Why 36% of Americans believe the government was behind 9/11

I think I now know why more than one-third of Americans have gone a little crack pot on us and believe that the U.S. government was involved in 9/11.

After repeatedly hearing about how good the show "24" is (even our pastor referenced it in a sermon), I finally caved and decided to give it a try. I started with season two; the plotline includes a whacked faction of inteligence within the government that permits a nuclear bomb to enter into the U.S. Take that plotline, and mix in the whacky websites touting U.S. government involvment, and you have a recipe for ... conspiracy theory.

So, the next logical question, of course, is ... what does TV's Danny Partridge think of this conspiracy theory? Well, wonder no more. Check out this on-the-spot interview hosted by a kook named John Conner, one of the smarmy dudes who is among those that believe the government was behind 9/11.

This just in: 36% of Americans are complete, total whack jobs

More than one third of the people in the U.S. believe that the government assisted in the terrorist attacks on 9/11 or took no action to stop them so the U.S. could go to war in the Middle East, according to a Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll.

That is just barely lower than the 38% of Americans who think that the U.S. is withholding proof of the existence of intelligent life on other planets.

Do you know what this means? It means that about 1 in every 3 people you pass on the street are completely out of their gourd! We live amidst millions of people who are in need of more than just confidence in their government. They are in need of their meds.

Given that, serious consideration needs to be given to "adjusting off" this portion of the population when relaying other major polling data. For example, let's say 48% of people report that they believe that America is worse off today than we were five years ago. If we assume that the "36% whack job" contingent would all state that they were worse off, well then, that's really only like 1 in 6 legitimate folks who think that America is worse off now than half a decade ago.

Just think at the unbridled common sense and optimism that would reign if we could make such an adjustment.

The survey also revealed that people who regularly use the Internet, but do not frequent "mainstream" media, are significantly more likely to believe in 9/11 conspiracies. These same folks are probably the ones still waiting for their $1,000 check from Bill Gates while watching "Deal or No Deal."

Gosh, by recently starting this blog have I suddenly become part of the problem?