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Sean Hannity's Nobel Prize Nomination

Category: Schaivo Case
Posted on: March 24, 2005 4:47 PM, by Ed Brayton

The good Dr. William Hammesfahr was on Hannity and Colmes the other day, and Sean Hannity made it a point to refer to him as a "Nobel Prize nominee" about, oh, 1400 times in a single hour (a world record, I believe). A few examples:

HANNITY: And we're going to talk to a doctor who spent 10 hours with her tonight, and he says that he believes, in his expert opinion -- this is a man that was nominated for a Nobel Prize, by the way -- that she could be rehabilitated.

HANNITY: And coming up later in the program tonight, we're going to meet a doctor who actually spent 10 hours examining Terri Schiavo. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize. He believes that she could be rehabilitated.

HANNITY: You were nominated for a Nobel Prize in medicine?

HANNITY: You were nominated to get a Nobel Peace Prize in this work. Are you saying that this woman could be rehabilitated?

HANNITY: How is it possible we're in this position if you have examined her? You were up for a Nobel Prize. This is mind boggling to me.

HANNITY: Well, this is what I want to understand. This is your area of expertise that got you nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in medicine, the Nobel Prize.

HANNITY: -- hang on a second -- and talk to a Nobel prize-nominated physician who spent 10 hours with her, who believes if, given the opportunity, he can rehabilitate her?

HANNITY: Imagine being in his position and having a guy like a Nobel Prize nominee like Dr. Hammesfahr, who I'm looking at right now, who spent 10 hours with her and feels that, given the chance, he could rehabilitate this girl.

You just cannot help but snicker at this pathetic appeal to authority, especially when it's based on nothing more than a letter from an obviously clueless Florida Congressman who actually nominated him for the "Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine". So in honor of all of this silliness, I've just sent the following email to Sean Hannity:

Hey Sean, just wanted you to know that I just wrote a letter to the Nobel Prize committee nominated you for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine (the exact award for which Dr. William Hammesfahr was nominated). So from now on, feel free to introduce yourself as a Nobel Prize nominee 7 or 8 times per hour.

Sincerely,

Ed Brayton

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to make some dinner. Someday I hope to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in Cooking.

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Ed -

I hearby nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize in Poker. That oughta get you free pass into the next WSP. Who could tun away a Nobel Prize Nominee?? Think of how jealous and enraged Phil Hellmuth would be ....

Posted by: Dave S. | March 24, 2005 5:33 PM

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LOL Dave... brilliant idea :-)

Posted by: Lynn | March 24, 2005 5:41 PM

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You might take a look at Media Matters' stuff on this guy, e.g., here.

Posted by: Strange Doctrines | March 24, 2005 9:51 PM

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Some info on Bilirakis' other "nomination", also medical doctors, for Peace (this time just Peace) can be found at

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r105:5:./temp/~r1057bn1Us::

Given that the remarks were made April 1st...Dr. Dicksheet ... you might think ... you know. But no, I think he was serious. The funny part was he screwed up the title of the award he was asking for again. "Dear Nobel Committee Members: It is my distinct privilege to bring before the Committee two physicians whose humanitarian contributions in the area of medicine have prompted me to submit their names for consideration as Nobel Prize Laureates." Which Nobel Mike, peace or medicine?? He only mentioned it was for Peace in his opening remarks to congress, not in the letter itself.

Anyway, as a representative of government he can offer a name ('submit a proposal' to use the Nobel Foundation's phrase) for consideration of the Peace prize. This is not exactly a nomination, but close enough for title droppers.

However, being a representative of the American government does not entitle Bilirakis to offer a nomination for the Medicine Prize. According to the Nobel rules such a right is submit is enjoyed by:

1. Members of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;

2. Swedish and foreign members of the medical class of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences;

3. Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine;

4. Members of the Nobel Committee not qualified under paragraph 1 above;

5. Holders of established posts as professors at the faculties of medicine in Sweden and holders of similar posts at the faculties of medicine or similar institutions in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway;

6. Holders of similar posts at no fewer than six other faculties of medicine selected by the Assembly, with a view to ensuring the appropriate distribution of the task among various countries and their seats of learning; and

7. Practitioners of natural sciences whom the Assembly may otherwise see fit to approach.

Unless Bilirakis is in fact a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, then he has no right to submit anyone. Maybe that's why he invented the Peace/Medicine Prize.

Posted by: Dave S. | March 24, 2005 10:15 PM

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The above URL is a seach and doesn't work, so here's the text:

HONORING DR. PAUL DRESCHNACK -- HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS (Extension of Remarks - April 01, 1998)


[Page: E542]

---

HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS

in the House of Representatives

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998


Mr. BILIRAKIS . Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the work of one of my constituents, Dr. Paul Dreschnack. Dr. Dreschnack is a plastic surgeon who spends several weeks each year in India, voluntarily performing free operations on children born with facial defects.

I recently nominated Dr. Dreschnack and his mentor, Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet, for a Nobel Peace Prize. I would like to share with our colleagues the letter I submitted with their nomination application. I nominated these outstanding men because they embody the essence of humanitarianism. They have selflessly given their time, money, and energy to improve the lives of others.

On behalf of the United States House of Representatives, I thank Dr. Dreschnack and Dr. Dicksheet for their tireless work. They are very worthy of this prestigious award and would uphold its tradition of outstanding recipients if it is awarded to them.

Dear Nobel Committee Members: It is my distinct privilege to bring before the Committee two physicians whose humanitarian contributions in the area of medicine have prompted me to submit their names for consideration as Nobel Prize Laureates.

I became acquainted with the work of Dr. Dicksheet and Dr. Dreschnack during a recent meeting with representatives from a local chapter of an international civic organization, the Rotary Club of Dunedin, North. The story that unfolded over the next several hours could be subtitled by the headlines of some of the articles contained in their packet: `The Doctor's Heart: A New York Doctor Returns to India to Give His Life's Earnings Back'; `New Life to the Deformed'; `One Man, 20,000 Lives.'

Most of us, as we mature and recognize that we have been the recipient of unearned blessings or talents in life, desire to give back to the community. Such is the motive driving both Dr. Dicksheet and Dr. Dreschnack. But their vision, the longevity and the largesse of their contributions sets them apart among men.

For thirty years, Dr. Sharad Dicksheet has spent approximately six months each year in the poorest regions of India, providing free surgery to those in need. He brings with him a small team of surgeons, often paying for their travel out of his own funds.

They arrive at one of the many Plastic Surgery Camps, or Shibers, as they are called. Year after year, the routine has been the same. By daybreak, hundreds of people have arrived, (some traveling hundreds of miles) to be evaluated for treatment. In recent years the number arriving at each site has often increased to over one-thousand people.

Time and resources dictate that only those deemed treatable can be assured of surgery. The patients are primarily cleft lip and or cleft palate cases but include a variety of facial deformities, burn injuries, including burn contractures of joints, and deformed ears and eyes.

By nine o'clock, separate operating tables have been set up for the team and the surgeries begin, continuing uninterrupted until six o'clock in the evening. An average of thirty-five surgeries are performed daily, but many times the number reaches more than fifty. The statistics are phenomenal. Since Dr. Dicksheet began his work in 1968, more than 40,000 operations have been performed. Financially, his contributions exceed $80 million.

But, what does the work mean to his patients? Nothing short of a new life! Infants who would have died, unable to suck milk, now thrive. Families outcast by the social stigma of deformity, are restored. Young girls, (and boys), unmarriageable and unable to work or make a living, have a future. Each of the 40,000 cases has a life changing story. It would be impossible to accurately estimate the thousands of people whose lives have been positively affected by Dr. Dicksheet and his associates. And, when you consider that the doctors also teach surgical techniques to Indian surgeons through the Indian Medical Society, the number increases even more.

What makes Dr. Dicksheet's story even more remarkable is that the doctor has conducted the majority of his humanitarian work while he, himself, has been in grave health. About 18 years ago he underwent surgery for laryngeal cancer. His speech is, for the most part, inaudible and he must communicate in writing much of the time. Ten years ago he suffered a severe heart attack, followed by another attack in 1994. In spite of his health he has continued to raise funds, travel and operate from a wheelchair. At this time, however, his health has further deteriorated. He is not expected to live much longer. Over the years he has treated each day as a `bonanza,' and filled it with giving his life to his fellow man. `I feel good in giving this service to my countrymen,' he responds when asked about his work.

What will happen to his work? Preparation has been made to turn the work over to the very capable hands of Dr. Paul Dreschnack, who has worked with Dr. Dicksheet for nine years and shares his vision, enthusiasm and dedication. As Dr. Dreschnack responded in an interview in 1995, `I'll be doing it (the work) for a long time.' I am very proud to count Dr. Paul Dreschnack as a resident of my Congressional district.

The humanitarian contributions of these men sets an example for the world. They exemplify how much more we can give when we are willing to give our lives, totally. They show us how much larger our vision can be when we refuse to see obstacles and we view our fellow man as our brother.

I am very pleased to bring Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet and Dr. Paul Dreschnack before you.

With best wishes, I am

Sincerely yours,

Michael Bilirakis ,
Member of Congress.

Posted by: Dave S. | March 24, 2005 10:25 PM

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On the John and Ken show on KFI 640 in Los Angeles they called the good Doctor yesterday and grilled him on his nomination.

It was really funny, I wish the audio was available. Basically he started out all puffed up and it seems sincerely believes that the letter meant he had a nomination. However, as John and Ken read the list of who could actually nominate (as given above) he quickly backpeddled and kept saying things like "I haven't researched that..." The good doctor finally hung up after a minute. Ken said "Ah,too bad, we never got to ask about Terri."

Really funny. If they put the audio up, I will post it.

Posted by: KeithB | March 25, 2005 11:01 AM

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As promised:
http://www.johnandkenshow.com/audio/files/hammesfahr.wmx

Here is the description from where you click to get that link:

"Another John & Ken interview that didn't go well.

Dr. William Hammesfahr is making the media rounds, claiming that Terri Shiavo could recover with the correct treatment, based on his research. He also claims that he is a Nobel Prize Nominee, based on a note he got from some guy a few years ago. John & Ken called him on the dubious nature of his so-called nomination, but unfortunately he terminated the call before they could call into question the veracity of his "World's Greatest Dad" coffee mug."

Enjoy.

Posted by: KeithB | March 25, 2005 6:37 PM

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"Which Nobel Mike, peace or medicine?? He only mentioned it was for Peace in his opening remarks to congress, not in the letter itself."

Dave, carefull making fun of others - while it is indeed stupid of him to nominate people for the Nobel Prizes, there is doubt which prize he is nominating for in this case. The Nobel Peace Prize is choosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, while the rest of them are handled by the Swedish Nobel Committee, so if he wrote to the Norwegian Nobel Committee there is no doubt which prize he was talking about.

Posted by: Kristjan Wager | March 27, 2005 3:16 PM

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May I request you to forward this to your team who Nominates candidate for Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine


Dear Sirs

I am a PhD scholar doing my research on herbals that is mentioned in Vedas and wish to bring out how the herbals can cure cancer in NaNo way. This comes under Alchemy and Occult chemistry.
I received many mails from so many firms who wanted details about my research and they even showed their willingness to help me for further research. I was informed that an average of $ 50,000 is spent for treating cancer and $100,000 is spent for patients in coma.
I was given an opportunity to sign a contract on 40:60 basis.

But I wish my thesis after submitting to the university reaches a right hand where the theme of the NGO should be for the welfare of the society.

Moreover if you want publicity on cancer cure through herbal you should give lots of advertisements and the research scholar should be honoured with a title and news should be spread that the scholar is likely to be recommended for the Nobel prize.

This advertisement and prise on the scholar will certainly attract the public to look in your organisation so that your organisation and general Public are benefited.

Particularly a scholar from the land of Vedas who is submitting a thesis titled "Vedas- A new critical Analysis with special reference to human body and health"


To be frank I wanted to submit a paper to ACS and AACR, But I am looking for a sponsor to take care of my expenses from the door steps of my house to Venue place and back home,
If I find a sponsor for my trip to present my paper to the ACS/ AACR the name will be gained the sponsors and you will get a great publicity.

You can do this with the co-operation from World Institute of Natural Health Sciences

So think about this and by honouring a man who is a scholar in Vedas and who wish to utilise his findings through you should be given an opportunity and wish you give him a chance.

A new 2009 will bring the People in the world a new approach in health and please open the the door with the keys you have.

Regards
R.Ramachandran

Posted by: Ramachandran | December 15, 2008 8:56 AM

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I sent a PhD dissertation titled
“Vedas- A New Critical Analysis with Special Reference to Human Body and Health”.
as hard copy to American Cancer Society (Research Department) Atlanta, and hope people and experts in Atlanta can have a look at it.

Posted by: Ramachandran | September 12, 2011 11:17 PM

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Radiant Energy and Cancer cure as mentioned in Vedas
The Bio medical science is a vast subject that needs to be studied in depth and length.

Rig Veda I Mandala I Stanza 1 quotes

It is a well known fact that one cu.mt of vacuum contains energy to squeeze in to 1080 – 10120 gms of matter.

The chemical power of radiant energy (energy carried by electromagnetic radiation photons) has various frequencies and can be created by lamps fueled by herbal oils. This radiant energy in a single form will not heat the air but produce heat with in a human who stays in the room or on an object kept in the room.(ie), it will create heat and activate the metal in the object. The human body has minerals in the body. The radioactive isotopes are to be handled smoothly so that it benefits the human. The chemical power of radiant energy is the leading benedictory. It has power to create clear planned processes. It creates light in the darkness and this light which is believed to come from Venus, and this light has power to improve the health.
Rig Veda I Mandala I Stanza 2
The creative power of radiant energy creates the predecessors of mass and volume called the electromagnetic waves and the mixture of stability and unstability.(Stable because they are once produced they are preserved in space and unstable because of their imperceptibility after a short duration.)
Rig Veda I Mandala I Stanza 3
The negative power of radiant of energy converts motion energy in to elementary immobile masses, maintains consent velocity and rays of light quanta. These theoretical energy quanta tend to create the power of reversible actions in the ancient mass. This means all reversible actions are due to the existence of light energy.
(An electrical engineer, Mr.Thomas Henry Moray, (Date of Birth 28th Aug 1892,) has developed an equipment to extract the energy waves from the universe. But in 1930, he was threatened by the people who opposed his findings. But his son John Moray, the equipment pulled the energy from the universe.)
The Earth has numerous metals and few are copper, Lithium, Lead, brass, gold, silver, iron and when these metals combine with oxygen in the atmosphere produce the following gases.
N2 Nitrogen
O2 Oxygen
AR Argon
CO2 Carbon dioxide
NE Neon
HE Helium
CH4 Methane
KR Krypton
H2 Hydrogen
XE Xeno
CO Carbon Monoxides
N2O Nitrous oxide
SO2 Sulphur dioxide
NO nitric oxide
NO2 Nitrogen Di Oxide
HCHO Formaldehyde
NH3 Ammonia
O3 Ozone
These gases when mixes with oxygen, which emulsifies the entire gases and sends in to our body and activates our nerves system and blood circulation.

When a disorder happens in this system and if a bacteria paralysis the flowing of gases in to our body one or a whole or mass results in formation of diseases, that creates uneasiness and arrests our free movements.

For example if a man drinks alcohol, that penetrates in to liver and arrests flowing of Ferrous and phosphorus that results in giddiness and unconsciousness.

When he light a cigar, the tobacco the smoke that goes in to the lungs arrests the flow of Nitrogen and formaldehyde groups, that results in indigestion These consumptions of alcohol and cigar may give some satisfaction to our mind like we feel., are false. The satisfaction is imaginary and we assure ourselves that these activities and habits give us relief which is imaginary and we live in shadows.

Same way when a bacterium that developed in skull or brain eats away the Sulphur dioxide group gas and paralysis the flow of a metal combination forms a lump which is called Cancer. This cancer cell eats the rest of the metal that floats in the blood that reaches the brain, and creates vacuum. The vacuum attracts more air from the rest of the body and like a storm the air rushes to the brain that gives head ache, giddiness and vomiting.

The petal of white lotus creates more Sulphur and if this Sulphur is extracted and sends vibrations that will dissolve the lump and kill the virus. If we do comet assay test in the pathology lab., we will absorb more viruses the heads of which may look like buffalo, dragon etc., and these heads are to be cut with rays that is created by burning herbals in to the body, or produce NaNo rays outside and sent in to our body through the skin.

The bone cancer forms due to calcium, the blood cancer happens due to Hb., the breast cancer due to resin, the skin cancer due to formaldehyde deficiency, and the kidney is due to lack of urea, calcium and nitrogen groups.

So according to this scholar, the minerals place a major role in curing the Cancer , and this should be activated through the blood and sending this through IV is not all possible for a cancer patient. But we can mix this with bile in liver as Prof.Kochi did some 100 years back in Africa on rinder pest.
For human it is recommended to send in to the body through UV rays.

A recent study made by this researcher on a dying Cancer patient alerted him and gave a great feedback. The man in 40s was in the ventilator for 15 days, and had trouble in breathing. This scholar advised the attendee if he can place the petals of red lotus and absorb the change and see the face of the patient. Since the doctors already lost all hopes they didn’t objected to place few petals of red lotus on the chest. The color of the petal changed in to blue in 4 hours during which time the patient’s face showed some relief and easy breathing.

The leg of the patient also swollen in the initial stages and this scholar advised the application of oil extracted from Cyprus rotundus nut grass on the swell place reduced the swelling a lot. The attendee wondered she never absorbed this kind of reduction in swelling in her life time!
If we know reason and how a cancer lump forms it is easy to arrest them and cure the man in this deadly disease.
This scholar suggests the uses of ointments and oils on the skin of cancer patients apart from giving oral medicines.
Further the treatment given on a patient should not be repeated on other patient until a blood test comet assay is taken.
For a study this scholar suggest to take few cancer cells in to slide, send rays through nickel/ copper vessel that contains oils of certain herbals , the light rays when passes through the vessel that contains oils will produce the gas and send in to the cell as a smoke or NaNo rays and destroys the cancer cell.
In Hindu philosophy the comet assay was noted as chakras, which has eight to sixteen feathers. The center of the blood cell, the atom was identified as Bhupuram.

The above text is based on Vedas which’s meaning is translated by one Mr.Lal, in 1951.

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Posted by: Ramachandran | September 13, 2011 1:09 AM

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The text above is a mere word salad of 'scientificky' sounding phrases and words lightly tossed and dressed with extra-strong Vedic BS.
Sorry Ramachandran you got suckered. - Dingo

Posted by: DingoJack | September 13, 2011 5:57 AM

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Ramachandran, there is so much wrong with your post there is no point in critiquing it. It would have to be coherent before it could be critiqued. As it is I can do nothing but point and laugh.

The Earth has numerous metals and few are copper, Lithium, Lead, brass, gold, silver, iron and when these metals combine with oxygen in the atmosphere produce the following gases.

N2 Nitrogen
O2 Oxygen
AR Argon
CO2 Carbon dioxide
NE Neon
HE Helium
CH4 Methane
KR Krypton
H2 Hydrogen
XE Xeno
CO Carbon Monoxides
N2O Nitrous oxide
SO2 Sulphur dioxide
NO nitric oxide
NO2 Nitrogen Di Oxide
HCHO Formaldehyde
NH3 Ammonia
O3 Ozone

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: DaveL | September 13, 2011 7:31 AM

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