The Ultimate Answer to Kings: Yeah, um...

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.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Yeah, um...

Interesting day. Very busy. Put in damned near a conventional day's hard work today. Yeah. Uh...No, I can't tell you about it.

Not for any sinister reasons. Really! Ignore anything you may have heard on the news; they just make that shit up. It's a conspiracy. No, just...well, tactical. Bad juju.

Um...yeah. I'm too tired to find interesting links, which is what I usually do when I can't think of anything to say or can't say what I'm thinking.

Hey! How 'bout some funny pictures!