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The idea of moving the Prime Meridian (0^\circ) to the International Date Line (IDL) (roughly 180^\circ) involves shifting the global reference point for both longitude and time.

Here are some reasons for such a monumental change:

🌍 Arguments FOR Moving the Prime Meridian to the IDL

The arguments generally focus on a more logical or symmetrical geographical and temporal system.

Symmetry and Simplicity:

By making the 180^\circ meridian the zero point, the entire globe could be labeled with longitude values ranging from 0^\circ to +180^\circ (East) and 0^\circ to -180^\circ (West), which technically still results in the same 360^\circ system but could be seen as having a clear geographical center point in the Pacific.

Geographical Neutrality:

The current Prime Meridian at Greenwich was chosen primarily due to the dominance of the British Empire's maritime and cartographic influence in 1884. Moving the zero point to the IDL, which passes almost entirely over the open ocean (the Pacific), would make the global time and coordinate system geographically neutral and less centered on a single nation's history.

Logical Center of the Earth:

The IDL lies where the calendar day naturally begins and ends. Using this line as the zero point might be argued as more logical because the Prime Meridian would then become the line where the day is halfway over (12 hours of difference), creating a symmetrical temporal division.

I intentionally omitted the arguments against it. Be creative!

Democrats never saw a tax on Americans they didn't love. But what do you think of President Trump's proposal to END the income tax and instead create a new EXTERNAL Revenue Service to make other countries pay up what they owe America?

We need to liberate the US economy from this authoritarian Washington bureaucracy of unelected Deep State bureaucrats who use their power to persecute the people they are supposed to be reporting to.

And President Trump has the best ideas to accomplish just that including ELIMINATING the IRS and income taxes altogether to bring the US back to 'richest period' in its history, to stop taxing US productivity, to stop making American citizens targets for IRS persecution and to make other countries who have been leeching off of and taking advantage of American citizens for decades PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

Tell the Democrats to STOP WORKING AGAINST America's interests and get with the program!

Eliminate the IRS and replace it with the EXTERNAL Revenue Service to liberate American citizens from this Washington tyranny.

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I proposed to my now-wife on Friday, March 10, 2023 around 6:30 pm in the Bonefish Grill in Gainesville, Florida. Just like in the movies from the 1930's and 1940's, I got down on one knee the middle of that very crowded restaurant, make a few very brief comments, and then asked. . . while the restaurant manager (who knew my plan in advance) video'ed the event. I have no idea what I would have done if she had said "no," and it was my good fortune that she agreed to become Ms. OlderAndWiser.

Have you ever proposed and been rejected, or received a proposal and rejected it? Did the rejection ultimately get reversed, and the proposal was accepted?

Looking back on that experience, do you think the rejection was the right response? If so, why? Do you look back with regret and wish it had not ended with rejection?