The Ultimate Answer to Kings: Being president is apparently very dangerous.

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, June 23, 2012

Being president is apparently very dangerous.

But are you really afraid your supporters will rise up en masse and attack you with their dinner forks? Because I gotta tell you...

President Obama Can’t Be in the Same Room As Forks Anymore?

...I'd quit that job right frickin' now, were it me.

4 comments:

Judy said...: LOL! Can we say 'paranoid'!; June 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM
LJH said...: +1 on Judy's comment. Really, who these days can throw a fork with any accuracy.; June 24, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Anonymous said...: Actually, it's apparently only dangerous as concerns Latinos and silverware. This kind of thing hasn't happened at other functions.

Barack Obama is a racist.

Buck.; June 24, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Joe in Reno said...: They must be worried someone will demonstrate the old axiom "Stick a fork in him he's done"!; June 24, 2012 at 9:11 PM

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