The Ultimate Answer to Kings: On this date...

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, July 29, 2010

On this date...

Arizona joins Vermont and Alaska in treating adults like adults.

The new non-law has fallen pretty much off the national radar because of all the talk generated by that other thing Arizona did. But this is good, anyway.

Next?

4 comments:

CorbinKale said...: Free exercise of a Constitutionally protected Right? What will those crazy Arizonans demand next? That the Federal Government enfore their own immigration laws? Ludicrous!; July 29, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Jim said...: Next?

Why, you must prepare for the inevitable blood bath, of course. Carnage in the streets. Just like Vermont and Alaska.; July 29, 2010 at 3:04 PM
CorbinKale said...: Arizona, Vermont and Alaska are making us Texans look terrible, on the liberty front.

Our silly-assed legislators are scared witless to decriminalize Open Carry! They are stubbornly maintaining their unconstitutional arms infringement laws, and it's friggin' humiliating.; July 29, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Now if AZ would just legalize weed like CA, it would be the ultimate place for the Guns and Dope party!

http://www.maybelogic.com/gunsanddopeparty/; July 29, 2010 at 8:40 PM