Unlike the last article I wrote about, which I think did a good job of taking a real look at some of the complexities, ethics, emotions and issues surrounding international and transracial adoption, this article, titled "Foreign Orphans Better Than Our Own", is total nonsense (in my not so humble opinion).

I get satire. I get sarcasm. I have a pretty dang good sense of humor, if I do say so myself. But to me, this article is poorly written, and was written for seemingly no other reason than to stir up emotions and get people upset.

The author, Phil Kadner, writes about how America used to used to "feel really bad" about "their" orphans, and that U.S. orphans just aren't as "lovable" as they used to be. And then of course he jumps right on to the "how terrible it is that all of these Americans are going oversees to adopt children when there are so many orphans in the United States right now" bandwagon that is oh-so popular these days.

The insulting statements are never ending. Americans are buying babies overseas. We should "buy" American children first (his words, not mine). He likens parents adopting children internationally to buying foreign cars. It's really obnoxious.

Here is a part I found particularly offensive :

Our orphans and poor kids just don't seem willing to pick themselves up by their bootstraps.

They're lazy. Crack-addicted. They spend too much time playing video games.

Back in the days of the Great Depression, this country had the greatest orphans in the history of the world.

If Dad was a drunken, worn-out professional prize fighter, they would take it upon themselves to get a job and earn a living.

Or, as Shirley Temple demonstrated repeatedly, they would tap dance to entertain both the wealthy and impoverished.

When's the last time you saw a poor orphan kid singing, smiling and tap dancing anywhere in America?

Poor kids these days sing angry rap songs about "ho's" and killing cops.

They need an image consultant, but that would require a lot more than 10 cents a month.

I have two daughters who almost ended up in the foster care system as a "black, older sibling group", and I despise his stereotyping of, "Poor kids these days sing angry rap songs about "ho's" and killing cops". Just a wee bit racist sounding, no?

Now I am all for drumming up support for the children in the United States foster care system and for advocating to help find more adoptive families to adopt from foster care. But this is not the way to do it.

I could tell this author that our family tried over and over and over to adopt from the foster care system and while the older, special needs kids we wanted to adopt waited and waited, we were turned down. I could tell him of the oodles of other families I know who tried to adopt from the U.S. and were unsuccessful because the system is a mess and often does not act in the children's best interests. I could tell him that being judged for not adopting from foster care after trying and trying is a slap in the face.

I could tell him how I believe that all orphaned children are equally deserving of being adopted, and that children born in the U.S. are not any more deserving of a home, family, education, security and medical care than children born in other countries.

I could tell him that every adoptive parent has the right to choose where to adopt from and what adoption program is right for their family and that for most families, a whole lot of thought, research and emotion goes into that decision.

I could tell him that most of the children available for adoption through the U.S. foster care system are older, special needs children who have emotional, behavioral and/or medical needs that many adoptive families are not prepared to handle.

I could tell him that adoption is NOT "buying a child" and that adoptive parents are not cold-hearted shoppers looking for the most "bang for their buck".

I could tell him that this kind of article does no good in advocating for children in foster care, and does a lot of harm in mocking adoptive parents, orphans in other countries, orphans in the U.S. and the way people choose to build their families.

I could tell him that we have adopted three special needs children from the U.S. and four kids internationally and ever last one is equally lovable.

But, I doubt he'd listen to any of that.

Just in case, I am going to email him this post. If you'd like to respond to his article, his email address is at the bottom of the page of the article.

Maybe if enough of us respond, writers like this will think twice before writing something so judgmental, uneducated and heartless.