Tiahrt’s Churches under attack

The IRS is finally doing something about Kansas churches getting involved in the states political races, using donations, putting up political messages, attacking other religions and supporting candidates for office. All this with a tax exempt status which comes from being a religious institution. The church under attack is Spirit One Christian Center.
It’s about time. This community has had to deal with churches, as the one listed above, whose members continuously vote as a block to get the most disgusting politicians in office, including Todd Tiahrt.
These politicians can count on financial and voters support from Pastors whose followers vote like zombies on whoever they are told to vote for.
According to The Wichita Eagle, Aug. 17, 2007:

Audit may be part of IRS' investigation of church
BY JOE RODRIGUEZ
The Wichita Eagle
A Wichita church being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for a possible violation of its tax-exempt status could soon be audited.
The IRS notified the church in a letter that it may need to examine the financial and accounting records of Spirit One Christian Center, the church's pastor said Thursday. The IRS is trying to determine whether the church violated rules against political campaign activity that tax-exempt organizations must follow.
In the letter, the IRS told Pastor Mark Holick that the church could meet with IRS officials to "try to resolve our concerns and alleviate the need for further action." The meeting also could "help define the issues and limit the scope of any examination," the letter said.

Spirit One organized anti-gay march

This is no accident. Opponents of this church have complained for years about the abuse of these churches and others like it abusing their tax exempt status. The put out voter guides which are extremely biased, inaccurate and make it obvious who they support.
Todd Tiahrt has continuously used these churches as a base of support along with support from large businesses such as Koch Industries, which gives him over $100,000 in any given election

Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain

According to The Wichita Eagle, Aug. 8, 2007:

“The level of anger with the president has sidetracked Congress,” Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, told The Eagle editorial board recently. He said that the left has so pressed Democratic members of Congress that they’re having trouble making progress. “We’re not focused on getting good policy done,” he said.

He went on to say we should trust the president and stop waisting time focussing on his mistakes.
That’s easier said than done. He’s paid little attention to a war that leaves American soldiers dead almost everyday, not to mention any number of Iraqis killed. In the on-line blog section of The Eagle;

“No shortage of suicide bombers in Iraq
Monday’s truck bombing in Tal Afar, which killed at least 28 people, furthered the alarming trend in Iraq of suicide attacks. Newsweek reports that while there were fewer than 300 suicide bombings in the first three years of the war, the year that ended June 30 saw at least 540.”

So what is so important for the Republicans to get done if they and their leader can’t even manage a war they started.