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

[Dave Ridley]

As many of you may be aware, the Feds are thought to be under some pressure to have Ed and Elaine in the courthouse for their sentencing.   I'm told it will be an almost unique occurrence 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 occurs.  I tend to think that the best things to do are those which we do on our own initiative, 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 super-active web forums where you can voice your support for Ed and Elaine:

  in new hampshire:
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
forum.freestateproject.org - libertarian forum
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?s=5a64873b32c29e7b7d098b17162d2cf3&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 sheriff@nhvt.net
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
elections@sos.state.nh.us
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

I'd like feedback and new ideas along these lines.  I'm locking this thread, and directing discussion of it to the main brown thread:

http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=3868.0