"My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times." -- George W. Bush Speech before Japan's Diet, Feb. 19, 2002 "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" -- "Bluto Blutarsky" (Blutarsky, played by John Belushi in the film Animal House, is a know-nothing, substance-abusing fraternity slob who somehow becomes a U.S. Senator. Strange how life imitates art.)