On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:25:43 Han Maenen wrote: >One should never forget that the USA is a signatory of the Metric >Convention. If she can not 'accept or understand' that a country uses >metric, she should withdraw from the BIPM. > Absolutely! I find it kind of contradictory that the US would be a member of an organization while not committed to its basic tenets... Perhaps we should ask BIPM to actually kick them out, eh?... ;-) >...And when 2010 approaches, and we will again start to write to the European >institutions, we will have to remind them that the USA is a member of the >BIPM. > BTW, Han, Louis, Gustaf and all other European members here, perhaps it's time we start doing this, right now! Let's not forget that the EU Parliament is very slow going. We should perhaps at least get those who we know support our cause, like that Pietrasanta guy, to at least put a mechanism of updates/feedback in place so that when the time comes we will be better prepared to face any renewed effort to stall 80/181's directive! >The fact that Bush reneged on his promise to cut CO2 emissions and that he >wants to get out of the Kyoto Treaty makes me shudder for the future. This >attitude may well involve many other issues, metric included. > >Han >... That was a VERY BAD political move by Mr. Bush. I'm sure that it will seriously backfire. BTW, I'm yet to hear anything positive about this administration. Isn't it interesting or ironic that we don't hear anything (even good or bad, actually) about Mr. Bush! It was all about Clinton being in the news for quite sometime, but Mr. Bush? Nah, nothing!!... :-S What's going on, guys? Is this a man that doesn't like "the spotlights"?... In any case, by the looks of it, it seems this guy's administration will be absolutely dysmal... :-S I hope you, fellow American guys, will find some way to put up with him, you'll need it... Marcus Who needs Cupid? Matchmaker.com is the place to meet somebody. FREE Two-week Trial Membership at http://www.matchmaker.com/home?rs=200015
