Okay, I had to read that twice, but I think I got it.

Bastards!

: )

... well, people are just assholes... most of then anyway... and as Forrest Gump said, "assholes is as assholes does."...

... I hope that helps...

I had to read it four times, but I think I got it now, too. Yabu, jou gah some splainin' to do. Care to flesh it out for us morons?

"What unique important niche do they see for furthering their cause at the expense of others?"

People like that aren't thinking about others...only saving their own asses. Usually they know they are incompetent but rather than be honest, admit the incompetency and let someone competent get the job done, they instead make excuses, blame others, over inflate themselves and their accomplishments, take credit for the accomplishments of others and generally make it difficult to accomplish a damn thing worth accomplishing. And, you will find a couple of those deadly sins involved in that..mainly pride.

These people are unable or unwilling to see the impact of their behavior on others.

I do empathize, but I have to say, "My sympathy loses some of its edge." A dear friend is just back from a year-long tour in Iraq where he lost a couple of his buddies. That kinda puts the petty office politics in perspective.

Something tells me this might be more than office politics...

What's this I'm hearing about Brokeback blodgers??

most people don't know, others simply don't care and most of the few that do don't have the gumption to sadstand and admit it. sad isn't it.