Since I know you're concerned . . .

that's discouraging.

I've noticed them all over in my area. Further central and south they are usually more plentiful. Many of them are farmers who complain about paying any taxes, yet receive any number of farm subsidies.

Didn't see any young ones during our visit.

For anyone wondering how we know who they are, they wear silly t-shirts and hats. One group we encountered was talking so loudly everyone in the room could hear them.

The ones up here wear stupid trucker style caps with idiotic logos, usually matching the ones on their trucks. Oh, and they yell about everything, usually about how they are being "subjected".

Around here they start in their thirties but those are a certain type. At that age they just bitch and moan and swear they'll vote for or against (fill in the blank). In their fifties is when you see them out with the hats and talking about protests.

(As a college town we have a whole different subsect of tea partiers who are in their twenties and in love with Ron Paul. That's a story that would take so long to discuss!)

They put them in their yards, or on their vehicles as bumper stickers. I don't see a lot of them in public spouting their absurd nonsense. They do have rallies from time to time, but I have not seen one in person, just on the news or in the papers.

A few I really wanted to laugh at, until I realized that they had their gun racks in their trucks stocked.