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Some of the same folks who will readily decry the teaching of Creationism/ID in public schools as kooky, unsubstantiated nonsense (which, it is) are quick to embrace this elaborate conspiracy theory as gospel, so long as the perpetrator is Bush. Yes, Bush and company are bad people, but they are also grossly incompetent. Yet many of the same folks who believe this gobbledygook are among the Bush Administration’s greatest critics, often citing its incompetence on so many matters as one of its great failings. So, I think the lesson from the deniers is this: the Bush Administration is actually pretty incompetent, except when it concerns pulling off some very elaborate conspiracy involving hundreds of perpetrators, most of whom took an oath to defend the Constitution and its citizens, and then subsequently covering up the conspiracy. When it does this, the Bush Administration is actually a well-oiled, highly capable, conspiracy-generating machine.
Really, these people should’ve been writers for “The X-Files”.
Ponder this: suppose there was a government conspiracy behind 9/11. Why hasn't any major news organizations revealed it? It's been five years since it happened--surely some guilt-ridden or revenge seeking conspirator would feel like fessing up, and some reporter and newspaper would be bold enough to tell her story. That story would certainly be the scoop of the century, leaving Woodward’s and Bernstein’s Watergate investigation in the dust. A Pulitzer Prize would be right there for the taking.
