Too bad "Dollar Cotton" was never made into a movie

President Bush announced today that he is setting aside a 140,000-square-mile swath of Pacific Ocean as the world's largest marine preserve.

What prompted this action from a president long-lambasted by environmentalists?

Several newspapers this morning said he decided to create the preserve after screening a documentary in April made by film maker Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the late underwater explorer, Jacques Cousteau. The 65-minute film, produced for PBS, focuses on both the beauty of the ecosystem and the perils it faces.

Perhaps the best thing for the farm community to do at this point is to make sure Pressident Bush also catches "The Grapes Of Wrath."