When Americans woke up to the news of a burgeoning crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, they had every right to believe that regardless of their political affiliation the president would handle this matter in a swift and professional manner. The man who made his political name, for his supposed coolness under fire would undoubtedly, successfully, resolve this problem. After the tragedy of Katrina, this president knows how to get things done and would not let the bureaucracy or politics get in the way of solving the problem....

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. 

If you are a conservative there is little doubt that you are not happy about the passage of this disastrous bill. This bill is an affront to personal responsibility and freedom. Repeal is an outstanding way to channel the anger about this bill. America is in peril and we must do everything within our power to change the current leadership and put America back on course.

One of the hallmarks of the new administration was to be its enlightened view of diplomacy. Talking to our enemies was to be the new approach,along with working closely with our allies and the United Nations. The results of this enlightened approach have recently begun exploding into the headlines. Iran announces it is a nuclear nation! North Korea restarts its production of enriched uranium! Our Russian allies do not support action against Iran.UN unable to reach consensus on action against Iran!

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 is an important reminder that all Republicans in New Hampshire Senate District 16 need to go to the polls in their town to vote on January 12th for the special election. We have an opportunity to nominate an outstanding candidate in Terry Pfaff! I have written about Terry and I encourage all of you who may not know Terry to do some home work. This is a person we call all be proud to be served by!

When they want your money they can't get out of their way fast enough to take it from you...this story makes my blood boil! My son who is attending college in Boston, came home for the Holidays. Like most college students he scrimps and saves his money and is generally very careful about the things he buys. He went out several weeks prior to Christmas to buy his gifts, one of the stops was a store at the Mall of New Hampshire, Forever...something or other. This store is famous for trendy woman's' clothing. He purchased a very attractive jacket for my daughter with the promise that if it didn't fit it could be returned. According to Murphy's law, if it can go wrong, it will go wrong...it did!

We have been very fortunate to have had Ted Gatsas as our state senator. Ted has represented the people of district 16 with strength and the type of leadership that is special. Upon his election to replace outgoing mayor Frank Guinta, the people of Manchester gain an excellent person to lead that city into better times. Their gain however is our loss...we need to replace Ted with someone with the intellect and leaderships skills that are so important in the New Hampshire State Senate.