Brown grows gray as siege drags on

[Ian David]

By DAN TUOHY
New Hampshire Union Leader
22 hours, 35 minutes ago

PLAINFIELD – Ed Brown's neighbors are growing anxious. Ed Brown is growing gray.

The gun-toting tax dodger turned 65 on July 22, according to his "Oath of Allegiance to the New Hampshire Republic" filed in county tax records. He's now eligible for Medicare, an odd milestone since he hunkered down in his fortified home in Plainfield some seven months ago.

Other anniversaries may come and go: Ed and Elaine Brown say they will not leave without a fight and U.S. Marshal Stephen R. Monier insists federal forces will not storm their compound off Center of Town Road.

As the standoff continues without end in sight, the federal government is giving financial assistance to the town to defray the cost of extra police patrols and related details, Selectman Robert W. Taylor said.

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"Marshals are dragging their feet," Gordon Wilder said last night. Residents are holding out hope for a peaceful conclusion, but the Brown showdown has stoked anxieties. A group of residents sent the Browns a letter earlier this summer to ask them not to invite hundreds of people to a jamboree at their house. The Browns ignored their request, though neighbors were cordially invited to their party.

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Feds allow Ruby Ridge's Randall Weaver to visit NH Domestic Terrorists during stand-off
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Anti-tax supporters join anti-government militia groups's stand-off in Plainfield, NH
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Bush faces his own Ruby Ridge or Waco in New Hampshire as domestic terrorist militia nuts take stand
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See also:

Another view of Paul’s stand on the Browns

Published: Wednesday, Jul. 18, 2007

Editor’s note: A Keene Sentinel editorial published by The Telegraph on Saturday about Ron Paul’s stand on tax resisters Ed and Elaine Brown has drawn criticisms from Paul supporters, saying Paul does not consider the Browns heroes and has said so.

In an editorial today, the Sentinel expounds further on the issue. Its latest editorial follows.

Ron Paul does not necessarily support Ed and Elaine Brown, the well-armed Plainfield couple that has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion and has refused to surrender to federal marshals. In fact, in a TV interview, the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate said, “I know very little about the case.”

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Paul answered: “It gives you the perfect reason why we have to get rid of this monster, you know, because of what has happened. And a lot of individuals have taken the IRS on and some of them have suffered from it. It sounds like they may be on the verge of suffering or have already suffered. . . . And what they’re doing is they’re standing up for the law.” Then Paul went on seemingly to include the Browns in a category of “heroic” tax resisters who, he said, resemble Gandhi and King, who “fought laws that were unfair and unjust.”

But in a subsequent interview, Paul was asked by Neil Cavuto on Fox TV (www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2rVCI9-tSI) whether he thought the Browns really were heroes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2rVCI9-tSI

More:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/OPINION04/70718017



NH: Tax resisters’ bash draws crowd
Source: Manchester Union-Leader
Posted on 07.16.07 by Mary Lou Seymour

“An estimated 200 people turned out for the ‘Live Free or Die Concert’ at the Plainfield home of convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown yesterday. As of early evening, police were calling it a peaceful gathering. About 100 cars lined one side of the Browns’ half-mile driveway by early afternoon. Helicopters circled overhead as new arrivals searched for parking.” (07/15/07)

More:
http://tinyurl.com/2jbw5l

[JeffR]

1. Ed Brown, sadly, is an idiot who decided to become a criminal

I'm glad the marshalls are dragging their feet, but this man is an utter fool.

[thunder rising]

2. From what I understand he's a criminal playing to the anti-tax

crowd.

If somebody has problems with their income tax, just get a better accountant. Start a business, any business. I mean every blogger needs to write a simple web site to promote his/her own blogging consultancy business.

I had a friend (3x $1M that showed me the way). I built something. He asked if I wrote it off. I said it's a hobby. He said "It looks like a prototype." I said it will never make a profit. He said somethings just don't work out that way; look at Yahoo." So my business was started. In my best year for income I legally paid the lowest I have ever paid. But, get an accountant. Somethings must be depreciated.

And you do not have to create a real business or get a license or anything ... DBA "Doing business as" right there on you return.