Brief Observation on Irena Sendler

Sunday, April 19th at 10:21PM EST

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Tonight I’m watching the CBS Movie The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler. For those of you not familiar with her story, Ms. Sendler was a Catholic social worker in Warsaw, Poland during WWII. She, along with about a dozen other members of the Zegota resistance group, saved the lives of over 2500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. Now, you may recall that Ms. Sendler, who died last year at the age of 98, had been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, Al Gore won the Prize that year for his work on “raising awareness” of climate change. Putting aside for the moment the many half truths and outright lies contained in “An Inconvenient Truth,” the fact is Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for making a frickin movie! Yes, five learned Norwegians actually believed a snake oil salesman the likes of Al Gore was more deserving of humanity’s honor and gratitude than a woman who saved thousands of children from certain death at the hands of the Nazis. The liberal capacity for moral relativity never ceases to amaze me.

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red4ever (Diary) Sunday, April 19th at 11:39PM EST (link)

I had the exact same thought. This woman was beaten, tortured and left for dead by the Nazis. She endured persecution by the Communist government in Poland. They imprisoned her and beat her so badly she miscarried.

This woman risked her life for others. The only thing Al Gore has ever risked is exploding through overeating.

I lost all respect for the Nobel Prize Committee that year. Learning about Ms. Sendler’s courage, only reminded me how much I despised that decision.

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I lost respect when J. Carter was awarded one. (nt)

larueladue (Diary) Monday, April 20th at 1:27PM EST (link)

Thank you, thank you for bringing this to our attention - RECO'd

Jack_Savage (Diary) Monday, April 20th at 7:18AM EST (link)

Thank you. I will remind others of it today and in the days to come.

A great injustice was done in 2007

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Monday, April 20th at 7:57AM EST (link)

This wonderful woman who saved the lives of thousands of children (and the souls of many others who she encouraged to help her cause rather than the Nazi’s), This woman who endured torture (the real stuff, not what we did at Gitmo). This woman who literally put her life on the line in order to save others was passed over for the award.

In favor of Al Gore.

Who made a movie.

Which was full of false information.

As a political statement.

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The Nobel Committee seems to make a habit

INC (Diary) Monday, April 20th at 9:33PM EST (link)

of rewarding the least deserving.

Thanks for your tribute to her.