Why? Because it has worked so well in the past...you always need a villain. Hitler blamed the Jews, Mussolini blamed foreigners and Gypsy's, Bin Laden blames the woes of the Middle East on Jews and the Western powers. The progressives and liberals have always favored blaming the rich for the woes of our country.

Character is noun, it's definition is: the aggregate of features that form the individual nature of a person or thing. Some would say that it is more...qualities like honesty, courage and integrity are features we recognize in some one who has it. There is a person I know who exemplifies this word and has decided to offer himself as a candidate for the U.S. Senate. He is a graduate of Trinity High School in Manchester, a high school teacher prior to obtaining his law degree, he has real world experience. 

Supporters and onlookers gather around the door to listen in as the Senate Judiciary Committee discusses House Bill 1634 at the New Hampshire State House on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (Max Bittle/Concord Monitor)

From left, Mikayla Roberts, 5, holds her mom, Jessica Roberts' hand over the railing as they leave the Webster Town Hall on voting day, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  (Concord Monitor Photo/Katie Barnes)

My all time favorite photojournalist, Henri Cartier-Bresson, often used to talk about the use of geometry in his photographs. Lately, I've been playing around with intersecting lines and geometry in frames. Moving a little to the left or right can dramatically change the way a scene looks to the viewer. I quickly recognized the shapes and lines here and camped out at this spot until someone moved into the scene. I'm not really sure if I accomplished what I set out to achieve here in this frame, but it's a start.

I photographed the townspeople of Weare during the Town Board's annual deliberative session on January 30, 2010. This was in preparation for my very first town meeting season. Being from the Midwest, I had never heard of town meetings before arriving in "The Granite State." I'm looking forward to Saturday, March 13, which seems like it's going to be the big day for meetings throughout the state.

(Concord Monitor photo/Max Bittle)

President Obama gestures to a member of the audience as he puts his jacket back on after answer questions from the audience on the economy, health care and more at Nashua North High School; Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

The fifes and drums played a martial version of "The World Turned Upside Down" as General Cornwallis turned over his sword to General Washington. No one would ever believe that the colonies called America could ever separate themselves from Great Britain. The small defeating the mighty rarely happens in world politics. David and Goliath is a story that Americans revere because it is a metaphor...as a if we shared the same destiny.

Congratulations to Dave Boutin on his victory in the republican primary for the district 16 senate seat. He is a very fine candidate and ran a very efficient campaign in this special election. The State of New Hampshire is facing some difficult economic times, and will need intelligent and effective leadership to navigate through an economic minefield.

This speech was supposed to illustrate that the commander in chief is strong yet thoughtful,  a man of action, yet a thinker...instead, it exposed what many of us have been saying for sometime now...the only thing that has changed since his election, is the party in power.