Carolina. Take Jimmy Kimmel and Joey Millwood for example. One is one of late night’s most [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2008, 1:01pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Request from a Rock Star

    Number of comments: 1
    So, everyone is talking about how impressive Governor Palin was last night and how her speech was the convention highlight so far and how fabulous she looked. All of those things are true, but I decided to go down a different road today. We got a note last night from one of [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2008, 10:54am EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • It’s Versatile for State Government but not for SC’s Schools

    Well, the ballots have been cast and counted. Receiving 1610 votes, SC’s PACT replacement will now be known as PASS or the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards. The other four finalists were: STARS – State Test of Achievement and Readiness for Success (1,432) STEP – State Test of Educational Progress (1,383) PAL – Palmetto Assessment [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2008, 6:21pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • ABC News Uncovers Presidential Campaign Shocker.

    With Biden getting picked as the Democrats’ number two and people trying to figure out the Republicans’ VP choice, it’s no wonder this went unnoticed. On August 27 from the DNC convention, Terry Moran of ABC’s Nightline dropped a bombshell that Senator Barack Obama is more historic than anybody thought, reporting [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2008, 6:06pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Sad, but True.

    I’m not one to beat up on one of South Carolina’s home teams, but this was too good true to pass up. Would you really call an opposing team’s coach (Nick Saban, Frank Beamer, Mark Richt, and Bobby Bowden) to ask for help winning? Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden did yesterday. That’s like [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2008, 12:10pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Overpaid and Stepping Down.

    Once ranked as “one of the most over-compensated bank executives in America,” RINO Mack Whittle announced that he will step down as president and CEO of the South Financial Group (holding company for Carolina First Bank) by the end of the year. He will remain on the board through the end [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2008, 6:14pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • New for Your Reading Pleasure.

    In case you didn’t notice, there were some changes to the state’s political webscape over the long weekend. First, we’ve been trying to Twitter more. We first began using it in February of this year, but it was so new, there weren’t a lot of folks doing it. Now, with more [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2008, 5:44pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Name that Test. Revisited.

    Number of comments: 2
    After discussing the PACT replacement situation with a friend who happens to be a public school third grade teacher, she informed me that she and several of her colleagues rejected the list of finalist names and came up with their own name for the new test. It will be the “South [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2008, 6:50pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Name that Test? Teach those Kids.

    Number of comments: 2
    If MCF is finished singing “Kumbayyah,” we can get on with our lives. The SC Department of Edukayshun, is in the process of confirming what we already knew. Testing isn’t important. We don’t need to know what our kids know. We don’t need to know how they stack up against other schools in the [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2008, 12:23pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Civility? A Discussion of Issues? Not Around SC’s Blogosphere.

    Number of comments: 4
    I remember when kids in elementary school would say something was “rude, crude, and socially unacceptable.” Why don’t those kids have blogs today? Maybe they do, but they forgot how to be civil. Normally, I enjoy reading South Carolina’s blogs. I like reading about different people’s thoughts and feelings about what’s happening [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2008, 11:27am EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • If it Looks Like a Duck…

    Number of comments: 1
    After a rockin’ convention at HHI, the South Carolina Trial Lawyers’ Association, unveiled a new logo and a new name. According to the news release, “Now called the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ), the name change is intended to reflect their new, broader mission and better represent the purpose of [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2008, 4:13pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Rod Shealy Surgery Update

    I just received the following forwarded e-mail of a forwarded e-mail concerning Rod Shealy’s surgery today. No matter what their political philosophy, there are a lot of people praying for Rod Shealy, his family, and his quick recovery today. “Rod is out of surgery and the tumor was successfully removed.  They [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2008, 5:54pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • “So Gay” Saga Continues? Migrates to Upstate?

    Number of comments: 1
    As a whole, South Carolina may no longer be “so gay,” but can the same be said for various regions of the state? Apparently it can — at least in the Upstate. After all of the hullabaloo concerning the “South Carolina is So Gay” European tourism ad campaign first brought to light [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • The DSCC is an Apparent Product of SC Public Schools. New Ad Offers Flawed Math and Faulty Logic.

    Number of comments: 4
    If you haven’t seen the ad, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has it out for Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC). In its latest television ad critiquing her effectiveness, citing Roll Call’s “power rankings” the DSCC claims that Liddy Dole ranks 93rd among her colleagues. “Only six other senators ranked less effective,” the ad [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 1:02pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Our Thoughts and Prayers are with You, Rod.

    Number of comments: 1
    It’s not necessary to agree with people to feel for them. Additionally, sometimes it’s other people’s situations that make us step back and take inventory of our own lives. Today is a prime example of that. Like so many, the gang here read the FITSNews posts (HERE and HERE) discussing Rod Shealy’s [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 12:00pm EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • Ooooh. Erin Brockovich.

    Number of comments: 1
    I don’t know if you care or not, but I read a news release today stating that activist Erin Brockovich has the keynote address at this week’s South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association convention in Hilton Head. NOTE: If you want to see what she looks like with a face, click HERE. [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 11:03am EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother

  • IMAX Coming to Upstate to Offer Second Screen in SC.

    Expanding the joint venture between Regal Cinemas and IMAX, Greenville’s Hollywood 20 will convert one of its theaters to IMAX. IMAX, which combines enhanced sound and theater technology with an alternative screen geometry, is designed to make moviegoers feel like they are a part of the movie by displaying higher resolution [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2008, 11:58am EDT
    by otherbrooksbrother
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