what do politicans mean when they use the term "witch hunt" today.?
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From dictionary.com:\n\nwitch-hunt also witch hunt (wchhnt)\nn.    An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views.\n\nFrom m-w.com:\n\nMain Entry: witch-hunt\nPronunciation: 'wich-"h&nt\nFunction: noun\n1 : a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft\n2 : the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as political opponents) with unpopular views\n\nThe article at wikipedia is far too long to copy-paste, but you can read it here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt
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Has somthin' to do with things like - \n\nTyson Foods was indicted on 36 charges of conspiracy to recruit and transport undocumented workers from Mexico to 15 of its 57 plants across the country. \n\nTyson continues to hold U.S. government contracts worth more than $200 million a year.\n\nTyson don't want Bushies little plans, see how insignificant you and the other racists who are against immigration rights are?  Even your buddies don't listen to you people.  \n\nCorporate rule is here to stay, go away bigots, go away!
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Yes, I am sick of the foolishness and name calling on people involved in the government. I myself do not "name-call" people I do not like in politics, because I find it inmature and ignorant. Instead, I find that it is much better to find logical points against them then use naive name calling.
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it says that our current government is doing a bad job governing the country as a whole. It's just that simple believe it or not. \n\nSometimes it gets so bad that partisanship doesn't even matter anymore and voters from other parties will vote for candidates other than their own.
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'McCarthyism'  sp?  The notion that a congressman, I think, can submit a name before congress/senate and without proof, condemn a man or women to the label of 'red.'  That is to say, a communist.  Who knows, maybe McCarthy was a pinko?  But to destroy someone based upon speculation is, well, just a witch hunt.
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It means that the Dems are falling apart just a few days into their new power.\n\nIt happens in all criminal organizations. Once a little money or power comes into the group, they all start fighting over it instead of using it to get to their goal.\n\nOf course, the Dems have no goals except to get power, so that's why they don't know what to do now.
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In the 1800"s the word became popular from the clan, "Chieftains", who ran protection rackets on farmers in Scottland.  Should a  Farmer  not pay their mail, old term used for rent,  Chieftain would steal their cattle and crops.  Since this was considered evil, it was considered,\n "Blackmail."
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G-Man is an old fashioned term to talk about some one in the FBI.  Now days people use it in a broader sense and sometimes mean anyone who works for the government.
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i'm not that familiar with the story, except that it is about witch hunting in a town. this quote, whoever says it, is someone begging Thomas not to get involved in witch craft. is it his wife? that would make sense, that she's begging her husband not to get in it because the town (who was full of people paranoid about witch craft) would charge them with the crime.
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Hey you have no idea.....we are corrupting the minds of our little ones and don't even know it.  Actually each one has a meaning usually based on history.  For example Goosey Goosey Gander is all about religious intolerance.  \n\nGoosey Goosey Gander where shall I wander,\nUpstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber\nThere I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers,\nI took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs.\n\nApparently this was said to "scare" you into saying the appropriate prayers by whoever was "the law" and in charge.  \n\nI have found an exceptional site that I found quite an interesting read about many nursery rhymes and their "hidden" meaning.  Check it out some are surely gruesome and others just amazing!\n\nhttp://www.rhymes.org.uk/index.htm
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Homosexuality, Interracial dating/marriages, pro-choice, women rights (women in the work force) equal opportunity employment/education, freedom to practice one's religion/culture/speak one's language, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, clothing - skirts above the knees, tank tops, tight pants/shirts, showing belly, bikini's, etc., piercings (especially on men), tattoos, paganism (witches are becoming the norm now like Wiccans, white witches, etc.) Sex on TV, Cursing on TV, TV Violence. Expression against the government.
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.\n\n\nBECAUSE WOMENS LIES AND HEAD GAMES FROM YEARS AGO, IS CATCHING UP WITH THEM.\n\nIT'S CALLED........\n\nYOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.\n\n\n.
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I don't know. I suppose you are referring to politicians...because given the number of democratic citizens out there I'm sure one has used it in a debate w/ a fellow citizen sometime this week.  Though they do tend to mudsling. \n\nThis is all I could find online for you. Sorry...(below)\n\nBest of Luck!
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Theres only one word for it:\n\nDEVASTATING!\n\nThe Establishment has developed a strategy of fear and induced hysteria to control and manipulate us into the lifestyle and political viewpoint that suits their agenda.\n\n"The people need wholesome fear; they want to fear something. They want someone to frighten them and make them \nshudderingly submissive." \n- Ernst Roehm, leader of the Nazi SA Brownshirts...\n\nOnly fear brought them back into power on the 2nd election. Only by fear could the public be brought to accept the loss of their constitutional rights by laws such as the Patriot Act.
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God Bless my arse!!!!!!\n\nIt's Political Grandstanding for the right-wing vote.  Nothing more.   Religious jargon for religious idiots.\n\nOrganized religion is for people who are unable to think for themselves as far as I'm concerned.
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What you are asking is what former president Clinton meant when he actually used that phrase. I wish I knew. I am fairly good at interpreting the doublespeak of lawyers and politicians, but I could never get this one either.
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"A Scarborough Warning is to let something go by the run and without seeing that everyone was clear, i.e., with no warning at all. The expression is of very ancient origin, as is also Jedburgh Justice , which in the old moss trooping days meant to hang first and try the case afterwards."\n\n"The expression "Jeddart justice" or "Jethart Justice", where a man was hanged first, and tried afterward (compare Lynch law), seems to have arisen from one case of summary execution of a gang of villains."\n\n"give her what we call in uk the scarbrough warning!tell her how youfeel,how shes treating you..are a human or a door mat,because shes wiping her feet all over you...just imagine the conversation shes having when she talks to her female mates...all about you..yor a wimp..soft touch... \nweak as p*ss...and so on...so tell her thats it enoughs enough!!if she doesnt stop shes out of your life forgood..let her go she deserves a bloke who can fight back...(not into female violance)but a good crack wouldnt go a miss...best wishes"