So, yeah Im not ashamed to admit that my commander and chief and I don't see eye to eye on a lot. Still as a Coastie and someone who's seen the effects of ocean pollution, overfishing, and rogue drift nets I was somewhat stunned when our Pres created the worlds largest marine sanctuary the other day. And when I mean large I mean that its larger than 46 of the U.S. 50 states (not combined), and more than seven times larger than all the other 13 national marine sanctuaries combined. Words fail me.
He decided to do it after watching Jacque Cousteau's son's show on PBS (Ocean adventures).
The area of the pacific thats protected was destined to become a fishing wasteland, as its one of the more remote places on earth, Japanese and Chinese fisherman like to go there to drift net tons of fish... they can actually catch them there. Anyone whos ever done fishery patrol off of New England will know just how much damage drift nets have done in the space of two generations to thats areas fisheries.
So wow.
Mr. President, this non alcoholic beverage produced by Annheiser Busch is for you.