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Posted by BusMgr on Fri Mar 16 14:00:53 2012, in response to Re: QM20 Wall Street online petition is now available, posted by merrick1 on Thu Mar 15 19:19:02 2012. Perhaps, and arguably so. But the word "ousted" also conveys the secondary meanings of getting someone out who has been in place too long, and of showing disapproval of the person's policies. And using such powerful or emotionally-charged words exhibits one's conviction as to those secondary meanings. To wit:Bloomberg has been in office too long, as mayors are limited by law to two terms yet Bloomberg arranged to have the law suspended sufficiently for him to take three terms. Bloomberg has also implemented bad policy with respect to public transportation, taking a system of privately-operated bus service for which the mayor was directly accountable to the electorate, and then turning over its operation to the MTA, thereby shielding himself from direct accountability and increasing the taxpayer cost for its operation. Those who disagree politically with these perceptions would probably have preferred a word that reflects Bloomberg's "retirement"! |
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