pappajacks Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 'Laughter therapy' doctor Patch Adams honoured in Peru, calls Bush 'fascist' LIMA, Peru (AP) - A U.S. doctor known for his signature use of "laughter therapy" and social activism used his acceptance speech for a health care award to blast President George W. Bush and materialism in society. Dr. Hunter (Patch) Adams, who was the inspiration for the 1998 movie starring Robin Williams, was awarded the first ever Excellence in Health Care Prize presented by the Lima-based Global Organization for Excellence in Health. The organization is sponsoring an international health care conference in Lima next week. Adams, 60, with a gray waist-length ponytail streaked blue, expressed "shame for our fascist president," referring to Bush, and told reporters that the only way global health will improve is if "we stop worshipping money." Adams expressed his disgust with war in Iraq, offering his sympathy for the "unfortunate soldiers who are serving corporations" there. "Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty," said Adams who has worked as a physician for 35 years. "My work is to end violence, and to bring harmony to people," Adams said, repeatedly expressing his repulsion for society's preoccupation with "superficial" concerns, like "sports and Paris Hilton" hotel heiress and reality series star. "It's humiliating that a person who kicks a ball makes more money than a school teacher," Adams said. Adams was wrapping up a five-week trip to Peru - his third in the past three years - during which he travelled to the northern Amazon city of Iquitos, where he visited prisons, orphanages and AIDS clinics. "They had every reason to be sad and angry, yet people were instantly friendly, engaging and giving," said Adams who has visited many poverty-stricken or war-affected areas throughout the world.
Guest Fishyswa Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 As someone who supposedly makes people laugh he should be doing all he can to keep Paris Hilton in the lime-light just for material. How can he say "sports"? Over-paid, self-involved athletes and a system that supports their greed, ok, but sports are a physical and creative outlet for billions of people across the world.
jimmy no nose Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 My senior year in high school he came and gave a speach even though no one had any idea who he was. He ended up getting guest speakers permanently banned from my school for trying to spread his commie beliefs. There were a bunch of school board meetings where parents came and and complained about how Patch Adams was trying to turn their children into communists. It was awesome.
Ced Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 And here I was about to make some Robin Williams jokes.
Dangerous A Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 And here I was about to make some Robin Williams jokes. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You should've. If Patch Adams was going to slam someone, it should've been Robin Williams and the makers of the lame ass movie based on him.
AndrewTS Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 And Jay Leno makes a footnote on his monologue for tonight...
CheesalaIsGood Posted August 16, 2005 Report Posted August 16, 2005 Get back to me when Patch Adams delivered a karate kick to Bushes nuts. Talk is cheap.
CanadianGuitarist Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 My senior year in high school he came and gave a speach even though no one had any idea who he was. He ended up getting guest speakers permanently banned from my school for trying to spread his commie beliefs. There were a bunch of school board meetings where parents came and and complained about how Patch Adams was trying to turn their children into communists. It was awesome. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You know why he stopped writing books? Because, he masturbates!
SuperJerk Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 My senior year in high school he came and gave a speach even though no one had any idea who he was. He ended up getting guest speakers permanently banned from my school for trying to spread his commie beliefs. There were a bunch of school board meetings where parents came and and complained about how Patch Adams was trying to turn their children into communists. It was awesome. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Patch Adams hates war and materialism! Oh no! Other things parents at school board meetings like to complain about: evolution being taught racial integration books with naughty words in them
Ravenbomb Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 Get back to me when Patch Adams delivered a karate kick to Bushes nuts. Talk is cheap. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Odds of him wearing his giant-ass clown shoes when he kicks them?
King Kamala Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 When do you think the DJ that Robin Williams character in Good Morning Vietnam was based on is going to come out against the war? I'm betting sometime in the next six weeks.
Ravenbomb Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 I dunno, it might be the doctor that his character from Awakening was based on before that.
Mecha Mummy Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 Next Week: Peter Pan calls Bush a dictator!
Ravenbomb Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 Imagine the media reaction to Popeye's anti-Bush speech
King Kamala Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 Fox News will crap their pants in anger when Jack calls Bush "a doo doo head."
Darthtiki Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 When's the Bicentennial Man and Flubber gonna join the Hate Bush Parade?
SuperJerk Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 Mork from Ork wants to give peace a chance.
Justice Posted August 17, 2005 Report Posted August 17, 2005 Jack has always supported Universal Healthcare.
King Kamala Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 The Genie thinks the positives for eliminating social security are all smoke and mirrors created by the conservative media.
Toshiaki Koala Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 George W. Bush is going to destroy the rainforests with his callous environmental policies! - The bat from Fern Gully
Justice Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 Adrian Cronauer keeps saying "Good Morning, Vietnam!" to the war in Iraq.
Ravenbomb Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 "Bush is a damn good president, and hasn't botched a thing!" -Jakob Heym
King Kamala Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 Mrs. Doubtfire will come out with a press conference saying that Bush has never gave a damn about women (or men?) voters.
Boon Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 Armand Goldman criticizes Bush for his anti-gay marriage stance, and cites homosexuals as the last group of citizens being denied basic civil rights.
King Kamala Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 The guy from Moscow on The Hudson is on the O'Reiley Factor tonight, criticizing Bush's policies on immigration. O'Reiley will surely blow a gasket and throw him off the set.
AndrewTS Posted August 18, 2005 Report Posted August 18, 2005 George W. Bush is going to destroy the rainforests with his callous environmental policies! - The bat from Fern Gully <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kickass! -- Cartman
Vampiro69 Posted August 19, 2005 Report Posted August 19, 2005 A doctor saying that war is bad? What is this an episode of MASH?
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