BUSS Round 1 - South Carolina vs. Idaho

[ironman]

South Carolina


Capital City: Columbia
State Bird: Great Carolina Wren
Famous South Carolinans
James Brown, Singer
Joe Frazier, Boxer
Althea Gibson, Tennis Player
Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz Trumpeter
Andrew Jackson, U.S. President
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader

Quick Facts
- Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville.

- The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian.

- The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs.

- The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast.

- South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state.

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Idaho


Capital City: Boise
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
Famous Idahoans
Napoleon Dynamite
Harmon Killebrew, Baseball Player
Picabo Street, Skier
Lana Turner, Actress

Quick Facts
- The Cataldo mission is the oldest building in the state.

- American Falls is unique from most communities because the entire town was moved in the mid-1920s when the original American Falls Dam was constructed.

- Rexburg is home to Ricks College, the largest private two-year college in the nation.

- Elk River is the home of the Idaho Champion Western Red Cedar Tree, the largest tree in the state. Estimated to be over 3000 years old this giant is more than 18 feet in diameter and stands 177 feet tall.

- Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell was founded as the College of Idaho in 1891 and is the state's oldest four-year institution of higher learning.

[RugbyD]

Though misguided at points, SC's rabid culture of states-rights and state-individualism is something to respect. That and Idaho has the most retarded shape. And Andrew Jackson is one of my favorite presidents. He recognized the evil of an offical national bank.

[Coppermine]

What? Just having a beach puts South Carolina over Idaho... come on people! This is the first round, you gotta get your heads out of your butts!

Not only is Idaho a ho-hum state, Idahoans (their word, not mine) are gullible. Idaho was named in 1860 by George M. Willing, a mining lobbyist who pulled the name out of his ass (look it up). He picked the name "idaho" and told congress that it was a Shoshone Indian word that meant "Gem of the Mountains." Most westerners in the United States are completely devoid of any cultural heritage, so it has always been popular out here to latch onto American Indian monikers. When people finally caught on that "Idaho" was a made up name, it was too late. The name caught on and the morons who live there have called themselves "Idahoans" ever since.

I propose that we give Idaho back to the British, since that's who we got it from in the first place. I don't think it'll be too much of a problem because there aren't a lot of people in Idaho. According to the 2004 Census report, Idaho's population is 1,393,262. Just for comparison, there are 1,970,000 cows in Idaho. New rule: if your state has more cows than people, you don't get to be a state anymore.

It's the first round... yes SC is a redneck state. Yes, SC was the the first leave the Union. Yeah, South Carolina is still North Carolina's bitch. But compared to Idaho... seriously? I like potatoes as much as the next guy, but that's really all they've got. They should not make it past the first round.

[Red Stripe]

South Carolina

[wrveres]

'Down goes Frazier ... Down goes Frazier .. Down goes Frazier ... '


you don't get to use that one too much anymore so it just seemed a natural ...
actually I was going to vote South Carolina till I saw that ...

Oh well.

[wrveres]

and besides, some mom named her kid Picabo, so you know there is good drugs in Iowa.

[bronxxbomber]

SC

[stevethumb]

on one hand you have strom thurmond ... on the other myrtle beach ... this one will be closer than you think (couer d'alene is very nice)...shoeless joe jackson was a palmetto state boy..maybe it's time to right a wrong..south carolina to the hall of fame !!

[ironman]

and besides, some mom named her kid Picabo, so you know there is good drugs in Iowa.

Yeah, they're pretty good in Idaho too.

Actually isn't the story behind Picabo Street's name that her parents were hippies and basically called her "little girl" when she was growing up. When they decided to travel abroad, they needed to give her a formal name for passport purposes so she was named after the street they lived on.

[BaseballFann0008]

Myrtle Beach