The Ultimate Answer to Kings: Note to self: Fire Speech Writer.

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.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Note to self: Fire Speech Writer.

Good news: Obama alienates Poland by referring to “Polish death camps”

Bad News: The United States government has a president who will say absolutely anything, if it appears on a Teleprompter screen.

Worse News: The United States government has fallen so far it actually cares what Polish politicians think.

2 comments:

KurtP said...: Actually Poland is about the ONLY European country that has a military fit to go to war anymore to fulfill it's NATO obligations.; May 30, 2012 at 7:53 PM
Tam said...: The administration is more concerned about American voters whose last names end in "-ski".; May 31, 2012 at 7:19 AM