Grapevine: Misquote on Maya Angelou's stamp
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine...
Return to Sender?
The Postal Service has released a limited edition stamp honoring the late poet and writer Maya Angelou featuring a quote that she did not write.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It says -- quote -- "a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
The line has been wrongly attributed to Angelou before including by President Obama last year.
It is actually from a collection of poems by children's book author Joan Walsh Anglund.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Postal Service defends the decision by saying Angelou referenced the line in multiple interviews.
But a spokesman admits -- quote -- "Had we known about this issue beforehand, we would have used one of Angelou's many other works."
Like Father, Like Son
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un is really taking after his father, at least when it comes to over-the-top claims.
UPI reports on a new subject North Korean middle and high school students will be taught this year titled -- Kim Jong Un's Revolutionary Activities.
Entire chapters are dedicated to the leader's childhood achievements including supposedly learning to drive at age three, and winning a yacht race against all odds when he was nine.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The leader's late father once nailed 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf, at least, according to North Korean media.
Head of the Table
Finally, one national guardsman was caught red-faced and on camera when he got the surprise of a lifetime.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lance Futch said he was expecting to be in the audience during a news conference last week with a senior White House official and dressed accordingly in a white polo.
Then, the President of the United States walked in and sat down a seat away from him.
He knew he was underdressed, telling the New York Post -- quote -- "I'm looking down at my white polo going, 'Well, if I would have known this, I would have worn my military blues."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He also said he thought -- quote -- "My commander on the base is going to kill me for this."
The solar company that employs Futch admits on Reddit a mixup led to Futch being invited to that meeting instead of the CEO.