Random thoughts
I'm not saying I have an answer to the "bomb everything and everyone in sight" war maniacs in Israel, nor am I saying it's ok for Hezbollah to bomb civilians--which let us remember is exactly what Israel is doing on an unconscionable scale, but to stand alone in the international community and not demand a cease fire--in other words to condone this raining of bombs on civilians in Lebanon and Gaza is FUBAR (for those not militarily inclined, that would be fucked up beyond all recognition.
Speaking of evil empiers, there may be justice yet. Today I received a class action notice for a lawsuit accusing BarBri and Kaplan of violating anti-trust laws. From what I can gather, the allegations are that BarBri and Kaplan cut a deal to not venture outside of their respective specialties of bar review and LSAT prep. Then BarBri went and bought out West Bar, effectively neutralizing all competition. The end result is a $3000 price tag for bar review classes. If you've taken a Barbri class to prepare for the Feb. 1998 bar or any subsequent bar exam, you're included in this class. I wonder what the back story behind those class representatives is? I know my classmates griped plenty about the conspiracy and the price. With any luck I'll get a check for $10 or a free barbri class that I will never use.