"kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: [USMA:10413] FW: How about writing Congress [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 00:32:15 -0500 > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -----Original Message----- > From: downtobusiness [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 2001-01-10 23:38 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How about writing Congress [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] > > Crane helps prove that the support for metrication can be found among very > liberal, very conservative, very Republican, very Democrat, black, white, > rich, poor folks. Some might think that no conservative Republicans support > our cause. Crane proves differently. > > Really, you have sane folks for quick metrication, sane folks of all > stripes. And you have irrational folks not in favor of quick metrication, > irrational folks of all stripes. > > Let's get in gear. Let's not waste another 30 or 40 or 50 years. Let's get > with it. Let's do it now. I, too, regularly actively campaign for conservative Republicans and totally agree that it is a completely NON-partisan issue. Among MANY other logical reasons, my personal 'libertarian' leanings mesh perfectly with SI in that its sheer simplicity and universality allows things like free and FAIR commerce possible. No, we are not giving up any 'sovereignty' in adopting a worldwide standard of weights and measures, only our isolation. Open, free and fair trade (and that which encourages it) enriches us all. The simple elegancy of SI itself also makes its adoption a 'no brainer' in my mind. By the way, my local State Assmebly representative agrees with the merits of SI, he is also a conservative Republican. Have you contacted (and lobbied) your local state legislators on the subject? p s -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Regards, Michael G. Koerner Appleton, WI ____________________________________________________________________________
