<bq author="Hirohito">Despite the best that has been done by everyone, the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.</bq> <hr> <n>Often quoted by the now-silent Billmon in response to stunningly undetstatements offered by politicians at large. The most recent spate come from the king of rhetoric, George Bush II, <a href="http://myalteregospeaks.blogspot.com/2006/12/s-r-t.html" source="My Alter Ego Speaks">S = r * t</a> cites him: <iq>I do know that we have not succeeded as fast as we wanted to succeed</iq>, with other variations being <iq>I thought we would succeed quicker than we did</iq> and <iq>I am disappointed by the pace of success.</iq> (likely interspersed with several "in other words", as he is ever so wont to do.) The article offers several analogies, the most appropriate of which is the first, <iq>I am disappointed by the pace at which I am winning the powerball lottery.</iq></n>