Communication is the Key

First I will start by stressing the fact that languages, like cultures, are living, growing, changing, adapting organisms. Many times I have heard people worried about protecting their culture, saving a dieing language, or keeping a language pure. That is like trying to put you or I out in society and expect us not to grow, change, or adapt. Of course we all do, as do our languages. None of the existing languages are the same as they were 300 years ago. Times, people, and situations change, and thus so do their languages. A language changing, can be a good, even great thing, for the people who use it.

As a result, I will be meeting with all the Leaders of both the Spanish speaking and the English speaking countries. We will each bring an accomplished linguist to the Spanish/English Communication Summit. We will be putting together a list of 10 English words that the spanish countries will adopt and 10 Spanish words that the english countries will adopt. Thus making the two languages 20 words more compatible. We will continue to do this once every two years for the next ten years, at which point we will have 100 more words in common between spanish and english.

This is going to help us communicate better and be better able to help one another and work together. We will each grow stronger individually, and collectively.

Be compassionate, and happy.

Your devoted King

All for One, and One for All

Today I am mandating that America switch to the metric system. This will have some opportunity costs upfront because there will need to be some changing of text books, label printing, tooling for machines, and the difficulty of retraining a whole culture, etc. But in the end it will save a lot because you can buy just one set of tools, you only have to print one quantity on labels, and most importantly, we will be able to translate and communicate much more freely with the rest of the world (when we travel outside America, we will actually know how much gas we are putting in our car, and how fast we are supposed to be driving). I believe that as a nation we could be through the learning curve and comfortable with the metric system in five years or less. With it being taught in schools, everyone 25 and younger will pick it up quickly. When I was in fourth grade they told us this was going to happen back then...and as kids we were terrified. It seemed so confusing. As I look back, I wish we had switched then. This will really help us in working together and getting along with our human family. Compatibility and communication are so vital in relationships, and I feel this will really help both our compatibility and communication with the world and even with each other. After all, metric really does make a whole lot more sense.

Best wishes,

Your King

To the Brotherhood of Mankind

As the newly appointed King of America, my goal is to improve human life and welfare on earth. I will update this blog when necessary to inform the public of new mandates that I will be pushing forward. As King of America, I am open to any suggestions that people feel would improve life at home or abroad. I want to improve life for Americans as well as our relationships with other countries. When I die, I hope to be remembered as a humanitarian and philanthropist, not just your King.

Thank you for your support.

Your loving King