OPINION

The wife and I were in another town in western N.C. a while back and at a shopping mall doing the “looky-loo” thing when we spied something in their parking lot as we were leaving that made us scratch our heads and wonder how we came to this sad predicament in our great country.

By Michael Powell michael.cherryvilleeagle@gmail.com

I don’t know why I said what I said next, but I opened my mouth and asked her, “OMG! WWBFD?” She laughed and asked me, “What in the name of stupid anagrams is WWBFD?”

“Well,” says I, “… since we’re sitting here in this parking lot watching four police vehicles surround a tiny little Smart Car with two smallish-looking teen girls in it, the police wig-wag lights blazing, and three of the officers outside their respective vehicles yelling for said young ladies to ‘…show us your hands, show us your hands’, then ‘Now, get out of the vehicle. NOW!’, I can’t help but wonder how we came to this sad state of affairs in our great country when it takes a passle of policemen or women just to corral and arrest two little-bitty gals who look scared to death? So, the first thing that popped into my oldman’s brain was ‘What would Barney Fife do?’”

Barney Fife. Now, THERE’S a blast from the past!

No doubt many of y’all remember the always humorous Deputy Fife, right? He of the Mayberry PD fame? And his sometimes equally humorous buddy, Gomer Pyle, then later on Goober? And, of course, their long-suffering best buddy, Sheriff Andy Taylor? I mean, who could

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If you love your work, you’ll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever. – Sam Walton