andydread, instead of calling on the various organizations to SPEAK UP! and do something, do something yourself! If you can't do anything effective on your own, donate to the aforementioned organizations. If you're as outraged as you sound, give $100, $1,000, $10,000 ... whatever your budget will bear. Nothing will be fixed unless and until we fix it ourselves.

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No, he meant troll.

Or Nissan the car company going after nissan.com

In some states you can be arrested and charged with a full-blown DUI for riding a bicycle while drunk.

Many of those volunteer fire departments are private corporations. Private, not-for-profit corporations, but private nonetheless. They contract with the local government to provide fire and/or EMS service. Private non-profit emergency services can often provide a lot more bang for the buck than direct municipal/county services can.

Over that many states? Not much coverage considering that area is a square only thirty miles on edge. That's smaller than most counties.