"Half Magic" (more Driftglass)

[scottxyz]

Driftglass is onto the little trick the Repubs have of constantly moving the goalposts 20 yards to the right, knowing the media and the Dems will always "split the difference" and meet them halfway:

http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2005/04/heres-what-ship-that-has-already.html

There was a book I loved when I was a little driftglass called, “Half Magic” by Edgar Eager, about a talisman that granted the user exactly half of what they asked for. Wish to be ten times stronger that Lancelot, you’ll get five. Wish for a million in cash, you get 500K. In the Mainstream Media, the Right Wing of the Republican Party found their Half Magic Charm. And each time you met them halfway, they moved the goalposts another twenty yards again...and you jogged right on along behind them, ten yards at a time.

The “compromise” between the truth and a lie...is a lie. The “compromise” between science and superstition...is superstition. Now, would you care to guess what the compromise between tolerance and bigotry is? Between knowledge and ignorance? Between Ann Coulter and Paul Krugman?

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I remember an old joke about media balance: "And now, for an opposing viewpoint from... Adolf Hitler!"

[bemildred]

1. Fuckin' A right. nt

[Lindacooks]

2. All Edward Eager books are fantastic - read them all.

Seven Day Magic
Magic or Not?
Knight's Castle
The Time Garden
Magic by the Lake
The Well Wishers

And Driftglass is my new favorite blog - THANKS!!