[Willie Green]

according to a U.S. government proposal that businesses favor,

So the Anointed One wants to defy the universal laws of physics to pander to the international banking community?
What a pathetic nincompoop!!!
Dubya is no different than Algore when it comes to Big Government junk science.

[jammer]

Aren't you getting a little tired of the hackneyed "it's Bush's fault" sarcasm mantra in every damned thread?

[MikefromOhio]

So the Anointed One wants to defy the universal laws of physics to pander to the international banking community?

Troll.

[burzum]

Oh give me a break. Science is about measuring, not regulating. It doesn't matter how we define a day, month or year. It's not as if a UN regulation is going to actually have an effect on how the Earth spins and orbits the sun. We could define an 80 hour day and still have no effect. I'm even will to go as far as saying that we could define a 150 hour day while not having the Earth fall into the sun.

My point is that our definitions are for our convenience. And it is more convenient to have a constant 24 hours without pandering to the UN than to have some correction factor that will affect noone's schedule (and it won't affect scientists because they are smart enough to add the correction factor if they need to).

[expat_panama]

..Dubya is no different than Algore when it comes to Big Government junk science...

Politics is lots of fun, but there are a few things that actually don't have anything to do with politics. The question here is  whether we want to say 24 hours is equal to an earth's rotation, equal to 1/365.25 of a trip around the sun, or to always be the same amount of time regardless of the earth's and the sun's tiny variations..

We're taking a vote.   Lots of people and I vote for it being the same. 

[r9etb]

You don't have a clue on this one, Willie. Perhaps you forgot your /sarcasm tag?