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E. M. Clinton

February 2008

Untechnological Employment

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE
TO COL. K. A. BROWN
COMMANDER PACIFIC SPACEPORT:

CONGRESS PRESSURE HIGH
INVESTIGATION IMMINENT
MUST HAVE FULL INFORMATION WHY MOON LAUNCHES BEHIND SCHEDULE

 
 

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN
TO WHITE HOUSE:

UNSEASONABLY CONSTANT BAD WEATHER PREVENTS LAUNCHING
FOR PAST THREE WEEKS

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO BROWN PSP:
WHAT KIND OF BAD WEATHER

 
 

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE:
FOG

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO BROWN PSP:
CONGRESS PRESSURE GREATER
BAD PUBLICITY INVOLVED
RUSSIANS ARE LAUNCHING ON SCHEDULE
WHY CAN'T WE
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

 
 

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE:
STILL FOGGED IN

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO BROWN PSP:
CHAIRMAN SENATE SPACE COMMITTEE SAYS
FLY THIS WEEK OR HE WILL INVESTIGATE

 
 

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE:
SIR INVESTIGATE

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO COL. A. A. NEUMAN
COMMANDER PACIFIC SPACEPORT:

EXPECT YOU TO ACT IMMEDIATELY
SOLVING PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS
RE LAUNCHINGS

 
 

TWX COL. A. A. NEUMAN TO WHITE HOUSE:
WISH TO ADVISE FOG REMAINS
WAS CLEAR FOR THIRTEEN MINUTES THIS A.M.
PLEASE INSTRUCT

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO NEUMAN PSP:
SENATE SPACE COMMITTEE
UNDER SENATOR HARRY WASHWATER ARIZONA
DUE PACIFIC SPACEPORT THIS FRIDAY

 
 

TWX COL. A. A. NEUMAN TO WHITE HOUSE:
ADVISE YOU
THIS OFFICE REGARDS WASHWATER SUGGESTION
AS NOT ACCEPTABLE

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO NEUMAN PSP:
IN CONFIDENCE
ADVISE ANCILLARY POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
MAKE IT DESIRABLE YOU RE-EVALUATE
WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION

 
 

TWX COL. A. A. NEUMAN TO WHITE HOUSE:
IN CONFIDENCE
ASK WHAT POSSIBLE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
CAN APPLY HERE

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO NEUMAN PSP:
IN CONFIDENCE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
NATIVE AMERICANS IN WASHWATER CONSTITUENCY

 
 

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR ACTING COMMANDER
PACIFIC SPACEPORT TO WHITE HOUSE:

ADVISE YOU COL. NEUMAN'S DEATH
ESTABLISHED AS SUICIDE

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO DEWAR PSP:
REGRETS OFFICIALLY FROM THIS OFFICE
NOW SUGGEST RE-EVALUATION
OF WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION
HOW IS THE WEATHER

 
 

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
RE-EVALUATING
WEATHER STILL UNSPEAKABLY BAD
WAS THIS PLACE EVALUATED FOR WEATHER
BEFORE SPACEPORT FACILITIES BUILT

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO DEWAR PSP:
OFFICIAL POSITION IS CHANGE IN JAPANESE CURRENT
ANXIOUS FOR YOUR DECISION
ON WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION

 
 

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
RESPECTFULLY DEFER DECISION TO YOUR OFFICE

 
 

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO DEWAR PSP:
EMERGENCY FORCES ON WAY FROM ARIZONA THIS A.M.
PER THIS OFFICE DECISION
TO FOLLOW WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION
PLEASE KEEP HOURLY INFORMATION COMING TO THIS OFFICE

 
 

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
DANCING BEGAN AT OH FOUR TWENTY PST
EVERY ASSISTANCE BEING EXTENDED BY THIS BASE

 
 

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
DANCING STILL IN PROGRESS
CHIEF BLUE SKY DECLARES
REPERTOIRE OF SUN DANCES FAR FROM EXHAUSTED

 
 

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
COUNTDOWN COMPLETED
LAUNCHING SUCCESSFUL
VISIBILITY UNLIMITED
WEATHER CONTROL PERSONNEL ASKING FOR OVERTIME
PLEASE ADVISE AND ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION

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About the Author

E. M. Clinton

Ed M. Clinton, Jr. published science fiction in the 1950s and ’60s under the names "Ed M. Clinton, Jr.", "E.M. Clinton", and "Anthony More". There’s very little trace of him on the Internet these days.

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