'Laughter therapy' doctor Patch Adams honored in Peru, calls Bush 'fascist

[tuvor]

Sat Aug 13, 7:21 PM ET

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."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/peru_patch_adams

[opihimoimoi]

1. Spot On Dr Adams and Piss on Bush

[LouisianaLiberal]

2. A Clown in Kabul

Link TV sometimes shows this documentary about Adams and his group of doctors in Afghanistan. Please see it if you can. He is a modern-day Schweitzer in many ways.

[tnlefty]

5. Belated welcome, LouisianaLiberal! I've seen this program and

I was in tears at times. I don't know how in the world the "Clowns" are able to do all that they do and I truly admire them for this work. :hi:

[opihimoimoi]

12. Why can't we get more peeps inspired to do this??? Bush is no

example...then who will lead the way?

[punpirate]

3. For those curious...

... the movie name is "Patch Adams" for its main character and received an Oscar nomination for best musical score for comedy.

Patch Adams is a unique character who's done a helluva lot of good around the world with not a whole lot of notice for doing so, and I don't think he cares much about the lack of notice.

Last I heard of him, he was being a clown/doctor in Afghanistan.

[Mairead]

7. It's noteworthy that he endorsed Dennis Kucinich for prez. (nt)

[getmeouttahere]

4. This is beautiful....

these sheeple that voted for BushCo won't have money to worship before long

[Union Thug]

6. Now if only our Democrat politicians would follow suit..and tell the truth

about Bush without cowering and shaking in fear of the Rove machine.

"Just say FASCIST!"

It's really easy. =)

[merh]

8. I do love Dr. Patch Adams!

:hug: How much better society would be if we had a dozen more like him. How much better the medical profession would be if we had more like him practicing medicine and not worried about the business of medicine.


:hug: :patriot: Dr. Patch Adams :yourock: :loveya:

[wake.up.america]

9. I have known all my life that money does not make you happy.

Anthropoligists have seen what has happened in the Amazon.

[Ellipsis]

10. Kick

:+

[kweerwolf]

11. Given that the award was from Peru ...

... and BushCo is no fan of President Chavez, any bets on whether we'll be seeing Peru decribed as another axis in the axis of evil any time soon?

[all.of.me]

13. patch adams for president!