It also would have been unseemly for President Bush to engage in that. And that's what we're here for anyway -- to FReep the creeps. :) I like to believe that some intrepid FReepers are more than a little responsible for the long dearth of $peaking engagement$ in the U.S. for the sinkmaster. Maybe I'm wrong, but I like to believe that some of the fierce protests when he did some 6-figure $peeche$ right after we finally got him out of office maybe convinced other companies and organizations that it just might not be worth the bad publicity and embarrassment of "Give Back the Silverware" and "Clinton is a Rapist" signs and chants.
We also get information here, bounce ideas off one another and are thus better informed when we turn around and write/call/protest/rally various government people.
And none of this would have been possible without the hard work and brilliant vision of Jim and John. We can never thank them enough.