A Type of Kook We've Seen Before

The media and many others assume that the 9-11 Denial movement consists of only members of the far Left. This is a natural assumption, given that the one thing that all "Truthers" have in common is an antipathy to President Bush. But it's a mistaken assumption.

What do last year’s Constitutional Party gubernatorial candidate Mary Starrett and the largely left-wing 9/11 Truth Alliance have in common? A surprising amount, actually.

Starrett, 52, is the first to admit that she is full of contradictions. She’s an anti-war, pro-life Christian, who refers to President Bush as “a joke.” The beer drinking, gun toting, vegetarian ex-smoker also has some controversial views on the U.S. government’s alleged complicity in the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001.

In fact, Starrett fits in well with the rest of the 9-11 kooks. She's another Devvy Kidd, another Alex Jones, another Jason Bermas, another John Conner. If you look at her writings, you can see the same paranoid thread that runs through the entire "Patriot" movement.

The government's going to bring back the draft.

RFID chips are spying on us.

SARS is a government plot.