Oh man! I saw the increase in the petition threshold this morning on Drudge. I was NOT very happy this morning until I read the article. Glad that it only applies to new petitions, else wise, we'd been done for with only 15 days remaining.
I'm still trying to get the news media to report on this. I've been successful in getting the attention of a few blogs here and there, but other than that I've fallen pretty flat. I'm not sure we'll be able to get to people who aren't internet savvy unless we get WAPO or HuffPost to give some sort of recognition. We'll see where this all goes. Zach reddit.com/r/metric On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:53 AM, John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > I guess the metric one was "just in time." I read in the news today that > the threshold has been raised to 100 000. > It apparently only applies to new petitions. The article was not clear on > whether "new" related to date of creation > or date of hitting 25 000. However, the metric one got in under the wire. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paul Trusten <trus...@grandecom.net> > *To:* U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> > *Sent:* Tue, January 15, 2013 2:15:10 PM > *Subject:* [USMA:52179] Texas petition > > The White House just rejected a "We The People" Texas secession petition, > responding to the 25,000 action threshold. > > Good--so I can still enjoy •US* metrication when it comrs! > > Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist > Vice President > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Midland, Texas USA > www.metric.org > +1(432)528-7724 > trus...@grandecom.net > >
