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from: the people's ministry for propogation of message,
supreme revolutionary council for change in cycling and the social order
day 618 of the revolution

this outake is from remarks delivered by dear leader during an extemporaneous speech on the occasion of the american labor day about how personal sacrifice through financial austerity aids the revolution and your fellow revolutionaries. the majority of the speech focuses on how the current hardship must give way to progress and how all must share the burden. the full speech had a duration of 2 hours and 53 minutes and was delivered from the people's podium on the plaza de la revolucion to wild applause and cheering.

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...my friends and fellow revolutionaries, you have heard much recently from groups who would pick up the mantle of leadership and run with it.  many, it seems, would seek to illuminate faults with the way the union is led.  but i say to you, and i appeal to your common sense and wisdom, that while it's easy to find fault, it's quite a different thing to lead a union as mighty, as well respected and as amazing as this union of racers.

<applause>

you may see their posters around town, or their electronic bulletin board messages on the tubes.  quite impressive, some of it, with graphics and slogans and fancy french names.  and they talk a lot.  you know i'm a revolutionary who likes to talk a lot as well...

<laughter>

...yes, yes, you are correct, i probably go on too long, but i will not apologize, as it is motivated by love for the revolution and fondness for my fellow revolutionaries.  but i am going to surprise you yet again my friends.  i hold no grudge against these petit revolutionaries.  it is plain to see that there has been no crack down, no armed struggle, no juntas hunting these people down.  they have been granted every liberty so that you may judge their words on the merits.  you know this is true.  from the hills where the campesinos work and labor, to the towns where tradesmen honor us all with their fine artisanal work and crafts, there has been no crack down, no police state, there has been no boot coming down.  these petit revolutionaries, who hide in the shadows and post screeds about those who labor under a heavy yoke to make life for cyclists easier, it is they who are not being respectful.  they are allowed their freedom, and we have all listed to them.  what sort of revolutionaries would we be if we did not listen to our peers.  and yet what solutions have they offered?  capitalize our letters?  get a 401k?  are they serious?

<crowd cheers agreement>

as you commute to work tomorrow, dodging automobiles and desperately attempting to make ends meet, consider their proposals and ask who better understands the place of the people and the needs of the people?  to say that freedom is as simple as a particular use of grammar should be your first indication that you are not dealing with someone who will stand beside you in the heat of battle.  you need a leader who will carry you on his shoulders when you cannot walk, who will share your suffering, join you at the plow as the fields are tilled, join you in the yoke as the goods are carried to market.  you need leaders who will sacrifice everything

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there is a need to work together to make do with less.  the times are hard and i can assure you that every spare moment and every spare revolutionary ruble is being used to further the interests of the people.  times are hard, but hard times make hard people. 

<murmurs of approval>

i want to assure you that i am working very hard to be sure that no decadence exists if we ask a single worker to suffer.  all are committed to the cause and the effort.  for we move on boldly, showing others by the example of our actions, that alternative systems don't just function, or even function effectively, but are superior.  every time we lift a hammer to strike a blow, we do so with extra strength, extra care and extra focus, because we know we must work twice as hard as the lazy and complacent to demonstrate the superiority of our belief and approach.  each task must be completed, not just well, but in an exemplary manner, as a single slip or flaw will be used by our enemies to tarnish the remainder of our work....

...and it is for this reason that patience and austerity seem so difficult.  at this time, when we must expect and must extract the utmost from each worker, it seems hardest to make do with least.  i can only ask you to trust me and to trust your fellow cyclists and citizens with whom your share your struggle.  we have been with you all along the way and will continue along with you.  though conditions favor us, the crucible of current conditions is hard.  yet we know that we shall make it through: stronger, better, and the voctory will be all the sweeter.  huzzah union forces!

<crowd cheers agreement>

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