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By KRISTEN SENZ
Union Leader Correspondent
Friday, Jun. 8, 2007
PLAINFIELD – "What are they trying to do, start a war?" Ed Brown said of the police presence near his Plainfield home yesterday. "What do they think we have in here, tanks?"
Brown, who maintains there is no law that requires average American citizens to pay a direct tax on their wages, spoke to a group of reporters from a second-floor window in his house after a veritable army of heavily armed police officers and federal agents left the area around his rural home without ever making contact with him.
The government detained and questioned a man who discovered surveillance teams positioned around the house yesterday morning.
As Brown spoke, half a dozen helicopters made wide circles overhead.
"How does a foreign national army act in a country they are occupying?" Brown said. "These people are no different than our troops in Iraq. I feel bad for our troops over there."
Brown, who asserts that the federal government has no jurisdiction in New Hampshire and no authority to charge him under a non-existent law, said the activity surrounding his properties in Plainfield and West Lebanon yesterday was a "Zionist, Illuminati, Free Mason movement."
"I hope I don't see anybody up there with guns in the woods, because what am I supposed to do?" he said, citing a New Hampshire law that allows citizens to defend their property with deadly force.
Brown, who called his residence "a house of peace," said a friend took his dog for a walk at 8 a.m. yesterday and never came back.
"The dog came running back in a panic about 45 minutes later," he said.
His friend was taken into custody by federal agents after the man discovered surveillance activity on the property, according to U.S. Marshal Steve Monier.
Brown said the agents "kidnapped" his friend and "stole" his West Lebanon property.
Brown said he had an inkling Wednesday night that federal agents were planning something when he saw a low-flying police aircraft pass eastward over his house around 9:30 p.m. By yesterday afternoon, he said, his house telephone line and Internet service had been shut off and his cell phone rendered useless. All this because, as Brown sees it, he's standing up for his rights.
"I'm you," he said. "I'm just saying I'm not going to take it anymore ... I'm fighting for your freedoms."
Brown said it's only a matter of time before everyone who stands up to the U.S. government ends up in his shoes.
"Your time is coming up pretty soon," he said. "If you don't go along with the Free Masons, they'll attack you too." Brown, who says he now adheres only to the laws of the creator, sharply criticized state and local police officers, calling them "candy a----" who don't think for themselves.
"They really are babies," he said. "They're mindless little ... They're nothing like the police we had 15 years ago."
Brown declined to say how many supporters were staying with him and his wife, Dr. Elaine Brown, but he did say a "huge raft" of 20-somethings have passed through his doors over the past few months. "The sleeping giant is waking up," he said.
Brown said he doesn't care about warrants or court orders, because he doesn't believe he's a criminal. If he committed a crime, he said, he would turn himself in.
"This is just paper," he said. "This is fiction. The entire American government is fiction. We created it, didn't we?" Brown said he does not plan to surrender to authorities.
"We're a very reciprocal people. You do us good, we're going to do you good. You do us bad, we're going to do you bad," he said. "... This whole thing is a joke, but they'll kill me because of this joke."
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To those of you who mention police protection, schools, town roads, etc.- Please people, you have to know that these things are paid for with property taxes not Federal income taxes. Ed Brown has paid and continues to pay his property taxes. Of your Federal income taxes, at least 40% are paying for the US government's imperialist war machine... Our legislature has been ineffective at changing this fact and, frankly, if more people like Ed are not willing to stand up against it, our nation will likely go the way of the Roman Empire.
- Micah Houtz, Exeter
Every once in a while someone claims the same thing, no law requiring income tax, and each time they are proven wrong. And anybody who utters statements containing both the words "the Zionists" and "the Masons", well, its easy to draw a conclusion there.
- Roy, Alexandria, VA
He's right, though; it is artificial. This whole society is made-up, created by imagination, driven by materialism, greed, power. Laws are created so the physically inferior have power against the physically superior, and so those in political power can remain there. The system is based upon propaganda, and you all believe in it. But this is a dream world. Of course the tax law is going to fall in favor of the government. Duh. The point is that there are many of us who don't want to live in this artificial world, who want to completely remove ourselves from this depraved society, and we're the ones who are persecuted and put in jail for standing up for ourselves. It's easy to sit back and spew glib comments when you're a sheep, just another cog in the wheel, who thinks what you're told to think. I'd like to see more people who want true natural freedom returned all get together and start taking back the land from the rest of the human cancer.
- Chris Worther, Keene
How easy is this? If indeed there is a law that has been upheld by the United States Supream Court that clearly states that the taxes the Browns alledgely owe, are true and just and lawfull, then show it to the Browns. They have stated that if there is such a law, they would pay. They are educated people and from what is known about them, they are for all intensive purposes, law abideing citizens. They have questioned there being such a law and the Constitutionality thereof in enforceing a law that they don't believe exist. It should never be against the law for American Citizens to question weather there is a law or not. What is this threatening show of force against American Citizens about? Never should Americans be threatened by their own Government without first being shown the law in question and having it interpreted to them by their own Attorney. It is possible that if that were done and the Browns granted Amnesty for their questioning the law that they should have the legal right to do as Americans, that this situation would resolve itself. As a matter of fact, it wouldn't hurt to show every United States Citizen the law so as to put everyones mind to rest as to weather such a law exists or not. Put this thing to bed and give the Browns the opportunity to see the law and pay what's alledgedly owed. They would probably do the right thing once their questions are answered. Probably a lot cheaper than the expense of that ridiculos show of force that just may have violated the law itself. Just an opinion.
- Trent Porter, Raymond, NH
I realize that the men with guns, tanks, dogs, helicopters etc, are 'just following orders' but PLEASE don't kill the Browns over something as stupid as MONEY. JM
- Judith Moriarty, Claremont
It's sad when a Canuck know the US constitution more then an American but the 16th amendment states that everyone must pay taxes so there read em and weep. Now shut up pay up your 15 minutes of fame are over, now for the next idiot to come along with another crazy conspiracy theory. What a waste of police manpower when they could be of better use else where.
- Jean Paul Tremblay, cole harbor, Nova Scotia
This entire exercise in futility can be peacably brought to an instant end by Mr. McAuliffe, (the Administrator of the corporate tribunal exercising jurisdiction without a contract being in evidence,) simply by bringing forth THE LAW that is asserted as having such jurisdiction. NO LAW, NO JURISDICTION! Simple isn't it?Where is the LAW Mr. McAuliffe? You have a duty and obligation under your oath to present the LAW. Do it!
- DICK MARPLE, Hooksett
To Carol McCoy:
Yes, the Constitution....The document by which you say is "The law of America, " states in the 16th ammendment "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." And, this was ratified by NH on March 7, 1913.
So what again was your argument in defense of these dispicable people?
I find it amazing when people skew the constitution so as to accept the ammendments they believe in (1st, 2nd, 13th, 14th) and ignore the others that they deem unacceptable. If you want to change the Constitution, I suggest you organize and do so politically. And until it's changed, you should do as "the law of America" says.
- Ben Clemons, Nashua
U.S. Constitution, Article One:
Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
It would follow that The Congress gets to determine what types of Taxes it collects. The budgets passed by the US Congress and signed by the President are indeed the laws of the land. As are the income taxes and tax rates established by these laws.
The route Brown is taking is not the way to fight or to change US tax law.
- Michael Costolo, Amherst
The United States Code (USC) is a compilation of the United States Statutes at Large. It is the US Statutes at Large that are ultimate evidence of the laws governing the United States. The USC is put together by the Office of the Law Revision Council of the US House of Representatives in order to simplify administration of the laws. The US Statutes at Large are kept in chronological order and contain all amendments, repeals, etc. This makes the Statutes at large difficult to reference. The USC is kept in order of subject matter and changed to reflect the current status of amendments, repeals etc. Some portions of the USC are fairly static. These sections are then proposed to become "positive" laws, meaning that, once approved, the section in the USC will become the current Statute. For Statutes subject to frequent revision, the USC section never has time to move through the process to become "positive". This does not mean "there is no law making an average worker liable for direct taxes on his paycheck". There certainly is such a law and if a court is not willing to accept the USC as prima facie evidence, one only needs to introduce the United States Statutes at Large, which are prima facie evidence.
- Terry Gibbons, Windham
The fact that everyone BELIEVES they HAVE to pay Federal Taxes is their own ignorance. This country is blind and lives in fear of their own "Government".
Open your eyes and do some research Americans, instead of assuming that you actually do have to pay them and then post false comments based on your own "knowledge", just think for one second, What if this were true? Then you would be enraged and all the Americans who've lost their homes, jobs, and are in jail all because of something non-existent. Wouldn't you want your money back? Think about how much how long you've paid these Federal Taxes and how much you would be OWED.
We are "The People", but we act as if we are powerless. We are the majority, and the majority rules. Stand up. WE as Americans need to live outside this so-called "Box" and read your laws. Watch this FIRST, THEN post your "comments"
Find the truth here:
http://www.freedomtofascism.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRs8Pn7TErU&NR=1
Free Speech cannot be taken away.
- Jeff Randall, Manchester
The view that Americans have no legal obligation to pay their Federal income taxes is absurd. Those who claim that everyone but them have been duped by the IRS to think otherwise are simply anarchists who egotistically think they are above the rule of law. The police should do their jobs and arrest these lunatics immediately, remanding them to the jail they so fully deserve.
- Frank Smith, Manshester
In response to Rick Lavallee, Manchester.
What part of "there is no law making an average worker liable for direct taxes on his paycheck" is so difficult to absorb. Mr. Brown, and millions of other Americans would and do pay any taxes they are liable for. The fact is, and anyone can verify the facts for themselves, instead of just taking the IRS, DOJ, and Federal judges corrupt word, there is no law-period. The law of America is the Constitution. All Federal statutes, including Title 26 of the USC, must adhere to the Constitution. And, it does. Title 26 is not positive law, and as such listed in the Federal Register as applicable to everyone. Title 26 is "special law", applicable only to those who choose to volunteer into its jurisdiction.
Before you spout-off about such things, Mr. Lavallee, I suggest you get your facts straight.
- Carl McCoy, Nashua
All Americans believe in justice, whether they support the income tax or not.
Ed Brown was barred from presenting evidence at his trial. If his evidence was worthless or laughable he would have been convicted. But it is not justice to deny him his chosen defense.
I don't know if Ed Brown is legally correct, but I believe he is morally right. And he is standing up for what he believes in.
By doing so, he helps all americans.
- Susan Leach, Concord
Ed Brown is right on the law. Others have beat the same charge in court. some have gone to jail. but only because the courts DID NOT follow the law. Ed Brown has decided that he will not comply with an illegal judgement. What do you do in the U.S. if the court illegally convicts you wants to take you to jail take your money and property? If the courts are allied against you what's your recourse? Ed Brown made his decision. George Washington made a similar decision. I may not agree with all of Brown's rhetoric but, I think, legally an constitutionally he's on better ground than the state.
- Elijah West, Mechanicsville, VA
How long is this saga going to go on for?
Apparently, the police are getting antsy and bringiong in all sorts of equipment as a show of potential force.
The Brown's have sworn death before surrender. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
If you want to live in this country, you have to help pay your share of the taxes that pay for local, city and state services: Police, fire protection; town roads, schools etc...
Granted, the federal government can be the biggest, most disrespectful waster of our money but holing up in your house in protest is not the answer.
If you're unhappy with the taxation, rally your townspeople and vote for the changes you want to see implemented.
Barricading yourself in your fortified, well stocked (for now) house is folly. Look at the results of Waco, TX and the Branch Davidians.
A small tractor in front of the door to the house is positively no match for an armoured vehicle.
To the Brown's: Give up, pay your taxes and your penalties and seek redress in a calm, civilized manner in a court of law lest you be on the losing end of an outgunned, better equipped police assault.
Patience is a virtue but not a limitless one.
- Rick Lavallee, Manchester
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