RE-THINKING BOISE IDAHO

THE CITY OF BOISE,IDAHO'S NAME HAS BEEN MUCH MALIGNED OVER
THE YEARS.NOTHING AGAINST JOHNNY CARSON BUT HE IS PROBABLY
MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ASSOCIATING THE
WORDS BOISE,IDAHO WITH A PLACE THAT IS BACKWARDS AND OUT
OF TOUCH WITH MODERNITY{LENO & LETTERMAN CONTINUE IT'S USE}
IT WAS THE CITY HE NAMED MOST WHEN THE JOKE CALLED FOR THE
NAME OF A "HICKTOWN" FOR IT'S PUNCHLINE AND SO PEOPLE WHO
DIDN'T KNOW BETTER THOUGHT OF BOISE IN THIS MANNER SINCE CARSON
REACHED SUCH A LARGE AUDIENCE.
THERE ARE SOME ATONISHING IRONIES WHEN ONE LOOK'S AT THE
TRUE FACTS ABOUT BOISE AND IDAHO.

1.CARSONS CAREER WAS POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INVENTION
OF TV WHICH HAPPENED IN IDAHO,NOT FAR FROM BOISE BY PHILO T.
FARNSWORTH.

2.POTATO'S ARE THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF FOOD IN THE WORLD AND
IDAHO GROWS THE LARGEST AMOUNT.{INDEED-THE WORLD AS WE KNOW
IT COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT POTATO'S}.

3.THE MAN WHO DESIGNED THE CHUNNEL IS A RESIDENT OF BOISE,IDAHO.
IT'S THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX STRUCTURE EVER BUILT BY MAN.

4.FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY MORRISON-KNUDSEN WAS
THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE WORLD AND WAS AND
STILL IS HEADQUARTERED IN BOISE;NOW UNDER THE NAME
"THE WASHINGTON GROUP".

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008
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