tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post5888646772906548127..comments2023-10-30T06:34:46.382-04:00Comments on Cthulhu's Family Restaurant: THoroughly Useless (THU) Thursday - A Day Late and a Buck ShortChef Cthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06210754577326849812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post-85438875560903400302009-04-08T22:10:00.000-04:002009-04-08T22:10:00.000-04:00Maggie - there's definitely that. Imagine helping...Maggie - there's definitely that. Imagine helping people help themselves.<BR/><BR/>Dawn - Maybe. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman adopted two children. Don't know if there was anyone lining up...maybe they didn't want The Church of Scientology on their asses.<BR/><BR/>Randal - the needs of ex-CEO's don't amount to a hill o' beans in this world. We'll always have Basra.<BR/><BR/>Julie - exactly. Chef Cthulhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06210754577326849812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post-42585404391859851772009-04-08T18:12:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:12:00.000-04:00I hadn't thought about Dawn's point. Given that t...I hadn't thought about Dawn's point. Given that their celebrity is something of a curse, why make things more complex than their celebrity status currently does?<BR/><BR/>But yes, there are a lot of kids here in our country who need parents.<BR/><BR/>Why adopt a child from R'yleh when there are plenty who need parents here at home?Snavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763424943041003098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post-69534607799635806822009-04-04T10:29:00.000-04:002009-04-04T10:29:00.000-04:00I figure, no matter how expensive and time-consumi...I figure, no matter how expensive and time-consuming the American adoption system may be for most people to navigate, a super-rich celebrity can probably cut through the red tape a lot quicker.<BR/><BR/>I think Dawn is right about the motivation for adopting overseas. But as for why Africa or Asia, rather than, say, eastern Europe... again, it comes back to race. It is probably easier to stroke Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840640280453062353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post-64446431360962853122009-04-04T09:49:00.000-04:002009-04-04T09:49:00.000-04:00I think these celebrities should adopt here. There...I think these celebrities <EM>should</EM> adopt here. There are plenty of poor, starving, out-of-work ex-financial CEOs out on the penthouse patio who need love.<BR/><BR/>In theory, I've got nothing against remakes (mainly because one such remake, John Carpenter's <EM>The Thing</EM> is much better than the original and is one of the great horror/sci-fi flicks of all time) but something like that Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post-74202991019218700882009-04-04T08:14:00.000-04:002009-04-04T08:14:00.000-04:00I've got an idea why celebrities adopt from abroad...I've got an idea why celebrities adopt from abroad - if they adopted a child here, there would be hundreds, if not thousands of people lined up claiming some kind of lineage with the tot to get access to the famous person's wealth. In Malawia or where ever, nobody gives a rat's ass who Madonna or Brangelina are and they aren't going to camp out in their yard to get some kind of pay-off and their Dawn Fortunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722591049949538021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312865765940195323.post-61571433333634746952009-04-04T00:40:00.000-04:002009-04-04T00:40:00.000-04:00There is something to be said for a child growing ...There is something to be said for a child growing up with his or her own people and in his or her own culture. I like programs like the Heifer foundation, that help empower people to support themselves. It's sad that Madonna's life is so empty, but money shouldn't buy her somebody else's life.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681883169121834569noreply@blogger.com