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1998-02-04 - Re: County Mounties Spit on the 4th Amendment

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From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
To: “Michael H. Warfield” <mhw@wittsend.com>
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Message ID: <3.0.5.32.19980203094020.0084dce0@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Reply To: <695e7d4cd89037ab6c4e383c56f8fa6b@privacynb.ml.org>
UTC Datetime: 1998-02-04 06:18:17 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 14:18:17 +0800

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From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 14:18:17 +0800
To: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
Subject: Re: County Mounties Spit on the 4th Amendment
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At 09:25 AM 2/3/98 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>	"County Mounties" is a CB (Citizens Band Radio for those not
>familiar with US radio) slang term in the US for local police.  Conversely
>"Supertroupers" refers to State Patrol.  The term "Smokie" (coined from
>the movie Smokie and the Bandit) refers to all police.

Argh - get your history right, kid!   The movie Smokey and the Bandit
used the already-current slang for cops, which was based on the
Smokey The Bear hats that many police uniforms use.

				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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