The statement that the United States will continue to lead the world is not
true.
Military force can no longer control the world alone. Other nations have
found that control of energy by the US is key to controlling the US. Gangs and
other small groups are beginning to take control of the US too.
The US has failed to control taxes and overspending. US policies have
forced jobs and production overseas by increasing wages, costs and unnecessary
mandates in the US. Education in the US has failed to adopt more efficient
learning practices such as learning anywhere at anytime policies, technologies,
and the SI.
Before, the US could control production and demand the use of English
units. No longer. The rest of the world will produce products in the SI
metric sizes and cut out the US to improve their efficiency to lower costs.
The US is not dong enough of this.
The US is moving rapidly to an all government communist type of society
where demand increases while production and supply evaporates in the US.
People struggle to get into the US to get benefits which they have not earned.
And, the government continues to mandate contrary standards rather than adopt
the SI.
As Tom Friedman says, "The World is Flat" and politicians in the US have
not recognized it although they have been told. Businesses go where they can
produce goods for the least cost.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Remek Kocz
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 3:46 PM
Subject: [USMA:40840] RE: The Rise of the Rest
I'll second that. Mr. Zakaria has an amazing insight into the global nature
of politics, and his analyses are always well-thought-out. Quite honestly, I
am not surprised by his comments on the metric system. Actually, it's about
time he spoke up. He his one heck of authority to have on our side.
Remek
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Fareed Zakaria is one of my favorite people. I'm always glad to see him as a
guest on the Daily Show and I'm not surprised to see him championing SI.
Bill
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Bill Potts
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Nat Hager III
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 07:28
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:40838] The Rise of the Rest
Another article by Fareed Zakaria making this point....
>>To bring others into this world, the United States needs to make its
>>own
commitment to the system clear. So far, America has been able to have it
both ways. It is the global rule-maker but doesn't always play by the rules.
And forget about standards created by others. Only three countries in the
world don't use the metric system-Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.
For America to continue to lead the world, we will have to first join it.
>>
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380/output/print
