QUEEN GLORIA I
Remember how President Arroyo and her cohorts believe that she was divinely installed to be our leader? And on occasion, claims to "have conversations" with God - while facing a mirror? Well, whenever the nation or herself are faced with a serious problem or a shameless scandal, she is seen in churches praying in public, for all to see what a religious woman she is. Because of her over-religiosity, she has become contemptuous of those who oppose her decisions. But believing that she has a direct mandate from God, the President appears convinced that her every decision is guided from above and that therefore, she need not be shackled by earthly legal and constitutional restraints. These are the blinkers that have blinded her to the fact that while good governance has a theological dimension, it is primarily mundane, entailing hard work in the here and now. After all, many believe that God helps those who help themselves. But, God too helps the helpless.
President Arroyo seems convinced that the divine right of kings, which monarchy claimed in 17th-century Europe, has been bestowed upon her. Hence, the malicious lust for a term extension as Prime Minister. Under this doctrine, monarchs enjoyed a certain mandate from God, who had made them His legates on Earth, and as such, could do no wrong and their will had the same force as God's Word.
In 18th-century France, Louis XIV cried out "L'etat, c'est moi!" (I am the state!) to drown out his opponents. And in Spain, during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, there was a popular expression approving any person's acts as "tan recto como reina" (as correct as the queen).
The principal French theorist of the time, Bishop Jacques Benigne Bossuet, declared that the monarch's person and authority are sacred and derived from God and therefore, the monarch reigns with reason. Really now. And so, perhaps with the Con-ass now at hand, there could arise some advocacies to invest President Arroyo with monarchial qualities and crown her as Queen Gloria I. By that, the country's overpopulation problem shall have been instantly solved, for many will surely be leaving the country for saner pastures.
Remember how President Arroyo and her cohorts believe that she was divinely installed to be our leader? And on occasion, claims to "have conversations" with God - while facing a mirror? Well, whenever the nation or herself are faced with a serious problem or a shameless scandal, she is seen in churches praying in public, for all to see what a religious woman she is. Because of her over-religiosity, she has become contemptuous of those who oppose her decisions. But believing that she has a direct mandate from God, the President appears convinced that her every decision is guided from above and that therefore, she need not be shackled by earthly legal and constitutional restraints. These are the blinkers that have blinded her to the fact that while good governance has a theological dimension, it is primarily mundane, entailing hard work in the here and now. After all, many believe that God helps those who help themselves. But, God too helps the helpless.
President Arroyo seems convinced that the divine right of kings, which monarchy claimed in 17th-century Europe, has been bestowed upon her. Hence, the malicious lust for a term extension as Prime Minister. Under this doctrine, monarchs enjoyed a certain mandate from God, who had made them His legates on Earth, and as such, could do no wrong and their will had the same force as God's Word.
In 18th-century France, Louis XIV cried out "L'etat, c'est moi!" (I am the state!) to drown out his opponents. And in Spain, during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, there was a popular expression approving any person's acts as "tan recto como reina" (as correct as the queen).
The principal French theorist of the time, Bishop Jacques Benigne Bossuet, declared that the monarch's person and authority are sacred and derived from God and therefore, the monarch reigns with reason. Really now. And so, perhaps with the Con-ass now at hand, there could arise some advocacies to invest President Arroyo with monarchial qualities and crown her as Queen Gloria I. By that, the country's overpopulation problem shall have been instantly solved, for many will surely be leaving the country for saner pastures.
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