DWG, you seem to have been dropped on your noggin a few too many times.

And I’m not even going to guess at the likelihood of any surviving grey cells.

Try to keep up.

You appear to be wired in series.

Not parallel.

Flip the switch and see what happens!

http://barrybeelzebub.blogspot.com/

I was neither trying to make your point, nor trying to avoid doing so, dadwithgirls. In fact, I was not even addressing your post at all.

“You seem to be an afficianado of “free market” designs and so no power or advantage would ever come into play, right?”

Who told you that “no power or advantage would ever come into play” with “free market designs”?

Capitalism, power, and advantage are not mutually exclusive concepts.

In fact capitalism practically REQUIRES differential advantage with respect to international economics, particularly on a macro level.

Some guy named Samuelson wrote pretty extensively on the subject for undergrad economics textbooks, as I recall.

“I hear that Malawi’s president loves re-runs of “Desperate Housewives.”
And that his fourteen wives love to shop at Saks 5th Avenue.
These are just rumors, of course.”

Well aren’t you just the international genius…….. How did the State Department manage to miss YOUR resume?…;-)

“Similar to those that announce “progress” in Iraq?”

Having one of those ADD/ADH moments, or is Madonna’s latest attention-whoring somehow related to Iraq in what passes for your mind?..;-)

Did I use the word “imperialism?” (No.)

That would be a crass version of my argument.”

Dadwithgirls, I was not addressing your post, I was addressing the author of the blog.

In fact he was the one using the word “imperialism”….. in the title.

Wrong. I’ve heard it from many other celebrities, people who know her personally.

“As for the paedophile accusation, well Teri’s correct, its plain wrong. Madonna’s a woman, only men can be called paedophiles willy nilly.”

Wrong again. Pedophiles are both genders, both genders have been false accused, and it’s still very wrong to throw around accusations like that.

Of course, the West is a better place to raise a kid, especialy when the adopting parent is rich. The problem is, can we let a kid goes into an abusive situation just because he’s poor?

So that kid got unrooted from his comunity and his family because Madonna fancied him? And we need to let her do this because she’s a celebrity with a lot of cash? Those are the things that make me feel ill.

So? there is no dishonor in an honest profit. Where’s the harm?

I wonder if she would adopt me?

John has a better explanation.
http://www.kittennews.com

…. would be a more accurate description of it’s actions.

Narcism exposes itself in many ways.

agreed.
however adoption is NOT buying a child. i’m sure her money will grease the wheels to make the adoption smooth for her. also, it’s damn near impossible to adopt in the good ol’ US of A. alot of people go to foreign countries to get kids. there are alot of babies in the US that need parents, but there are so many hoops to jump through it’s end up fruitless for people and for what, these kids end up in foster care with no one.

“If Madonna cares about David so much why doesn’t she just give the child’s father enough money so he can properly raise him?”

it’s not her responsability, you know if your this concerned for the father and child, maybe you should send him money every month so he can afford his son. just a thought.

A stretch and leap there Dad.

Now if only we could get him to watch American Idol and base his foreign policy on Survivor reruns, he’d be ready to run for office as a Liberal Democrat.

“Malawi officials can be bought off as easily as any other Third World officials…”

Thank you for making my point; although I did not need to use the term “imperialism” to persuade you.

You seem to be an afficianado of “free market” designs and so no power or advantage would ever come into play, right?

I hear that Malawi’s president loves re-runs of “Desperate Housewives.”

And that his fourteen wives love to shop at Saks 5th Avenue.

These are just rumors, of course.

Similar to those that announce “progress” in Iraq?

Madonna’s adoption of a Third World baby ACTUALLY symbolizes that she has pretensions to motherhood to compliment her bank account.

As to whether the West is superior to the rest of the world, we don’t need any symbolism from Madonna – simply look at immigration requests.

How many people are breaking down the doors to settle in Malawi, do you believe, versus most Western nations?

“Yes, Madonna’s lifestyle might be questionable but that black baby is better of living in the West– or so the thinking goes.”

LOL…. questionable? She’s practically provides the prototype for “overindulged, overhyped aging female pop star”.

She IS the prototype of “attention-whore”.

As to whether her attempted adoption of a child from Malawi would be better off living in the West is not NEARLY as relevant as the size of her bank account.

Malawi officials can be bought off as easily as any other Third World officials.

And Madonna makes zero pretensions to representing “Western nations”.

“If Madonna really cared about Malawi, she would fund several orpahnages.”

Madonna mostly cares for Madonna, in case you missed that point. As such, she’s not particularly remarkable – just over-hyped.

“Her adoption of a Malawi child was just a cheap publicity stunt, that did nothing to help the people of Malawi.”

Cheap publicity stunt and personal acquisition of a Third World minor, IMO……..

She is an attention-whore.

“Likewise the United States funds some projects in developing countries, but does nothing to help them for the long run.”

Focus there, international genius…. and separate Madonna’s attention-whoring in Malawi from whichever bitches and moans you have about U.S. funding of your pet projects in Third World nations.

The U.S. helps out plenty in Third World nations, often more so than the local citizens of those nations manage to help themselves.

Just because that aid fails to meet your lofty ideals is no reason to tie that issue in to Madonna’s attention-whoring in Malawi.

“If fact, the World Bank enslaves Third World countries.”

And the tie-in between Madonna and the World Bank is………?

If you’re trying to foist some alternative to capitalism as a superior economic model for the world, it’s been tried during the last century, with noteably miserable results.

“I think my title it correct, and I stand by it.”

Well I think that your head is so far up your ass that you’re killing off your brain cells.

The “pop” always wins over the historical.

Madonna is a genius.

Again: Knucklehead!

She adopts SHOCK themes in her videos.

Remember the black Jesus?

How about being crucified on stage?

Please link us to your commentary condemning Madonna for exploiting Christanity to make a buck.

Thank you Robbie.

She adopts lesbian themes in her videos simply as a marketing ploy. The whole world, including 99.99% of homosexual-bashing conservatives, enjoy watching beautiful women make love. Madonna is a straight woman using lesbian images to sell her products.

Did I use the word “imperialism?” (No.)

That would be a crass version of my argument.

I believe current events in Iraq have pretty well disposed of any further adventures in the neo-con’s hoped-for future heroics of American Empire.

RPR – “Madonna’s adoption of a Third World baby symbolizes the view that the West is superior to the rest of the world.”

Also, she is seeking to express a moral superiority of the West over the Third World.

Why would any human being wish to live in Africa?

If he/she could live in Manhattan?

Many years ago, in college, I had a great friend who was the Minister of Communications in the government of Ethiopia under Haile Selassie.

After the Marxist coup that deposed the Lion of Judah, my friend, Asrat Desferisu, was lucky to have barely the money to escape and come to America as a graduate student at a Big Ten U.

He told me once —

“The Americans believe that they are, with all their charities and modern medicines and economic plans, making progress and extending the lives of Africans.

What the Americans have actually accomplished, is only to extend the average African’s misery by another thirty years.”

I had no reply worth stating.

I’m beginning to conclude that progressives are no different from conservative christians: they’re prepared to foist their morals onto people who don’t share them.