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| The President Bids the U.S. Farewell |
Turning back to the news, Space Alien resumed an intensive review of the ongoing cyber-security situation, beginning with articles in the Washington Post (here), and New York Times (here), and was pleased to see that the Chicago Tribune had also addressed this dangerous situation in two recent columns.
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| The Wave of the Future? |
In the second, Chicago Tribune's Rex Huppke (a Space Alien fave), addressed this crisis by offering his burgeoning equestrian skills, valuable time and boundless energy to deliver documents securely by horseback. The Space Alien was touched by this generous expression of patriotism. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-courier-hacking-huppke-20170102-column.html.
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| Could Columnist Serve As Postmaster General? |
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| The Space Alien Wonders: What's next for the U.S.P.S! |
(The Space Alien wondered if this means an entirely new direction for the United States Postal Service. We may address this at another time.)
Because we take this matter seriously we are currently exploring the possibility of delivering the Space Alien Gazette safe from prying eyes in plain brown paper wrappers. But we are not stopping there.
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| The Space Alien Gazette's Bikes to be Repainted |
Loyal readers will recall our announcement a few weeks ago that the Space Alien Gazette would no longer be delivered by a fleet of environmentally-unfriendly trucks, but rather, by bicycle couriers. http://spacealiengazette.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-space-alien-questions-new-direction.html
As soon as these bicycles are repainted, they will be used to deliver the Space Alien Gazette. We are confident that this will not only protect the environment, but will also keep our publication from falling into the wrong hands.
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| Serving Loyal Subscribers Everywhere |
We are particularly pleased that we will be able to serve our loyal readers overseas and even further afield with our exciting new Extraterrestrial Service. Our very own Space Alien, traveling through space and time at tachyonic velocities exceeding the speed of light, will supervise this operation.
Bicycle couriers (as befits our new greatness) will all be non-union. Wearing "union suits" will be discouraged. Couriers requiring the warmth of similar garments in cold weather will henceforth refer to them as "Liberty Longies."
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| Space Alien Gazette Courier Models Liberty Longies |
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| Vintage Ad for Union Suit |
Annoying questions about health insurance for our couriers will not be an issue. We are confident that sixteen hour days spent pedaling these bikes in every kind of weather will build up their strength, immunity and general health, rendering such insurance unnecessary.
Our couriers will need no more than basic familiarity with the English language and the Latin alphabet in order to locate street addresses. No other languages or alphabets need apply. (Except maybe Cyrllic!)
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| Happy Couriers Will Deliver Space Alien Gazette to your Door! |
Advanced computer literacy will be unnecessary. The Space Alien Gazette will follow the example of our our national leader in this regard.
We expect no complaint from our couriers regarding salaries, as all will be generously compensated with free subscriptions to the Space Alien Gazette.
We believe everyone will be happier with our new courier service, securely delivering not only the news you need whether you want it or not, but also the news you want whether you need it or not!
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In the Mailbox:
1. A loyal reader wrote to express deep concern that the Space Alien Gazette would be delivered by non-union couriers, particularly given the contributions unions have made to workplace fairness and safety. This reader was insistent, claiming to have been told by the departing President not to back down from his beliefs.
However, the Space Alien's top priority right now is making America great again. As noted previously, the Space Alien suspects that the time of the greatness to be emulated now was when mastodons or perhaps dinosaurs roamed the earth, an era when unions did not exist. (To see this earlier post please click here. )
However, the Space Alien's top priority right now is making America great again. As noted previously, the Space Alien suspects that the time of the greatness to be emulated now was when mastodons or perhaps dinosaurs roamed the earth, an era when unions did not exist. (To see this earlier post please click here. )
2. This same loyal reader, was concerned that given the large number of subscribers the Space Alien Gazette might run short of bicycles. He suggested we acquire the pre-owned bike depicted below. Clearly the riders of this bicycle, Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie, will not be riding soon again, and so the Space Alien sincerely appreciates the lead.
3. The same loyal reader, who just won't give up, then sent indisputable proof that at least some of the animals alive in the "good old days" had a union. This label, allegedly found in a collection of archaeological artifacts stored away from public view in the Field Museum, was supposedly sewn in a tattered frock, size super XL, determined by carbon dating to be at least 12,000 years old.
The Space Alien, now mentally paralyzed by conflicting views on the union question, has retreated to the Space Alien Gazette's comfortable "time out" room to sort out these feelings while listening to old phonograph records of favorite union songs.
If you, loyal reader, would like to listen and sing along, click here.
BREAKING NEWS! 1-12-17
Our couriers have just stormed the offices of the Space Alien Gazette with new demands!
Unfurling a banner imprinted with these words: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" they announced that even when the bicycles were ready, and no matter what the weather, they would not perform their delivery duties before finishing their fill of bagels and/or doughnuts and/or round sweet rolls (to be provided by the Space Alien Gazette). The Space Alien could not be reached for comment.