Al Gore, Meet King Canute by Dave Nalle

"Long ago in Britain there was a King named Canute who became frustrated with his courtiers and advisers constantly fawning and flattering and telling him that his word was law and acting as if he could do anything in the world just because he was king.
One day when a courtier told him that he was so mighty he could command the stars in the heavens and the tides of the sea, Canute got fed up and told his courtiers to grab his throne and meet him on the beach at Southampton. He had them place the throne below the high-tide mark and then sat there in his finest robes. "

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