Have you heard the story about the runner-up for the Nobel Peace Prize? (homes)

[camaro69]

Since I'm already being accused of beating up on Dems and since NJ is a heavy Dem state, might as well keep on going.


Hope Gore is proud of himself.
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Irena Sendlerowa
1910-2008

May 12 marked the death of a 98-year-old lady named Irena.

During WWII, Irena received permission from the Nazis to work in the Warsaw ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist.

She had an ulterior motive...

Being German, she knew the Nazis' plans for the Jews and smuggled infants out in the bottom of the large tool box she carried. Larger children were placed in a burlap sack in the back of her truck. Also in the back was a dog that she had trained to bark each time the Nazi guards allowed her out of the ghetto and back in.

The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and its barking covered any noise made by the infants and small children. Irena managed to smuggle out approximat ely 2,500 children before she was finally caught. When she was captured, the Nazis beat her severely, breaking both her arms and her legs.

Irena kept a record of the names of all the children she smuggled out of that Warsaw ghetto and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents who may have survived so she might reunite the child with its family. Most, of course, did not survive the Holocaust, and the vast majority of the surviving child ren were placed in foster homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but she lost to Al Gore, who won the award for presenting a slide show on Global Warming.


True story.
Check it out at:

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

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by MPBsr

Since I'm already being accused of beating up on Dems and since NJ is a heavy Dem state, might as well keep on going.


Hope Gore is proud of himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Irena Sendlerowa
1910-2008

May 12 marked the death of a 98-year-old lady named Irena.

During WWII, Irena received permission from the Nazis to work in the Warsaw ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist.

She had an ulterior motive...

Being German, she knew the Nazis' plans for the Jews and smuggled infants out in the bottom of the large tool box she carried. Larger children were placed in a burlap sack in the back of her truck. Also in the back was a dog that she had trained to bark each time the Nazi guards allowed her out of the ghetto and back in.

The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and its barking covered any noise made by the infants and small children. Irena managed to smuggle out approximat ely 2,500 children before she was finally caught. When she was captured, the Nazis beat her severely, breaking both her arms and her legs.

Irena kept a record of the names of all the children she smuggled out of that Warsaw ghetto and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents who may have survived so she might reunite the child with its family. Most, of course, did not survive the Holocaust, and the vast majority of the surviving child ren were placed in foster homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but she lost to Al Gore, who won the award for presenting a slide show on Global Warming.


True story.
Check it out at:

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

And this is the democrats fault because??????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????

[camaro69]

Because he lied...LOL

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by MPBsr

Because he lied...LOL

At this point..I could care less for the repubs as much as I can for the democrats... but if you want to blame the democrats for the mess NJ's in..then you have to blame the republicans for the mess out Country is in. Both parties lack credibility lately

[Diane Giam]

She should have received it for the wonderful work she did. Saving Lives beats anything Gore has ever done.

Let me tell you a Gore story. I was at my State's Capital(Nashville) taking a tour, and there was nothing about Gore there(They hate him , and he lives in Nashville) I've seen his home. He also uses more electricity than any Nashville Resident. It's a well known fact.
Someone in my Nashville New Neighbors tour group asked if there was anything about Gore in the Capital. The reply was only if he wins the noble peace prize, then we have to!

Diane G

[diogenesNY]

I prefice this by saying that I am no fan of Al Gore, in fact I think he is a blowhard bore and a fantacist(SP?) of the first order.... that notwithstanding, the premises of this story seemed a bit odd.

While I do not know anything personally about this 'runner up' it is worth noting that the list of Nobel Nominees is a carefuly held secret, and the list of nominees is kept sealed and not released to the public for a period of 50 years. There is also no public dissemination, disclosure or discussion of the nominees under consideration. There is also no such thing as a Nobel Prize 'runner up'.

diogenesNY

[camaro69]

"The Committee keeps the nominations secret and asks that nominators do the same."

Maybe her family released the info after she died?

[NewHomeHappy]

Irena's story is very interesting. It is amazing what she did with her life and how it affected others. I'm in awe. So I looked further and I found out more about her and her life... take a look at this link...
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project

[skapur]

Noble is anyway BS. Let's talk about NJ.

[EEEPNJ]

There are a gazillion people who are more worthy than Gore and probably more that are more worthy than Irena too... silly post. There are many people who do amazing things and don't get a Nobel Peace Prize.

Truth is I saw a quote here that "fair if for 7 yr olds.' Man I think I've added that one to my top 5 quote list... it sucks, but life is not fair.

But this is really silly because it's not like it's Gore's FAULT. Duh!