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Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
Life is hard. Is it REALLY just too hard to get past the obstacles we face today? Read below then get back to me on that.

Also, while you are at it. This article SHOULD give you an idea of what value that Nobel Peace Prize is.

For those who need it you will find the Snopes bit on this one below the article.

There recently was a death of a 98 year old lady named Irena.

During WWII, Iliana, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto.

She had an ulterior motive...

She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews.

Iliana smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger kids).

She also had a dog in the back, that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in, and out of the ghetto.

The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.

During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.

She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, and arms, and beat her severely.

Iliana kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out, and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it, and reunited the family.

Most of course had been gassed.

Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes, or adopted.

Last year Iliana was up for the Nobel Peace Prize....

She LOST.

Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.

Check it out: Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project


http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp


 

davekc

Senior Moderator
Staff member
Fleet Owner
It is pretty much political, not what someone really does. This organization even gave one to Obama in 09 before he even did anything.
 

layoutshooter

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
It is pretty much political, not what someone really does. This organization even gave one to Obama in 09 before he even did anything.

Obama has STILL not done ANYTHING that would warrant a "Peace Prize". Neither did Gore for that matter.
 

RLENT

Veteran Expediter
From your snopes link (emphasis mine):

Irena Sendler was reportedly a candidate to receive the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, but that honor was not awarded to her. (It's difficult to state categorically that she was "nominated" for the award, since information about Nobel Prize "nominations, investigations, and opinions is kept secret for fifty years.")
 
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