Comment Re:That's not LA (Score 1) 242
It's says a lot about American society that the only ones to successfully cut through he bullshit introduce the metric system is the US military
...to an extent. Sure, the Army and Marines measure ground distances in kilometers and e.g. elevation in meters, and all services describe their weapons in terms of millimeters, but beyond that? The USAF and Navy still use nautical miles for distance, knots for speed, and feet for elevation. The navy still uses yards for range.
is also the only entity int he US that seems to be able to get Americans of all political, racial and religious persuasions to coexist and cooperate in the same space
This is more accurate, and the reason is simple: those guys only see one color, and that's green (or blue for the Navy and Air Force) and there are no atheists in foxholes.