A Woman of Firsts: Waangari Maathai

From Alternet.org: A Woman of Firsts.

This is proof positive that the good folk of the Nobel Prize Committee are decades ahead any leaders, opinion makers everywhere. I cannot think of any other institution with the foresight to recognize the unprecedented holistic approach to peace, human rights, environmentalism taken by Dr. Waangari Maathai.

I can hear WASPs everywhere thinking, why didn't I think of that. This is the kind of stuff that gets patented and sold for filthy (in a good way) profit. Congratulations, Dr. Waangari Maathai. I salute you.