Sad but true Twitter stats from State of the Union address

[victoryparty]

I'm not sure what this says about the United States vs. the rest of the world, but during and immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address, the top-trending Twitter term in the United States was 'itampon.' Worldwide, it was SOTU (short for State of the Union.)

But wait, there's more:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5120979-twitter-trends-for-obama-speech-us-tweets-itampon-rest-of-the-world-focuses-on-state-of-the-union

The only pleasant surprise in all this was that Howard Zinn (RIP) rated in the U.S. trends.

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[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. wowz

zzzzzzz

[snot]

2. ok, what's an iTampon?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. It's a pun on Apple's new i-pad.

All the rage among suckers today.

[Hekate]

4. CBS poll of watchers showed overwhelming approval for the SOTU.