Some of my favourite conspiracy-related websites:

http://www.informationliberation.com/
http://www.globalresearch.ca/
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
http://www.projectcensored.org/
http://www.zmag.org/
http://www.alexansary.com/
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/
http://www.accesscardnoway.net/
http://www.richardneville.com/
http://www.fairgofordavid.org/
http://www.resist.com.au/
http://www.johnpilger.com/
http://www.roadtosurfdom.com/
http://www.anarchistmedia.org/weekly.html
http://www.countercurrents.org/
http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/
http://seekingasylumdownunder2.blogspot.com/
http://kurtnimmo.com/
http://www.carnicom.com/
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://www.lewrockwell.com/
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

More conspiracy-related websites can be found here:

http://www.resist.com.au/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2224

The problem with the internet as far as governments are concerned is that it can't be controlled.

Information can be shared instantly, unedited and openly discussed.

Like the graphic images of the Vietnam War that fuelled public protests, what would have happened if Germans knew more about the Reichstag fire when it happened?
Would WW2 have been prevented?

If we knew then what we know know about about such things as the Tonkin incident, the sinking of the Lusitania or the attack on Pearl Harbour, the world today could have been a far different place.

Oliver Stone's other film "JFK" led to the release of a lot of classified material, including (by mistake)the Northwoods document that showed the world how far governments are willing to go to provoke phoney wars. The similarities with 911 are more than interesting and this document was no conspiracy.

The problem with 911 is that the official story is far more unbelieveable than the alternative conspiracy theories.

You have to accept that it is 100% correct because if you doubt any single part of it, the rest simply doesn't fit and the whole thing falls apart.

It's like a Hollywood script, from the spectacular opening explosions, to the "let's roll" catchcry from the valiant doomed heroes, the flag raising (Iwo Jima style) on top of the rubble and the "mission accomplished" finale with GWB (as John Wayne) on the aircraft carrier. Real B-Grade movie stuff.

No mention in the media however, of the rampant looting that was going on at the site or the conflicts between Guiliani and the Fire Department afterward. No, that would spoil the publicity campaign.

On the other hand, much of what is out there is still conjecture or outright lies.

There is a also real "disinformation" strategy at work, where you create a phoney site, load it up with 99% absolute fact and then include something obviously ridiculous that makes the whole thing suspect.

The alternative is that you forget the internet and rely totally on TV, radio and newspapers for all your information and view of reality.

Yeah, sure.

What I'm wondering is whether there are more kooks around now, or whether it is just that the internet has enabled them to come out of the shadows?

"Thank God for the Internet, or we wouldn't know anything, and we would already be a fascist state."
- Cindy Sheehan

Where the Hell Is YOUR 9/11 Proof?
http://tvnewslies.org/html/where_the_hell_is_your_9_11_pr.html

In defense of conspiracy theories:

They make people question how wise it is to accept everything they're told by the powers that be.

They're entertaining.

They encourage imagination.

They are occasionally right (tobacco industry fibs, WMD)

They at least attempt coherence, unlike many implausible official versions (Saddam did it, they hate us because we're so nice).

They give us something to talk about other than Paris Hilton or Australia's Funniest Idols.

They keep history alive because they keep us talking about events much longer.

And, they make life more interesting.

"Apart from that the controlled demolition theorists have produced nothing. Not a skerrick of evidence of preparations for a demolition"

They are not omniscient! Being conspiracies they are BOUND to get something wrong. Look at what they could have right first and start there.

Where does the writer think the word conspiracy orginated? Hint: It wasn't Hollywood.