Hall of Fame
Christian Slater ($6,550)
Kevin Harvick ($1,000)
Ron Howard ($196,392)
Rider Strong ($2,500)
Malcolm Glazer ($26,000)
will.i.am ($31,800)
Joe Scarborough ($9,562)
Natalie Maines ($4,672)
Michael Waltrip ($4,800)
Herbie Hancock ($9,560)
Merril Hoge ($1,000)
Jim Nantz ($7,300)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Alan Ruck ($1,250)
Peter Jacobsen ($2,500)
Les Charles ($319,050)
Rhea Perlman ($89,804)
Bobby Knight ($2,000)
Lou Dobbs ($1,000)
Billy Baldwin ($22,666)
Roma Downey ($2,000)
Teri Garr ($10,625)
Lea Thompson ($3,308)
Bart Starr ($34,410)
Kate Walsh ($3,050)
Rita Wilson ($88,150)
Alan Arkin ($250)
Jane Curtin ($14,200)
Joan Didion ($500)
Regis Philbin ($1,000)
Haim Saban ($11,077,028)
Chuck Barris ($16,500)
Tracy Scoggins ($500)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Michael Bidwell ($19,875)
Chuck Lorre ($12,300)
Lorne Michaels ($68,900)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Pat O'Brien ($3,000)
Davis Guggenheim ($7,550)
Don Henley ($774,785)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Hal Sparks ($4,218)
Bill Pullman ($1,500)
Dan Dierdorf ($2,200)
Kathryn Bigelow ($800)
Bob Goldthwait ($250)
Christina Applegate ($4,300)
Eli Wallach ($900)
Majel Roddenberry ($3,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Ray Kroc
, 1902-1984 (bio ) McDonald's founder
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,649
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
$3,000 Republican $500 Democrat $6,000 special interest total: $9,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
KROC, RAY A LAJOLLA, CA 92037 MCDONALD'S HEADQUARTERS MCDONALDS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $1,000 primary 10/12/83
KROC, RAY A LA JOLLA, CA 92037 MCDONALDS CORP.PERCY, CHARLES H SENATOR (R) Senate - IL CITIZENS FOR PERCY, 1984Lost $1,000 12/19/82
KROC, RAY A SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 MCDONALDSMCKINNON, DAN (R) House (CA District: 41) MCKINNON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 04/03/80
KROC, RAY SAN DIEGO, CA 92108 BUSINESSMANVAN DEERLIN, LIONEL MC (D) House (CA District: 42) COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN LIONEL VAN DEERLINLost $500 primary 02/10/80
KROC, RAY A SAN DIEGO, CA 00000 BUSINESS EXECUTIVELEBOUTILLIER, JOHN (R) House (NY District: 03) JOHN LEBOUTILLIER FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 01/11/80
KROC, RAY A LAJOLLA, CA 00000 MCDONALDS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $5,000 primary 12/07/79
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 3/15/10 — 17,488,084 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,559
3,087
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 3/15/10
17,488,084 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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