just south of the plaza de la revolucion, above the command bunker and next to the congress of people's deputies is the supreme revolutonary council for message propogation.  this building houses the tireless servants of the revolution, the very heart and soul of the glorious cause.  they spin endless strands of silky smooth language designed to help people better understand the necessity of change and the centrality of the bicycle.  it's hard work but they excel at it.

and while their operation is usually a seamless, well-oiled and efficient one, they are currently in turmoil.  when it comes to propoganda the language of liberation, we take a back seat to no one.  but the enemy has recently developed some advanced rhetorical methods and constructions that appear stunningly powerful,and beyond our ability to match.  while union forces clearly have solid chops, they have been humbled by the sheer power of this technique:

HENRY: You know, going back to September 2001, the president said, dead or alive, we're going to get him. Still don't have him. I know you are saying there's successes on the war on terror, and there have been. That's a failure.

TOWNSEND: Well, I'm not sure -- it's a success that hasn't occurred yet. I don't know that I view that as a failure. 

simply amazing.  a success that has not occured yet.  this type of pravda is powerful magic.

but i will not be intimidated.  in fact, let me try it out.  as you all may remember, in my last correspondence with usa cycling, i modestly and reasonably argued that the racing union best represents the ideals of cycling and should obviously be recognized for this while other clubs are punished for their mindless devotion to the status quo.  as can be seen here, the clarity of our message was lost on them.  but we can use this new construct to declare victory.  the racing union's ascendancy over all other cycling organizations is merely a success that has not occured yet.  yes, i think i like that.  i think i like that a lot. far from failure, our complete domination of all things cycling is merely a success that has not occured yet.  yes, 2007 is looking like it will be a very, very good year.

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