…who’s going to notice two more gasbags in Washington?
Magic government sensors can only detect terrorists!
Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, DC for 360-degree surveillance
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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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Isn’t this blimp thing a bit like using tissue paper to stop bullets? Seems pretty silly to think they’d be any real help if someone wanted to attack the district of criminals.
But hey, why should I care? Personally, I think there should be no stone left standing on another there… and the ground should be salted afterwards.
remember guys,don’t shoot a rifle up in the air…unless you’re sure of your target and what’s behind it.
Does this mean that comments containing key words and phrases such as “dog chain” and “music wire” will get my name put on even more lists than it is already?
It turns out that number 7 shot from a 12g, fired by a… isn’t the most effective against such things:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1453866/Viscount-Mountgarret.html
The article says something about 10,000 feet, so bullets probably aren’t going to help/hurt much.
yeah, but they have to be tethered to do anything. and who’s going to be tasked to watch that tether point? just saying.
clarence
…someone to watch over me….
(with apologies to Gershwin)
Tho’ I’m sure the sensors are pointed outwards – I can’t think of a location more deserving and fit to keep a close watch over. Wall it off – salt the ground – I’m past caring.