sycophancy

this man, who has crawled and crept through life, wounding the hands he licked, and biting those he fawned upon: this sycophant, who never knew what honour, truth, or courage meant;

-- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty' (Charles Dickens)

thank God Filipinos' long wait will be over for more than a quarter of a year. yes, the remaining months of 2009, and the first four months of 2010 will be Gloria Arroyo's last as president of the Philippines. although it's still a long bit of a wait, thinking that it will be over is enough for a good news. i did not see her final SONA (State of the Nation Address) in TV. news reports say that it's mostly a rebuttal, her answers to all the critics of her administration.

i won't deal anymore of her pointless, inconsequential speech. i doubt if all Filipinos believed every word she said. just a waste of time listening to her cock and bull retorts in Batasang Pambansa. i'm more glad 'cause my former teachers in school won't be here requiring me to write a reaction paper regarding the said SONA. for sure, i'll just bombard her with all the negativity the English language could offer.


last week, she made a big deal out of her meeting with US President Barack Obama. with her are a bunch of 'bootlickers', legislators wasting their time hoping to exchange hi and hellos with foreign people and with the President himself. one freakin' actor-turned-senator even confessed he merely joined the entourage just to see Obama (probably even have his picture taken). what a stupid reason to waste people's money...

even at her nearing exit from presidency, Arroyo's political toady (herself) continues to desperately flatter us in everything she does. if i were in Obama's shoes during their meeting, i would ask her one question: do you think Filipinos were satisfied to your almost a decade rule and service as president? i anticipate a starstruck Arroyo in front of international media with all her sycophantic and cocky response.

like any other political flatterers we could think of, Arroyo undoubtedly includes herself in the list. she might have been blinded by power, and saw what she wants to see so that her rule as an executive compliments with what she expected, and not what the masses wanted. obviously, many are not satisfied.