Like Father, Like Son

Charlie Sheen would like people to think that he should be taken seriously when he thinks that 9/11 was caused by some US government conspiracy. Too bad that he's peddling theories so far divorced from reality, that only the names may seem familiar because facts, logic, and the engineering simply doesn't compute.

Actor Charlie Sheen has joined a growing army of other highly credible public figures in questioning the official story of 9/11 and calling for a new independent investigation of the attack and the circumstances surrounding it.

Over the past two years, scores of highly regarded individuals have gone public to express their serious doubts about 9/11. These include former presidential advisor and CIA analyst Ray McGovern, the father of Reaganomics and former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury Paul Craig Roberts, BYU physics Professor Steven Jones, former German defense minister Andreas von Buelow, former MI5 officer David Shayler, former Blair cabinet member Michael Meacher, former Chief Economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush's first term Morgan Reynolds and many more.

Why is it so hard for people to grasp the fact that 19 people could use boxcutters, take over planes, and crash them into buildings? Because the idea is so preposterous that no one thought it possible before 9/11?

Ace also notes the nuttiness and points out that Charlie's theory relies on claims that because the upper floors of the WTC pancaked onto the lower floors that it must have been a controlled demolition, and not a terrorist attack.

Oh, and he throws in the alternative theory that the Administration knew of the impending terrorist attack but did nothing because it would enable the Administration to further its international agenda.

Never mind the fact that the terrorists have an international agenda, aren't shy about it, and have repeatedly stated that they want to bring harm to the US and the West, and then there's the not insignificant point that Islamic terrorists attempted to destroy the WTC once before, but failed because they could not place sufficient explosives close enough to the foundation columns to bring down the towers.

Pundit Guy thinks Charlie should lay off the sauce. Or pick better scripts. Daimnation! thinks Heidi Fleiss has something to do with this. Or maybe it's being split from Denise Richards. But this is far more serious - it's being divorced from reality.

Everyone saw the planes hit the WTC. Everyone has access to the video showing the plane hitting the Pentagon. The French nutbar who peddled the conspiracy theory that no planes hit the Pentagon has been debunked too many times to count, but Snopes has a pretty good fisking. Similarly, Popular Mechanics debunks many of the other 9/11 related conspiracy theories. Of course, the conspiracy cranks continue claiming that they've got the real truth about 9/11, but their science and facts fall well short.