Hey wud, should we start a ping list for this topic? Seems like it might be a category of interest...
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
Wow, he had a few guys helping him. I didn't see anyone helping that chickita squishing the hell out of that watermelon.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
Considering that he was benching a bit over half a ton you betcha there were guys around to take it off of him if he couldn't push it back up. I didn't see them "help" beyond unracking the weight--which I used to have people do for me, or with me, back in the day--and, at the very end they made sure he had it completely locked out so that it didn't fall on him. Looked like a pretty clean lift to me.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton