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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 abandoned the city and most of my stuff, 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.
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Gawd, that’s so to-the-point as to not even be funny. We truly are governed my morons.
BTW Joel, I need ideas about how to save up for my ‘Don’t-have-any-effing-health-insurance-because-I-distrust-and-studiously-avoid-the-effing-medical-industry’ fine.
What are your plans?
I’m afraid my plans wouldn’t be of much help. Veterinary supplies are regulated less stringently than med supplies for humans, which means you can get anything you want as long as you can find somebody competent to diagnose and prescribe for you. Actually acquiring medicines isn’t difficult, as long as you don’t pay much attention to the labels which often involve pictures of fish and horses.
So medical care is pretty ad hoc, and at some point I’ll probably either have to throw myself on the mercy of the system or get sick and die.
Argh! Damn scotus! What really bugs me about this whole insurance scam is that there’s been no commentary on the difference between declaring something constitutional and something actually BEING constitutional (well, I suppose that’s what bugs me about ALL of their scams)!
Scam is the word. That’s why I was wondering about a way to save up for the fine.
Unless it’s a yearly thing, I’ll gladly pay the incompetent, bloodsucking bastards to NOT participate in their insurance scam.
If I break a bone or need stitches I have a savings account for that. It’s the only thing the medical establishment does well anyway, the rest is just pimping for big pharma and I’ll have no part of it.
LJH, I misunderstood your question, not having heard that the Nazgul did the wrong thing.
What am I doing to save up for the fine? I don’t need to! If I get caught not providing myself with government-provided healthcare, you’ll be paying my room and board.
You might want to reconsider the idea of treating yourself with animal anti biotics. Some are ok, but you will not have ANY idea how to dose it, even if you are lucky enough to choose something your particular bug is sensitive to. And if you have an allergic reaction… you are going to be in deep trouble out on your own.
Some other animal medications were designed for, surprise!, animals – which have a different physiology than humans. Generally speaking, the testing of those things with animals is a lot more reliable than much human stuff, but you can’t get around the problem of you not being a horse or a fish.
Far better is to improve your immune system so you won’t ever need antibiotics. Eat halfway decent and get rid of the killer stress in your life, and you probably won’t need anything more medicinal than bourbon. 🙂
And no, I’m not buying this high priced scam “insurance” either. They can all go to hell.
Actually ML, according to a couple of medical experts (an MD and RN) interviewed on The Survival Podcast, is that fish antibotics are EXACTLY, PRECISELY the same drug as human antibotics, with some portion running off one arm of the assembly line, to be labeled for humans and the rest off another, to be labeled for fish, etc. The only difference is the dosage.
Also that the expiration dates are completely bogus so you’ll throw it out & buy more long before you need to.
Rats, that sounded a little like a put-down of MamaLiberty’s post and nothing could be further from my intent and I apologize if she took it that way.
I 100% agree with trying ones best not to need the damned stuff in the first place by staying as healthy as possible. But shit happens and it’s a good idea to have some antibotics around, they can save your bacon (or arm, or remaining leg, etc.) 😉
LJH — It’s true that some veterinary meds are exactly the same as human meds. Others are absolutely not. If you need to resort to vet meds, it’s best to have both the Internet and a very knowledgeable veterinarian (who shares your contempt for fedlaw and/or is willing to discuss the abstract & theoretical implications of human use of ved meds without actually giving you “medical advice”) giving you information before you ingest or inject anything marketed for the four-legged, finned, or feathered crowd.
Lay off the bute, Joel!
(probably a joke more suited to old horse-people…)
“(probably a joke more suited to old horse-people…)”
I got the joke immediately. How depressing.