The Ultimate Answer to Kings: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices,...

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.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

"He has erected a multitude of New Offices,...

...and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."

Yeah, that's from the DoI too, you shithead.

Seen at War on Guns, Reason, and I'll probably see it a dozen times more today. And now you're seeing it here. Rep. Phil Hare (D-Il) demonstrates his constitutional scholarship.

I'll bet this bloated oaf gets re-elected.