Posted on 12/29/2012 8:35:07 AM PST by John Semmens
The Russian legislature passed and President Vladimir Putin signed a bill banning the adoption of Russian children by U.S. Families.
In a signing statement President Putin asserted that “we cannot continue to subject the fruit of Russian loins to lives of degradation and depravity in an immoral society. Not only is the culture permeated with filth that poses as art, but the physical safety of the children is not even protected in the schools. For us to continue acquiescing to these adoptions would make us knowing accomplices in the criminal abuse of these children.”
A secondary concern cited by Putin was “the looming economic hardships that will befall most American families in the months and years to come. The government is accumulating debts it cannot repay. Bankruptcy and currency collapse are inevitable. The Obama Administration’s insistence on pursuing the same types of socialist policies that wrecked the Soviet Union augur a bleak future—one to which we cannot in good conscience allow to be inflicted on our children.”
US Presidential Press Secretary Jay Carney said “the President is a bit miffed by Putin’s blunt assault on American culture, but not overly concerned about the effects. Those negatively affected by the ban on adoptions are mostly the rich—people who generally have done less than their fair share of human suffering. So there is an element of inadvertent equity in the move.”
Carney pointed out that “it’s not as if those blocked by the Russian legislation are without recourse. There will still be plenty of non-white babies they can buy from China or Africa. In fact, obtaining a child from these other sources might help them overcome some of the ingrained racism that dominates this segment of our society.”
There were nearly 1,000 adoptions of Russian orphans and unwanted babies by American parents last year. The measure puts an end to that option for those desperately seeking to become parents.
You can read the rest of the best of Semi-News/Semi-Satire for 2012 at....
http://azconservative.org/2012/12/28/semi-news-best-of-2012/
Sad.
Thanks again, John, for the ping.
he has been trying to increase their population
The irony of course is that many of these Russian children have Down’s Syndrome or other serious medical problems that the Russian state will now have to pay for. American adopters were doing them a favor.
The irony of course is that many of these Russian children have Down’s Syndrome or other serious medical problems that the Russian state will now have to pay for. American adopters were doing them a favor.
While some here say it's retaliation, it might have another reason.
While many of these kids have no home, Russia has a horrible birth rate and declining native population, with Chinese and Muslims on the rise. Putin has come out and flat out said that it is a Russians woman's “duty” to have children.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/9739678/Vladimir-Putin-calls-on-Russian-families-to-have-three-children.html (There are many examples of such statements and this is pre US adoption ban)
Likewise the Russians are offering women/families that have more children greater financial and other incentives.
When Americans adopt over 60,000 children from Russia in a span of 16 years, this runs contrary to the intent of reversing a declining population. Even if 740,000 Russian kids are in orphanages and other homes without their real parents, they are still growing up Russian, will some day serve in the armed forces and pay taxes as productive members of society... keeping society going.
America, the collective unfit parent.
Yikes...that whole thing showed up on my ping page. I thought I was gonna have to get the fire extinguisher out! LOL!
Crispy critters tonight! :)
That is a very interesting switch from your classic graphic, Sarge. Very nice. David Tennant is my all-time favorite Dr. Who. Matt Smith can’t hold a candle to him, dang it.
Thank you so much! I admire how you find these things so fast. You’re amazing, my friend.
Looks like he’s off to the racists! /rimshot
He didn’t know what was good forum.
Plenty of people agree that his leaving FR and going back to DU was a big improvement in both sites.
I don’t know how he lasted so long as he did, short-timer that he was.
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