[Nat Turner]

That can easily be said about the officer ranks of the US Military as well. I have seen the effect of "politically correct" office climbers on troop readiness and moral.

It will get even worse with the enforced acceptance of the gay lifestyle...these are dangerous times...

[Mr. K]

THIS IS TRUE OF EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY I HAVE WORKED FOR

(and as a computer software contractor, I have seen a lot more than most people)

The 80/20 rule even has a name “Perrato’s Law”

[winston65]

the way of the world in cops and the military and in most public service. The bigger the idiot screw up the farther up the ranks they go. When I worked for Brown & Root, if you were not a Mason, you did not have a chance.

[Strident]

” [Jerry] Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. . . . The Iron Law states that in all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions.”

[goat granny]

Cream rises to the top, so does scum...

[TalBlack]

It’s really very simple: Who rises depends upon their fealty to PC. Salute it, mouth it, enforce it or YOU DON’T RISE. PC is a conditioning process that ensures, over time, that the operator will follow orders without question.

[tlb]

Joe Wambaugh was writing about this sort of thing thirty years ago. It’s not a new story but the author tells it well.