The Ultimate Answer to Kings: "It's who I am, Baby!"

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, September 28, 2010

"It's who I am, Baby!"

Jon Stewart has something to say about the Repub's Pledge to America...

Meet the new boss/something something old boss...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Meet the new boss - just like the old boss . . .

Jon Stewart is a funny guy, but his views sometimes make my butt itch . . .; September 28, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Anonymous said...: Lying parasites hoisted by their own petard. Pointless observation of course. The idiot sheeple will still believe.; September 28, 2010 at 5:45 PM
UnReconstructed said...: Stewart is just another lying SOS on TV. Funny how he never lampoons the people who are actually taking the country apart. He just lampoons the people who want to take the country apart in ways he doesn't like. Just another lying elitist snob SOS.

The BEST that could come out of this election is total gridlock.

I need to go take my medication now.; September 29, 2010 at 3:50 PM

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