Non-voters are not welcome on Andy's show.I have been on the usma list for some time; BUT my subject is *Metrication/Decimalisation of Time of the HOUR in relation to Arc-angle*. However, being an engineer, my concern has been WHY, NOT TIME?
Your otherwise good intended appeal to 'senators' make little sense when you add the above line <Non-voters are not welcome on Andy's show>; as if you feel non-voters are empty headed fools to be cause of hinderence to the progress of METRICTION. Don't you feel they too have a head capable of 'producing the right output' if channelised well, where no groomed into learning SI Units.
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From: Andy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:28229] Re: political platform metric Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:03:42 -0800 (PST)
This is important.
Each time we go pester one more little Democratic Executive Committee in some county, each time we find one more Rotary Club, each time we find one more Civic Rountable bunch...who will take a pro-metric stand, we inch...a little bit closer to metrication....
Go get em.
Andy Johnson Jacksonville, Florida
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2004 January 10 > Copy to USMA > 2003 Dec 26 > Rick Blauvelt > Platform Committee > Boulder County Democrats > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The US needs to change to using metric units, > the International System of Units (SI). > Politicians need to promote this change. > > Metric units should be in the platform as a > long-term goal with > some short-term goals listed for action soon. > > The national platform should say: > > 1. Amend the FPLA (Fair Packaging and Labeling Act) > to allow > metric-only labels. (Short-term goal.) > > 2. Restore the limit date for highway construction > to be metric. > This was removed in TEA-21. Federal law still > says highways > must be metric but there is no date to comply. > (Short-term) > > 3. Complete the conversion called for by the Metric > Conversion Act of 1975 > as amended by the Omnibus Trade and > Competitiveness Act of 1988. > > 4. Have the federal government comply with Executive > Order 12770 (1991). > > 5. Call for the US to remove its exceptions to the > rules of ICAO > (International Civil Aviation Organization) on > the use of metric units. > ------------------------------------------------ > > The Boulder County platform should say: > In addition to the national items above, Boulder > Democrats should say: > Schools should stop teaching things related to > inch-pound units; > 1. Follow NCTM (National Council of Teachers > of Mathematics) > policy, make metric primary > (short-term), > 2. stop teaching conversion (short-term), > 3. stop teaching fractions in grades 1 > through 6, > 4. stop teaching inch-pound units. > 5. remove state requirements that inch-pound > units be in tests, > graduation requirements and GED tests. > -------------------------------------------- > The national Democratic Party (DNC) needs to promote > this change. > The Colorado Democratic Party needs to promote this > change. > Boulder County Democrats need to promote this > change. > > Why? > 1. Because the world uses metric units. We in the > US are left out, > to our financial and commercial disadvantage. > 2. Because metric units are simple, coherent, and > decimal. > 3. Because we damage students by teaching two sets > of units of measure. > We leave many students out of our technical, > scientific culture by > the confusion of two sets of numbers. Because > schools feel that > they can not by themselves change, they need > political help. > 4. Because, by using inch-pound units, we make the > world hard to understand. > We promote the two cultures of C. P. > Snow. > Two examples: > 1. How much does a gallon of water weigh? > How much does a litre of water weigh? > 2. Can E = mc^2 be done in inch-pound units? > 5. Because we damage our trade with Canada and > Mexico. > 6. Because we waste big money by still using > inch-pound units. > US schools waste $4 billion each year teaching > inch-pound units. > BVSD wastes $2 million each year teaching > inch-pound units. > Machine shops have trouble making parts because > most parts in > the world are metric. > Mechanics need two sets of wrenches and scales. > Industry has to convert numbers between metric > and inch-pound. > $125 million was lost when the Mars Climate > orbiter was lost at Mars > because the builder used pounds for thrust. > 7. Because of many mix-ups and confusions of units. > ----------------------------------- > > I hope the platform committee can consider these > matters. > > Robert H. Bushnell > Boulder, Colorado > ASTM Committee E43 on SI > Practice > US Metric Association > 303-554-0827 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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