More proof that Merle has lost his mind. Witness this quote from an interview he did with CMT a couple years ago:

There no place for an artist to go unless he goes to New York or New Orleans, which is in such a shape now that it can't support much. And I'm suspicious of a lot of things about New Orleans. I think maybe they control them damn storms and got rid of the nightlife, the queers and the musicians and everybody. ... I mean, those storms always turn right and go across Florida. For some reason or another, [Katrina] came directly in there, and it makes me wonder if they laser-beamed it and heated the water."

Okaaaayyy...

You can read the entire interview here.

Ya know, they say there's a fine line between genius and insanity...