A State of the Union Day: For Bloggers, That Means Censorship Debates, Funny Clips, Truthy Interviews and Hard News

Let the politicos debate the nuances of tonight's State of the Union address (today's seventh most-cited phrase) by President Bush. The blogosphere is filled with so much more, such as:

Censorship in China
More than a few bloggers, including Google's own official rep (today's No. 3 top blog post), are discussing Google's presence in China and the built-in censorhip (or is it filtering?) the company has pursued in order to do business in the government-run country. For example, search for images of "tiananmen" in Chinese and then search in English...notice the difference? It's those pesky tanks. Search Views offers a slogan: We Shall Undercome.

Grins for the day
Get a few giggles at today's most-cited link, a video called "Fear of Girls," (could be subtitled, "What Really Goes on in Gamers' Minds") and the aptly named Chewy blog (No. 5 ranking today), featuring the eloquence of Star Wars' Chewbacca.

Truthiness, indeed
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert is the subject of today's No. 24 most-cited link in an interview at The AV Club, and some bloggers traveling in Manila review the cuisine at Jollibee's, a fast-food Filpino restaurant featuring the Yumburger, among other delicacies.

Warrants, whistleblowers
No. 22 among today's top blog posts (from the American Library Association shows that getting search warrants doesn't have to be such a big deal after all, and the fifth most-cited link details Newsweek's investigation of Bush Administration lawyers who tried to curtail Presidential powers in the war on terror. It's already generating commentary and conversation.

Passings
Author and playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who died of cancer on Monday, is the day's burstiest person.