Today Lauren and I went to our local Tea Party with our friends Mark and Kim. There were about 1000 people at the event and more were arriving by the time we left. There were many clever signs. This was, I thought, the best:



I hope the effort of the folks that went out today to protest the exorbitant government spending, bailouts and the forthcoming tax increases are being noticed by Congress.

You can see a few pictures of the event here, Mark Buttler's FaceBook photo album.