I had not gone through the anagramattical analysis that you had, although I had parsed out "Xedii" for "Dixie" and "cataca" for "cotton" before abandoning the endeavor for more fruitful efforts. Your work makes a fine coda.

And you're saying exactly what I said about Despoilers--the utter lack of satire or condemnation suggests endorsement.

Whatta jerk.

Agreed on Smith. He's usually decent to pretty good.