Skepticism Vs. Paranoia

This quote from Jonah Goldberg in the National Review perfectly captures my own feelings about supposed government conspiracies.

"Oh come on. I distrust the government but as a realistic conservative I think government is staffed with mostly well-intentioned but incompetent people — not because they're dumb, but because bureaucracies are dumb. These conspiracy theorists reverse this entirely. They think government is evil-intentioned but supremely, even divinely, competent. That's crazy-talk, Count Chocula."