I admit it, I stole the title from Olberman's "Countdown" Show. Each day, Keith Olberman picks the three most idiotic or shameful newsbites to proclaim who is facetiously the worst person in the world that day. He actually stole the idea from some old radio show or newspaper.
I found the story below about Warren Buffet and his granddaughter. Upfront, I've always been a fan of Buffet and this story doesn't speak of his side of things. It is obviously his choice to do with his money as he wishes. He's totally entitiled to cut off a grandchild from his wealth. But if he in fact wrote the letter mentioned in this story, the one where he says he and others in the family never adopted this girl, then Warren - you are today's worst person in the world! Shame on you for lashing out like my three year old and being so cruel!!! Adopted or biological - she's your granddaughter!!!!
http://www.marieclaire.com/warren-buffett-granddaughter-nicole-buffett
Wow. That was tough to read. How quickly you can turn against your grandchild like that? He might have not been part of the adoption process, but his son was and that makes her his granddaughter. And the son doesn't stand up to his father? I guess he'd rather take the money. If my father said anything remotely like that to my sons, I would have disowned him.
Posted by: Ralph at December 18, 2008 10:08 AMWarren Buffet doesn't give any money to his kids or grandkids beyond a college education. It's not like Nicole got written out of the will and her cousins didn't. No one's in the will. What Warren Buffett said about not adopting Nicole was harsh and probably said out of anger after having seen Nicole in the Johnson documentary. It's unfortunate that he feels that way, but we have to understand as adoptive parents that not everyone feels the way we do about adoption. I've been fortunate that my parents love and care for my daughter, but I can't say that about all members of my family. You can't make someone accept you or your family. Heck, I have a friend who's mother in law never thought of her as part of the family!
Posted by: Mary Ann at December 18, 2008 10:55 PM