There's one redeeming feature of the faux-populist angry old white conservatives who make up the Tea Party. They provide some great unintentional sign-based humor.

I take a look at some of the best signs from their April 1st outing in my latest Down East column.

Here's one more awesome example that I forgot to include (via Forecaster reporter Randy Billings):

Conspiracy theorizing? check. Spelling and grammatical errors? check. Vauge threats? check. This is going to be a tough one to beat but I'm sure the Tea Partiers will make a good effort to top it in their protests today.