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...sanctions. Blairites are big fans of foreign aid. But according to a 2005 Security and Peace Institute study, only 38% of Democrats said the U.S. can afford it. (The Republican number was 20 points higher). Almost two-thirds of Democrats (compared with less than one-third of Republicans) told CBS in December, "The United States should mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along as best they can." That's about as direct a refutation of the Blairite creed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kosovo Conundrum | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be that way." JIMMY (THE GREEK) SNYDER, sports commentator, in a 1988 television interview AFTERMATH: Snyder, who was well liked, apologized but was later fired by CBS. OUTRAGE FACTOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What I Meant Was ... | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...Lesbians in the sport hurt women's golf." BEN WRIGHT, CBS golf commentator, who added that women's swings were hampered by their "boobs" AFTERMATH: He was suspended indefinitely. OUTRAGE FACTOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What I Meant Was ... | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...IMUS, radio host, in one of many apologies for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" after they lost the national championship; MSNBC and CBS radio suspended the shock jock for two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Apr. 23, 2007 | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...Imus was a famous, rich, old white man picking on a bunch of young, mostly black college women. So it seemed pretty cut-and-dried that his bosses at CBS Radio would suspend his show - half frat party, half political salon for the Beltway elite - for two weeks, and that MSNBC would cancel the TV simulcast. And that Imus would plan to meet with the students he offended. Case closed, justice served, lesson -possibly - learned. Move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Imus Fallout: Who Can Say What? | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

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