A while back, the Albany (Oregon) Democrat-Herald ran an editorial supporting North America, i.e., turning the U.S., Canada, and Mexico into an EU-style superstate.

At the time, I wondered whether the editorial had been planted by one of the various global elite forces as a bit of a trial balloon. While some might consider that a tad tinfoilish, it's not like things like that haven't happened before.

Now, via dchamil in comments, we learn that the editorialist - one Hasso Hering, that paper's editor - has replied to his many critics, and has come up with his own conspiracy theorizing of his own:

In last Sunday's paper, I was wondering about the possibility of changing our relationship with Mexico and Canada in a way similar to what the European Union has done, with the main result being no restrictions on moving across borders.

Around the mid-valley the suggestion went over with a soft thud. Nothing happened.

But across the country, some people were ready to take umbrage, and by Monday morning I had a bunch of responses in the Democrat-Herald's e-mail inbox (news@dhonline.com)...

...While it would be nice if people read our Sunday paper from coast to coast, I kind of doubt that that’s the case.

Instead, I'm guessing my correspondents belong to some kind of an interest group with an e-mail setup that lets them know when anything affecting immigration issues or Mexico appears anywhere on the Web...

Yes, there's a conspiracy, and that "interest group" is known as "patriotic Americans". While it would be nice to take the credit for filling up his email box, I believe I found the article at either AmericanPatrol.com or freerepublic.com. Whichever it was, it's good to know that people are in fact replying to anti-American forces.