We need to get the fact out in the news media that the US loses business because it's not metric. A program like 60 minutes would be great if they could look at some of the pros and cons of being metric as a country.
Mike On 26/09/2011, at 21:07 , Kilopascal wrote: > Mike, > > I'm afraid that if the news media gets a hold of it they will tear it to > shreds like they did in the past. In general the news media does everything > it can to mock the metric system and dissuade people from using it. Their > own style book opposes it and even deliberately messes up the proper > spellings and symbol format. The media is not a friend of SI. > > A national discussion can also back fire as the forces of ignorance and fear > come out from hiding and do everything in their power to oppose any new > effort to metricate. I'm convinced and I'm sure many movers and shakers in > industry are too, that the American people would rather be destitute and poor > than have to speak metric words. > > The media has lead Americans to believe that the "Arab Spring" was a call to > American democracy in the region, but in reality it was meant to remove any > and all "pro-western" and pro-Israeli" leaders from power and instill sharia > law. The media gets it wrong every time. > > I'm just happy that the metric system is the standard in all progressive and > growing countries. If the American people haven't figured out by now the > importance of the metric system in the commerce of the modern world, I doubt > they ever will. > > We can hope for the best, but we also have to be realistic. There are > reasons countries like China, Germany, south-east Asia, etc are booming and > the US isn't. > > [USMA:51155] Re: White House Petition > Michael Payne > Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:45:03 -0700 > > My main aim with this petition is to get it out in front of the public, if > the > news media get hold of it things will really take off, if it generates a > national discussion on the value of exports we lose it will help. But we need > to get the facts out to the general public and hope the news media picks up > on > it. > > I agree the Obama administration will have their hands tied even trying to > enforce present law, I can hear the comments "this is a job killer law", when > I > and probably many of you think the opposite. > > For this alone, I hope all of you who think it might not work, sign it > anyway. > One person can make a difference as we saw in Tunisia last year, one person > immolating themselves ignited the "Arab Spring", we just need the Spark. > > Mike Payne
