Hall of Fame
Bill Bidwell ($2,000)
Paula Poundstone ($7,500)
James 'LL Cool J' Smith ($4,000)
Christine Lahti ($19,050)
Wolfgang Puck ($1,700)
Lee Greenwood ($17,350)
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
Ted Nugent ($1,500)
Robert Guillaume ($9,600)
Art Rooney II ($93,815)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Alan Arkin ($250)
Chevy Chase ($226,375)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Joan Allen ($1,250)
John W Henry ($1,105,750)
Kinky Friedman ($250)
Drew Carey ($7,300)
Jack Abernethy ($5,800)
Dennis Hopper ($5,000)
Isaiah Washington ($4,450)
Bill Cosby ($20,000)
Shelley Hack ($7,500)
Judy Blume ($35,250)
Rita Wilson ($88,150)
Alan Ruck ($1,250)
Chuck Lorre ($12,300)
Bill Belichick ($1,000)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Dave Duerson ($2,500)
Matthew Broderick ($18,700)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Samuel Jackson ($3,300)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Geena Davis ($37,450)
Tom Skerritt ($14,525)
Merril Hoge ($1,000)
Harvey Fierstein ($4,750)
Bill Kristol ($8,500)
James Denton ($2,300)
Jann Wenner ($189,654)
Carl Reiner ($6,250)
Phil Fulmer ($4,200)
Howard Hesseman ($4,375)
Charlize Theron ($7,200)
Lorraine Bracco ($1,000)
Taylor Hackford ($28,900)
Amber Tamblyn ($4,300)
Josh Brolin ($2,000)
Spike Feresten ($2,550)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
John Barth
Johnson Controls chairman, ceo
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,105
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$500 Republican $1,000 Democrat $10,000 special interest total: $11,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
BARTH, JOHN M. Milwaukee, WI 53209 Johnson Controls Inc./Executive JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. FEDERAL PAC - $4,000 primary 01/05/04
Barth, John M. Chelsea, MI 48118 Johnson Controls Inc./BusinessmanJohn D. Dingell (D) House (MI District: 15) JOHN D. DINGELL FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 05/22/03
BARTH, JOHN M. Chelsea, MI 48118 Johnson Controls Inc./President & C JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. FEDERAL PAC - $4,000 primary 11/20/01
BARTH, JOHN CHELSEA, MI 48118 JOHNSON CONTROLS INC JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. FEDERAL PAC - $2,000 primary 07/27/99
BARTH, JOHN CHELSEA, MI 48118 JOHNSON CONTROLS INCNICHOLSON, JAMES B (R) Senate - MI NICHOLSON FOR U S SENATE INCLost $500 primary 03/14/96
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 17, 2009
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