The Ultimate Answer to Kings: Ladies, in case you wondered what he wants for Christmas...

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.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Ladies, in case you wondered what he wants for Christmas...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: I found some cool background info on this song.

http://www.shootersparty.org.au/index.php/forums/viewthread/307/

Seems it's part of an effort by a well-known Australian singer, Steve Lee, to raise funds for a party that wants to restore gun rights in that country.

Even if you don't like party politics, that ain't bad.

(Funny, though, isn't it, that no matter where in the world they come from, country singers always sound like they're from Tennessee or someplace. LOL.); December 24, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Thunder said...: I thought Australia had even more restrictive gun laws than the U.S. ...

Why's he got an RPG and 40mm grenade launcher and I don't?; December 24, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Joel said...: I wondered about that, too. Clearly he was flying somewhere, and I assumed it wasn't in Australia.

Here's what I found:
Hey there gun lovers,
Well the first filmclip off of my CD is finally finished thanks to the diligent work of Scott Richardson from Vision TV. He painstakingly put this clip together after several trips to my paintball field and an adventure packed trip to Cambodia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU
Check it out and leave me a message!
Hope you like it.
Steve.

So, Cambodia.; December 24, 2009 at 2:01 PM

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Ladies, in case you wondered what he wants for Christmas...

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Why the hell did you scroll all the way down here?