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Stating that America has an underclass of citizens dependent upon help from the government equal to the population of Spain, Hagee asserted that there is a division in America, "Those who pay double through taxes, and those who get a free ride. This is not justice, and this is not the American way."
While admitting that there are some unfortunate Americans who need help, Hagee admonished others to get off the couch and get a job.
"To those of you who are sick, to those of you who are elderly, to those of you who are disabled, we gladly support you," he said as his voice began to rise. "To the healthy who can work but won't work, get your nasty self off the couch and go get a job!"
Hagee went on to say that "America has rewarded laziness and we've called it welfare," before adding "The Bible says 'The man who does not work, should not eat.' I know the liberals hate that verse, but read it and weep! It's God's position."
The video does not show Hagee reading Matthew 25:35 where occasionally-employed itinerant carpenter Jesus Christ reportedly said, "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me."
Watch the video below, courtesy of Right Wing Watch:
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He should also stop pumping nonsense into the heads of those gullible enough to listen to him pontificate.
Would somebody like to call the 'men in white coats'... And while your doing so, check with the local hospitals, in-case they're missing a patient.
Over here [ [Link] ] just posted a long list of dot connected quotes, in which info about Hagee is included towards the end ... here is some of it:
"Birth Pangs of a New Christian Zionism" [ [Link] ] | Max Blumenthal | August 8, 2006:
" Over the past months, the White House has convened a series of off-the-record meetings about its policies in the Middle East with leaders of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a newly formed political organization that tells its members that supporting Israel's expansionist policies is "a biblical imperative." CUFI's Washington lobbyist, David Brog, told me that during the meetings, CUFI representatives pressed White House officials to adopt a more confrontational posture toward Iran, refuse aid to the Palestinians and give Israel a free hand as it ramped up its military conflict with Hezbollah.
The White House instructed Brog not to reveal the names of officials he met with, Brog said.
CUFI's advice to the Bush Administration reflects the Armageddon-based foreign-policy views of its founder, John Hagee. Hagee is a fire-and-brimstone preacher from San Antonio who commands the nearly 18,000-member Cornerstone Church and hosts a major TV ministry where he explains to millions of viewers how the end times will unfold. He is also the author of numerous bestselling pulp-prophecy books, like his recent Jerusalem Countdown, in which he cites various unnamed Israeli intelligence sources to claim that Iran is producing nuclear "suitcase bombs." The only way to defeat the Iranian evildoers, he says, is a full-scale military assault.
"The coming nuclear showdown with Iran is a certainty," Hagee wrote this year in the Pentecostal magazine Charisma. "Israel and America must confront Iran's nuclear ability and willingness to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons. For Israel to wait is to risk committing national suicide."
and this...
"Christians United for Israel: New Christian Zionism Lobby Hopes to Rival AIPAC" [ [Link] ] | Tuesday, 15 August 2006:
"MAX BLUMENTHAL: Christian Zionism has been a force within the Christian right for over 20 years, and they’ve made — the Christian Zionist movement, they’ve made themselves an asset to Israel by sending millions in aid money to Israel. They’re a major source of Israeli tourism, especially during the Second Intifada. They were perhaps the only source of tourism revenue for Israel, which is a key source of revenue for the Israeli government. And on an individual basis, leaders of the Christian Zionist movement have lobbied the government, especially the Bush administration, which has had an open door policy to them. But never before has there been an official Washington lobbying organization for the Christian Zionist movement.
So now you have Christians United for Israel, which was founded in February by John Hagee, who commands a mega-church in San Antonio with 18,000 members. He’s a huge force in Texas politics, a close, personal friend of Tom DeLay. And what this organization has done is they’ve convened all of the major Christian Zionist mega-churches in the country under one umbrella group, and they’ve hired a lobbyist. Hagee has a lot of money through his congregation. And their lobbyist is a guy named David Brog, who’s the former chief of staff to Arlen Specter, and he’s Jewish, so this makes him a huge asset to this organization, because he can beat back criticism from other Jewish leaders that Christian Zionists harbor ulterior motives for supporting Israel, that they have an Armageddon-based agenda for supporting Israel.
And if you look at what John Hagee has written in his books, like Jerusalem Countdown, his most recent book, which cites 17 unnamed Israeli intelligence sources to claim that Iran is producing nuclear suitcase bombs and that Israel must engage in a "nuclear showdown" with Iran or risk committing national suicide, if you look at what he’s written, he does have an Armageddon-based agenda. And so I think what this lobby does, it plays an instrumental PR role on behalf of the Christian Zionist movement in preventing legitimate criticism of their motives for supporting Israel, and they are bolstering what AIPAC is doing and possibly even radicalizing what AIPAC is doing, by providing them a grassroots base in the heartland.
The majority of America’s 60 million evangelicals are premillenial dispensationalists. They believe that the end times could come at any moment, and they’re looking for signs of that, so they’re sympathetic to supporting Israel for these reasons. And so they provide a strong grassroots base. This is the Republican base. This is the only component of the Republican base that still supports Bush’s policies in Iraq without question, unconditionally, and supports Israel’s expansionism. While the American Jewish community is willing to, you know, stand for Israel and show solidarity for Israel, they also support a peace process, and they support a sovereign Palestinian state. But this group doesn’t."
This creep . Did he not take into account the parents with children that were not receiving child support and having to pay for divorce . Hagee should have because one of his multi-millionaire followers , S.R. Morin of Llano Texas , is one of his most loyal .
Besides beating , verbally terrorizing and doing sicker thing to his 3 toddlers and wife he refused to pay any child support after his divorce . He went as far as threatening and shaming the mother from seeking aid and all while owning multiple ranches, homes, vehicles and still beating his then teen daughters .
Enters Pastor Hagee . He has been told dozens of times and offered proof of Morin's debauchery but ignores it and laughs it off. It is documented with 3 churches , police departments , attorneys and teachers but Hagee must think it is better than Welfare . Shame on Hagee for worshiping a child molest or . To add insult to injury when Morin's youngest died from cancer he never called to see if it were true or said a thing . Hagee and him are true pieces of crap .