hakunamatata Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Is she right I wonder? I love Africa and do a very little to help in a very small way, but surely a woman of her wealth could provide relief in many other ways which would affect lots of children by donating some of her wealth to schools, orphanages etc. Why take one poor little soul out of the environment she knows into Madonna's world. Just my thoughts, how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I think she has bought influence and an orphanage in Malawi - charitee stuff to get her taxes down and give her pick of trophy babies. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5992069.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 From Josphine Baker via Bette Davis the road to hell is paved with good intentions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 [quote user="Anton Redman"]From Josphine Baker via Bette Davis the road to hell is paved with good intentions [/quote] Do you think Josephine Baker is comparable to Madonna, and surely you cannot believe Josephine went to hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 To answer the OP's question, the woman is clearly unstable: the concept of the baby is a toy.Perhaps she ought to stick to dogs.......................... oer gerbils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Until I arrive there, I will not comment on the company. However much as I like Josphine Baker, which is a great deal more than Madonna, I am not sure the children adopted by her will fare much better than those adopted by Madonna. Infants Alliance Josephine baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Apparently the high profile adoptions by Madonna has increased the number of babies abandoned to orphanages in Malawi...their parents all hoping for an adoption by a wealthy family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 [quote user="Anton Redman"]Until I arrive there, I will not comment on the company. However much as I like Josphine Baker, which is a great deal more than Madonna, I am not sure the children adopted by her will fare much better than those adopted by Madonna. Infants Alliance Josephine baker [/quote]Final sentance should read " I am not sure the children adopted by her will fare much better than those adopted by Josephine " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Not knowing who Josephine Baker is (was), I looked her up. Here is her Wiki entry:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_BakerWow - what a lady. Interestingly, it does not mention that she adopted a rainbow tribe of 12 children. It does mention that two of her children set up a successful restaurant together, so things couldn't have been that bad.EDIT: Re-reading the entry, it does mention this but some way down the page. As it does not go into great detail, presumably they were fine.About Madonna, I know from first hand that adoptive children are VERY needy, understandably, especially when they are in their adolesent years. Her proposed daughter is going to be adolescent when Madonna is 60 years' old. Mmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Maybe Madonna should look to helping needy people in America, there are lots of children there that need a home, but I suppose that the publicity would not be on a global scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 [quote user="Cathy"]Not knowing who Josephine Baker is (was), I looked her up. Here is her Wiki entry:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_BakerWow - what a lady. Interestingly, it does not mention that she adopted a rainbow tribe of 12 children. It does mention that two of her children set up a successful restaurant together, so things couldn't have been that bad. [/quote]She ended up destitute - a beggar on the steps of her old home (Chateau Milandes) - which is now a museum to her. (We hadn't realised when we visited that it included a collection of nude photographs she had taken (very risqué in those days). Our (then 9&10 year old) boys had run ahead of us (as boys of that age are prone to doing) to the room where the pictures were on display....and were very reluctant to follow on - announcing that the photo display was the 'best bit' of the Chateau. We should have known then we had problems ahead lol [:D]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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