Cindy - I can't really argue with much of what you said. I do think that people that are privileged need to recognize that. I'm sure we are all thankful to be American's - period.
To that end - I totally agree with this...
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Originally Posted by Waiting4Celeste
I don't want my kids to look at me with their big doe eyes and say, "Mommy, Daddy, THANK YOU for rescuing me from that awful situation and bringing me to the glorious U S of A where life is perfect and opportunites are abundant."
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The problem is that this is exactly what happened the other night with the McCain family friend's speech. Remember - this was NOT an article about them - it was a speech given by the one girl's father. It was all about Cindy McCain's effort to rescue these two children, with one of them on stage. And he closes by quoting her expressing how lucky she is for being adopted. I'm not saying she doesn't truly believe this.
I'm honestly not trying to be critical of McCain here - in fact, in the last couple of weeks, I went from luke warm to fully supporting the guy as president. Yah, some lady from Alaska had a lot to do with it, but so did some things I learned about the other guy.
Mindy - I don't post much here - but I always like what you have to say. I did not read anything into your other statement. Actually, I believe what happened was the babies came here with Cindy on a medical visa, then since there were no parents or guardians in Bangladesh, they were free to be adopted. I'm sure they still had to process the necessary paperwork at that time.
Blessings,
-Greg