In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. - Laurence J. Peter

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

Some Blockett-type employees actually believe that they have received a genuine promotion; others recognize the truth. But the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the hierarchy. When this is achieved, the maneuver is counted a success.

You will see that in every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours.