Paul, >From your note I gather we have more information about what is (or is not) >happening with regards to New York and Alabama and the UPLR. Can you fill us >in?
Thanks! Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Why hasn't the government complied with President George H.W. Bush's 1991 > executive order? Publicly, the American people don't want to hear "the 'm' > word." > > The conventional reason I hear for this is that the Nation has "a > lot on its plate", and no room for the metric system. > However,progress is being made at the grass roots. As we have seen on the list > today, another journalist has written a pro-metric article, and I have yet to > recall an anti-metric editorial. The individual states of the Union are > overwhelmingly (48 out of 50, Alabama abstaining but New York considering) in > favor of the UPLR metric-only labeling option. When asked, the individual > citizen is often heard to say, "Why haven't we done it already?" > > Politically though, metrication continues to ring a sour note. Leadership > appears to be missing. One Vernon Ehlers is not enough; we need more > metrication advocates in the Congress and, indeed, one in the White House. > > It needs a push. > > -- > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Phone +1(432)528-7724 > www.metric.org > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://oleapothecary.blog.com >
