Browns get five years. Couple claim they don't have to pay.

Concord Monitor ^ | April 25. 2007 | Margot Sanger-Katz

[Past Your Eyes]

A federal judge sentenced tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown to more than five years in prison yesterday, giving them sentences at the top of the range recommended by probation officers but below sentencing recommendations offered by the prosecutor.

The couple did not attend the hearing, and Ed Brown refused to recognize the sentence or the federal court that issued it.

"I've been convicted of crimes?" he asked in a phone interview yesterday.

The couple have been holed up in their fortified Plainfield home for several months, saying that any attempts to arrest them will trigger a violent confrontation with federal officials.

[Past Your Eyes]

I think Ed is disappointed that his name hasn't yet been added to the rolls along with Randy Weaver and David Koresh.

[Silly]

What a doofus.

Ed, pull your head out of your heinie and join the real world. It smells nicer out here.

[CalvaryJohn]

I think an airstrike is in order for these wierdos. Give them what they want.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

And Mary Winkler just got 210 days for killing her sleeping husband.

[DainBramage]

saying that any attempts to arrest them will trigger a violent confrontation with federal officials.

Funny how they all say things like this then bitch and moan when they get shot up. As wrong as both are, I wouldn't, however, compare this guy and Weaver to Koresh.

[rabscuttle385]

"The defendants are thumbing their noses at the rule of law every step of the way," [Asst. U.S. Atty. Bill] Morse said.

Illegal immigrants do that every single day, and the federales do nothing.

[Past Your Eyes]

Can’t do an airstrike. Collateral damage might include the property of Mister Justice Stephen Breyer, which is right across the road from Browns’ place.

[SoldierMedic]

The Browns, who maintain that federal income tax laws don't apply to them, argued during their trial that the laws were invalid.

How in the world do the laws not apply to them?

[Leisler]

Some laws are more equal than other laws.

[napscoordinator]

The Browns, who maintain that federal income tax laws don’t apply to them, argued during their trial that the laws were invalid.

WTF? What makes them so special? Another thing is that the police are concerned with his internet useage. Well how about turning it off to the house??? I am sure that they could do that. These guys are going to end up dead or in prison for longer than what they have been awarded. I would also charge them for all the police activity that they are causing. These two are wackos!!!!! I can’t imagine any FREEPERS sticking up for these two...but time will tell.

[napscoordinator]

And Mary Winkler just got 210 days for killing her sleeping husband.

The injustice was Mary Winkler’s husband. She should be in jail for life. The Brown’s deserve the five years if not more.

[SoldierMedic]

http://concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/REPOSITORY/704140315

The Browns, of Plainfield, recently ordered the clerk to close their case, citing themselves as "the court" and "judge." They signed their filings using the names they have recently adopted: Edward, a Living Soul in the Body of the Lord, of the House of Israel, and Elaine, a Living Soul in the Body of the Lord, of the House of Israel.

The Browns changed their names in late March after converting to a non denominational form of Christianity they learned from a man named Sonny. According to friends of the Browns, Sonny, who wears a long beard, all-white attire and sandals, flew from Hawaii to New Hampshire to visit the Browns and shared his religious and legal teachings over several days. The couple has spoken extensively about their new religious beliefs, and their bearing on the case, in internet radio interviews.

[Past Your Eyes]

I bet there are or will be Freepers sticking up for these two. Do a search on Ed and Elaine Brown and you will find other threads.

Regarding the internet: I work for the power company that provides electricity to the Browns’ place. One of the linemen told me just yesterday that they had shut the power off only the day before (at the direction of the Marshal). The phone has also been shut off as well. I’m sure they are well prepared for all this and it will not stop them from communicating with the outside world.

[SoldierMedic]

I can’t imagine any FREEPERS sticking up for these two...but time will tell.

I'm almost willing to place money that there will be some fringe Freepers harping about Big Bad Government trying to keep these two down. I generally feel fine being on this site, but when I come in contact with people like that, it chills me to my bones.

For Example: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825223/posts

[tiger-one]

I thought Breyer lives in Weare?

[napscoordinator]

Yes sometimes FREEPERS are so anti-government that they can’t see the wrong in what individuals do. Although on the other hand we have some that follow the law when convenient. Can’t help it though, love all of our FRiends even if some are misguided. lol.

[Past Your Eyes]

Maybe Ed went wrong when he met Elaine. He sang so good with Helen Cornelius, it’s hard to see why he ever gave that up.

“:^o

[HEY4QDEMS]

then bitch and moan when they get shot up

I've never been shot up but it's a good bet that I too would bitch and certainly moan.

[Past Your Eyes]

It’s Souter who lives in Weare. Breyer is from Massachusetts, but like so many of the elite from that state (including Mitt Romney), he has a place here in NH.

[tiger-one]

Mitt is a RINO