Because what happens over there impacts on me and mine EVERY DAY. From HSUS to HCI to the UN, you obviously have no idea as to the way anti-freedom philosophies and techniques are exported from certain parts of the US. So many of our homegrown lefties take their lead from what happens Stateside, especially eco-extremists and anti-gunners. Right now, our Attorney-General is rushing to copy as much of the absurdly-named Patriot Act as possible.
And BTW madame, I have never put a California flag on my FR page or anywhere else. What possible motive I could have for doing something like that I cannot imagine. Your memory is as defective as your reasoning.
Hmmmm ... and they don't take stuff from England and other parts of the globe too ? The eco-terrorists aren't American. The Greenies are Europeans and the American ones learn from them.