Hurricane Katrina, The Haiti Earthquake, and Obama's Election were all notable publicized events where everyone and their grandmother got involved, showed support while it was still a hot issue, and
dropped it as if it had never occurred once the media stopped spamming every channel and air wave with coverage.
Hence they were all "
dick riding" like the "cool kids" to appear "trendy" or have "
water cooler conversation" for the office.
