The Ultimate Answer to Kings: :-D Nancy Pelosi, May you live a thousand years!

They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means "The Ultimate Argument of Kings," and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. "We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it's about: You'll do as I say or I'll send my goons to kill you."

I thought about that for a long time. If there's an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I've got bullets - he's got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that's not going to happen. So if there's an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain't bullets.

It finally came to me - and that's when I left the city, abandoned a goodly percentage of my goods, and gave all that was behind me a good, stiff Randian Shrug.

The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.

Friday, May 15, 2009

:-D Nancy Pelosi, May you live a thousand years!

This sort of comic relief is almost worth what you cost us.

Almost.

Not, you know ... quite.

What did she know? When did she know it? Was she briefed? Was she informed that a briefing existed somewhere (but of course not around her)? Will she lose her place in her notes again? And of course, how how HOW can she make this all John Yoo's fault, since at this point she's reduced to winging it and stammering while wishing painful, lingering death on the staffer who couldn't invest in one fucking staple?