Seen in the foothills (Part I): Tea Party linked to rurality

When I spend week-ends in the Sierra foothills east of my home in Sacramento, I often see things I think worthy of short posts--or just visuals that seem emblematic of rural living.  I feel inclined to share these, so I am starting this new series "Seen in the foothills."  This past week-end, I saw this sign at three or four locations around Amador and El Dorado counties.  I am not entirely surprised to see the Tea Party linked to "Rural America" and its defense, but I half wish I could attend the event in order to see if this linkage gets fleshed out--and if so, what the details of that linkage are.  Prior posts here, here, here, and here discuss the "rural-ness" or lack thereof of El Dorado, Amador and neighboring Calaveras counties.

Under the Office of Management and Budget definition, Amador County is nonmetropolitan, but El Dorado County is metropolitan.  El Dorado County is part of the greater Sacramento Metropolitan area, but Amador County is not.  Sutter Creek, the site of the event, is in Amador County.