A recent headline points out why it wouldn't be a bad idea to post the Ten Commandments in our schools.

"Theft Rising at U.S. Wal-Mart Stores" noted a recent Associated Press business story. The article pointed out that the retailing giant is being hit by a tidalwave of shoplifting. Employers and customers alike are hauling out goods without paying for them.

Now, the AP report says that Wal-Mart is not saying much on the record about the thefts. However, its inventory is getting smaller and smaller. The AP surmises that the shrinkage has been caused by "shoplifting, employee theft, paperwork errors and supplier fraud."

Last year, Wal-Mart decided it was not going to prosecute minor shoplifting cases. Instead, it chose to concentrate on major shoplifting rings. While the AP claims that Wal-Mart has cuts its security force, the news organization also reports that the company denies it has reduced security staff.

Of course, Wal-Mart, just like any other company, has a right to decide how best to police shoplifting and fraud. But I don't think the issue here is whether the company is cracking down hard enough on thieves. The real issue is this: some people walking through Wal-Mart's doors believe that they are entitled to steal.

While it may seem astounding to think that entitlements now include theft, it only makes sense, given the permissiveness of our society. If schools, courthouses, and municipal buildings don't post the command, "Thou Shalt Not Steal," it stands to reason that children would grow up believing that stealing isn't all that bad.

One union-backed group has apparently indicated that worker discontent is playing a part in employee theft—a truly mind-boggling claim. If I'm unhappy with my boss, does that give me the right to steal from him? Also, it should be noted that Wal-Mart officials say that employee morale is actually on the rise, which blows a hole through the theory that staffers are trying to steal their way to happiness.

It should be noted that this problem goes well beyond Wal-Mart. The National Retail Federation is reporting that theft cost retail outlets $41.6 billion last year. Sam Walton once referred to theft as one of retailers' top profit killers. And it should be duly noted that anything that kills profits, in the end, kills jobs. So it's actually in the best interests of worker advocates to do all they can to condemn employee theft.

However, instead, we hear rationalizations for employee theft. Consider this Associated Press quote from a former Wal-Mart bakery worker in Texas, "I am not the type to steal, but because we are so mistreated, when I saw things I just didn't do anything." The old-fashioned response to a controversial corporate policy was to raise one's voice in complaint. The 21st century answer is to turn a blind eye toward pilfering.

I have news for the former Wal-Mart baker: many of us—customers and employees alike—disagree with some of the things that the world's largest retailer does. But the moral response is not to give tacit approval to stealing from the store aisles. Because, in the end, stealing from Wal-Mart doesn't just hurt the big executives. It hurts the senior citizen trying to earn extra spending money as a greeter. And it hurts the family of four down the road trying to buy enough groceries to keep going. And it hurts the kids who are looking to us adults to provide some moral compass for their lives. I would hope that the lesson to be learned from this is: thou shalt not steal from Wal-Mart—or anyone else.

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California Law permits a person to withdraw his or her guilty or no contest plea after a person has successfully completed probation. In order for a person to qualify for this "expungement" relief he or she must satisfy a number of conditions. Most importantly is the condition that they complete their probationary grant successfully. This means that they must pay all fines and fees ordered by the Court, and all restitution must be paid to any victims. The individual must not have violated the terms of their probation in any way, for example the person seeking the expungement must not have sustained any new conviction or have been arrested for any new offense while on probation.

The next condition is that they had not been convicted for any offense excluded by statute that bars an expungement of the case. The offenses commonly barred are sex offenses listed under 290 of the Penal Code such as child molestation. Notably, the California Appellate Court ruled in December of 2006 that crimes of "attempt" such as attempted child molestation can be expunged under California Law. Which offenses fall under the exceptions are limited and an Attorney should be consulted to ensure the particular crime qualifies.

Once the conditions have been met, the next step is to file the petition with the proper Court requesting that the conviction be expunged from the defendant's record. Most Courts require fees be paid to file the legal petition, in addition the petition must be in the proper legal form and must be served on the appropriate agencies in order to be reviewed by the Judge. A Lawyer should be retained to be sure the petition for expungement is filed correctly.

Once the petition for an expungement has been granted by the Court, the person can, in most cases, state that he or she has not been convicted of a crime for purposes of private employment. In effect the case will have been dismissed. For more information, please refer to Penal Code 1203.4.

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A man in California is facing a prison sentence of up to 101 years after a jury found him guilty of e-mail scams. The 45-year-old man, Jeffrey Goodin, made several thousands of dollars using his sophisticated computer scam. Using hacked computers and false data, he would write e-mails to many thousands of AOL users. His e-mails would suggest that their AOL accounts would be closed unless they were able to "confirm personal details."

These activities are part of the widening range of phishing scams circulating around the Internet and around the world. Using these scams, criminals are able to falsify who they are and they use sophisticated methods to fool the recipients into thinking that e-mails and other communications are from a reliable source. Their aim is to extract personal data including names, dates of birth, bank account numbers and passwords.

The illegal use of sensitive data such as this is widespread. At best, this can cause concern to the victim and a good deal of time energy and money rectifying the situation. At worst, criminals can steal all the victim's financial assets, leaving them penniless and sometimes homeless. There have been reports of illegal gains being used for terrorist activities as well.

Goodin managed to hack into a number of EarthLink accounts and then send mails to the appropriate AOL customers. He collected their personal data when customers were worried that their AOL accounts were possibly to be terminated. Unfortunately, activities such as this are widespread and, more importantly, those that carry out his crime are very hard to catch as they hide behind false names and hacked computers.

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I’m withdrawing my name from the 2008 Presidential race. I hate flying, riding in buses, and working. It would be worse if I were elected.

And the field is too crowded!

What? You didn’t know I was running. Don’t you ever read my articles?

Anyway, I’m staying involved in the race. I’ve decided to give important advice to the candidates. The first thing a candidate needs is a slogan like Ike’s I will go to Korea!

I was fighting in Korea. I said to myself, “Bring us ammo!”

Well, Ike said that but that was not his official slogan. His slogan was I Like Ike!

I got that catchy slogan and the other slogans at: presidentsusa.net.

1840 William Henry Harrison: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too That was a very good slogan. I think John Edwards could use that type of slogan: “I’m a runnin’ agin cuz I’m not through!”

1844 James K. Polk: 54-40 or fight Hillary Clinton could use something that sounds like that: “Women over 40, let’s fight to get it right!

1844 Henry Clay: Who is James K. Polk? Barack Obama could use that attack: “Who is Hillary Clinton?”

1860 Abraham Lincoln: Vote Yourself a Farm John McCain: “We need those wet-backs to farm!”

1884 Grover Cleveland: Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, The Continental Liar from the State of Maine John Edwards: “McCain, McCain, that Guy from Arizona will be a big pain!”

1884 James Blaine: Ma, Ma, Where’s my Pa, Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha Rudy Giuliani: “Ma, Ma, 911 is what I saw, goin’ to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha”

1916 Woodrow Wilson: He kept us out of war John Edwards: “Hillary Voted for the War!”

1920 Warren G. Harding: Return to normalcy Joe Biden: “Get Rid of Lunacy!”

1924 Calvin Coolidge: Keep cool with Coolidge Coolidge was still alive when I was born but I never met him. Well, I guess I haven’t met any of the others. Barack Obama: “Obama is Hot, Hot, HOT!”

1928 Herbert Hoover: A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage Hilary Clinton: “I’m not too hot to I talk a lot!”

1952 Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike Hilary Clinton: “I Like Me!”

1956 Dwight Eisenhower: Peace and Prosperity John McCain: “War is hell but I’m just swell!”

1960 Richard Nixon: For the future Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Will I have a future?”

1964 Lyndon B. Johnson: The stakes are too high for you to stay at home John Edwards: “We should pull up stakes and go home!”

1964 Barry Goldwater: In your heart you know he’s right Rudy Giuliani: George W’s presidency was a fright but I still love him!”

1968 Richard Nixon: Nixon's the One John Edwards, John Kerry, or John McCain: “I’m not done!”

1976 Gerald Ford: He’s making us proud again

Barack Obama: “A black Muslim can win!”

1976 Jimmy Carter: Not Just Peanuts Hillary Clinton: “I’ve got all the peanuts!”

1976 Jimmy Carter: A Leader, For a Change Joe Biden: “Hilary is just too lame!”

1980 Ronald Reagan: Are you better off than you were four years ago? John McCain: “Ten years from now will we be able to say that the troops came home four years ago?

1984 Ronald Reagan: It’s morning again in America Rudy Giuliani: “There was mourning in America!”

1984 Walter Mondale: America Needs a Change John Edwards: “Americans won’t have any change!”

1988 George Bush: Kinder, Gentler Nation Joe Biden: “America does not need a wimp like John Edwards!”

1992 Bill Clinton: Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow Hillary Clinton: “I’m going out of town. What will Bill be doing tomorrow?”

1992 Bill Clinton: Putting People First Hillary Clinton: “Not those people, Bill!”

1992 Ross Perot: Ross for Boss John Edwards: “Did I tell you my father was a mill worker?”

1996 Bill Clinton: Building a bridge to the 21st century Rudy Giuliani: “Building a Bridge to Italy!”

1996 Bob Dole: The Better Man for a Better America

Hillary Clinton: “I’m the MAN for America!”

2000 Al Gore: Prosperity and progress / Prosperity for America's families Al Gore: “Remember my old slogan!”

2000 George W. Bush: Leave no child behind Barrack Obama: “I won’t sit on my behind!”

2000 Ralph Nader: Government of, by, and for the people...not the monied interests John McCain: “Less talk, more action...except on those wet-backs!”

2004 John Kerry: Let America be America Again John Kerry: “Oh, PLEASE! Let me run again!”

2004 George W. Bush: Yes, America Can! Joe Biden: “George W. Bush and Dick Cheney put us in the can!”

Here are some of my slogans that the candidates might give a try:

“No income tax for those over 75!”
“I’ll double Social Security payments to old people!”
“I’ll cancel the Daily Show!”
“The government will deposit $10,000.00 in a private account for each baby born so they can retire millionaires without Social Security at all!”
“I’ll make gasoline out of smog!”
“Dogs and cats will be allowed in public places.”
“It will be okay to shoot a nosy or rude neighbor!”
“There will be no laws on fireworks!”
“Gas station attendants will again man the pumps for old people like they do in New Jersey and Oregon!”
“Companies running commercials on TV will have to pay a ‘Watching Fee’ to each viewer!”
“Cable companies will not be allowed to run TV Guide® or commercials on the television schedule page! Viewers will not have to watch brainless twits!”
“Picking ones nose in public will not be a felony!”
“Smoking and drinking and carousing will be okay in private clubs and on the streets of Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.”
“Rapist will be surgically neutralized on conviction and released.”
“Murderers will have there hands and feet removed surgically and released.”
“Blasphemers will have their tongue surgically removed.”

Those last three slogans are for Barack Obama’s use.

The End

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Did the Holocaust really happen? Did Adolf Hitler really murder six million Jews? Maybe the truth is that they all simply got on board a space ship to colonize other planets? Or maybe it is more likely that they all committed mass suicide and threw themselves into the ovens and gas chambers as part of a Zionist conspiracy against good old Uncle Adolf?

These are the questions Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad set out to answer by gathering together what can only be described as characters that if they weren’t here on Earth would be sitting in the seats of Mos Eisley Spaceport. To call them a collection of “scum and villainy” however might even be an understatement considering that former Imperial Wizard of the KKK, David Duke was but only one of the attendees.

Discussing whether or not the Holocaust happened is like questioning if the sun rose this morning. You can look up and you can see the sun just like you can look up and see the remnants of the Holocaust including those that are still alive and were scared by it bearing the tattooed numbers from the depravity. Not to mention that the vast graves and horrid collections of trinkets made from the skin and bones of murdered Jews would tell anyone with even the intelligence of a ripe tomato that “Yes Virginia, there really was a Holocaust.”

At times President Ahmadinejad has tried to back track his statements saying that he is simply uncertain of, and not willing to believe, that so many were murdered by evil madmen. I guess it all depends on how you define “holocaust” eh Mahmouy my boy?

And now that his little conference has ended and he has once again called for the destruction of the Zionist empire, President Ahmadinejad needs to find some way to keep attention on him until he gets a nuclear weapon and starts making good on his multitude of threats. So I thought that maybe we could explore what will be next for President Ahmadinejad to “investigate”.

First up? How about the moon landing? After all, for years it has been questioned and it has been proposed by conspiracy theorists that it was just a stunt staged on some back lot set in Hollywood. Maybe Mahmoud can get to the bottom of this for us by calling together a group of moon landing deniers. Then they can all sit around and pat themselves on the back after a two day conference and congratulate themselves on how they proved the moon landing never occurred because they said it didn’t. Maybe he can try to convince everyone the Jews were behind that too.

OH! I know! He can investigate 9/11 and finally get to the truth once and for all. That truth? Why nothing other than that Dick Cheney and George Bush flew the planes into the World Trade Centers themselves by remote control, that Donald Rumsfeld fired the cruise missile which hit the Pentagon after disguising it to look like a plane and that Condi Rice was responsible for hiding the passengers on flight 93 after they were off loaded in Cleveland. He will probably also claim to know exactly location of the mass grave where their bodies are buried. And to boot he can prove that all the Jews really were warned to stay home so that they wouldn’t die in the so-called “terrorist attack”.

Next? How about the assassination of JFK? I’m sure that with his gold level membership in the Tyrants of the World Club President Ahmadinejad could easily sit down with his fellow left wing cuckoos and conclusively show that President Kennedy was killed by a single top secret United States munition that was able to duck and weave and arrive on the stretcher unscathed. I would further suggest that he get Snarlin’ Arlen “Single Bullet” Specter to chair this investigation.

But then what? Well, there is the still “unsolved” murder of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Perhaps President Ahmadinejad could hit the links with O.J. and discover the identity of the real killers? It was probably the Jews but we will know for absolute certain after the in-depth and thoughtful investigation Mahmoud will certainly conduct.

Then after that he can form a commission to find Amelia Earhart. She’s been missing for an awfully long time and I’m sure that President Ahmadinejad can discover the truth that the United States had her killed because she was really the daughter of a human/alien cross breeding project. Of course it will also be shown to be a plot conceived by the evil Jews just like everything else is.

Then there’s the question about what really happened in Siberia on June 30, 1908. Was it an asteroid? Perhaps more aliens? Or maybe it was just a cow with really bad gas? Mahmoud can certainly get to the bottom of it using the same sort of setting he used to investigate the Holocaust and once again link the Zionists to this event as well.

And you know what else he can tackle? Donut holes! How do they get them in the donuts? I’m sure that with Mahmoud on the case we will quickly discover them to be a Zionist plot just like the “myth” of the Holocaust. He’ll probably also let us all know how the secret ingredient in donuts is the blood of Palestinian babies placed there by the evil Jews.

And last but not least “Adolf” Ahmadinejad can hold a conference to FINALLY get to the bottom of the age old question of “How many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop?” And to do it he can gather together a bunch of people that will deny the existence of the “Tootsie Pop” entirely and claim that the Tootsie Pop is a construct of the evil Zionists to take over the planet.

I’m sure there are more cases for Mahmoud to crack. But I firmly believe that by the time he runs through this list he will have accomplished his goal of having nuclear weapons and won’t need any more distractions and stunts to gain attention. He’ll have all the attention he could possibly want then.

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