A Poster Child for the “Peter Principle”

The Peter Principle

§ Fundamentally, the “Peter Principle” states that people in a hierarchy will be promoted to their level of incompetence. Named for Laurence J. Peter, this management hypothesis suggests people in a hierarchy will eventually be promoted to positions that exceed their levels of competence.

From Barely(?) Competent Mayor to Incompetent Department Secretary

(Updated 01/05/2020-II) Hey, Secretary Pete, where were you during the January Virginia I-95 debacle?

It is likely most Americans recognize the OBriceklainiden administration nominates bureaucrats, not for their ability, but for their optics: The phenomenon suggests the principle administration players, whomever they may be, promote nominees based on how “progressive” the administration appears in its selection of conventionally “oppressed” candidates.

The former (barely competent) mayor of South Bend, Indiana is a candidate for the poster child of the Peter Principle, However, he meets the OBriceklainiden’s criteria for progressive rhetoric, alternative lifestyle optic, and fealty to The Party. Thus, he was nominated for a relatively innocuous post: Secretary of Transportation. Innocuous, that is until a constellation of events coalesced into a logistics crisis, the bailiwick of the Transportation Secretary. It was precisely at this moment when his incompetence blazed into its full resplendence, and his explicative rhetoric descended into gratuitous prattle.

Now, “Roads Are Racist!”

(Updated 11/10/2021) A refrain sung by Minister Buttigieg is that roads are racist. Functionally, he suggests present highway rights of way were designed to be physical barriers to segregate neighborhoods, and to interject artificial impediments to deny access to desirable recreational facilities to minorities. Perhaps Minister Buttigieg should examine the difference between “Parkway,” and “Expressway” design, and intended use. While he’s at it, perhaps he can research the intent of the Interstate Highway System. Both examinations might be a good thing for a TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY (CAPS are shouting, not whispering, Joe)!

It’s a good thing the newly passed Infrastructure Bill gives him roughly a trillion dollars to fix this immense travesty. Finally, we can tear out all the racist parkways, expressways, interstates, overpasses, and highways, and start all over. I’ll bet he has a “Five Year Plan.”

Blissfully Unaware

(Update 12/2/2021) Marie Antoinette, of French Revolution fame, is reputed to have remarked that if the hoi poloi had no bread they should eat cake. In a 21st Century parallel universe of self unawareness, our poster child suggested if the hoi poloi are dissatisfied with rising gasoline prices, they should simply buy electric vehicles.