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# Letter: Bush's Pacific Ocean sanctuary is a political feather in his cap
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bushs-feather-editor/
- Published: 2006-06-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:31:36.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica*

So, President Bush signed into law a Pacific Ocean sanctuary off the Hawaiian Islands. Oh boy. Now Bush can point out what a conservationist he is, creating the “single largest act of ocean conservation in history.”

How uncharacteristic — until you realize that none of his cartel can financially gain from that area: No oil, no timber, can’t build a Vatican-sized embassy in the ocean and no people to sell their product to, anyway.

But, ah. What a political-stumping feather in his imperial cap.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 24, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062406.pdf?ref=smdp.com)