When in Rome?

Well it has been almost a month since I last rambled on for the world to see....

The heir apperant is coming home soon but that is only due to the fact of involving an attorney to force the hand of the Queen of Ice. She wanted to go to court about something that she should have called about.

Stupid.

I lost nothing. That's not true, I lost a lot of sleep, thoughts, time wasted in worry. I lost plenty. My worry traces back to having to go to court and been treated as if I wasted their time. Interetsingly the Queen of Ice filed her paperwork with the court in hopes of the court finding me in contempt.

And from my point of view, nothing could be more true. I hold the 'court' in the highest contempt. Here in New England, in what they jokingly call Family Court, they have instilled what is called a Marital Master. This is a court employee, and by this I say a government employee like a police officer, the cranky person at the DMV, and the guy that picks up the garbage on Fridays.

Don't be confused...a judge is also a government employee, but the difference is that the judge can make the decisions. He's not a proxy judge like the marital master is. The marital master sits, listens, takes a few notes, sounds like a judge and by that I mean says things like "Overruled", "Sustained", and "your witness", but when it comes down to it, this person is taking notes for another person to make the actual decision.

It's like sending someone to take notes on your college courses and then you showing up to take the test.

Why doesn't that sound like a good idea? Would it not work? So then, why would this be different?

I heard it many times before and I am sure you have too...we have the best system in the world. Our court system exceeds all others.

I thought so until I saw it in action. Maybe it ought to be considered inaction. It is the court that should be held in contempt.

Isn't this how Rome fell?