I find this as an excellent depiction of what it's truly taking place globally right now.
Well said. Marcus On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:46:43 Chimpsarecute wrote: >>From what I am reading and hearing of late, that attitude is under severe attack. I >>wouldn't doubt it if the falling dollar is a deliberate attack on the economy of the >>US by people around the world who are sick and tired of American arrogance. The US >>can protect itself from bombs and biological weapons, but it has no defence against >>an attack on the dollar. The dollar is America's Achilles heel. > >I believe that an effective metrication program depends on the US being an equal >partner in the family of nations, not an imperial power. Like I said, US metrication >will not happen until there is both a serious regime and attitude change in the US. >Without it not only will there not be any metrication to speak of but the lifestyle >that millions have depended upon will disappear in a flash. > >An America that metricates is saying that they have an attitude of respect and >equality with the rest of the world. An America that fights metrication is an >America that does not want to be equal with the world but has an attitude of >superiority. People and nations with superiority complexes usually end up having >their heads chopped off. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carleton MacDonald > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Saturday, 2004-01-10 13:38 > Subject: [USMA:28224] RE: The New American Century > > > I know quite a few people who think that because this is America we are on top of > the world, why should we change, and the rest of the world should change and do > things the way we do. > > > > cm > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Chernack > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 13:28 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:28223] RE: The New American Century > > > > I read the article and found it very insightful. I then took a look at other > articles on the Idaho Observer site and found many other interesting points. Maybe > one way we metrication advocates could strike a chord with people is to point out > how the entrenched powers that be (corporations, unions, government) pay lip service > to the need of metrication are really content to let things continue because of the > perceived threat metrication has to their bottom lines and own selfish interests. > Once again, progress (economic, educational, scientific) for the American people is > being held at bay by these very forces that would have us believe that metrication > is cumbersome, unnecessary or downright bad for us. Many years ago, people were > told the same things about flouridation of water. > > > > Phil > > > > P.S. You might find the following article of interest. > http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html. It talks about forbidden ideas, their value and > how ideas are perceived over time. Sure, it may not mention metric specifically but > I do belive it has plenty of relevance to how metrication is perceived in the U.S. > today. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chimpsarecute > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2:27 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:28222] The New American Century > > The following article doesn't deal with metric, but about US economic policy in > general since the end of the 2-nd World War until the present and beyond. > > > > Seeing how the US has such dominance in both economy and military, can one ever > envision the US following the world and becoming a metric country? But if that > dominance becomes weak enough or ends completely and the US has to play by the same > rules as everyone else, then the motivation will exist to bring about full > metrication. > > > > I highly doubt that under the present US global economic strategy, as long as it > exists, will the US ever see the need to metricate. We are wasting our time hoping > for such a miracle. If or when that miracle happens, the US will be a totally > different country then it is now. > > > > http://proliberty.com/observer/20031001.htm > > > > Any comments? > > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
