I can imagine a lot, but that doesn't mean I get to substitute my imagination for reality. You're reading into the post what you want, not what is there.
If you actually had any interest in truth, you'd ask him. Instead, you've decided you know what his views and motives are based on no evidence whatsoever, and are asserting your opinion publicly.
You could imagine that if he felt differently in 2006 he'd have mentioned it in the preamble?
He posts one or two entries a year in that blog; this note was not some noise he dumped, it was a deliberate posting.