Is Hugo A 9/11 Truther?
Does power make people go mad, or do only mad people crave power?
That’s the question to ask of Hugo Chavez.
When Comrade Chavez is not eradicating poverty in Venezuela, waxing lyrical on 21st century socialism or sucking up to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Robert Mugabe, then el Jefe is a bit of a philosopher and soothsayer.
According to CNN, these are Hugo Chavez’s comments concerning 9/11, taken from a video clip:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
HUGO CHAVEZ, VENEZUELAN PRES. (through translator): The hypothesis that is gaining strength, which was said on television last night, and which could soon blow up, was that it was the same U.S. imperial power that planned and carried out this terrible terrorist attack, or act, against its own people and against citizens all over the world. Why? To justify the aggression that was immediately unleashed on Afghanistan, on Iraq and the threat’s against all of us, against Venezuela, too.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
Poor old Hugo, how power affects the mind, still he’s now got more fans amongst the 9/11 Truthers!
(Hat tip: cranks on Facebook)
ModernityBlog 
One of my students a few semesters back was a hardcore Truther and he used to send me links to Alex Jones’ Prison Planet all sorts of other wacky sites. When Chavez made his speech at the U.N. this student came up to me after class and said that Chavez’ comment about “smelling sulfur” left behdind by “the Devil” was a reference to the “thermite used to bring down WTC-7”. Thermite, the student informed me, smells just like sulfur when it burns. No, I am not making this up and, yes, the student was completely serious.
newcentrist
14/08/2007 at 18:35
I think that the 19th century scholars, who thought that science would herald a new world where rational thought and reason would be dominant, were a bit overly optimistic
it seems to be a streak of irrationality in humanity (irrespective of the time period or location) that manifests itself in many strange ways and I think that the “truther” movement is just one contemporary example
modernityblog
14/08/2007 at 21:07
Sometimes I wonder whether Comical Hugo’s “far out” behavior is just a part of a clever publicity stunt.
Then I wonder why I wonder…
snoopythegoon
20/08/2007 at 09:29
Hi there,
You might be interested in reading this:
Political Cults: Truthers and NATLFED
http://newcentrist.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/political-cults-truthers-and-natlfed/
–The New Centrist
newcentrist
20/08/2007 at 12:42