Thursday, June 15, 2006
Bush approves Hawaiian Island marine sanctuary
A swathe of Hawaiian islands are to be designated a US national monument - turning the area into the largest marine sanctuary in the world.
President Bush: Now, this Hawhyee thing. Any oil down there?
Unnamed Administration Official : No.
Bush: Gas?
UAO: Maybe volcanic. Nothing we know how to tap.
Bush: Charlie the Tuna?
UAO: What?
Bush: The tuna guy. Tunafish sammiches.
UAO: You mean, is there a tuna fishery? No.
Bush: What the heck is it good for then?
UAO: It's pristine. You saw the film presentation.
Bush: Yeah, like an aquarium. A big aquarium, in a zoo, with seals. & turtles. I like turtles.
UAO: Yessir. It's an ecological wonder.
Bush: Don't like that word, eco.
UAO: The environmentalists are for it.
Bush: Don't care about them. Southern Baptists?
UAO: Sir?
Bush: Aren't those Baptists meeting now?
UAO: In Greensboro, Mister President.
Bush: They for it?
UAO: It's not on their agenda.
Bush: Thank you, Jayzuz.
UAO: All fishing will be phased out over five years.
Bush: Big lobby?
UAO: Only 5 boats, Mister President.
Bush: That gives me some time to bait a hook. Alright, pardner, let's do it.
UAO: Excellent, Your Excellency.
Bush: Say, whose idea was this? I mean before me?
UAO: I don't know, but President Clinton got it rolling.
Bush: My father didn't call, did he?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
President Bush: Now, this Hawhyee thing. Any oil down there?
Unnamed Administration Official : No.
Bush: Gas?
UAO: Maybe volcanic. Nothing we know how to tap.
Bush: Charlie the Tuna?
UAO: What?
Bush: The tuna guy. Tunafish sammiches.
UAO: You mean, is there a tuna fishery? No.
Bush: What the heck is it good for then?
UAO: It's pristine. You saw the film presentation.
Bush: Yeah, like an aquarium. A big aquarium, in a zoo, with seals. & turtles. I like turtles.
UAO: Yessir. It's an ecological wonder.
Bush: Don't like that word, eco.
UAO: The environmentalists are for it.
Bush: Don't care about them. Southern Baptists?
UAO: Sir?
Bush: Aren't those Baptists meeting now?
UAO: In Greensboro, Mister President.
Bush: They for it?
UAO: It's not on their agenda.
Bush: Thank you, Jayzuz.
UAO: All fishing will be phased out over five years.
Bush: Big lobby?
UAO: Only 5 boats, Mister President.
Bush: That gives me some time to bait a hook. Alright, pardner, let's do it.
UAO: Excellent, Your Excellency.
Bush: Say, whose idea was this? I mean before me?
UAO: I don't know, but President Clinton got it rolling.
Bush: My father didn't call, did he?
Labels: George W. Bush, nature
