Cop shot and killed near Tampa Bay, Florida

TAMPA BAY, Florida - A police officer was shot and killed in Tarpon Springs, a coastal town a few miles northwest of Tampa Bay.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and the Tarpon Springs Police Department are investigating, reports CBS affiliate WTSP in Tampa.

The shooting occurred around 3 a.m. on December 21, on Grand Boulevard in Tarpon Springs. The suspect in the shooting is in custody.

Police were originally called out for a noise ordinance complaint as the suspect was banging on residential doors, WTSP reports.

When police arrived the suspect shot one of the officers and then attempted to flee in a vehicle.

I did think you were a judgmental jerk. I dislike how people are taught to think that at age two, or earlier, that you are either saved or last, like the concept of predestination with no chance to be saved or save yourself.

When referring to the age of two years old, I WAS referring to what the general personality of a person is...that it is established by then. I only read that as general information when I found myself teaching very young children. That's all I wasn't referring to.

We are all sinners but we can always ask and get forgiveness from God. I OBVIOUSLY didn't explain myself clearly.

The Catholic Church starts hearing confession from children in the second grade, that is, at seven years old. The Catholic Church seems to believe that by SEVEN years old, sometime SIX, children have reached the "age of reason." I won't explain that as I'm sure I'll screw it up, but you can investigate that, if you like.
TWO things here, very different: PERSONALITY by two years old and AGE OF REASON by six or seven years old.

I also learned that children don't BLUSH before their "age of reason." I saw that myself in my time of teaching the little ones.

My apologies for my errors.

“No. The MSM is the Country’s greatest threat.”

Without a single doubt and until there is a congressional investigation into media criminal activity, nothing else matters. I honestly believe they will find blackmail, corruption, graft and extortion are standard operating procedures between Obama’s administration and media.

Thanks, you explained it all clearly now.

INterestingly, mcuh of me has changed since I started turning my life around. I understand that much of my self sufficiency came from not being able to rely on my parents as an infant. The fascinating thing is, that I look back and realize that it wasn’t ME holding anyone back. It was themselves.

I’ve now broken away and the real key to understanding your own psychology is to look closely at the circumstances of your birth, which will set the patterns of your life and if you don’t break away, drag you down and destroy you if you are in toxic circumstances.

Thing is, that I wasn’t expected and I’ve been viewed by my parents and parent figures (stepparent) as holding them back from some kind of glorious life that they think they should be living (if only I weren’t around) and interestingly it was the pattern of my relationships. It’s been something that’s been hard to face and breaking away has been hard since I do want a family of my own.

Now that I’ve broken away, oddly luck has changed and it’s all coming to me my way. Thankfully. I realize that being independent and on my own has been my whole life, but the actuality of it is in fact kind of a startling experience. I mean, why not strike out on my own minus them and fulfill my life’s goals? It’ll be great and I’m gleefully looking forward to a very bright new future.

Thing is, I believe that if you’ve been left to take care of yourself, you might as well cut ties and not let others freeload off of you. Or feel some kind of perverse loyalty or sense of obligation to make all the sacrifices. Why bother? I realize I don’t owe them the rest of my life because they feel that my being in their life holds them back.

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