By Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway

Recently fired Don Imus was set to meet in Princeton, New Jersey with the Rutgers University basketball team and their coach in a gathering that was to presided over by the State's Governor, Gov. Jon Corzine.

En route to the meeting, the Governor's SUV was slammed into on a highway by an "aggressive" red vehicle, it was reported. He was seriously injured.

Instead of presiding over the meeting, the Governor ended up in surgery to repair a broken leg as well as reported chest injuries. Recent reports from his trauma doctor said he sustained multiple rib fractures.

He is listed in critical but stable condition and is in the ICU.

It's been reported that the meeting went on, without the Governor, but no clear word on the end result.
The Governor was offering his support in hopes of a healing and bringing a sense of closure and peace to this sad episode. He ended up becoming part of the story.

This bizarre turn of events shines an even brighter light on lack of consciousness, lack of kindness, lack of humanity and how our media world -- so set on making a buck by whatever sells -- is as much at fault as anyone spewing venom through media. We have been lulled into the trance of programing for the lower consciousness for too long. We need more mainstream programing to lift the human spirit.

When he formerly canceled Imus' show today, CBS head Les Moonves issued a statement that included these sentiments:

"One thing is for certain," he said. "This is about a lot more than Imus. As has been widely pointed out, Imus has been visited by Presidents, Senators, important authors and journalists from across the political spectrum. He has flourished in a culture that permits a certain level of objectionable expression that hurts and demeans a wide range of people. In taking him off the air, I believe we take an important and necessary step not just in solving a unique problem, but in changing that culture, which extends far beyond the walls of our Company."

Its it the most hopeful statement I've heard all day. What will it take to wake us up and bring some soul inspiring media back into the lives of humans?

Maybe this is the end of an era, and the beginning of a new chance. God bless Imus for being the catalyst; he made a mistake and an effort to correct it. God bless the Rutgers team and their supporter for calling him on it. Could it be a set of circumstances and opportunities have conspired to make people think twice about the entertainment they choose and male media companies think twice about the performers they hire? Or rather, the way they encourage controversy for the sake of ratings and advertising. Call me crazy, but a lot of the programming on radio and TV is really screwed up, and ads nothing to the human spirit.

Gov. Jon Corzine's accident shows us how tragic things can become. He was going to try to put a Band-Aid on a difficult situation, or attempt to create peace. Here's hoping the pain, humiliation, drama and most recent disaster related to this event will make a shift in our culture. Let us hope the Governor heals and comes through well.