In the US Congress it is much easier to stop something than to get something through - all it takes are enough members who hold to, or listen to people who espouse, one or more of -
. "Don't tell me what to do!" . "You're changing something. I hate change, it is scary and hard, and if you change something, I'll remember it at the next election." . "I contribute to your campaigns. You'd better listen to me." Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 15:23 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47372] Re: Political opinion on metrication I would not say that libertarians favour chaos. I'd class myself as a libertarian - or more accurately on the libertarian wing of Conservative. Yearning for a tiny state looking after our freedoms from other states and each other and some very basic management of the UK is not, in my opinion, favouring chaos. This is consistent in my views of the EU - yet another level of red tape and control freakery. I guess those who oppose or support metrication can bend the libertarian argument in their favour however my personal 'freedom to choose' and market based ideals would say let the people steer which system is used and not have the state figure out what's 'best for us'. I guess in the USA it is the other way around in that metrication is more or less stifled by your government so it does not have a chance to start with. All IMHO, btw. No-one has a monopoly on which opinion is the correct one! :-) _____ Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 07:04:11 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47371] Re: Political opinion on metrication To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] The group is Libertarians. They favor chaos not government. In some respects our government is too big and poorly focused, but I am far from ready to be a Libertarian. Anyway, in the US, ALL third parties are completely irrelevant, unless they manage to repackage their ideas to resonate with disenchanted members of one of the two dominant parties, and affect that party's votes.. I was amused by the desire to go back to law we overthrew in 1776. _____ From: Paul Trusten <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 9:44:53 AM Subject: [USMA:47369] Re: Political opinion on metrication I'd just like to know who even raised the subject for that writer and how metrication got on his list. English common law? No need to be bound by it on this question, since an article in the U.S. Constitution specifies the source of the U.S. measurement standard. Paul Trusten Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org <http://www.metric.org/> [email protected] +1(432)528-7724 On May 15, 2010, at 5:15, Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> wrote: Dear All, Those of you interested in the politics of metrication might like to read this commentary. The relevant bit to the metric system is in point number 8. http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/05/george-phillies-answers-er ic-sundwalls-questions Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com <http://www.metricationmatters.com/> for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. _____ Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/> now.
