Not that there's anything wrong with being an Aussie.

It's where Google led me when I entered your name, a published economist at Latrobe University, Bundoora, Australia. It seemed to fit in with your interests and style: an economically literate academic from a civilized country.

I don't recall seeing your byline before. Are you a newcomer, an old-timer? Either way, welcome aboard, and keep those cards and letters coming in.

And while we're swapping pop-culcha camouflage conspiracies here's a few new ones for ya.

1)Chelsea's pregnancy was planned so it would have a maximum beneficial effect on her mom's candidacy.

2) The disastrous rollout of the Obamacare website was faked, deliberately engineered ahead of time so that the Republicans would commit enormous resources to fighting it, and so come across as total idiots before the Mid-term Elections.

3)And my favorite, an old family legend from my childhood: when Dale Evans died unexpectedly, Roy Rogers buried her without ceremony, and married her twin sister so he wouldn't have to break up the act.