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New 7 Wonders of the World Named (Portuguese audience jeers Statue of Liberty announcement)
Fox News ^ | July 7, 2007

Posted on 07/07/2007 8:17:35 PM PDT by Stoat

LISBON, Portugal  —  Monuments in three Latin American countries were named among the new seven wonders of the world Saturday.

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancientworld; architecture; godsgravesglyphs; sevenwonders
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To: Stoat

Our ex-Panama Canal is still an engineering wonder of the world put up against all those non-functioning monuments. (Thank you Jimmy Carter…You little %$@#^$^!!!)

How about our space ships?


41 posted on 07/08/2007 7:19:42 AM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
 
Our ex-Panama Canal is still an engineering wonder of the world put up against all those non-functioning monuments. (Thank you Jimmy Carter…You little %$@#^$^!!!)

Agreed. 

How about our space ships?

The organization running this particular poll would probably levy some technical objection to spacecraft on the grounds that they are 'vehicles' and not 'architecture' although the space station might be applicable

(And also on the fact that space technology is primarily an American domain, which would not sit well with the French children who sit for hours at the website's voting page pressing "refresh" and "enter" over and over and over.....)

42 posted on 07/08/2007 7:26:43 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

You are correct about the spacecraft being ‘vehicles’ and not ‘architecture.’

I knew something sounded “off” in my statement but couldn’t put my finger on it.

Thank you.


43 posted on 07/08/2007 7:35:21 AM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: denydenydeny
At least three have to be at least partially in America, being the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and Redwood/Sequoia National Forests.

Bryce, Zion, the Grand Canyon. All are part of one magnificent structure: the Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau.

The Grand Staircase is the greatest natural wonder IMHO.

44 posted on 07/08/2007 7:37:29 AM PDT by JCEccles
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To: Charles Martel

Nice site on Petra

http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/MiddleEast/Jordan/Petra/MapIndex.html


45 posted on 07/08/2007 8:36:13 AM PDT by Netizen (If we can't locate/deport illegals, how will we get them to come forward to pay their $3,250 fines?)
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To: Godwin1

Note to the rest of the world:..............SCREW ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!


46 posted on 07/08/2007 10:27:06 AM PDT by RedCobra
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To: Stoat; All

UN affiliated equals meaningless.

The original “wonders” were that because they had some inovation or made a bold move into a new era of archetecture.

These are just mob rule internet votes.

I would submit MOST of “new” holders have added nothing to design or inovation.


47 posted on 07/08/2007 11:35:05 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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