Obama cares. By saying he doesn't know reveals fear. They shut down the white house because of a box of Lipton tea thrown over the fence there while a RC robot looked at it.
A king ignored the first tea party and nobody covered it then. They didn't need recognition by either a king or media and they went pretty far.
You can check to see if your tea party is listed HERE if not, post a comment on this thread citing the city, state and headcount.