Posted on 09/22/2013 9:59:08 AM PDT by cunning_fish
WASHINGTON, September 20 (By RIA Novosti) – A US Senator and leading voice on the tangled and thorny topic of international child adoption said this week Russia is doing “a great disservice to itself” by raising parentless children in institutions, but expressed little hope that Moscow’s ban on adoptions of Russian children by American parents would be lifted anytime soon. "Every doctor knows how harmful institutional care is to children. It affects their emotional, mental, and physical development," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, herself the mother of two adopted children. "What I really want to say to the people of Russia is, 'Get your kids out of institutions and get them back into the loving arms of parents, relatives, or families that will love them and care for them,'" she told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in an interview on Thursday. She also offered a scathing comment about Pavel Astakhov, Russia’s child rights commissioner, a strong champion of the ban on US-Russian adoptions enacted by Moscow in January and an outspoken critic of the American adoption system. "He doesn't want to hear the truth," Landrieu said. "He's an ass. You can write that: He's an ass!" Her comments came after a Capitol Hill press conference to announce new legislation authored by Landrieu and others to help find families around the world for children without parents. It also streamlines the international adoption process for American families and develops a system for reviewing international adoptions in the US. Landrieu made the comment about Astakhov the day after he said Russia has a system for providing training to adoptive families and is prepared to teach Americans how to create and maintain such a service. “America has a troubled system,” Astakhov said.
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Wiki lists Mary Landrieu as having two children. Are both of these children adopted? If so, why did Mary choose not to have her own children? Would a pregnancy get in the way of her political career?
Proves that old adage: “it takes one to know one”, is still true!
adoption isn’t any better
the adopted kids have detachment disorder, adopted child syndrome, it isn’t pretty, some of the worst serial killers were adoptees
VD?
The only thing the Democrat Party lacks are principles, honesty, and decency.
Stay classy, Dem-O-Rats.
Dear Senators, President Obama and other officials representing the United States.
Until recently officials did not call other officials potty mouth names. Do you know why? Because once you have done that it makes it difficult to negotiate with those officials. Our Tweeting, Facebooking and texting culture has made us less sensitive to the impact of our words. But, rest assured, if you called me a name I’d probably go out of my way to avoid dealing with you. I certainly wouldn’t give you what you want. So, no matter what you think of an official representing another country, or even somebody from a different party here, please imagine the impact of your Tweet or quote. If you’re not getting what you want, then perhaps you should recruit someone different to negotiate on your behalf.
The US Senate is an ass. They’re doing such a great job running the lives of Americans that they can burn cycles telling the rest of the world how to live too.
Stay Classy, Mary.
Sorry, Mary, with the laws we have here in the states (which you have championed as far as I can tell), allowing lesbians and queers to adopt young boys and girls, I can understand the Russian stance completely.
Not surprised you would use that articulate term to describe the Russian, and to insist on it so adamantly.
Sorry, Mary, with the laws we have here in the states (which you have championed as far as I can tell), allowing lesbians and queers to adopt young boys and girls, I can understand the Russian stance completely.
Not surprised you would use that articulate term to describe the Russian, and to insist on it so adamantly.
Hay the tards have to say something after watching Kerry
and Obama get pimp slapped by Putin. They are mad at
their own ignorance and they can’t blame anyone for it so
they are fishing around for a reason to turn the table on
Putin and this is all they could come up with. I think
their support of all types of abortion just puts their
foot in their mouth on this.
I read the Russian child rights commissioner’s comments a few days ago when first published by the media, and he sounded like a true champion of morality and sensible values. That said, Mary Landrieu can go to hell.
Ok, a few years ago libs attacked conservatives for mail order brides and children, now they sponsor or?
I smell a gay nationalist rat in this
Liberals are getting caught in their treachery and evil, and they don’t like it for domestic reasons.
Wait a minute, wait a minute...wait a minute...
Mary Landrieu is a RAT, and the RAT party mascot is the Jackass.
Must I remind you, MADAME...that you, and all your fellow travelers, all the way up and down the RAT ticket are all....
A herd of ASSES!
Sure, as if our _resident and congress members are doing America any favors with all this name calling.
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