Hey, as long as we're going to conspiracy theories,
why not try this on (beneath the tinfoil hat)--
it's also possible that gang-elements blew up the levees; we know the jihadis try to enlist gangs--so why not jihadists using gangs to hamper relief efforts--and even blow the levees?
(Oops! That won't be put on Air America. . .)
Here's another one for you - expanding on your excellent jihadi theory.
It was a one of those suicide scuba divers we recently heard about. Al-Qaeda knew of our hurricane season, planted sleeper cells all along the coast and when this storm popped up on the radar screen, they devised their plan. That is why all of the newscasters who said all day Monday that the city was spared were so surprised.
Our levees were fine. It was the TERRORISTS.
</endtinfoilmadness>