The Ultimate Answer to Kings: I suppose I could look it up, but...

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, April 19, 2012

I suppose I could look it up, but...

...I don't want to.

Just what does "vaginalistic" mean, anyway?

And cooties? Really, Sarah?

3 comments:

Kevin Wilmeth said...: Aw, bless 'er 'awrt.

I think a couple of the commenters over there nailed the real story here. I, too, am happy as a clam for ol' Sarah to be rockin' the Tweets like that; she makes the case against herself better than any of us could hope to.; April 19, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Claire said...: Has anybody here verified that that's the real Sarah Brady? The notorious one? Someone in the OP's original comment section says the account has been verified as hers and that looks like her picture. But ... I don't think so.

According to SB's bio at the Brady Center, she lives in Delaware. This woman -- if it's actually a woman -- claims to be from Virginia.

The real SB is surrounded by PR handlers and is used to speaking in public; never would she be allowed to say some of the stuff in those tweets.

I did a couple of searches and can't find any verification. If it's the real SB, she's definitely gone 'round the bend.; April 19, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Anonymous said...: Vaginalistic is the opposite of dicklicktic. I am immensely grateful, as is my amazingly beautiful and eternally tolerant bride, that I was blessed with vaginalistic genes rather than the dicklicktic kind.

Buck.; April 19, 2012 at 5:03 PM

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Why the hell did you scroll all the way down here?