| Talk about luck. Imagine winning the lottery twice in | | | | powerless and poor in a nation starved for dollars. |
| the same week? Basically, this is what happened to | | | | Some gov't officials have even expressed comments |
| the African child from Malawi plucked out by Madonna | | | | basically calling for Mr. Banda to pipe down. Anyway, |
| to become her adopted son. The incredible luck for | | | | if the kid is forced back into Malawi don't think it will |
| this child is unspeakable. Born into grinding poverty | | | | be, "Gee, thanks dad," as he gets older. More like, |
| with little hope, this kid is going into a fairy tale | | | | "Dad, can I hit you now or later?"Of course, there |
| situation. His mother died at childbirth and his father is | | | | has been a long history of white people coming to |
| an illiterate farmer basically looking to put the kid into | | | | Africa doing all sorts of good works. Much is often |
| an orphanage. Then Madonna, of all people, steps in | | | | overshadowed by the history of colonialism and |
| to take him away from it all. Wow!Malawi is another | | | | modern-day nationalism. This is now extending itself |
| African nation with problems. AIDS is rampant with | | | | to celebrities coming to the continent and adopting |
| roughly 14% of the population having the disease. | | | | children like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt recently did. It |
| About a million orphans exist due to their parents | | | | would be highly interesting to see a black celebrity |
| dying of AIDS. Per-capita income is about $1 a day. | | | | going to Eastern Europe to adopt a white child away |
| Famine is not uncommon with roughly 25% of the | | | | from some of the poverty of the land. Now that |
| population dealing with severe food shortages. Who | | | | would be news!Outside of Madonna and Mr. Guy |
| the hell would not want to get out?Some | | | | Ritchie being abusive parents- which there is |
| humanitarian organizations are upset that Madonna | | | | absolutely no evidence of- this is a big win for the |
| pretty much skipped the whole process to adopt a | | | | child. Hell, children of any race from any land would be |
| child. What a shock. Reports are she paid the | | | | lining up for such an adoption. A few adults, too.Of |
| government roughly 3 million dollars allegedly for | | | | course, this once again shows the incredible luck to |
| orphanages. This being Africa you unfortunately have | | | | be in places like America, Canada or much of Europe. |
| to wonder if that money will go for its intended | | | | It is utterly mind-boggling how some people not only |
| purpose.Even the father, Yohane Banda, is now | | | | take it for granted but then degrade it. But few |
| claiming he did not understand the meaning of | | | | leave. Perhaps the haters should spend some time in |
| "adoption" and figured Madonna and her hubby were | | | | Malawi or Iraq or much of Central America and |
| pretty much just going to get the kid educated and | | | | compare. One thing is for sure: this kid is one of the |
| fly back and forth to Malawi. It would be highly | | | | luckiest people of all time. |
| surprising if the father gets the kid back. He is utterly | | | | |