The Ultimate Answer to Kings: I got nothing this morning.

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.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I got nothing this morning.

The torrential rain turned to snow, turned back to rain, and slacked off just about the time I remembered I probably shouldn't have left my favorite shirt hanging from the Gitmo fence while I was working in there yesterday. My sink is stopped up - I blame Obama. My prosthesis keeps giving me bloody blisters and I can't figure out why. Does Pelosi stop by to make it all better? She does not. Bitch. W's dog Redgirl ate the Gitmo gate. ATE IT! High quality cyclone fencing now looks like a vertical bowl of spaghetti, which is what I got for finally thwarting her neverending quest to dig out under the fence. Bitch. Well, technically Redgirl actually is a bitch, but still.

Screw it, I'm going back to bed. Here's an annoying video with a puppy in it. I'm pretty sure it's Ron Paul's fault.