Herman Melville resonates even into Current events
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Not terribly comforting when realizing that Ahab (and Khan) said this when kicking the bucket. Modern politics as a Leviathan while whale? Perhaps.
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Thanks Ken, you helped me crystallize the idea in my mind and I'll submit a variation on that theme. :) maybe it will get featured.
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Actually I was thinking more of Al Gore's political demise after his court battles to keep manufacturing hanging chads on ballot cards in Florida after the 2000 election.
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TODAY'S POLITICS BE LIKE... TO THE LAST, I GRAPPLE WITH THEE; FROM HELL'S HEART, I STAB AT THEE; FOR HATE'S SAKE, I SPIT MY LAST BREATH AT THEE.
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