Funny thing about government officials. They seem to live in some fictional world where if you don’t upset the status quo you will be popular and well loved. Well, so much for that theory, it seems the public’s approval of the Congress is a lowly 13 %.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/166838/congress-job-approval-starts-2014.aspx The theory goes that come voting season the voting public will vote the bums out. But as before when such an overturn in Congress happened, nothing ever changed for the better. So, with this in mind, what do they have to fear if they went against the grain and just set the standard granted to them by the constitution by making SI the only official and legal system for the US. Maybe the public won’t be too happy, but what harm can it do as the public isn’t that happy with the Congress anyway? From: Mark Henschel Sent: Tuesday, 2014-06-17 10:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53987] Re: What is Your Top Priority? I respond to these things all the time. Practically every day I get an email or two from the President or some political campaign asking my opinion about this or that. I think all they really want is money. I have written hundreds of letters to my congressmen and senators over the last 40 years about the metric system and they all get ignored. Lately I even concentrated on sending advice or input to specific Congressmen or Senators who have a reputation for being "progressive" I even stressed just one political goal, a simple, achievable goal, of adding 20 words to the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to make metric only package labeling legal in the USA. No response even from those who think they are "progressive" How progressive can you be if you still use a 16th Century measuring system? Anyway, I think they are all about fund-raising and have really nothing to do with actually seeking input from constituents. Mark Henschel On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 2:19 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: What is Your Top Priority? Tell the President. (See attached graphic for mine.) ----- Message from "Sara El-Amine, BarackObama.com" <[email protected]> --------- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:28:58 -0400 From: "Sara El-Amine, BarackObama.com" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Quick survey: We want your opinion on this To: David Pearl <[email protected]> Friend -- This will only take a minute, I promise! Take this one-question survey to tell us what issues you're most fired up about. You're what makes OFA stand out -- we aren't beholden to special interests or lobbyists. You run the show around here. If you want to get more involved in holding climate change deniers' feet to the fire, we want to know. If you want to see more work on marriage equality, or standing up to the anti-women efforts going on across the country, say so. Maybe it's immigration reform -- or fighting to give hard-working Americans a raise. My point is, whatever has you fired up, we want to hear about it -- tell us what's important to you today: http://my.barackobama.com/OFA-Summer-2014-Survey Thanks, Sara Sara El-Amine National Organizing Director Organizing for Action Paid for by Organizing for Action Contributions or gifts to Organizing for Action are not tax deductible. This email was sent to: [email protected]. If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your information here. We believe that emails are a vital way to stay in direct contact with supporters. Click here if you'd like to unsubscribe from these message! s. Organizing for Action, P.O. Box 66732 Washington, D.C. 20035 ----- End message from "Sara El-Amine, BarackObama.com" <[email protected]> ----- David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
