As Mars made its closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years, I was in my backyard, which is quite large and flat.

Lo and behold, a so-called flying saucer came down in my backyard. Some little men got out of this saucer and came over to me and said, “What is the matter with your people here on Earth? Don’t you know what is going on in Iraq? Foreign fighters are flowing over from Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Spain and most of all you people on Earth have plain terrorists all over your USA and they were and are believed to take orders directly from Bin Laden, so-called master mind of the attacks on the World Trade Center.

“They have weapons, explosives, computers and lots of cash. Where did they get all this money? Oil, my good man,” the aliens said. “We from Mars tell you people on Earth, ‘Take the oil money away from them and what will they have to support terrorists with. Take the oil from Iraq to pay for the terrorism in the United States.”

Half of the children here and more than 12 percent of the population lives in poverty, immigration is out of control and, on top of this, the country will be in the hole almost $500 billion.

Even an alien could understand the problems this country faces and see the solution.

Arthur J. Porell, Poland Spring