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"You have no control over what the other guy does."

"Don't sweat the small stuff; it is all small stuff!"

"Office politics generally out distances office competence."

"There are only two musts in life..taxes and death."

"Never quit on your dreams and don't let others stand in the way of those pursuits."

"Get off your ass and do something, even if it is wrong!"

"Growth demands a temporary surrender of security."

 

 


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""The American Centurians" was created to encourage commentary and dialog on current political, economic and social issues of interest to all Americans.  A "centurian", as you know, was the elite guard of the Roman Army to protect and insure the survival of the Roman Empire. Since then, the term "centurian" has been commonly used to describe a strong guardian or protector.  This site was designed to protect and guard your free speech and the right to express and discuss your opinions on issues regardless of who agrees or disagrees so that America will continue to be a country of the people and for the people.  Thus, the name "The American Centurians".

 Tired of the same old rhetoric, the same old cliches, and the same one liners?  We want to create real dialog and commentary on issues which effect the every day lives of the "ordinary Jack and Jane" in America.  Topics which are often masked by a simplified and divisive conservative or liberal point of view regardless of the issue.  Any room for fair, objective, and independent thought focused on what is really best for the country?  It doesn't matter if you are Democrat, Republican or Independent---just that you are an interested, average citizen with an opinion that counts!  Don't let your voice get trampled by others or through a lack of apathy!

So let's wakeup, get our coffee, and talk...........

P.S. > Just so you know, once a week on every Saturday , we change our front page with new editorial opinions, new voting polls and a new nominee for the most ridiculuous person. 

 

  IN ALAN'S OPINION....

 

Alan is currently on sick leave.  Get well soon!

 IN KEVIN'S OPINION....

It's over..finally over!  We have a new president-elect and vice-president elect of the United States of America.  Senator Barack Obama has excited the country with his election to the land's highest office.  Obama, along with Biden, brings new hope for America after the last 8 long years of the Bush/Cheney regime in the White House.  I voted for Bush during both his terms and I have to say that I have been very disappointed in his leadership of the country.  He has disappointed America on so many fronts which is clearly displayed in his latest approval rates of 24%.

Obama does not have an easy road to success.  In fact, the bar of expectations has been set so high that it might be impossible to meet much less exceed.  Polls already show that 74% of Americans believe that Obama will bring positive change.  However, most Americans don't understand the difficult raod ahead in mending the economic woes of the country. 

Americans will have to be patient.  There may not be light at the end of the tunnel for a while.  However, if the Obama team puts into place sound policies now, the fruits of their labor will be on display some 2 to 3 years into the first term.  Americans will endure some very painful months ahead; jobs will be lost, pensions dissolved, and homes foreclosed.

President Bush has spent so much time, money, and energy on terrorism that he did not see the economic hurricane coming.  Like hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the Bush team was ill prepared.

Good luck President Obama....you are going to need it!

 

 

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        OUR NOMINEE FOR THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON/COMPANY OF THE WEEK

                           

Porker of the Month:  Sen. Carl Levin

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) Porker of the Month for inserting a provision in the Fiscal 2009 National Defense Authorization Act that gives earmarks contained in the act’s committee report the force of law.  President Bush issued an Executive Order on January 29, 2008 instructing government agencies not to fund any earmarks contained in committee reports, or based on any other non-statutory source, such as phone calls from members of Congress.  In a brazen attempt to gut the Executive Order, Sen. Levin’s provision incorporates the earmarks listed in the authorization bill’s committee report into the statute itself, making the earmarks “a requirement in law.”  For attempting to circumvent the president’s Executive Order and make earmarking the taxpayers' money easier, CAGW names Sen. Levin the September 2008 Porker of the Month.