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Party time? The Browns get down

14 hours, 41 minutes ago

U.S. MARSHAL Steve Monier has been admirably restrained in his handling of Ed and Elaine Brown, the convicted tax cheats holed up in their Plainfield home. However, with the Browns now having held two concerts at their home to raise awareness of their crazy cause and lure in more bystanders to serve as a buffer between them and the law, patience with these criminals ought to be drawing to an end.

To be clear, we don't recommend an armed confrontation. Ed Brown is looking for any excuse to transform himself from criminal to martyr, and Monier is smart not to give him the chance.

Still, letting Brown get away with holding concerts at his property is inviting disaster.

The more useful idiots the Browns can convince to rally to their cause, the more problematic the standoff becomes. Before you know it, some kook with a gun could take it upon himself to avenge the Browns, and suddenly you've got bloodshed.

And the longer the standoff lasts, the better chance it has of generating national news, as more media come to cover the Presidential candidates. That will only bring more kooks to the cause.

If Monier has a safe way of isolating or extracting the Browns, now would be a good time to do it. If this ridiculous situation lasts into the fall, it could become a very big problem.

And thinking of Presidential candidates, any who voice support for the Browns ought to be considered unqualified for the White House. This is not a legitimate tax protest. It's a con game. Any candidate who sees anything different doesn't have the judgment necessary to be dog catcher.