20 less votes for Obama! (11-3-08)

Monday, November 3, 2008 | |

***I wonder if these socialists & loathers of liberty voted early? I hope not! None the less, I am sure ACORN and other corrupt and evil democrat party entities will ensure their vote for the Muslime candidate is cast

1) Christine Durbin
CHICAGO - Christine A. Durbin, the oldest daughter of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, died Saturday at age 40, according to a spokesman for the Democratic senator.

2) Yma Sumac
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Yma Sumac (EE'-mah SOO'-mak), the Peruvian-born soprano who wowed international audiences in the 1950s with her stunning vocal range and modern take on South American folk music, has died. Sumac's friend and personal assistant Damon Devine says she died Saturday in Los Angeles after an eight-month bout with colon cancer.

3) Anthony Tarracino
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Anthony "Tony" Tarracino, a former mayor of Key West and legendary bar owner of "Captain Tony's Saloon" whose life was memorialized in a Jimmy Buffett song, died Saturday. He was 92.

4) Marilyn Ferguson
BANNING, Calif. (AP) - Marilyn Ferguson, whose best-selling book "The Aquarian Conspiracy" helped establish the New Age movement by tying together its disparate threads, has died. She was 70. She will be buried with the aluminum foil still on her head and in an aluminum foil casket, per her wishes.

5) John Daly
LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Daly, the British-born producer of 13 Oscar-winning movies including "Platoon" and "The Last Emperor" who helped launch the careers of many A-list directors and actors, has died. He was 71.

6) William Wharton
ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — William Wharton, the painter-turned-author whose first novel "Birdy" won the National Book Award and became a critically acclaimed move, has died. He was 82.

7) Tom Moody
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tom Moody, the mayor of Columbus from 1972 to 1984 who oversaw an expansion of the city's freeway system and growth of the downtown skyline, has died. He was 78.

8) Fred Baron
DALLAS (AP) - A prominent Democratic fundraiser linked to the John Edwards mistress scandal has died of cancer in Texas.

9) Estelle Reiner
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Estelle Reiner, who uttered the famous line, "I'll have what she's having," after watching Meg Ryan fake an orgasm in the movie "When Harry Met Sally," has died. She was 94.

10) Betty Wagner Spandikow
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) - Betty Wagner Spandikow, an advocate of breast-feeding whose book on the subject has sold more than two million copies, died Sunday. She was 85.

11) Milton Katselas
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Milton Katselas, a Broadway director and acting teacher whose students included George Clooney, Gene Hackman, Michelle Pfeiffer and many other stars, has died. He was 75.

12) William R. Stall
LOS ANGELES (AP) — longtime staff member of the Los Angeles Times who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2004, died Sunday at his home in Sacramento. He was 71.

13) Studs Terkel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Studs Terkel, who made his name listening to ordinary folks talk about their ordinary lives -- and who turned that knack for conversation into a much-honored literary career -- died Friday. He was 96.

14) Gerald Arpino
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gerald Arpino, who co-founded the acclaimed Joffrey Ballet and oversaw its move from New York to Chicago, died Wednesday at his home in Chicago. He was 85.

15) P. Cameron DeVore
LOS ANGELES (AP) — P. Cameron DeVore, an attorney who helped establish the field of media law and was one of the first to successfully argue that advertising was a form of speech protected by the Constitution, died Sunday at his home on Lopez Island, near Seattle. He was 76.

16) Lauren Dombrowski
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lauren Dombrowski, 51, a stand-up comedian who was a co-executive producer and writer for Fox's late-night comedy series "MADtv," died of cancer Oct. 8 at her Los Angeles home

17) Rabbi Moshe Cotel
NEW YORK (AP) — an acclaimed pianist and composer whose works were often infused with themes emanating from his deep Jewish roots, a weave of influences that only later in life led him to the pulpit, died Oct. 24 at his home in Manhattan. He was 65

18) Albert Boime
NEW YORK (AP) — a noted scholar of art history who took the history every bit as seriously as the art, if not more so, died on Oct. 18 in Los Angeles. He was 75 and a longtime Los Angeles resident. Training Marxist and psychoanalytic lenses on his subjects, Professor Boime examined artworks as physical manifestations of the economics, class divisions, power structure and racial attitudes of their times.

19) Edith Evans Asbury
NEW YORK (AP) — an award-winning reporter for The New York Times who routinely covered hard news in an era when most of her female colleagues were consigned to writing about white-gloved society luncheons, died on Thursday at her home in Greenwich Village. She was 98.

20) Jimmy Carl Black
LOS ANGELES (AP) — drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention, Born in El Paso, Texas, he is best known for his Cheyenne heritage and his drooping moustache. His trademark line was "Hi Boys and Girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, and I'm the Indian of the group."

He has been credited on some Mothers albums as playing "drums, vocals, and poverty". He appeared in the movie 200 Motels and sings the song Lonesome Cowboy Burt. Black was diagnosed with lung cancer in August, 2008, and he passed away on November 1st

1 comments:

Mike said...

I'm not sure about deVore. Defending advertising is rather capitalist. He may get a pass.