Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 445 Location: melbourne, Australia
The Browns, an IRS nightmare
This was sent to me in an email this morning, so I will share it with any who may be interested in it.
Subject: The Browns, a Nightmare
What if this was your neighbor?
What if this was YOU?
Greetings:
Look at this couple. Ed and Elaine Brown, of Plainfield, New Hampshire. They are alive now. As I write this, I am on a conference call and am listening to Ed Brown's voice, along with a dozen or so others discussing the dilemma. There are some 40 people listeners not participating in the discussion
Ed fully expects his home to be unlawfully raided by the federal mafia on Tuesday morning. Ed and Elaine have vowed not to be taken alive. This has the potential of becoming the next Waco (federal massacre of innocent civilians who have violated no law). The federal court refused to permit the Browns to present, to the jury, the law as evidence in their own defense. The judge denied the 42 motions they filed, all based upon valid federal statutes of law
Ed is 64 years old. His wife is a dentist. They have not filed or paid federal income taxes since 1997. Prosecutors claim (based upon arbitrary figures provided by the IRS) that the couple "owes" $625,000 in taxes.
Ed says Elaine is the nearest thing to Mother Theresa who has ever lived. He helplessly watched her being thrown to the ground and handcuffed last May, and he does not intend to permit that to happen again. Elaine has vowed to stand with him to the end.
The Browns represented themselves in court and insisted, rightfully, that (1) they cannot find any statute that requires them to pay (there is none), and that (2) the federal court has no subject matter jurisdiction in a state venue. But the jury never heard any of that.
When it became apparent Thursday that the judge would not permit them to present the law to the jury, as evidence in their own defense, they left at the end of the court day and decided they would not appear for the next court session scheduled for Friday morning. They didn't. They expect that, when they failed to appear Friday, that a bench warrant was probably issued and a heavily-armed task force will be dispatched, probably Tuesday, to their residence to arrest them and take them into custody.
From listening to the conference call, I learned that the so-called "federal" court house is not even on federal property. That is, the building is LEASED by the federal government from the New Hampshire owner.
Note: I already knew the Constitution is CLEAR on this point (Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 17); the property must be (1) CEDED to the federal government by the state legislature, (2) PURCHASED by the federal government, with PAYMENT being made by the Congress, (3) the property must be subsequently DEEDED to the federal government, and (4) the property transfer must be recorded on the public record. That provision was completely ignored when the Federal Government unlawfully and unconstitutionally asserted federal jurisdiction over Timothy McVeigh's case and moved the trial venue to Denver, Colorado. All wrongful death cases not occurring on federal property are under the sole jurisdiction of the State in which the deaths occurred. While the venue for the trial can be moved within the state, under no circumstances can it be moved outside the state. When jurisdiction was challenged constitutionally in the McVeigh case, the Court of Appeals wrongfully ruled that the Constitution "is not admissible evidence of law."
Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:14 pm
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Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 445 Location: melbourne, Australia
The browns, a nightmare - part 2
Continued from above.
I witnessed an almost unbelievable marshaling of resources being coordinated on the phone. Fred Smart placed a call to the Sullivan County (NH) Sheriff's office and found it was open only from 8 to 5 Monday through Friday. He called the local police department (as we all listened) and politely and professionally informed the dispatcher (Lisa) that the Browns were unarmed, that many people across the nation are interested in this case and support the Browns' demands for a FAIR trial in accordance with the LAW, that citizens will be conducting a vigil at the Brown home to witness the conduct of any raid or arrest, that a number of people will be filming the events, and that several television networks will be invited as well. Further, Fred told Lisa that a website had been set up and the story will be plastered all over the Internet so as to attract as much attention as possible.
Fred Smart, by the way, is the publicity director for Aaron Russo's documentary film "America: From Freedom to Fascism." Russo's documentary proves, even to the satisfaction of intelligent laymen, that the federal government....535 members of Congress, all federal judges, all cabinet members, all presidents and their staffs....knows that THERE IS NO LAW requiring American citizens, living and working within the external borders of the 50 states and earning domestic incomes, to file or pay federal income taxes. Though the 16th Amendment conferred no new taxing powers to Congress, nor extended it to any subjects not previously covered, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS cite the 16th Amendment as their authority for collecting taxes.
[b]"If you...examined [the 16th Amendment], carefully, you would find that a sufficient number of states never ratified that Amendment." - U.S. District Court Judge James C. Fox (2003) [/b]
While the conference call was in progress, someone offered to set up a blogspot where all the information could be posted. The name that should be given to the blogspot was discussed, and a consensus was reached. To my amazement, I found it before the call was over.
Another conference call is scheduled for (I think) 7:30 Eastern this evening. Call 702 851 4044, punch 2 when prompted, then enter this code when prompted: 1626# That should be mentioned on the blogspot before then, so the time will be there. It might be at 7.
It's about time people stood up and refused to let the unlawful tax department steal their money. I for one am sick to death of paying taxes on absolutely everything so my goverment can continue to fund terrorism, illegal invasions (Iraq) and the further dumbing down of the human race. If the goverment used my money to stamp out poverty and promote health and wellbeing both physically & spiritually and to ensure a lasting peace. The I wouldn't mind one bit. If the stuff about our sun going ballistic is going to happen as has been predicted then why do we need continued enslavement when time left on this planet may be limited..sorry just pissed off with the world today, made the mistake of watching the morning news and the lies and crap put me in a stroppy mood. Anyway hope you guys enjoy the post.
Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:25 pm
madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8363 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
Browns hurt no one; why imprison them?
Incase we missed it: I think Ed didn't show up to court and was sentenced to 5 years?
Quote:
April 27. 2007 8:00AM
My attention was caught by two cases in which our neighbors have been imprisoned without having done anyone harm.
First, Ed and Elaine Brown of Plainfield, who, as your reporter Margaret Sanger-Katz reminded us, are barricaded in their home for fear of invasion and arrest by U.S. marshals for having declined to fill out IRS 1040 forms. The other is Russell Kanning, in Cheshire County Jail for having refused to fill out some other government form.
I don't know whether there is a law requiring Kanning to fill out his or the Browns to fill out theirs. Although Ed Brown has repeatedly asked to see it in his case, I've not heard that any government spokesman has identified that law. But let me suppose arguendo that there are such laws and that the three prisoners broke them.
What kind of a society imprisons people for refusing to complete a government form?
Ah, says the condescending government-school civics teacher, government decrees these things so it can serve all the people and gets its authority to do so from us the people.
Let's imagine the scene. Lady approaches policeman, breathless: "Officer, quick! Arrest that man, he's dangerous! He just didn't fill out my form!"
Clearly, the breathless lady is mad. She has no power to compel anyone to fill out her form. But she is one of those who, according to our civics teacher, delegated that power to government; so if she doesn't have the power, she cannot delegate it and government doesn't have it.
So what sort of a society is this? A crazy one, I'd say - as irrational as the breathless lady, but much more dangerous.
Let's imagine the scene. Lady approaches policeman, breathless: "Officer, quick! Arrest that man, he's dangerous! He just didn't fill out my form!"
Clearly, the breathless lady is mad. She has no power to compel anyone to fill out her form. But she is one of those who, according to our civics teacher, delegated that power to government; so if she doesn't have the power, she cannot delegate it and government doesn't have it.
Correct. After you learn how law is supposed to work, it is easy to see the "laws" that are unconstitutional. Here is a good phrase to memorize:
"A law cannot compel, it can only protect." Compel = force, enforcement. Protect = ensure that rights are not violated. Translation: "A law cannot force anyone to do anything, it can only protect their rights."
This is why, when attempting to argue against the supposed "law" that the DOJ presents in it's case against "tax evaders", you hear the defense mention "but these are only enforcement clauses! These are not laws!" A law that does not protect, but only compels (and punishes), is not a law at all. I suppose that's why they call them "codes" and "regulations".
By Beverley Wang, Associated Press Writer | October 10, 2007
CONCORD, N.H. --After 10 months of self-imposed exile at his castle-like home, authorities Wednesday delivered convicted New Hampshire tax evader Ed Brown to his new home -- a federal prison in Ohio.
Stephen Monier, U.S. Marshal for New Hampshire, said Brown arrived late morning at the low security Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio. His wife, Elaine Brown, arrived at minimum security federal prison in Danbury, Conn., earlier this week.
Both were sentenced to 63-month prison terms in April, following their conviction in January of scheming to avoid federal income taxes by hiding $1.9 million of income between 1996 and 2003. But the couple -- who believe the federal income tax is not legitimate -- had eluded arrest for months, refusing to leave their hill-top home located on 110 acres in rural Plainfield. They were finally arrested last week, taken into custody by officers posing as visiting supporters.
Monier said Ed Brown, 65, had not spent any time in a New Hampshire jail since his arrest, but had been staying at undisclosed loactions under watch of marshal's deputies on his way to prison via the government's prisoner transportation system.
Supporters of the Browns had begun to question the whereabouts of Ed Brown, noting he had been listed as not in custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons. On at least one blog friendly to the Browns, http://edbrownvlog.blogspot.com, supporters wondered whether "Brown has been disappeared into a black hole and is being mistreated or even tortured."
