Obama didn't start the fire

By: Kevin Eggleston

Posted: 12/2/08

Sarah Palin, Tina Fey, Red States, un-married gays, bible belt, Joe the Plumber, evangelicals.

John McCain, Mrs. Clinton, holograms on television, North Korea, Shiite, Shia, High School Musical.

Neo-cons, Enron, is it another Vietnam? Hussein, Jihad, and Ahmadinejad.

John Kerry, Howard Dean, England's got the same queen, acid rain, Valerie Plame, Heath Ledger's final nod.

Obama didn't start the fire. This bush's been burning since George said our children's' learning. Obama didn't start the fire. No, he didn't light it…but he's got to fight it.

Vlad Putin, Georgia, Hamas rule, Florida, Donald Trump, jobless slump, economic lows.
Tricky Dick's (the VP pick) crazed and deadly Iraq shtick, Al Qaeda strikes, hot mics, reality TV shows.

Stem cells, missile shield, heroes crash-land in a field, Pat Tillman, Thai Coup, Kelly Clarkson, bird flu.

Cuba, Holy Land, fighting in the Sudan, Princess Di, Mumbai, Paris Hilton, Perez.

You didn't start the fire; it's been the rage since Foley stalked the page. You didn't start the fire - no you didn't light it, but you've got to fight it.

Comeback kid, 'clean' coal, Don Imus, Anna Nicole, Columbia, Orange Alerts, Jerry Seinfeld's puffy shirt.

Lebanon, Siegfried tiger maul, Steroids in baseball, Plaxico gets shot, "Twilight" sucked but Edward's hot.

Britney Spears, Client 9, Darwin versus God's design, Red Sox win, wire-taps, Michael Phelps' record laps.

YouTube, Facebook me! Senate lion Kennedy, Sopranos, WorldCom, European subway bombs.

They didn't start the fire; it's been spreading since they banned gay weddings. They didn't start the fire - but even if they fueled it we've still got to cool it.

Palahniuk, Blitzer, awkward Silda Spitzer, Nagin, Reagan, Iraq war invasion.

O'Reilly and Hannity, Jonas Bros. insanity, New Orleans, blackout, Dumbledore comes out.

We didn't start the fire. It's been heatin' since Gore was beaten. We didn't start the fire - we didn't light it, but we've got to fight it.

Miley Cyrus, Jamie Lynn, OJ Simpson back again, warming seas, dying bees, Whitewater, obesity.

Rummy, Condi, Syria, AIDS explodes in Africa, Larry Craig's wide stance, John Edwards' happy pants.

Firestone, end times, poverty, hate crimes, foreign debts, homeless vets, Freddie Mac, Virginia Tech.

Melting glaciers, rising shores, China's superpower roar, loose nukes, water wars, we can't take it anymore.

We didn't start the fire. It will keep burning as long as this world's turning. We didn't start the fire - no we didn't light it, but we've got to fight it.

Kevin Eggleston is a junior political science and television, radio, film major. He can be reached at kmeggles@syr.edu