Or so I've just learned. A left-leaning critic I enjoy corresponding with writes:

I think I understand who you are now more than before. I google'd you and found a few thousand hits your name. You are a true English iconoclast aren't you! Did you gain your wealth from the metal company or the family rocket business or something else?

Whatever your source of wealth is, it doesn't really matter... I know you are English but you have a strong interest in American politics.

Imagine my suprise at learning this! Family rocket business? Wow, wait'll mom hears about that one! (Do they give rides?)

First, we're all being paid to blog. Now we're really millionaires in disguise. What next? Extraterrestrials? (Hmmm... now that you mention it, I down own a metals company and build rockets! Hmmmmm...)

Umm... I don't mean to disappoint my two or three regular readers (or insult their taste since they actually drop by) but, look: if I were actually a fabulously wealthy Englishman, don't you think I'd hire a better writer than I to expound here?

(Of course, if I did, I'd hope I could do a lot better for my money than Soros did with this. Other than Karl Rove, I'm amazed anybody would pay for that.)

But hey, you've gotta admit: For a rich Englishman, I've done a fantastic job at learning to imitate midwestern US written vernacular style. :-)