900 feet up with nowhere to go but down
Dean Potter, one of the world’s top climbers, practices while tethered to his line.
When he actually attempts his crossing, he will be wearing a parachute.
Not really. You clearly have some kind of hard on for Marylou.
I'd say the hard on is for Rush - no other explanation for the absurdity of comparing the benign actions of an individual to a call to action by a loon with millions of similarly-addled listeners.
My supercilious homeboy is wrong yet again...
The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is a cutesy acronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." I'm sure some Rove acolyte gets paid lots of money coming up with this sort of pap (freedom fries, anybody?) to stir up the yahoos.
A Patient's Bill of Rights has no cornball underlying appeal to armchair patriotism.