If the Feds raid Ed Brown...what will you do?

[DadaOrwell2]

As many of you may be aware, Washington is thought to be under some pressure to have tax protestors Ed and Elaine Brown in the courthouse for their sentencing April 24. The Plainfield, New Hampshire couple have been holed up in their house since their convicition on tax charges in Januray. Ed is carrying a .45 and has promised to fire upon any government agent attempting to arrest him or his wife. Ed's not perfect, but at least he's taking a stand and hasn't harmed anyone.

I'm told it will be an a very unusual ocurrance if they are sentenced in absentia. On the other hand, authorities have repeatedly stated they will not initiate an armed confrontation.

In any case we should be especially ready for the possibility of a raid sometime in the next few weeks, and we should each be considering what we are going to do if it ocurrs. I tend to think that the best things to do are those which we do on our own iniatiative, and which are telegraphed to the authorities in advance. However if you are just hunting around for ideas, or you don't have all the information you need to carry out some type of response...This post should assist you even if you're outside New Hampshire.

Here is a list of potential action items which would be appropriate and practical to carry out during the first 48 hours after an attack. Some of them you can carry out now.

1) Go to calendar.nhfree.com and see what types of flash events have been scheduled to occur in response to the raid. Attend them or promote them if you can.

2) Head to your nearest Federal facility with a sign of some type. Plan on being alone at first. Staples has good sign making material...big posterboards are best with lettering at least six inches tall, otherwise car traffic will not be able to read your sign. Better to have this material on hand now, so you are not scrambling to acquire it after the spit hits the fan. You will be three times as effective and visible if you also have a rattlesnake flag and pole. If you need to buy those; e-mail me at dave97635 (that's a hotmail dotcom address). I accept both Fed dollars and precious metals. I'm posting below some ideas for signs.

3) Write a letter to the editor of a nearby paper expressing your concern. In New Hampshire The Concord Monitor, Keene Free Press and the Union Leader seem to print most of the pro liberty letters they receive, and you can be from anywhere in the state. The Keene Sentinel seems to be pretty good about printing our letters if written from the Keene area. Keep them under 200 words in all cases if possible, especially with the Union Leader.

4) Join some political web forums and voice there your support for Ed and Elaine. I've included a list of good forums below. Better to join now and be ready than to join after the event.

5) Call relevant officials to express your concern. I've included a list below.

6) Maybe go to Ed Brown's house? Haven't really given this much thought. Certainly I hope more folks will go there beforehand as a deterrent. His address: 401 Center of Town Road Plainfield, New Hampshire 03781

But again...the important thing is to be ready, and do *something* constructive in response to any raid or seizure of our flinty acquaintence.


Ideas for post-raid signs:


Free
Elaine
Brown
NHfree.com

Are Feds
Torturing
Elaine Brown?
NHfree.com

Or if things go really badly

Feds
Murdered
Ed Brown

I hope I don't have to carry that one.



List of active web forums where you can voice your support for Ed and Elaine:

in new hampshire:
http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=3868.0 - Ed brown discussion thread on NHfree.com
http://seacoastconnects.com/forums/showthread.php?p=19846#post19846
http://merrimackforum.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=66840#66840
http://salemnhforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=14558#14558
http://forum.nashuatelegraph.com/viewtopic.php?p=1793#1793
http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=12652.0

Nationally:
http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1067958#1067958
http://www.bearpit.net/index.php?showtopic=6264
http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=2141241#post2141241
http://www.whistlestopper.com/forum/showthread.php?p=672279#post672279
http://www.politicaldiscussion.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24787#24787
http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=4478.0 -libertarian forum
http://boards.billmaher.com/showthread.php?p=563712#post563712
http://www.uspoliticsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=601718#post601718
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=9953
http://www.libertynewsforum.com/
http://www.conservativex.com/yabbse/index.php
http://www.annoyatorium.com/tt.aspx?forumid=25
http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/index.php
http://www.volconvo.com/forums/
http://www.itsallpolitics.com/general-politics-vf5.html
http://libertypost.org/cgi-bin/latestcomments.cgi
http://www.debatepolitics.com/showthread.php?p=17544#post17544
http://cheaptalk.marijuana.com/420/forumdisplay.php?f=8
http://merit.nosync.org/index.php?showforum=35 - best category to post usually
http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=517252#517252
http://www.strike-the-root.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=;action=login2 - libertarian forum
http://anti-state.com/forum/index.php?board=;action=login2
http://www.fappin.com/board - they request I hit the link button lower right. Stopped posting because it was too complicated
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/smf/index.php
http://tcftalk.com/clairefiles/index.php?&topic=10841.0
http://digg.com/
http://www.christianexodus.us/ - FSP style movement except they are all Christians evacuating to South Carolina


List of public officials in New Hampshire who "serve" Ed and Elaine:

Sullivan County Sheriff Michael L. Prozzo Jr.
14 Main St.
P.O. Box 27
Newport, NH. 03773
PH 603.863.4200
FAX 603.863.0012
or E-mail [email protected]
You can ask him not to cooperate with the Feds in arresting or killing Ed and his friends. One approach is to keep the message under 12 words and ask his secretary to write it down word for word.


NH Sen. John Sununu
603-647-7500
You can ask him what he's doing to keep the other feds from arresting or killing Ed and his friends. One approach is to keep the message under 12 words and ask his secretary to write it down word for word.

Office of NH Governor Lynch
State House
25 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603)271-2121 (603)271-7680 (fax) Email the Governor at
http://www.egov.nh.gov/governor/goveforms/comments.asp

NH Sen. Judd Gregg
603-225-7115

U.S. Marshalls, New Hampshire
Stephen Monier, Gary DiMartino
603 225 1632
You can thank them for their restraint thus far and urge them to continue it....or if they do something evil then you can just yell at them!

Colonel Frederick Booth
Director, NH State Police: (603) 271-2450
33 Hazen Drive | Concord, NH 03305
They were involved in arresting Ed last year, you can ask them not to do that again.


U.S. Rep Paul Hodes
Washington, DC Web Address:
http://hodes.house.gov/
Washington, DC Web Mail Address:
http://www.house.gov/htbin/wre ...
Washington, DC Address
506 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5206
Distric Address - Concord
114 North Main Street
Second Floor
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-223-9814

State Representative Matthew Houde (D)
Current District: Sullivan 01
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Birth date: 03/27/1969
28 Bean Road, Apt C
Plainfield NH 03781-5479
603 469 3149
matthewhoude-at-yahoo.com

Ed's other State Representative Carla Skinder (D,R - you can be both at same time in NH)
Current District: Sullivan 01
First Elected: 11/07/2006
465 East Road
Cornish NH 03745-4433
603 542 6065
603 543 6895
603 863 8383
e-mail: cskinder-at-vrh.org carla.skinder-at-leg.state.nh.us

Attorney General Kelly Ayotte
http://doj.nh.gov/
33 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-3658
TTYD Number: 800-735-2964
Fax: 603-271-2110


William M. Gardner (NH)
Current Office: Secretary of State
First Elected: 1976
Party: Democrat
[email protected]
http://www.sos.nh.gov/
Department Address
State Capitol, Room 204
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-3242
Fax: 603-271-6316


US Representative Carol Shea-Porter (D) , NH
The other NH rep. technically she is not ed's rep.
Current District: 1
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Washington, DC Web Address:
http://shea-porter.house.gov/
Washington, DC Address
1508 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5456
District Address - Dover
104 Washington Street
Dover, NH 03820
Phone: 603-743-4813
Fax: 603-743-5956
District Address - Manchester
33 Lowell Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: 603-641-9536
Fax: 603-641-9561

There's also a list of Ed's elected officials at

http://votesmart.org/search_zipcode.php?zip=03781-5103&go.x=8&go.y=8

Votesmart can also lead you to lists of your own officials if you're outside NH

Dave Ridley
AKA Dada Orwell
NHfree.com

 

[OCJ]

I don't mean to flame here, but you must be some kind of whacko. If I get the jist of this correctly (because you didn't provide the whole story here). A couple refused to pay their taxes, were properly found guilty and now claim to fire upon any government employee doing their job? I really don't get how supporting criminals will help our cause. How is this any different than any other kind of common criminal barricading themselves inside with a gun? Extremists like you just make us all look bad.

 

[javacodeman]

I'm in the same state of mind as OCJ about this unless you can provide some other compelling facts to this situation.

 

[30 cal slob]

i have zero sympathy for people who want to simply avoid paying taxes.

taxes suck but you have to pay them like the rest of us do.

it's one thing if there was some kind of blatant injustice meted out to these folks, but COME ON, it's not worth an armed encounter.

law abiding gun owners should encourage this guy to stand down and do the right thing, otherwise he and the media are gonna make us all look bad.

 

[jcramin]

Yea, Im sorry, but im really thinking the same way OCJ is. Just cause it is Ed Brown doesnt mean he can break the law and just cause he is Ed Brown doesnt mean we should support him breaking the law.

J

 

[TexasRifleman]

Just to make sure, understand that this is not "our" Ed Brown as in the pistolsmith.

 

[OCJ]

After reading more on the links you posted, I think you're even more out there with your views. Do these nutjobs fail to notice that the "constitution" that their "militia" wants to defend clearly gives the government the power to collect taxes and the power to create an income tax is also in there as an amendment.

I think it would be smart for us LAW ABIDING gun owners to distance ourselves from crap like this. I'm sorry, but there have been a million scams tried to get out of paying taxes and this is just another one of them. If we start allying ourselves with criminals, that is what we will be percieved as.

DadaOrwell, Perhaps you should go spew your extremist "lets support criminals who want to get out of paying their taxes" BS on other forums who aren't made up of law abiding citizens. Your friends in NH weren't unfairly targeted(they hadn't paid in 10 years), they broke the law and they are getting punished. Its not because they own guns, its because they didn't pay their taxes. They deserve what is coming to them.

 

[Blackfork]

Taxes and more taxes.

Thanks for the update. You gotta love folks who are willing to put it all on the line. I hope you keep us updated.

 

[glockman19]

I'll do NOTHING. Everyone has to pay taxes. It's not fun but it's the law. Don't support tax evaders and lawlessness. Ed Brown is not taking the high road. This thread should be closed it is NOT gun related. Take it to APS.

 

[OCJ]

Ed Brown is not taking the high road.

And neither is anyone who supports this kind of nonsense.

I completely agree with you glockman.

 

[jcramin]

WOW after reading more about this guy and his wife they are NUTS..

 

[Art Eatman]

I'd probably close the thread, is what I did.

Art