Absolute power, in the hands of absolute idiots, corrupts absolutely

 

 Let me give you an example of how "politically correct hysteria" in the hands of small minded, humorless DOD employees, cost me my job. Example: one day a colleague of mine, a Civilain DOD  instructor (a real dweeb) made a mistake disseminating information in front of the students.  I quickly walked up to him, pointed my finger like a barrel of a gun at his head, and said; " Bang", one less instructor". The students appreciated the humor, and laughed. My dweebish Colleague felt embarrassed by this so he wrote at Sworn Statement about the "incident".  My idiot boss said that if he had heard about this earlier, he would have called the Military Police and had me physically restrained and escorted off  Ft. Leonard Wood for threatening to take the life of an instructor. I told my boss that my finger wasn't loaded. He also failed to see the humor in that remark.  My Boss didnt question any of the students that were present to get their impression of the "life threatening position" I had placed my colleague under. I have been told be some real idiots with authority that "Perception is reality". I find the band wagon for believing in, and quoting stupid phrases such as this one is over flowing its intended capacity. I ran into DOD employees who are first and foremost "humorless", have a hidden agenda, hold a grudge from when they were unappreciated while on active duty, behave as keepers of some fundamentalist ideals, are closet "cut-throats", fly under the radar but are quick to throw you and anyone else "under the bus" to save themselves and their job. And last, but not least, "real Racists and old world Bigots". I further realized, that  DOD employee's who made attempts at humor, political satire, or who tried to improve the atmosphere and quality of life for the students (students who were stressed out and treated poorly by "humorless instructors") were quickly chastened, labled undesirables, racists, or whatever was necessary to terminate thier employement from  Federal Government Service.  (this shit goes on your Record folks) I spent 21 years on active duty. Was never branded a racist, or called out on any charges. As a Civilian Department Of  Defense employee, working at the same Battalion, performing the same type of job I just retired from while on active duty,  I found I was now put through the RINGER by civilians for actions which were laughed at by serious active duty soldiers. I had never experienced such screwy treatment at the hands of employees driven by fear. Yes "Fear". Fear of being incorrect, Fear of making a decision (making decisions was something I was taught and trained to do while on active duty). Fear of confrontation, Fear of making peace between employees, Fear of  "squeaky wheels, and whistle blowers". Fear of  Fear itself.  Fear of being found out??? Well, Good riddance to bad rubbish.