Vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World.....

[poltr1]

at new7wonders.com.

There are 20 sites available to choose from. The Great Pyramids in Egypt, being the only surviving member of the Original 7 Wonders, is an honorary wonder and is not eligible for votes.

Hurry! You have only 4 days and 7 hours left to vote!

The winners will be announced Saturday (7/7/07) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Comments

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I've been hearing this hyped (and stories of how the areas where various candidate sites are encouraging the locals to go and vote for them) for months. It annoys me that news organizations are giving attention and legitimacy to an Internet popularity contest.

[poltr1]

I think it's more than just an Internet popularity contest. First, this is an international contest and the internet is just one of the polling vehicles. Second, the announcement ceremony has some major stars lined up, including Sir Ben Kingley and Neil Armstrong (who's become VERY reclusive over the years).

Although it would be nice to know: Who's behind all this? Where is the money coming from? And will some of the money collected be used to renovate and/or maintain the candidate sites? (And most importantly, am I going to start getting lots of spam in my inbox from these folks?)