Category Archives: Politics

JINDAL: “CONFEDERATE FLAG A SYMBOL OF MY WHITE HERITAGE”

July 9, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Bobby-Jindal-AP_877326297143-1024x682 — Jindal (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – He considers himself a tanned, white boy from Louisiana.

Governor and GOP presidential candidate, Piyush “Bobby” Jindal, 44, has become famous for a self portrait that hangs in the Louisiana state capitol – a visibly Caucasian chief executive.

In a limited-edition campaign t-shirt for his 2016 presidential bid, he used a very catchy slogan that says, “Tanned. Rested. Ready.”

Today, during an interview on FOX News on the topic of the confederate flag being removed from South Carolina’s statehouse grounds, Jindal proclaimed: “Like the same-sex marriage issue, I believe this should be decided on by the states, not the courts. Let the people’s voices be heard. Like many others who hail from the great Creole state, the Confederate flag is a symbol of my (white) heritage, and that heritage has nothing to do with racism or hate.”

Is Jindal trying to be an opposite version of Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader in Washington state who came under fire recently for claiming to be black?

Nah, he really is a white boy who is just tanned. Or sun-burnt.

LGBT, Politics

RICK SANTORUM IS FIRST TRANSGENDER CANDIDATE FOR U.S. PRESIDENT

July 8, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – The media were so focused on Caitlyn Jenner’s transformation from male to female that they missed what could have been a blockbuster news story: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has transitioned to a woman!

This makes Santorum the first ever transgender candidate for the highest office of the land.

The shocking development was first announced on a website that lists all declared and potential Republican presidential candidates. The comprehensive list includes all the names and photos of those who have officially declared as well as those who are either rumored or personally still deciding to eventually declare their candidacy.

Santorum’s transformation shocked not just the Republican Party but even members of the LGBT community who acknowledged that she (Santorum) did an awesome job in her transition. She looked like Carly Fiorina who also happens to be among the Republicans running for president.

For a full list of declared and potential Republican presidential candidates, visit: 2016.republican-candidates.org.

Beauty, Diversity, Politics, Race Relations

AFTER 63 YEARS, IT’S THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

July 8, 2015 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

The very first Miss Universe (1952), Armi Kuusela

MIAMI, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles®) – After 63 years of existence, the Miss Universe Pageant is coming to an end, thanks to owner Donald Trump.

(The very first Miss Universe was Armi Kuusela from Finland, who shortly after being crowned in 1952, married a Filipino Virgilio Hilario, now deceased. Kuusela has since remarried and now lives in San Diego, California)

After Mexico and Paraguay pulled out of the pageant because of Trump’s racist remarks about Mexicans — calling them “rapists, drug addicts and criminals” — the Republican presidential candidate knew a bigger fall out was about to happen. Other Spanish-speaking countries are also considering dropping out of the international pageant.

Then came recent remarks by Trump, this time directed at African Americans. “African American youth had reached a point where they’ve just about never done more poorly, there’s no spirit, there’s killings on an hourly basis virtually in places like Baltimore and Chicago and many other places,” he said during a campaign stop.

Trump also criticized his opponent, Jeb Bush, saying that, “If Bush gets in, China will absolutely eat our lunch.”

And so the bigger fallout began: countries in Africa are also pulling out of the Miss Universe pageant, in solidarity with African Americans.

Many Asian countries are also backing out from sending contestants to the pageant because of Trump’s comments about China.

Realizing that only European countries are left to participate in Miss Universe, Trump decided to cancel the pageant altogether.

“No big deal,” he said, “I’d rather be president of the United States than be an owner of a beauty pageant.

Trump has risen to the number two spot, behind Jeb Bush, in recent polls among Republican candidates for president. Apparently, his racial rhetoric is working in his favor.