Canadian Bacon?

OK – its snowing here – snowing a lot. Like most American’s I’ve been entertaining myself watching the Winter Olympics. What’s with those Canadians? Not that I have anything against Canadians (I kind of like them – truth be told) but they seem to be messing up big time. First there was the Olympic Flame that just couldn’t rise to the occasion. Some have suggested that a blue pill could have saved the day!
Then there was the ice issue, a delay of over an hour because the *&%$ ice wouldn’t freeze up.
Of course, we all mourn the passing of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian Luger who spun off the track in a training run. One would think in this age of engineering miracles that the track could have been designed with more safety in mind.
Then of course, there is the most recent goof of sending skiers down the Giant Slalom course in one minute increments, robbing (it appears) Julia Mancuso of Olympic Gold because of her teammate, Lindsey Vonn’s finger breaking fall!
Please Canada – get it together – you only have a couple of days left.
Me, I’m going out to shovel, and then curl up with a cup of hot chocolate to watch the Olympics tonite. God Bless those Aerialists!

Mandatory College Contributions – Constitutional

In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division held that the father’s argument that compelling a non-custodial parent to contribute to college expenses when such an obligation is not imposed upon a parent in general is a violation of the Federal or State Constitution. In this case, the father had not raised the issue below, and there was a Property Settlement Agreement that required Dad to contribute to the extent of his financial ability. The father’s argument that his contribution should be limited to that which Rutgers would charge was also dismissed by the Court. You can read the opinion here: http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/appellate/a2230-08.opn.html Stay tuned to this issue – NJ is one of a minority of states which requires divorced parents, but not those in an intact marriage to contribute to the college expenses of their children. Not that there is anything wrong with that! Except it appears to be a disparate treatment of divorced individuals. Constitution 101??