Orac has put more thought into the out-of-left-field tale of active euthanasia allegedly occurring in New Orleans hospitals during the flood : Respectful Insolence (a.k.a. "Orac Knows"): Active euthanasia in New Orleans: An urban legend in the making?.
I am in agreement with him, that a lot of this just doesn’t pass the smell test, and that’s not a New Orleans clean-up joke.