So...
we hope that Congress will mandate metrication
but for any member of Congress who says that he
wants metrication to be a purely "voluntary"
thing, we are satisfied with that. Is this
the message from Reid and Potts and Elwell?
So, in other words, nobody in Congress needs
to sweat things. They can keep us happy through
supporting "voluntary" metrication, whatever
that might be, and they can make everyone else
happy through refusing to vote for metric. Right?
If a member of Congress were to drop in and visit
our board, would the member be able to figure out
what we even want?
--- Barbara and/or Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Derrick,
>
> I don't think your message to Andy Johnson (copy
> below) reached him if you
> sent it only via our USMA list. Andy unsubscribed
> recently, I'm sorry to
> say.
>
> In it you said that Andy was correct but I am not
> clear which of his
> arguments you were refering to.
>
> Do you mean that Andy was correct in saying that the
> US Constitution DOES
> give Congress the authority to mandate the use of
> metric? (I agree with that
> one, too.)
>
> Or do you mean that Andy was correct in saying that
> Jim Elwell should be
> kicked off the USMA advisory council because of his
> belief that the
> Constitution DOES NOT give Congress that authority,
> or that the USMA is an
> ineffective organization because jim Elwell is a
> member? (I don't agree with
> those.)
>
> Or do you mean that Andy was correct in calling Jim
> Elwell derogatory names
> like "nuthead" and berating his particiation on this
> list because he
> believes that the Constitution DOES NOT give
> Congress that authority? (I
> don't agree with that either.)
>
> Regards,
> Bill Hooper
>
> ============
> Keep It Simple!
> Make It Metric!
> ============
>
> > From: "Darrick Priest"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [USMA:13085] Re: Pulling Together (was
> Jim Elwell on wrong list)
> >
> > Hey Andy,
> >
> > Bill is incapable of answering an argument without
> injecting some sort of
> > sardonic comment.
> >
> > Hang in there, my friend. You are absolutely
> correct.
>
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