tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post3555601367093727604..comments2010-03-08T15:44:49.919-05:00Upstatemomof3http://www.blogger.com/profile/16862359333933751151upstatemomof3@yahoo.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-72350252854645172282010-03-08T15:44:49.913-05:002010-03-08T15:44:49.913-05:00Knowledge is power and when you have knowledge you can advocate for a change. I appreciate your call for congressional action.Lanita Mosshttp://birthbypaperwork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-48751730175912198172010-03-08T10:53:48.865-05:002010-03-08T10:53:48.865-05:00Jen, <br /><br />Thanks for pointing it out. It is so easy to misinterpret what is being said and I appreciate you pointing out what you thought I was saying. I understand why people are freaked out and why people do not want to hear what I am saying too. It is too hard. It is scary and it is so sad.Upstatemomof3http://www.blogger.com/profile/16862359333933751151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-24278861407186547462010-03-06T23:42:19.971-05:002010-03-06T23:42:19.971-05:00Edna,<br /><br />Yes, it does make sense. Thank you for clarifying that for me. I agree it wasn&#39;t the best reporting job ever. I wish they would have included good stories of adoptions also. Unfortunately because I was involved with CWA I know a lot of stuff that they are doing that is really bad. It would shock most people actually. I think we can agree that the US government does not handle things well. I am hopeful they will only investigate the agencies where red flags occur.<br /><br />Anyway, I understand that you were trying to warn people to be cautious. I can understand why many of them freaked out, but I&#39;m sorry that you are getting nasty emails. If I was still in the adoption process, especially early in the process, I would be worried. I know people don&#39;t want to hear that.<br /><br />I am done rambling now. I need to go to bed. :) Thanks for the discussion.<br /><br />JenJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08893388000284144468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-54097862784305442362010-03-06T23:34:46.820-05:002010-03-06T23:34:46.820-05:00Jen, <br /><br />I actually am not exactly discounting it. I am saying that I do not think it is a TRUE and UNBIASED documentary. I do not think it gives a TRUE and UNBIASED opinion of adoptions in Ethiopia. It tells the story that this ONE reporter wanted to tell by making it. So, that is all I meant when I said it is a silly &quot;documentary.&quot; <br />I am not saying there is no truth in it. I am sorry for the things people have, are and will go through. I know corruption exists. I am not naive nor am I blind to it. I do not necessarily agree with the way our gov&#39;t handles it but I know it does exist. I do think we should do all that we can to find it and extinguish it. However, I think that our gov&#39;t has a history of mishandling these situations. I am sorry you took my words to be saying the stories were not true I suppose I should have been more clear. I was really only saying that the story itself is very one sided and propelled by this person and what they wanted to say. <br /><br />I hope that makes sense. :)Upstatemomof3http://www.blogger.com/profile/16862359333933751151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-40362703550681986132010-03-06T23:28:12.785-05:002010-03-06T23:28:12.785-05:00Edna, I don&#39;t take issue with you speaking what you feel may happen to the Ethiopia program. That is your right to do so. I do take issue with you calling the news piece a &quot;silly documentary&quot; as you put it. I used the agency in that documentary for my first adoption and know that the things reported in that documentary are true. I know one of the families personally who are featured in the documentary and their children will carry pain for the rest of their lives because of what happened to them. Please do not discount it because you don&#39;t like it. Would you rather nothing be done and allow children to be trafficked so that the Ethiopia program can stay open? You may not like the way things are being handled right now, but something has to be done to protect children who are being harvested for adoptions. <br /><br />JenJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08893388000284144468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-18096339149672513742010-03-06T22:06:13.418-05:002010-03-06T22:06:13.418-05:00Megan, <br />You are so right! Thanks!!<br /><br />Pamela,<br />Thanks!!Upstatemomof3http://www.blogger.com/profile/16862359333933751151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-60733827506430164592010-03-06T19:48:46.023-05:002010-03-06T19:48:46.023-05:00You can only tell the truth. And if people don&#39;t want to face it now, they&#39;ll be forced to later. I can only imagine how frustrating this is for you.Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13652737346135197054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-1791254945430569312010-03-06T16:49:49.585-05:002010-03-06T16:49:49.585-05:00Hey Edna,<br />Sorry you are getting grief just for speaking your concerns... especially since you&#39;ve seen this similar path with the two other countries. Know that those people only think you are mean and unsupportive because they are scared to death to even think that you are right, or worse, to even think that their children could have been fraudulently placed for adoption. I find discussion groups so hard to be a part of for that same reason, people want to hear what they want to hear and nothing more... <br />- Megan S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com