Katrina - Who did it?

Well according to one of the AmTaliban™ (Rev. Bill Shanks, pastor of New Covenant Fellowship of New Orleans), it was God. Their God of course;

New Orleans now is abortion free. New Orleans now is Mardi Gras free. New Orleans now is free of Southern Decadence and the sodomites, the witchcraft workers, false religion - it's free of all of those things now... God simply, I believe, in His mercy purged all of that stuff out of there - and now we're going to start over again.

More of his generous, Christian love can be found here.

This of course is disputed by Christian Zionist Stan Goodenough, who, on August 29th, was willing on Katrina, The Fist Of God to make the Americans see sense;

As today unfolds we are bracing to see wind and water pounding homes, whole communities, into the ground. Is this some sort of bizarre coincidence? Not for those who believe in the God of the Bible and the immutability of His Word. What America is about to experience is the lifting of God’s hand of protection; the implementation of His judgment on the nation most responsible for endangering the land and people of Israel. The Bible talks about Him shaking His fist over bodies of water, and striking them.

Many in America couldn’t have cared less about Jews being forced out of their homes and losing everything they have built. Here in Israel, many Jews will be feeling for the Americans who are now facing similar tragedies, tragedies brought about by the forces of heaven rather than through the political power of men. Can’t you see the link, America? Won’t you see the link?

Answering his critics claim that he was nothing but a vindictive bastard, on 1st September he added a further warning, For the sake of the United States;

Or will someone warn the President, reach his ears with this truth, that for the sake of America, and to ensure that something worse than Hurricane Katrina does not happen to his people, his administration needs to change its policy – supporting Israel’s right to all of the little land that God gave her, and determining to defend this land and this nation, God’s land and God’s nation, from the unrelenting efforts to wipe them out?

May this word reach President Bush. He may not have much time.

via Keld Bach

But if you don't believe in God, perhaps it was the free market?