i think they're slowly building their own u.n. which they will then use to take over the world. either that or they're batshit crazy

giggidy.

I wish they'd adopt me already. Riding on Brad's shoulders sounds like something I could enjoy.

Angelina can adopt me! Better yet, I'll crawl up into her womb and she can give birth to me!

I'm confused about the title "Adoption Quagmires."

Wouldn't that be confusing adoption situations? Is anyone really confused about Brad and Angelina?

Okay Look, I'll give them this one but them I'm done. Really. Just because you have the money doesn't mean you have the time. And I sort of believed John Voight when he said Angie had mental issues so I'm entirely over that. I'm thinking she is just re-directing them into this children thing and maybe the kids haven't totally CURED her. So I'm fine with four - but if they don't wait a good 3 years for a fifth I'm calling batshit crazy and Brad has no control.

At least they spend time with their kids. A lot, it seems. It could be worse… I honestly have trouble finding anything wrong with this. If people are going to want to be like them anyway, they should at least be doing something mildly humanitarian. Remember that show on MTV where people were getting plasitc surgery to look like someone famous? I am pretty sure both Brad and Angelina were targets. Now people will want to have a multiracial family like them, in adition to their faces.

I have trouble finding fault with their family situations, too.

At least you always seen Angelina and Brad actually WITH their kids. They are usually pushing the strollers or carrying the babies or holding Maddox's hand themselves, rather than having some paid person walk a couple yards behind them with the kids. They may be kind of weird, but it seems as though they are really interested in being parents, rather than just having a couple small, wailing fashion accessories.

I'm trying to understand what the link at the bottom of the passage (very similar baby from Iraq) showing the coffin of a dead American soldier has to do with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I"m sure it has something to do with the reading rather than the picture…I HOPE.

Vietnam war : Iraq war :: Vietnamese baby : Iraqi baby

If only I could tach my 4th graders that kind of analogy, angela. :-)

And apparently teach myself to type. Sorry.

Of course I don't know them personally, we travel in different social circles LOL. But all these Hollywood adoptions by celebrities are looking more like a fashion statement than anything to me. What, there aren't enuf kids here in dire straits? First it was dogs, now it's kids. Gimmee a friggin break. Well, as we all know, this "trend" shall also pass. The kids will lose their "cuteness" and get too big to carry around like the hottest handbag.

Sorry, I forgot: Can you say photo op?

I agree with several posters on this thread today. Good points made all around! Vivian, I think that you may be ONTO something! Children are the "must-have" item right now. Esp. the way these two love parading them around. And, UsedtoLoveHer has another good point–Ang. was batshit crazy with BillyBob, the kids have at least slowed her down a bit. The jury is still out–if they adopt yet ANOTHER child after this, then she is DEFINITELY still nuts!

If the Jolie-Pitts want to make a real difference, they would be adopting a black kid (over the age of 5) from the good old USA! Now, that would be something.

I'm not sure I agree. The foster-care system and social service programs in the good old USA definetly have their downfalls, but any kid in an American orphanage has it waaaay better off than a kid in a vietnamese orphanage. If you can't help everyone, help those who need it the most.

The only thing that I give them props for is that this time around they are adopting an older child. It's sad how many fabulous kids who would make great additions to families don't get to experience a healthy family life because they aren't cute little babies.