"Honor Harrington in "Sky Captain"

External Since: Aug 13, 2003 Posts: 1110

"Jeff the Bear" <bgbear528.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040111222725.21882.00001448@mb-m19.aol.com...
  > >From: "Gillian White"
>
  > >obert A. Woodward" <robertaw.RemoveThis@drizzle.com> wrote in message
  > >news:robertaw-AA3FA4.09315711012004@yasure.drizzle.com...
  > >
   > >> The INS put a freeze on all adoptions from Cambodia merely weeks before
   > >> the Weber's adoption papers would finally clear* - the freeze lasted
   > >> over a year. All adoption papers that they were processing were frozen;
   > >> with one exception. Jolie's was given a exception and was processed.
  > >
  > >Is that her fault though? Is there proof that she specifically asked to
be
  > >given special treatment?
  > >
  > >Gillian
>
> I'm not sure if the information is still available online or not, but MWW
had
> posted various missives he received from the INS on Baen's bar. Needless
to say
> the INS was not very polite in them. Also unlike Ms Jolie, MWW and the
other
> people that were caught up in this problem were not adopting from the
American
> agencies that were the problem. They were adopting from Cambodian
angencies
> which were being very careful that the children they were putting up for
> adoption were in fact orphans. His anger stems from the fact that she was
the
> most famous face on a scandal that cost him, his wife, and a couple of
hundred
> other adoptive families over a year of their adoptive childrens lives.
The
> only reason they and the others were able to eventually adopt was that the
> president got involved and basicly told the INS to get their heads out of
their
> @$$es. Those that finally were able to adopt after the scandal are
probably the
> only ones that can be sure their children were not bought and sold like
> cattle.I don't know that he blames Ms Jolie personally. But because she
was
> able to adopt without the hoops he and the other families were put through
he
> has said she would not be welcome in a movie made from any of his books.
> JEFF THE BEAR
> The three best things in life are family, friends, and books.
>
Which is a normal if not always reasonable reaction. Everybody dislikes the
person that breaks into the line in front of them but many still want to do
exactly that.

External Since: Aug 31, 2003 Posts: 24

In article <uJpMb.66722$JQ1.5360@pd7tw1no>, Gillian White
<gillian_white DeleteThis @spammenotmail.com> wrote:

> Correct. It wouldn't be the first time the INS has made a complete mess of
> things.

Won't be the last, either.