I’ve been a fan of conspiracy theories for a long time. I don’t buy them — they’re usually a thinly-veiled attempt to validate some already existing opinion. But, despite that, I find them fascinating, because they explore ways in which wildly disparate things could be connected. I find it works like a kind of reality limbering exercise without resorting to drugs. So, because of this, I’ve studied all kinds of wacky conspiracy possibilities, but I never actually encountered the 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Yeah, I knew there was plenty of “Bush chose to not prevent them” talk (strengthening the 9/11 and Pearl Harbor analogies). I knew there was plenty of “Bush was too stupid to address Al Qaeda” talk. I certainly knew there was a lot of “Bush milked 9/11 for all its worth” talk. I even knew there was the ever-popular $20 trick.

I never knew there was “Planes didn’t drop the towers” talk:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reynolds/reynolds12.html

I didn’t know there was “the Jews did it” talk, although I’m not surprised:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_lavello_050503_bombs.html

I didn’t know there was “there was no plane” talk:
http://www.asile.org/citoyens/numero13/pentagone/erreurs_en.htm

My second favorite site is the precursors:
http://www.metatech.org/911_conspiracy_world_trade_center.html

My all-time favorite is the “All the Conspiracy Theories are a Conspiracy by the Jews” theory:
http://www.oilempire.us/bogus.html

And I bumped into these people, who seem fun: http://www.csicop.org/hoaxwatch/

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