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		Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y Our own worst enemy “It is becoming an intolerable threat to American interests and world stability. President Clinton is going to have to deal with it unilaterally, before its reckless, irresponsible, dictatorial leadership destroys us all ... Because this out-of-control beast has got to be stopped ... If you just took the first 435 names in the phone book, surely, surely you could come up with a more intelligent, worldly body than the 435 narrow-minded, shortsighted, weak-kneed, navel-gazing characters ...” -- New York Times foreign affairs writer Thomas Friedman on the U.S. Congress, which last week took away the president's fast-track negotiating ability on free trade, refused to pay America's debts to the U.N. and prevented the administration from contributing more money to the International Monetary Fund. From "Tame the Beast," in the New York Times. SALON | Nov. 18, 1997