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THE DAILY KEENE____________________________________

Thursday, October 2, 2008           v.1, No. 2

Meanderings from the worlds of politics, sport, visual arts and music.

“Taxation is the rule; tax exemption is the exception.”

--City of Chicago v. Illinois Department of Revenue, 147 Ill. 2d 484, 491 (1992).

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“This is Sixty Minutes, and I’m Andy Rooney.

“I got a fund raising letter from-- some young woman-- yes, here it is Sarah Palin. That’s all the envelope says—no return address.  It’s like the Brasilian soccer players  with only one name. Here’s a nice picture of this girl with her father, I guess, some wrinkly old guy who looks vaguely familiar. I gather from her letter that she is standing for office- its somewhere here- yes, here it is, it says vice-president, but it doesn’t say vice president of what? Probably the Chamber of Commerce or something. Did you ever notice that these young whipper snappers just expect you to know all the details! Oh, I remember, she said something in here about a moose, so maybe it’s the Fraternal Order of large animals or something? Anyway, I’ll see if there’s something about her on the Huffington Post. This is Andy Rooney, saying good night.”

Coming Friday: Gridiron Grapplings.