"Macaulay was notoriously dismissive, if not downright hostile and contemptuous, about native Indian, and particularly Hindu, customs and religious superstitions, " writes Masani.

BBC: Recalling Thomas Macaulay's English legacy

That is, if anything, less dismissive than the last time the MTA threw cold water on the notion of sending the subway system across city and state borders for the first time.

WSJ: N.J. Subway Idea Lives

As for other competitors, Page is also dismissive, if more diplomatic: he doesn't see lawsuits dictating a company's fate, and questions "how well" all-out legal assaults work in practice.

ENGADGET

What if they are so committed to their agenda and dismissive of their constituents that they will allow unemployment to rise, interest rates to skyrocket, government services to disappear, seniors to lose their Social Security checks and other catastrophic consequences of debt defaults and government shutdowns?

CNN: GOP's obstructionism is suicide strategy

Without any proposed capital controls or explicit enforcement measures, the U.S. Markets Security Act of 1997 contains a clear message: The relevant Committees of the Congress including Banking, Foreign Relations and Intelligence are now watching, even if most in the Executive Branch and the markets remain perilously dismissive of this complicated 21st century security challenge for this country and our allies.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Testimony of Roger Robinson on market security

Without any proposed capital controls or explicit enforcement measures, the U.S. Markets Security Act of 1997 contains a clear message: The relevant Committees of the Congress -- including Banking, Foreign Relations and Intelligence -- are now watching, even if most in the Executive Branch and the markets remain perilously dismissive of this complicated 21st century security challenge for this country and our allies.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Testimony of Roger Robinson on market security

For all of us who are in this business of dealing with public opinion, and courting it, and trying to shape it, and trying to make it into an instrument for the implementation of our values, to be dismissive of the fact that the United States House of Representatives or Senate might vote a condemnation as if that doesn't mean anything?

CNN: Transcript: Opening statement of Rep. Frank