The Real Prize
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler
It’s not BS: http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp
I didn’t think my disgust for Al Gore and the Nobel committee could get any worse: now it’s doubled.
Steamboat said part of it for me. The second part is:- Where’s Hollywood in this. At least Schindler got a film made of his good deeds.
Posted by FrankC
02/22/2009 at 05:10 PM
Jimmy Carter and Yasser Arafat also won.........sort of tarnishes the award doesn’t it.
xiphos
Posted by xiphos
02/22/2009 at 05:33 PM
More research will reveal she was a conservative and a genuinely good person. Therefore the elites in the media, hollywood, germany, or the nobel assholes wouldn’t give her the time of day.
That has really depressed me. Owl Gore should be ashamed of himself.
xiphos is right: the Nobel prize - at least in “Peace” is soiled beyond repair, IMHO. There have been mistakes in other prize areas - like physics - but none compare to the utter obscenities that were the Carter, Arafat, and Gore awards.
There was a time when the Nobel Committee was worthy of respect. I’ve got to ask whose arm was twisted, who took the bribe, that gave a snake oil salesman like Gore the award?
There is one more piece, maybe it’s more important.
No matter the danger of a situation, no matter how corrupt a government or a society, there is always someone righteous who will do right thing, regardless of their personal safety or comfort.
I like this paragraph from Wikipedia. The list of non Jewish people and organizations is impressive. This is a woman who was recognized for her convictions and courageous acts by pretty much everyone, except the Nobel Committee.
Elsewhere, the article also credits Priests, Nuns and ordinary Polish people who aided her, at great risk to themselves. People of honor and courage often don’t get the recognition they deserve. Then again, they don’t spend a lot of time telling the world how wonderful they are.
In 2003, pope John Paul II sent a personal letter to Sendler, praising her wartime efforts. On 10 October 2003, Sendler received the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest civilian decoration and the Jan Karski Award “For Courage and Heart,” given by the American Center of Polish Culture in Washington, D.C.. On 14 March 2007 Sendler was honored by Poland’s Senate. At age 97, she was unable to leave her nursing home to receive the honor, but she sent a statement through Elżbieta Ficowska, whom Sendler had saved as an infant. Polish President Lech Kaczyński stated that she “can justly be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize” (though nominations are supposed to be kept secret).
Sendler was the last survivor of the Children’s Section of the Żegota Council for Assistance to the Jews, which she had headed from January 1943 until the end of World War II.
Dittos to Steamboat McGoo.
I shudder to think how close that idiot came to being POTUS.
Of course, I shudder at the current POTUS.
People like Irena are not concerned with what the world thinks of them. They are driven by what is moral and right. They are not interested in awards and recognition. Their efforts are often forgotten and anonymous. Many are not known until after they are gone and their stories are faded. Some are thrust into the spotlight unexpectedly and respond with grace and dignity (like Capt. Sullenberger of recent events).
These are the people who are, in my opinion, the rock and pillar of civilization. They contribute to the best of humanity without asking for fame, money or recognition.
God bless them.
Wow. John C
I’m currently writing a speech to give at my local Toastmasters club. I hope you don’t mind if I lift this and use it in my speech.
All credit will be given to John C.
I condensed my 15min. tirade into this.
F**K YOU Al Gore AND the horse you rode in on.
Posted by harleycowboy58
02/23/2009 at 07:26 AM
In 1994, I knew something was wrong with the Nobel Peace Prize’s selection committee (and their process for picking someone to receive the award) when the committee gave it to Yassar Arafat. Later selections in 2001 and 2002 where they gave the award to Kofi Annan of the U.N. and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter respectively only further demonstrated some deeply disturbing problems with the selection process.
Then in 2005, the committe gave it to the IAEA’s Mohamed ElBaradei who sold us a bill of goods that Iran wasn’t anywhere near the capability for nuclear weapons, until just the other day: “Tah-dah!”
Well, by then I knew they weren’t just making mistakes of judgment, and that the panel was compromised and corrupt.
2007 sealed the deal: Al Gore. Coffin. Last nail. Stick the committee in the ground.
Because of the more-than-just-questionable choices of recent past on the part of the committee, getting the award at this point might raise some serious questions about the character and actions of the recipient.
Perhaps it’s not such a bad thing that Irena Sendler was never nominated, as neither her great deeds, nor her name will be sullied by association with a committee that would better be referred to as a den of vipers.
Thank you for posting this story about her.
Christopher, no problem. I am glad to contribute.
Yeah that, Argentium. I am deeply thankful that this most excellent woman will never be lumped in with the last 15 years worth of Nobel Peace Prize winners. Because of that, no one hearing of her will wonder who had to be bribed by whom, and for how much, in order to make her seem worthy of honor.
02/22/2009 at 06:15 PM
