Big questions (for little people)

Today we discuss the issues that our readers *care about: which river is the best?

Facebook couldn't handle the topic.... can *you*?

IDTBOPP takes a look at some of the top responses.

Mississippi

Pros: Really, really long. Useful. Responsible for the founding of Minneapolis and thus has a profound impact on my social network.

Cons: Swallows freeway bridges that are very useful. Smells like butt. Too polluted to legally swim in. Responsible for the founding of New Orleans.


St. Croix

Pros: Fun to swim in, relatively clean, made nice cliffs by Taylor's falls, creates a much-needed barrier between us and Wisconsin.

Cons: Touches the Mississippi.

Cuyahoga

Pros: Only river to ever catch fire for an extended period of time

Cons: Only river to ever catch fire for an extended period of time

Red

Pros: Flows North, which is "out of the box" for a North American river. Keeps North Dakotans from just wandering into our turf. Carries more pesticides into hudson bay than water.

Cons: Flows North, which makes it a flooding hazard because of ice dams.

Yellow

Pros: Cradle of Chinese civilization; produces clean power for a people who don't lose sleep over burning soft coal to fill their energy needs

Cons: Has killed a million plus people in spring floods during the twentieth century alone. Furthermore, the name... *tee hee hee*.

Colorado

Pros: Had an active role in the formation of the grand canyon. Supposedly good for rafting on. Flows over the Hoover dam, producing around 2,000 MW of electricity.

Cons: Peters out south of the border such that it doesn't even reach the ocean anymore, giving Mexico just one more reason to hate us.