imminent threat

We as American citizens are aware that we do face a threat from terrorism. Actually we are aware that this has been a threat we have faced for decades and will face for decades to come.

Considering this grave threat to our nation and the recently foiled terror plot in the U.K., in which our country was targeted, we call upon you to ask some tough questions right now.

It has come to light that the President has known about this plan for days and yet he chose to stay on vacation. Should our commander in chief remain on vacation at a time of war when there is what's now considered a "imminent threat" against our nation? Shouldn't our President be in his office, coordinating and communicating to make sure out nation is best protected from this threat?

We are also hearing news of Governors activating their National Guard to assist with airport security. This has currently happened in California and Massachusetts. Is our President keeping our nation safe? I can't help but wonder about the National Guard troops being sent to the border to protect us from the dangers of illegal immigration, but isn't terrorism a greater threat? Should we be using our valued National Guard to protect our borders or fight in a civil war in another country?

Congress- we live in very serious times and these are very serious questions. Perhaps you should all leave your campaign trails to get back in session and start asking these questions. This year we have a terror threat, last year we had Katrina. We need Congress to make sure that our President is actually doing his job. If you do not ask these questions then the next attack on this country will also be at the fault of you and America will not forget that.

The from the totally unfair file:

The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's
largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its
tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004
presidential election.

Rector J. Edwin Bacon of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena told
many congregants during morning services Sunday that a guest sermon by the
church's former rector, the Rev. George F. Regas, on Oct. 31, 2004, had
prompted a letter from the IRS.

In his sermon, Regas, who from the pulpit opposed both the Vietnam War
and 1991's Gulf War, imagined Jesus participating in a political debate with
then-candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry. Regas said that "good people
of profound faith" could vote for either man, and did not tell parishioners
whom to support.

But he criticized the war in Iraq, saying that Jesus would have told
Bush, "Mr. President, your doctrine of preemptive war is a failed doctrine.
Forcibly changing the regime of an enemy that posed no imminent threat has
led to disaster."

On June 9, the church received a letter from the IRS stating that "a
reasonable belief exists that you may not be tax-exempt as a church ? " The
federal tax code prohibits tax-exempt organizations, including churches,
from intervening in political campaigns and elections.

The letter went on to say that "our concerns are based on a Nov. 1, 2004,
newspaper article in the Los Angeles Times and a sermon presented at the All
Saints Church discussed in the article."

The IRS cited The Times story's description of the sermon as a "searing
indictment of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq" and noted that the
sermon described "tax cuts as inimical to the values of Jesus."