Romanian witches cast dark spells on government in tax protest

The Tea Party can have their Revolutionary War garb and misspelled signs, Romanian witches really know how to strike fear into the forces of big government: 

Angry witches are using cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the president and government who are forcing them to pay taxes. Also in the eye of the taxman are fortune tellers, who should have seen it coming.

And President Traian Basescu isn’t laughing it off. In a country where superstition is mainstream, the president and his aides wear purple on Thursdays, allegedly to ward off evil spirits.

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. Mauve has a high vibration, it makes the wearer superior and wards off evil attacks, according to the esoteric group Violet Flame – which practices on Thursdays. 

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. 

The issue here is that as of last weekend, witches are now considered to be working real jobs and are expected to pay taxes on income from their witchery.

It reminds me of the old saying, never pick a fight with people who buy eye of newt by the barrel.

Note to readers: The photo above is of German witches. I couldn’t find any Romanian witch photos.