FundRace.org allows you to search by zip code or name for people who have contributed money to presidential candidates. Here are some names I found:
Stephen R. Covey, George W. Bush - $500
Karl Malone, George W. Bush - $2,000
Barbara Streisand, John Kerry - $1,000, John Edwards - $1,000
Ted Kennedy, John Kerry - $1,000, Dick Gephardt - $1,000, Howard Dean - $500
H. Ross Perot, George W. Bush - $2,000
William Hilton, George W. Bush - $2,000, Dick Gephardt - $1,000
You can see how much the candidates have spent on airlines and hotels. You can even find out what type of person gives them money. I feel like this is becoming like an infomercial, but that’s not all. They also have city and national maps where you can get an overall view of where each party or candidate’s contributions came from.
The information for the site was compiled (and I’m guessing they created the site as well) by eyebeam.org and I give them two thumbs up. They did a superb job.
They created a sister site to this one called Google Race which uses the Google search engine API to rank candidates based on their association with particular keywords. It’s fun too.
For example, Al Sharpton is most closely associated with the word rich, George Bush is the winner on the word best and John Kerry is most closely associated with the phrase worst candidate.
(via kottke)
When I tell people I’m a fan of Marc Cohn, they usually say they’ve never heard of him. Then I explain that he sang “Walking in Memphis” and a glimmer of recognition appears on their face as they say, “Oh, I know that song.”
Well, Cohn is at it again after his longest break yet. His fourth album will be forthcoming, but in a forward-thinking move he and his management have shown who matters to them. They have given an MP3 to his fan web site (he doesn’t have an official one that I know of) to be made freely available for download for one month. The song is One Safe Place, and the lyrics are there too. They’re short and sweet, just like the song.
Get it while it’s hot. Remember, it will only be available on that site for a month, starting today and ending on April 17, 2004.
Update: One Safe Place is on Marc Cohn’s Greatest Hits album.
