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August 8, 2013 – It’s getting a little hot in here, don’t ya think?   I mean in the United States, because of all the protesting goin’ on.   Unless I’m badly mistaken, it’s starting to look like Americans are really getting mad.   From California to Maine, citizens of this blessed country are exercising their rights to freedom of association and freedom of expression.   The government, whether it’s state, local, or national, is doing nothing about protecting the environment, and we want it to do something.   Americans have finally found their voice. In California, more than 200 protesters were arrested while they were peacefully demonstrating outside a Chevron refinery that caught on fire a year ago.   At least 15,000 residents of Richmond, CA went to the hospital for respiratory complications as a result.   (You may have heard that Chevron was fined $2 million after months of failed negotiations between the oil company and Richmond’s City Counc...