8th Wonder Of The World!!

No, the title of this post is not referring to Dean Christopher Edley.

If you haven’t yet heard the wondrous news, please enjoy the following article.

Like the UC Regents, Governor Jerry Brown, and the California state legislature, UCMeP is pleased to hear that credible news agencies are giving credit where credit is due.

Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World

JANUARY 24, 2011

PARIS—At a press conference Tuesday, the World Heritage Committee officially recognized the Gap Between Rich and Poor as the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” describing the global wealth divide as the “most colossal and enduring of mankind’s creations.”

“Of all the epic structures the human race has devised, none is more staggering or imposing than the Gap Between Rich and Poor,” committee chairman Henri Jean-Baptiste said. “It is a tremendous, millennia-old expanse that fills us with both wonder and humility.”

“And thanks to careful maintenance through the ages, this massive relic survives intact, instilling in each new generation a sense of awe,” Jean- Baptiste added.

The vast chasm of wealth, which stretches across most of the inhabited world, attracts millions of stunned observers each year, many of whom have found its immensity too overwhelming even to contemplate. By far the largest man-made structure on Earth, it is readily visible from locations as far-flung as Eastern Europe, China, Africa, and Brazil, as well as all 50 U.S. states.

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