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Well, another three-day weekend come and gone. It's back to work again. You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice don't you?

Well, a few events have taken place that have disturbed me a bit, and a few that simply seem right somehow.

A sample of the disturbing: Six people were killed and 23 more were injured by a fishtailing dragster on Saturday. They were standing in the crowd by the side of an unprotected three lane highway at the Cars for Kids show in Selmer Tennessee. Troy Chritchley lost control of his dragster during a burnout contest on city streets.

Let's face it folks: Racing is a dangerous activity. Both for the drivers and for the spectators. Every time I go to the track to race I sign a waiver acknowledging that fact. People can and have been killed even in the grandstands watching races.

This event should have never been allowed to take place. I'm a motorsports fan, and I would have loved watching the burnout contest myself, but I've always wondered at how much disregard for safety there is at some events. There were no guard rails, and no restraints to keep the crowd out of danger. People even disregarded the police instructions to keep back and were injured because of it.

An example of something that just seems right: Mike Nifong was disbarred Saturday. On Monday he send a resignation letter to the Governor of North Carolina and to Judge Hudson indicating he would step down as District Attorney on July 13. The Judge decided that that's not soon enough.

As part of the suspension, Hudson said he would order the sheriff on Tuesday to prevent Nifong from carrying out any duties of the district attorney.

There's no place in the legal system for an attorney who deliberately lies, and withholds exculpatory evidence, all for political and personal gain. When a man of such evil character and intent is given the power to choose who will and won't be prosecuted, how can anyone, guilty or innocent be safe from the heavy hand of the law?

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