Environment

After watching an episode of "Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory" about the Gulf oil spill yesterday, I was put in mind of all the various conspiracies surrounding Hurricane Katrina. A lot of these conspiracies mesh with those about the Gulf oil spill, to create a truly alarming picture indeed.

There are four basic focal points for conspiracy theories about Katrina:

1. The Hurricane Itself

A lot of people claim that Hurricane Katrina was deliberately manufactured, by one shadowy entity or another. One "Idaho weatherman" claimed that it was the work of Russian mobsters. Many people - perhaps primed by the Bush-related 9/11 conspiracies - blamed George W. Bush.