I remember Don Imus when he was doing "warm up" and announcing for Geraldo Rivera's late night show in the seventies. I think it was called "Good Night America."

Imus was decked in cowboy hat and really pointy snakeskin boots. He sat on a stool off to the side of the stage and introduced Geraldo, who then came out into the audience. I was in the audience, in the aisle, and when Geraldo walked by me it became my first time ever on TV, even though it was just a blip on the screen.

I was kind of amazed what a big radio-media star Imus became. I could barely understand his grumbling. I wondered why folks liked to listen to that whole cranky curmudgeon rap. When I heard about the comments that got him into hot water, I found them offensive, sexist, racist and upsetting. I also throught, what do we expect from this guy? Is this the first time he's offended women, an entire race of people, or participants of a sport?

But I am disturbed by all this. Imus has always been gruff and offensive. Is this just the right moment to bring him down? Is our society just fed up with nasty shock jocks? Are we finally punching sexism and racism in the nose, with Imus the target of the moment?

Will ditching Imus in the Morning do anything to make the world a better place? Or this is just another example of our First Amendment right being hacked away?

CBS will probably replace Imus with a crew of babbling loud mouths. They wimped out due to public pressure, special interest pressure and the fact that so many big advertisers jumped ship.

Don't get me wrong, I am not at all an Imus fan. But, will ditching Imus make morning radio a better place to be? I doubt it.

In Las Vegas, no doubt they are already taking bets on how fast it will take for him to negotiate a contract with Sirius Radio. Getting fired is humiliating but it is not the end of the world for Imus. He can always decide to hang 'round the ranch with young wife and kids.

What do you folks think is the correct action in this case? Should we all be completely infuriated about his comments? Should media professionals who perpetuate sexism, racism, nastiness, self indulgence, and crass behavior be fired? Are we tired of being insulted by our media idols? Or should we all be concerned about this action as an assault on the First Ammendment?