I.M.C.C.

Should all nonprofit organization status (501*, ...) be abolished?

Update: Currently this file is no longer available. (we may eventually repost this to YouTube ???) 'Arsenic In My Sugar' Rock 3:26 mp3 file 3.2MB lyrics: " Got arsenic in my sugar, ice water in my veins. I'm in love with what's her name, and I think that I must be insane. And I think I must be insane. Some people call me silly. Some people think I'm deranged. I'm just a dumb hillbilly, and admit that I'm often strange. I'm in love with what's her name. I'm in love with what's her name. And I think I must be insane. And I think I must be insane. Some people call me silly. Some people think I'm deranged. I'm just a dumb hillbilly, and admit that I'm often strange. I need another cup of tea, …. And I think I must be insane. And I think I must be insane. ( adlibed to finish ) " [  lest anyone take offense, both my parents were from central West Virginia, and I have lived in south central Kentucky for over twenty years :) ]

Q: Do you believe they put a man on the moon?

Over the many years we have been on the internet (about twenty five), we have wondered why we seldom (usually never) get any comments or feedback to anything we do on the web (lots of comments when we use to post on Usenet). We have came up with some possible hypothesis: 1) none of our stuff is interesting enough for anyone to make a comment 2) people feel their privacy will be compromised and may risk getting spam, etc. by making comments 3) people are to busy, and in too much of a hurry, to make a comment 4) people feel their comments are not important enough, or would be wasting our time 5) possibly that is just the way the web is --- or perhaps there is no one out there? We really do not know for sure. However, 1) Your privacy is safe, we really do not care who you are ;). 2) We seriously doubt anyone wasting their time looking at our stuff is too busy. 3) Your comments (or criticism) is just as important as anyone else's, and we have gobs of free time to kill. 4) If our stuff ...

[ I am not a climber, never climbed a mountain, and was not any good at climbing a rope in gym class — and certainly do not have thousands of dollars to waste on climbing a stupid rock — this is just idle pondering on my part. ] Everest is called the tallest mountain in the world, however, Kangchenjunga was once thought to be higher (now said to be the third highest). Everest seems the most climbed of the two. I assume because being the tallest, it gives the most bragging rights. Or perhaps Everest is easier to summit, than Kangchenjunga, or K2. With a much lower percentage of deaths, than the latter. (and just to clarify; I am not implying that either is easy) — if climbers are really seeking bragging rights, should they climb the hardest, rather than simply the tallest (?) — and I am aware that some have climbed all three mentioned, and others (which is amazingly impressive) — as an analogy; if one were to compare them to buildings; is it more impressive to take an elevator to the tw...