I wonder if these Romanian witches are distant kin to republican Witch of the East, Christine O’Donnell? Like the Delaware tea partier, these Romanians dabble in witchcraft, don’t care too much for new taxes, and are fightin’ mad over it! And if you question their sincerity, they’ll put a curse on your sorry behind! (Story at first link at bottom).It seems that the Romanian government had the gall to try to impose income taxes on the country’s practicing witches. That has the witches flying off the broomstick handle and organizing together (sort of like a labor union) to cast spells en masse against the Romanian president and lawmakers. The linked story says:
"Witches from Romania's eastern and western regions will descend to the southern plains and the Danube River Thursday to threaten the government with spells and spirits . . . A dozen witches will head to the Danube to put a hex on the government and hurl mandrake into the river 'so evil will befall them,' said a witch named Alisia. She identified herself with one name, as is customary among witches."
Among the tools of the trade being utilized by the witches to cast their spells are "cat excrement and dead dogs." And Romanian politicians, including President Traian Basescu, reportedly aren’t "laughing this off." Not on your life. They’re taking precautions. For example, the Pres has taken to wearing "purple on Thursdays, allegedly to ward off evil spirits."
But one thing occurred to me: How does a person have income working as a witch? Well, the aforementioned one-named Alisia explains that witches make their bones by tossing curses on people for money. Black magic mercenaries, you might say.
They even claim that politicians take advantage of their services: "The lawmakers don't look at themselves, at how much they make, their tricks; they steal and they come to us asking us to put spells on their enemies," said Alisia.
But not all the Romanian witches are angry about the new tax. The first picture at the top shows witch Mihaela Minca and her daughter and witch "apprentice" Casanndra (always a master and an apprentice, after all). Mihaela says that "the law is very good – it means that our magic gifts are recognized and I can open my own practice!"
As a final thought, Hillary Clinton once said – in best Dennis Hopper style -- "We tax everything that moves!" (second link at bottom). Well, the Romanian government has definitely taken Hillary’s mantra to heart. In addition to witches, Romania has also recently enacted new taxes against astrologers, funeral parlor embalmers, valets and driving instructors. Fortune tellers are reportedly next up in the government’s line of fire.
And I can only imagine how the soothsayers might protest. It conjures up painful images of crystal balls to the gonads and tarot card paper cuts. If I were the Romanian government, I’d pick a different target. Strippers come to mind, for example ("If you tax me, I'll march in the streets and won’t put my damn clothes on for a month!").
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/05/ap/strange/main7216288.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.12
http://independentrage.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-anything-that-moves.html
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