The Ultimate Answer to Kings: M's Video!

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 9, 2011

M's Video!

My friend M's hoping to win a video contest on something called getrichslowly.org. Y'all might recognize the house project. I think he's got a pretty good shot! What do you think?

5 comments:

Unknown said...: OH!! You make your mama proud!!!!!; April 9, 2011 at 7:41 PM
Claire said...: Hey, yeah. That's a GOOD video. I've watched several of those getrichslowly.com contest videos and while they might have good info, they're often boring. Just some talking head.

Yours is fun, M! Informative, varied, and lots of other good things. But mostly, fun. (Good music, too.)

Break a leg! Hope you win.; April 9, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Anonymous said...: First, I think that he has a real good shot at winning. You have made a great video. Second I think that you guys are doing an awesome job out there in the middle of nowhere. Lastly I am jealous because it took a lot longer for my wife and I to come to the conclusion that “banks are not our friends” then you guys did. GOOD JOB!

Mike; April 10, 2011 at 7:03 AM
Joel said...: I need to point out that while I did help somewhat in building the Dome, I had nothing to do with the video. He just gave me permission to post it.; April 10, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Anonymous said...: Wonderful job, Ian/M! And in case you haven't noticed, you're getting raves over on GetRichSlowly.com! Dunno how many details you'll want to share, but the site owner and commenters are begging you to write a guest post about your successes. Good on ya.; April 10, 2011 at 12:36 PM

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