Define Responsibility

Doesn't taking responsibility for something gone awry mean anything any more?

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Admitting to being responsible without penalty or consequences is inconsequential. Assuming responsibility in today's parlance, I admit to everything I did that went wrong in my life, because it appears I can get away with it. The little things in my little realm are incomparable to the fiasco in Benghazi. "I am responsible for everything going on in my office," in not exact words said by Sec.of State Hillary Clinton. "I take it very personally, so we're going to get to the bottom of it, and we're going to do everything we can to prevent it from happening again, and then we're going to work to bring whoever did this to us to justice. How much longer must we wait before the cows come home? Four people died, but what the heck, at this point, what difference does it make? When CEOs goof up, they resign or go to prison. In some Asian cultures, failure is shame, remedied by suicide. In our society, democrats may claim responsibility and then walk away clean, and maybe even run for the presidency. During Hillary Clinton's 8 years in the Senate, she managed to miss 9.5% roll call votes, whereas the average for the rest was 2.0%, using her insignificant tenure in that chamber, authorizing and passing 20 pieces of legislation ranging from naming a courthouse after Thurgood Marshall to naming a Post Office after John A. O'Shea, biding her time by cultivating friendships for future use toward her ambitions. Serving as Secretary of State was even less remarkable. When state department spokes-woman Jen Psaki was asked by AP's Matt Lee, "off the top of your head,can you identify any tangible achievements of Hillary?" There was what is called in media terminology, a dead mic. Even Hillary herself couldn't provide any concrete example of any accomplishments she holds in high regard, during her appearance at the Women of the World Summit in New York City on April 3rd. Can any serious minded person really weigh the possibility that this grandmother to be, is capable of leading America? Between her and her husband there are a million reasons why not to, lying at the bottom of a dumpster from their past.