- We can't speak for other countries, but we'd think twice before attacking a nation with a defense secretary named Bobby.

- Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Russian party is called the Liberal Democrats. That's like calling the Nazis the Inclusive Progressives.- We wouldn't say Zhirinovsky is the scariest person we've ever heard of, but we'd never shop at a mall that hired him as a Santa.

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- Congress must vote on the GATT agreement without amending it. That's like asking parents to give teenagers the key to the car without saying, "Drive carefully."

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