The 36 Percent Problem

"Thirty-six percent of respondents overall said it is "very likely" or "somewhat likely" federal officials either participated in the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon or took no action to stop them "because they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East." [ Did I forget to mention that these people are nuttier than cuckoo clocks? -ed. ]

"One out of three sounds high, but that may very well be right," said Lee Hamilton, former vice chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, aka the 9/11 Commission. That congressionally appointed investigation concluded federal officials bungled their attempts to prevent, but did not participate in, the attacks by al-Qaida five years ago.

The poll also found 16 percent of Americans speculate that secretly planted explosives, not burning jet fuel, were the real reason the massive Twin Towers collapsed. [ OK. Now I have the shivers. You're telling me that 1 out of every 6 people I pass on the street in America is completely unhinged from reality. Bonkers. Nuts. Rubber room material. And worse yet, as far as I can tell, they're the ones saying that we're supposed to negotiate assiduously with genocidal lunatics like Ahmedinejad? And sane people are supposed to smile politely and tell them how "smart" they are? Marx was pretty nuts himself, but he was quite right about the second time being a farce... -ed. ] "

UPDATE: Sure enough, 51% of Dems believe it as opposed to 20% or less Repubs... Surprise, surprise...

ANOTHER UPDATE: You can find the rabies antidote here.