THE BRICK
Why choose BRICK as a designator of rank? They always start at the bottom...
What do you get when you shoot a brick? TWO BRICKS
How far can you trust a brick? How far can you throw him?(actually we'll use railguns so he's going to be pretty damn reliable in vacuum;-D but I digress
A BRICK that fails to support his superiors tends to become pulverized...Weight has to be equally distributed in order to present our Colony's new enlightened democracy to the Terran world..To be a small numbered brick, you will stand under a lot of hard working people and if you like your bigger quarters and view of the Impact area across from Snow Bunny's Canteen, you better by God know everything about them and take care of them...If you are a foreign Mucky muck and come to our chambers on Mars, New Freepia's Cabinet will appear as an interlocking set of BRICKS...Trans. Impenetrable WALL!!! Wahhabi's(if you still exist when we break ground, no bet!)! Carefull where you walk lest that wall settle upon you with great suddenness...
What is a BRICK good for? Glad you asked! A brick is more concerned with its function than being recognized and coddled to...The most vital BRICK in a building is invisible or at least tough to spot...They don't draw attention to themselves...They go where they're needed and just start bearing up...Its fun to build great things...(I don't think we're going to have much use for reporters...They make very poor BRICKS...too self important)...A BRICK takes a responsible job because He is HANDY, and knows his weight limit...
BRICKS hold a civilization together...they prop doors open...squash spiders...They ventilate windows carrying reports of current events on the perimeter...They are our protection and give us a place to hang our hats and our art...someday Martian children will say...when I grow up I want to be First BRICK of MARS, and their parents will swell with pride because they know it will take hard work to accomplish that goal, but if their child succeeds it will be because they earned it...no special favors or back room deals...A First BRICK is at the BOTTOM because everybody knows they can depend on her or him! No amount of advertising or soft money can substitute for a BRICK under a LOAD BEARING WALL! I apologize for taking control of MARS but felt someone ought to make use of the space and so I'd like to further push my weight around and announce formally my first cabinet member who will have no specialty because he is so vital that it would just confuse New FReepians to limit their appreciation of all the things he does...He's just going to go where he's needed and dispense his wisdom...I imagine everybody knows by now who I'm talking about...
IMHO-APPTNF(As President Pro Tem of New Freepia) Psyops is the hardest working poster on Free Republic on the Mother planet and has created a resource of great quotes that all Martians(and wannabees on Earth...See Libertina for a Visa) can use that Psyops himself didn't know would help us when he built the library...Need I say it...Quintessential BRICK behavior...He's extremely handy and I see unlimited weightiness in his bearing|;-D
ENOUGH TALK Pres cut to the ceremony at Snow Bunny's Space CANTEEN
Sleaveless holds up a perfectly ordinary red brick made of Martian Dust vacuum welded in space and brought back to the Canteen for presentation
Step forward PSYOPS...(He Complies, Hey I got a friggin BRICK in my hand, okay? He's a smart boy!)
PSYOPS...DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HOLD IN MY HAND?(reverb way up on the PA for this) He replies...
Why Yes I do Sleaveless...IT IS A BRICK AND A DAMN FINE ONE...
That's what I thought you'd say, Psyops, IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE, YOU ARE FIRST BRICK OF MARS, THE DRINKS ARE ON YOU!!!
...TONKIN LIGHTS UP THE SKY WITH MANY FORMS OF ORDINANCE SOME PROTOTYPES Look up at the sky...its probably visible from Earth...Tonkin knows his SH!#
Tomorrow P7 You become First BEAM!!!Drink lots of water...alcohol is very dehydrating in a low gravity environment such as New Freepia...BR SS!