Kick Ass!

I saw the movie Kick Ass over the weekend and I liked it a lot. I never doubted that I would, however, seeing as though I'm a huge comic book fan. In a Kick Ass world, regular folks could stand up to drug lords and murderers leaving a trail of scumbag corpses in their wake. But we all know this sort of thing could never be in the real world. The law forbids that kind of justice and instead, we're left with corrupt peacekeepers and slimy lawyers who think we are best served by molding us into the cream-filled weenies depicted on Law & Order.

There's something noble about standing up for basic good when people look only to words in a law textbook for the difference between right and wrong. Few seem to realize these days that some things can't be found in dusty tomes and amendment-addled legislation. Some things are just what they are, as they have been for centuries upon centuries. Perhaps this blind faith in words is due to a evolutionary inability to make decisions. Instead of doing what must be done, people mull their decisions until someone or something talks them out of going down the right road. Unfortunately, liberal ideology is wrought with 'easy way out' shop talk that often leads the weak astray. Just as the hybrid car crazy demonstrates, something may seem like a good idea at first, but really isn't if you examine the basic facts. A hybrid may use less gas, but it costs much more than a regular car and makes little monetary difference in the long run. On top of that, half of the environmental impact is simply displaced to the power companies. Just because you get to plug the car in instead of always filling it with gas doesn't mean you're being any more 'green'.

The Arizona illegal immigrant legislation is a perfect example of taking the reins and making the right decision, no matter what some may think. This move on Arizona's part is a natural, common sense maneuver to protect its citizens, something the federal government doesn't seem to have the stomach for. Either D.C. is bogged down in chewing their 'social justice' cud, or they're scared to step on toes, either way, Arizona beat them to the punch. And just like scalded law enforcement, the 'feds' are irritated that a state dared to take justice (albeit perfectly legal) into their own hands and make them look bad. The Obama administration has been drawing weak-principled lines in the sand for a while. It was high time someone braved to step over.

The arguments against the legislation are many and as most liberal arguments are, they're as noisy as a flock of agitated geese and just as messy. Does it infringe upon basic human rights as they may argue? No, not really. When someone comes across our border, they must abide by our laws of immigration and naturalization and if they don't, they must be removed. Is it hostile? No, if done properly as dictated in the actual legislation, it is not. But the senseless anger continues. None of these protesters seem to care about the welfare of actual U.S. citizens. Arizona is simply doing what it must in a charged climate, but the liberal machine and jelly-spined RINOs, won't have it. Basic good, common sense, these are not things in which they dabble.

In the film, Kick Ass says "with no power comes no responsibility." Later on, he retracts that belief. In some cases, those without power are the ones who must make efforts to be responsible; those with power too easily forget how. Just like Arizona, the conservatives in this country have spent too long believing they are powerless to instigate real change. And just like Arizona, we must wake up and realize that we do, in fact, have power. If evil does truly triumph when good does nothing, we can't watch from our windows any longer as freedom is beaten to death. My friends, it's time to kick ass!