Spelling correction: Please correct the spelling from "who's" to "whose" in the last paragraph, as shown below. Thank you. James R. Frysinger ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Inching forward to defeat Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:21:38 -0400 From: James R. Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editor Washington Post Washington, DC Dear Editor: The reporter, Jeannine Aversa, whose article "Economy Grows at 1.2 Percent Rate" appeared last evening on the AP wire, may have written something more significant than she realizes. The lead paragraph reads: "The U.S. economy barely inched forward in the first three months of the year and President Bush's chief economist said that growth in the current quarter was likely even worse." Yes, we are only "inching" forward. In the U.S. - now the only non-metric country in the world - industry is shriveling so fast that our export profile is shifting from goods to information and services and our share of world trade has declined for several years. Our government's foolish foot-dragging in metricating the U.S. cannot be helping our trade situation. With the vast majority of consumers in the world thinking in terms of metric units, why do we work inefficiently in inches and market offensively in ounces? That seems rather pound-foolish to me. Whose side is our government on? The side of the people or the side of internationally owned big businesses who will survive when domestically owned smaller businesses go six feet under? James R. Frysinger copy to: feedback, Associated Press wire (please pass to Jeannine Aversa) -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644 ------------------------------------------------------- -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
