THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE STATEMENT MADE BY DON IMUS WAS HURTFUL AND INSENSITIVE, BUT HIS PUNISHMENT WAS COWARDLY AND DISPROPORTIONATE.DON ACTED LIKE A MAN AND APOLOGIZED NOT ONLY TO HIS LISTENING PUBLIC BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY DIRECTLY TO THE GIRLS INVOLVED. THE GIRLS WERE SUFFICIENTLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS SINCERELY TO FORGIVE HIM .THE MEDIA HAD SUFFICIENT CAUSE TO IMPOSE A PENALTY INVOLVING A SUSPENSION OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF TERMINATION. IT IS TRAGIC THAT IMUS WAS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE THE STATUS OF BLACK WHITE RELATIONSHIPS WHICH HE STATED HE WAS EAGER TO DO AND WHICH BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE OTHER CAUSES HE PROMOTED WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN MAJOR IMPROVEMENT. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CAUSES HE HAS ENERGETICALLY PROMOTED THEY INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF A RANCH FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER WHICH IS NOT ONLY FREE BUT IS ALSO NON SECTARIAN AND NON RACIAL, HIS WAS THE LOUDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL VOICE IN RAISING MILLIONS FOR THE NEW VA FACILITY FOR WOUNDEDWARRIORS FROM THE IRAQ WAR,HE TIRELESSLY PROMOTED  RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSE OF AUTISM, AND WE CANT FORGET HIS PERSISTENT ADVOCACY OF THE CANDIDACY OF HAROLD FORD FOR THE SENATE. INCIDENTALLY HAROLD FORD IS BLACK. THE IMUS STORY IS NOT OVER AND WE EAGERLY AWAIT HIS RETURN TO THE AIRWAVES