LISBON, Portugal — Monuments in three Latin American countries were named among the new seven wonders of the world Saturday.
Particularly if Ronald Reagan's image were to be added to the lineup :-)
Posted on 07/07/2007 8:17:35 PM PDT by Stoat
Brazil's , Peru's , and Mexico's pyramid were chosen alongside the Great Wall of China, Jordan's Petra, the Colosseum in Rome and India's Taj Mahal.
The sites were selected according to a tally of around 100 million votes cast by people around the world over the Internet and by cell phone text messages, the nonprofit organization that conducted the poll said.
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Many in the 50,000-member audience at a soccer stadium jeered when the United States' Statue of Liberty was announced as one of the candidates. Portugal was broadly opposed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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Oh yeah, definitely
Particularly if Ronald Reagan's image were to be added to the lineup :-)
The way I see it, at least Rushmore is ‘American’. The Statue of Liberty was made by the French.
Chichen Itza might be beautiful and interesting, but there’s simply no way it’s more of (anything) than Angkor Wat in Cambodia — one of the candidates which did not win. Because of course, there aren’t a lot of cell phones or broadband connections in Phnom Penh for voters to participate.
This was an elaborate publicity stunt. Appropriate it came out the same day as Al Gore’s concerts, IMHO.
At least three have to be at least partially in America, being the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and Redwood/Sequoia National Forests.
This was an elaborate publicity stunt. Appropriate it came out the same day as Al Gore’s concerts, IMHO.
Agreed. As I've said previously, it's unfortunate that this new list has no intellectual or academic standing. Probably similar to what you'd get if you were to take a worldwide internet / cellphone poll on "What is the best work of literature ever?". "Harry Potter" would likely top the list, with second place being "What's a book?" and third being The Communist Manifesto. Having legions of teenagers with nothing to do pressing "refresh" and "enter" on a website's voting page for hours on end now has the ability to make news.
You may still have an opportunity to vote on your favorites, as this particular poll was for architectural wonders only, not the Wonders of God's Creation.
From the article:
"Weber said he was starting a new campaign Sunday to choose the new seven natural wonders of the world."
Nice pics.
You take those?
You take those?
LMAO!
Thank you, but not this time :-)
Most stoats have trouble with cameras because our black, beady little eyes don't focus on the viewfinder very well :-)
I thought of the Grand Canyon, too, then realized, that none of the others were 'natural'. They obviously went for man made wonders this time. Are these new wonders a promotion for something?
Lol.
That’s a funny post.
Absolutely!
Agreed, and apparently the person spearheading this Seven Wonders effort feels the same way.
From the article:
His foundation said it would use 50 percent of net revenue from the project to fund restoration efforts worldwide. One of them is a mission to rebuild the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue in Afghanistan, blown up in 2000 by the Taliban regime.
bfl
That’s a funny post.
I'm delighted to learn that I may have played a small role in making you smile :-)
It is striking how ancient they all are. What about contemporary wonders?
Well, I don't believe that the poll stipulated that entries be ancient, merely that they be "architectural wonders" .....some fairly newly-built winners were the Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio and the Taj Mahal......... and the Statue of Liberty was announced as a contender for the list (to the dismay of the America-hating Portuguese).
Most of the original "Seven Wonders" have crumbled into the mists of time. From the article:
However, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria in Egypt have all vanished.
As to contemporary wonders, I'm guessing that many of the most modern Wonders weren't eligible for voting because there are so many....from the giant buildings, huge telecom towers, Seattle's Space Needle to the Channel Tunnel it seems that modern engineering and science has produced so many incredible architectural wonders in the past century that one would need a book to list them all.
"Only the penitent man will pass."
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