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.