Posted on 10/21/2021 2:29:16 PM PDT by zeestephen
AUSTIN, Texas — In a dive into new political and legal water, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has initiated the first-ever border security operations in which thousands of National Guard troops — newly imbued with civilian arrest authority and given 40 hours of traditional police training in the use of deadly force — have started handcuffing illegally entering migrants on state trespassing charges.
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What’s the name of that crazy little hillibilly guy Andy and Barney are always trying to make more sociable, Ernest T. Tubbs or something?
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Ernest T. Bass. Remember the one where Andy tried to civilize him to attend a cocktail party? That cute little lady at the party who was attracted to Ernest T? There was something rather sexy about that little gal!
That’s it, “Ernest T. Bass’’. Yeah, that gal in the episode was a cutie.
I read recently where the actress Betty Lynn who played Barneys girlfriend “Thelma Lou’’ died not too long ago.
I also remember an episode where Andy busts a farmer for growing a crop of marijuana.
I was looking at the authority, not so much as the money stream.
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