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

During WWII, Irena got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.

She had an ulterior motive...

She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German).

Irena 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, which 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.

Irena 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 Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....

She LOST.



Al Gore won, for doing a slide show on Global Warming!

snopes.com: Irena Sendler

Check it out.

Does this mean you're leaving? I mean like: totally leaving, and not coming back? ???

Every year there are thousands of nominees for Nobel prizes.  Every year there are winners and losers.  Shall we parse through every one to decide who should or should not have won, because I can guarantee that there are many who should have gotten the glory and didn't, and many whose merit is questionable.  In the scheme of things this is not a big deal.

Every year there are thousands of nominees for Nobel prizes.  Every year there are winners and losers.  Shall we parse through every one to decide who should or should not have won, because I can guarantee that there are many who should have gotten the glory and didn't, and many whose merit is questionable.  In the scheme of things this is not a big deal.


You're right.  It doesn't diminish what she did.  Lots of people do good things and don't even get the recognition of a nomination, it doesn't invalidate what they did.

I say good for her.

The way this topic is titled ... almost implies that Al Gore ... AIN'T one of the 'good ones' ?

He may not have saved 2500 lives directly  .... but by using his high profile (US president ... not quite .. by the most controversial of elections ...) to bring attention so successfully to a global audience/spark wider debate .... he may well have helped  bring  forward the actions that need to be taken ... BEFORE it's too late. Down the track ... in a subtle way ... he may have saved  many thousands (millions ? ) of lives ?

There were many Germans of conscience during the war, Schindler (of Schindler's list) was the most famous, and he never got a Nobel.

There were many Germans of conscience during the war, Schindler (of Schindler's list) was the most famous, and he never got a Nobel.



Even Alfred didn't get a Nobel ... and he's the one that came up with the damned thing !  >:(



















:D

I'm with Danoota and Dagwood... its not like she did what she did to get the Nobel Peace Prize. Its nice to have like a cherry on a sundae but are you going to pass up an ice cream sundae because no one's gonna give you a cherry later?



Does this mean you're leaving? I mean like: totally leaving, and not coming back? ???



Thank you Henk for asking my question for me.

I'm with Danoota and Dagwood... its not like she did what she did to get the Nobel Peace Prize. Its nice to have like a cherry on a sundae but are you going to pass up an ice cream sundae because no one's gonna give you a cherry later?



Thank you Henk for asking my question for me.



Some of us think he was using an alias, so even if he does leave under that identity he will probably be back under a new persona.

Some of us think he was using an alias, so even if he does leave under that identity he will probably be back under a new persona.


true... but allow me my delusions even for a short while  ;)

iQuestion...  You rock.  8)

Does this mean you're leaving? I mean like: totally leaving, and not coming back? ???


Yeah inquiring minds want to know

A plumber in the Warsaw Ghetto?  Did Irena have a grandson called Joe?
:D

I've had zero to do with 'I(question) ... so ... don't know the contents of ANY of their posts... but my HUNCH (and that's ALL it is) ... fact they seem to imply Al Gore is NOT a good guy .... fact that ... to MY overseas ears ... that the majority of this board appears to lean towards  Dem's .... (and HEY .... I'm right with YOU guys ... who hope for an Obama win ! ) ..... all but saying  that Al Gore is unworthy ... I'm guessing our author is a Republican/ aware of this (board's sympathies)  .... and peeved that a number here will be celebrating / aint too happy HIS party's going down ! Well ...... at least I HOPE so !  8)


So .. all the above considered ... I reckon THAT'S why I(question) feels like pulling the plug !    :P

I've had zero to do with 'I(question) ... so ... don't know the contents of ANY of their posts... but my HUNCH (and that's ALL it is) ... fact they seem to imply Al Gore is NOT a good guy .... fact that ... to MY overseas ears ... that the majority of this board appears to lean towards  Dem's .... (and HEY .... I'm right with YOU guys ... who hope for an Obama win ! ) ..... all but saying  that Al Gore is unworthy ... I'm guessing our author is a Republican/ aware of this (board's sympathies)  .... and peeved that a number here will be celebrating / aint too happy HIS party's going down ! Well ...... at least I HOPE so !   8)


So .. all the above considered ... I reckon THAT'S why I(question) feels like pulling the plug !     :P


It's not so much that he leans towards the Republicans.  It is the fact that iquestion was nothing more than another account for someone who was already registered here.  Not sure why they did it or how they got past the mods, but we're all pretty certain it was this guy.  I suspect that his old account will probably become active again in another month or so. :P

Every year there are thousands of nominees for Nobel prizes.  Every year there are winners and losers.  Shall we parse through every one to decide who should or should not have won, because I can guarantee that there are many who should have gotten the glory and didn't, and many whose merit is questionable.  In the scheme of things this is not a big deal.

This is so true,you don't always have to be publicly rewarded to know you accomplished something great. It sometimes is how you feel inside while doing the accomplishment.

saver iquestion! say it ain't so!

Saver will probably be back any day now, claiming to have missed the boards after a long absence.

Saver will probably be back any day now, claiming to have missed the boards after a long absence.


Just what i was thinking! And then he'll say he has heard of this iquestion in some blog...

Saver will probably be back any day now, claiming to have missed the boards after a long absence.


A bet he waits until Wednesday, though.

Could be...Harmonica?
???

Could be...Harmonica?
???



That thought has crossed my mind, too.



Cat

I forgot about Harmonica but now that I think about it I remember him being more literate and more definitively male than saver/iquestion. 

I forgot about Harmonica but now that I think about it I remember him being more literate and more definitively male than saver/iquestion. 


Definitively male?  He was the one with the half naked Tom Cruise poster on his wall and the I'm a cute little boys boy-toy photo of himself.

I didn't say definitively masculine...and as I said I don't remember him all that well except for the religious fanaticism and the claim to know a lot of songs. I don't remember the posters and photo at all.

A bet he waits until Wednesday, though.


I 'm telling you since I left when I would be back, After the ELECTION...Take a look at my post until the winner of the election picks up speed.

Nice way(iquestion) to bring attention to the one issue I had passion to exposing..remember Gore is going all out to 'save theplanet' , getting commendations etc..But I've clearly pointed out how he had the chance 10 years ago to clean the environment and gas situation but he constantly approved the building of coal burning plants WHICH IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF IT ALL...I see past the cause he is trying to lead..his actions have spoken louder.  G'Day. 

Yeah, in 2000 and 2004, but not this time pal!
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A bet he waits until Wednesday, though.


Well looks like he did come by and its still Tuesday in Cali.

::)

Well looks like he did come by and its still Tuesday in Cali.

::)


Still Tuesday here, too so I guess I lost the bet. ;D

What'd I miss?  I usually can't read his posts because they give me headaches :P

What'd I miss?  I usually can't read his posts because they give me headaches :P


nothing... trust.  you missed nothing  :)

Definitively male?  He was the one with the half naked Tom Cruise poster on his wall and the I'm a cute little boys boy-toy photo of himself.

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What'd I miss?  I usually can't read his posts because they give me headaches :P
in stunning news, iquestion and saver agree on something. even though they're different people.

in stunning news, iquestion and saver agree on something. even though they're different people.


;D

in stunning news, iquestion and saver agree on something. even though they're different people.


You left out the fact that their posts have similar sentence structures.

If they're not the same person, they must be twins or something.

You left out the fact that their posts have similar sentence structures.

If they're not the same person, they must be twins or something.

Conjoined at the brain!
:D

Conjoined at the brain!
:D


Or lack thereof!!!!

I've had zero to do with 'I(question) ... so ... don't know the contents of ANY of their posts... but my HUNCH (and that's ALL it is) ... fact they seem to imply Al Gore is NOT a good guy .... fact that ... to MY overseas ears ... that the majority of this board appears to lean towards  Dem's .... (and HEY .... I'm right with YOU guys ... who hope for an Obama win ! ) ..... all but saying  that Al Gore is unworthy ... I'm guessing our author is a Republican/ aware of this (board's sympathies)  .... and peeved that a number here will be celebrating / aint too happy HIS party's going down ! Well ...... at least I HOPE so !   8)


So .. all the above considered ... I reckon THAT'S why I(question) feels like pulling the plug !     :P


Just supposing....and this strictuly speculation....I registered "iquestion as my doppleganger?  Not what it means, wiseguy!   Would you ever suspect?  Could you?  Would You?
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Well...saver doesn't seem that hard to emulate...but sometimes things aren't as easy as they seem...like the getting the ILLEGALS out of the country...or  at least some have been known to say that...think about it!


All I know is it wasn't me

All I know is it wasn't me

But the other guys in the elevator don't.
:P