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." (Link)
Looking for information about the 'tax protestor'? You've come to the right place. However, you should know that taxes is just a small part of Mr. Brown's ranting. In fact, Mr. Brown has quite a long history of 'protesting' things, some of which you might not have known about and which, curiously, weren't much mentioned by the press in 2007 when Mr. Brown achieved his 15 minutes of 'fame'. Read on....
The following story appeared as the headline of the June 5, 2003 issue of the Connecticut Valley Spectator, a newspaper for the Hanover, New Hampshire - Thetford, Vermont, USA area and is reprinted with the kind permission of the Editor.
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'Jesuit Masonic Zionists' targeted by billboard Glen Road sign urges Internet search; Zionists, Jesuits call it 'ridiculous' By Aaron
Nobel
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Mr. Brown's Background
When
we encountered the above, it naturally led to further checking on the web
where we came across a website (hosted - as SO many of
these are - on a FREE hosting service) under the (can we call it 'childish'?) directory
of SecretAgentMan_03825. Click here to go to a site for the self-styled
Unamerican Activities Investigations Commission &
United States Constitutional Rangers
which appeared to have
run out of steam after a short period of time fixated on
other matters. Mr. Brown's address doesn't appear there,
curiously, and the organization(s) solicit donations to an individual in
Pennsylvania. We note, of course, that 03825 is
the Zip Code for Barrington, New Hampshire and that an EBrown is listed as the
'militia contact' for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire at this
site.
It's ironic that someone like Mr. Brown can, in one breath, demand a return to the wisdom of the founders of the United States and the authors of the Constitution while in the next, condemn Freemasons and Freemasonry - about a third of whom were those who created the document he wishes to interpret. Can't have it both ways, Mr. Brown - and if I were you, I'd sure as heck make sure my name didn't appear on any web page with a picture of one of the most well-known Freemasons, the United States' FIRST President, George Washington!
Mr. Brown's advice to 'look up a few key words on the Internet' is good - to a point: you also need a bit of discernment to be able to appreciate that not everything on the Internet is fact! Mr. Brown seems blissfully unaware of that....
We're also glad that Mr. Brown has decided to resume paying his taxes - although if he were as sure of his beliefs as he claims, we wonder why. A Sunshine Soldier perhaps?
Tax Evasion, Civil Disobedience,
Conspiracy Theories and
Being the Center of Attention
When we wrote above that Mr. Brown seemed ready to pay his taxes, it was the summer of 2003. That, though, would deprive him of the attention that he apparently seems to crave.
In May, 2007 Mr. Brown (a former exterminator, age 63) and his wife (a dentist, age 65) were convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to fines and prison - 37 years for Mr. Brown. Prior to the end of the trial, Mr. Brown stopped attending and retreated to what was described as a 'fortress-like' home vowing that he would never bow to the government, that they would have to "prove" to him that he was required to pay taxes, along with more rhetoric of fanatics who feel that everyone is wrong if they don't agree with self-concocted ideas and theories that run counter to standard behavior. Despite Mr. Brown's actions (which resulted in an arrest warrant), his wife continued through the end of the trial and then wore a monitoring ankle bracelet for a time. She subsequently removed the device (destroying it), evaded police, and joined Mr. Brown in Plainfield, NH where they swore they would not be taken alive, threatening a Waco-like standoff.
A very patient US Marshall's service kept close watch over things and despite the typical stupid bravado of the truly obsessed, the Browns swore that they would "walk free or die" and made various assorted threats and fantasy-like claims (including a pending revolution in the United States) in well-publicized news conferences.
Arrests of supporters began during the summer of 2007 and they were all imprisoned on various charges. One, Cirino Gonzalez, was quoted in a local newspaper story as follows:
An online posting from that period describes Gonzalez's frustration with peace organizations, which he said criticize the federal government but don't acknowledge the whole picture.
"Most that attend still never talk about the real people in power, the freemasons and their variants," he wrote in early August.
On 5 October 2007, disguised federal marshals were at the property and without a bit of bloodshed or a single shot fired, arrested Ed and Elaine Brown and ended their eight month standoff. From a bucolic existence in a lovely part of New Hampshire to a dank prison cell for the rest of one's life: yes, it was all the fault of the Masons and Ed Brown, exterminator, found it on the internet!
Living life in prison
In June, 2007, Mr. Brown reasserted his anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic world views. In an interview with the Concord Monitor (New Hampshire), he was quoted saying "I guess we've got a lot of paranoia among our Freemason police...." (link). In another newspaper, we read the following:
He was, briefly, the darling of conspiracy theorists who might not have heard of his anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic paranoia prior to this time and clearly, he reveled in his ability to have food, equipment, friends and more delivered to him without his lifting a finger. There are quite a few who obviously didn't see this for what it really was: a scam perpetrated by someone with a zero grasp of reality. Now both he and his wife spend their remaining years forgotten in the blink of a twitter, all for naught. Thus wastes man....
The saga will continue but those interested in this matter should fully understand that this is NOT simply about whether the US Government can collect taxes. Mr. Brown is a bigot with a long history of assorted hatreds. Tax protesting is just ONE of the ways he seeks to garner attention - and live on the backs of other people.
Updated 23 May and 9
June 2007
Updated 20 June 2009
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