Post by Marv GandallLoughner did not overdose on talk radio, but he reportedly did frequent
internet sites like Above Top Secret and Zeitgeist which see 9/11, the
financial crisis, and other contemporary political issues as conspiracies
hatched at the highest levels of government and Wall Street. The
conspiracist subculture, which draws a higher proportion of paranoid and
otherwise disturbed individuals, combines tropes common to both right and
left in contradictory, incoherent, and fantastical ways.
The documentary film Zeitgeist is not really Tea Party fare. In fact,
mostly sounds like the sort of thing that would be sent out as a premium
during a WBAI fund drive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist:_The_Movie
The film opens with animated abstract visualizations, film and stock
footage, a cartoon and audio quotes about spirituality, followed by clips
of war, explosions, and the September 11 attacks. This is followed by the
film's title screen. The film's introduction ends with a portion of the
late comedian George Carlin's monologue on religion accompanied by an
animated cartoon.
"Part I", entitled The Greatest Story Ever Sold, questions religions as
being god-given stories, arguing that the Christian religion specifically
is mainly derived from other religions, astronomical facts, astrological
myths and traditions, which in turn were derived from or shared elements
with others. In furtherance of the Jesus myth hypothesis, this part argues
that the historical Jesus is a literary and astrological hybrid, nurtured
politically.
The 9/11 attacks are the subject of Part II of the film.
"Part II", entitled All the World's a Stage, uses integral footage of
several 9/11 conspiracy theory films to claim that the September 11
attacks were either orchestrated or allowed to happen by elements within
the United States government in order to generate mass fear, initiate and
justify the War on Terror, provide a pretext for the curtailment of civil
liberties, and produce economic gain. These claims include that the US
government had advance knowledge about the attacks, the response of the
military deliberately let the planes reach their targets, and the World
Trade Center buildings 1, 2, and 7 underwent a controlled demolition.
In a March 17, 2009 New York Times article, Alan Feuer reported that Peter
Joseph had indicated that he had "moved away from" his opinion on whether
the September 11 attacks were an inside job perpetrated by the U.S.
government.[7] Peter Joseph later stated that his stance on 9/11 had not
changed.[11]
The United States Government's income tax is claimed to be unconstitutional.
"Part III", entitled Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain, argues that
three wars of the United States during the twentieth century were waged
purely for economic gain by what the film refers to as "international
bankers". The film alleges that certain events were engineered as excuses
to enter into war including the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, the Attack
on Pearl Harbor, and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Same thing with abovetopsecret.com:
AboveTopSecret.com is the Internet's largest and most popular discussion
board community dedicated to the intelligent exchange of ideas and debate
on a wide range of "alternative topics" such as conspiracies, UFO's,
paranormal, secret societies, political scandals, new world order,
terrorism, and dozens of related topics with a diverse mix of users from
all over the world.