I wonder

My fellow fru-fru hairspray marketer turned financeer, VJ, sent out an article announcing that someone had held a vote (of which i was not aware) and that a new list of 'the seven wonders of the world' had been compiled: www.new7wonders.com. Adding insult to frivolity, the Pyramids of Gaza, were not selected as part of the seven (clearly a slap in the face to Egyptians everywhere and likely another political machination of - you guessed it - Karl Rove).

Here is the new list as selected by 90 million votes and an excerpt from the article:
• The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru's Machu Picchu
• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India's Taj Mahal

Before the vote ended Friday, organizers said more than 90 million votes had been cast for 21 sites. Voting at the Web site, www.new7wonders.com, ended at6 p.m. ET Friday. Traffic was so heavy Friday that the site was crashing at times. The new wonders were announced at a star-studded event Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, that featured performances by Jennifer Lopez and Chaka Khan. The event was hosted by Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Ben Kingsley as well as Bollywood star Bipasha Basu.
Of the seven ancient wonders of the world, only one remains standing today, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
But the new wonders campaign hasn't been universally recognized. The United Nations' cultural organization, UNESCO, issued a statement saying it has "no link whatsoever" to the vote.

Egypt's top antiquities expert also objected to the list. He said Egypt's pyramids are a "symbol of the genius of the ancient people" -- and are above any sort of online poll. As a result, the organizers struck up a compromise. The pyramids have been assured honorary status, in addition to the new seven wonders.

The new wonders project was the brainchild of Swiss businessman Bernard Weber. He said he wanted to invite the people of the world to take part in selecting the world's greatest wonders. "So that everybody can decide what the new seven wonders should be and not some government, not some individuals, not some institutions," he said.
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I also held my own vote for greatest wonders of the world.
the list included:

-- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
-- The letter 'S'
-- The Call on me" music video
-- Pizza
--Cathrine Zeta Jones
-- 7-11 Slurpees
--Happy Hour

Close contenders were:
--Wonder Bread
--Wonder Bra
--Wonder Woman
-- Why everyone likes applejacks even though it doesn't taste like apples

I announced these results from my air-conditioned cubicle on the 21st floor in Manhattan, and while J-lo was not in attendance, i did play 'Jenny from the block' (not a wonder) on Itunes in the background