Who do you think the aliens represent in this story? How do some of the themes of this story reflect the world around us, both today and in the past?“The Beautiful?”

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).

elon musk, ceo of spacex, a startup space company is planning to head to mars by 2023. nasa is planning to go to mars at around 2025. both are just for a basic colony.

1. list two reasons why fossil fuels should continue to be used as a source of energy in america.