New 7 Wonders of the World Named (Portuguese audience jeers Statue of Liberty announcement)

Fox News ^ | July 7, 2007

[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 %$@#^$^!!!)

How about our space ships?

[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 %$@#^$^!!!)

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.....)

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

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.

[JCEccles]

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.

[Netizen]

Nice site on Petra

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

[RedCobra]

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

[longtermmemmory]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

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