The most recent candidate under the DNC banner is Lincoln Chafee who interestingly, besides being the lone Republican (he switched parties) to vote against the Iraq war, is vehemently pro-metric system. I remember when I was a kid, the freeway signs for distance and speed were printed in both English and metric. Converting all those signs from miles to km (again) would cost money, but then, using the English measurement system costs money too, forever -- according to a random guy I googled up without putting any real effort into it because I'm not that interested in proving myself wrong (Paul Naughtin), somewhere between six billion and a trillion. There are without a doubt, critics who might call that somewhat of a wide margin but as one witty commenter noted: "It is probably impossible to give an upper bound on that, however I can give you a lower bound: 500 Million Dollars for the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter by NASA".
Now, I'm neither a firm GOP nor DNC voter... but I'm tempted.
takyon: Former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee joins a number of other candidates seeking a 2016 U.S. presidential nomination.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 07 2015, @01:45AM
When his assessment of the situation is stated as eloquently as he did in the commented section, yes Virginia, he is an arrogant prick. Because you may agree with his points doesn't make him any less of an arrogant prick.
And I think you missed my point about the French language. Do you agree that the EU and countries beyond will all rally about and adopt the French language for the same obvious stated reasons that metric adoption is so grand?
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday June 07 2015, @10:09AM
Tu quoque, mon AC? Methinks thou dost protest too much!