As stated in the “About the Captain” section, this is an opinion blog.  A wag once observed that opinions are like an odious but necessary part of our anatomy.  We’ve all got them.  Apparently, the story I passed on about “First Grandmother” Marian Robinson being set to receive a lifetime $160K pension when her son-in-law leaves the White House in January is a hoax.  There isn’t a publication called “The Boston Tribune”.  Although the slick hoax sent to me by a friend sure looked real, I should have known better.  A conservative publication in Boston?  They are there, but rare as hen’s teeth!

Anyway, even though the pension story is a fake, it apparently is true that Mrs. Robinson came along on many of the Obama’s grand vacations and world adventures flying on Air Force One over the last eight years.  I wasn’t alone in being sucked in by the hoax.  Many respectable news sites bit on it too.  Why?  I think it’s because the Obama administration has frequently been so blatantly and scornfully untruthful in it’s actions over his two terms in office.  It is easy to accept a story of yet another egregious act.  From Solyndra to the “shovel ready projects” to the complete fiasco of “Obamacare”, there has been one falsehood after another.  I’ll be more careful to check my facts in the future.

So, my apology Mrs. Robinson.  I may get it wrong sometimes, but at least I have the character to admit it.  And hey, you have to admit I picked a nice photo of you!