RUSHING IN...AGAIN
Just wanted to share this breathtaking picture from the New York Times.
The story it comes with is a cool bonus, regardless of one's political leanings.
It's about President Bush taking an administrative short-cut to set up the world's largest protected marine area in Hawaii.
He's designating,
"...as a national monument a 1,200-mile-long chain of small Hawaiian islands and surrounding waters and reefs that are home to a spectacular array of sea life..."
About the rushing in? As the NY Times goes on to explain:
"...the region, which at 140,000 square miles is nearly the size of California, was to have been named a national marine sanctuary, a different kind of protection that could have taken a year to enact.
But Mr. Bush, in a last meeting to consider the plan and timetable, decided to cut things short, said a senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to take attention away from Mr. Bush's public statement today. "He said, Look, I've got this authority, I'm going to use it," the official said."
It's a good story, and a great excuse to show the picture above.
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