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Marthe48 Donating Member (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:54 AM
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Is Tom Flocco a reliable source?

His site is reporting that Fitzgerald handed down 22 indictments and Bush told Gonzo to fire him.


http://tomflocco.com/
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:55 AM
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1. In a word, No....
It has been my experience that he is not.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:55 AM
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2. "Is Tom Flocco a reliable source?"
Is the Weekly World News?
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:56 AM
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3. No
Again, no.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:57 AM
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4. He is as reliable as the NYT n/t
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:58 AM
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5. latest word is 22 written up, but if co-operation continues 18 or less wil
be voted out next week.
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Marthe48 Donating Member (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:17 AM
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9. cuts a lot of heads off the Hydra
I actually hope the whole story is true, it'll be the end of this criminal regime
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Marthe48 Donating Member (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:02 AM
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6. thanks
I am very glad I asked:)
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:12 AM
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7. No one knows for sure....
I'm not totally ruling it out.

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Kota Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:16 AM
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8. Its fun to read that.
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WillYourVoteBCounted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:20 AM
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10. his name in the dictionary would be
Cointel-Pro
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:30 AM
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11. not even remotely
Want an example? A month ago he reported that a Chicago grand jury had indicted Bush and Cheney.http://tomflocco.com/fs/BushCheneyIndicted.htm

Guess what -- the operative interpretation of the Constitution, handed down initially in 1973 and again during the Clinton administration, is that a sitting president may not be indicted.

And that's probably only the first of a zillion things wrong with Flocco's story.

onenote
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:36 AM
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12. As I understand, once upon a time, a long long time ago, Flocco
was a well respected journalist..maybe that's is PR I'm recalling, but so many of his recent articles have been further out there than left field, and all riddled with basic inaccuracies. Take for instance his article on Barbara Olson being arrested recently. If you recall, Barbara Olson was supposed to have perished in the Pentagon attack on 9/11. He had her being arrested at the Austrian/ Polish border. Austria and Poland Do Not Share a border. He also said she was found with counterfeit Liras... First of all, the proper name of the currency is Lire, and to top that, Italy now uses the Euro.

This is not unlike his first article about indictments being handed down for Bush and Cheney and sealed. He said the grand jury was in Chicago. Gong, gong, gong...the grand jury is in Washington, DC.....
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:43 AM
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13. The fall came when he claimed Katherine Harris was dead
I remember reading some of the early conspiracies about 9-11 & the 3 guys who kept getting emailed to me were Flocco, Ruppert & Kyle Hence. Of them, only the latter appears to have retained any sanity.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:51 AM
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15. lol! I remember that about Katherine Harris! She was supposedly killed
in Canada and Jeb was nearby??? That actually made MSM for a nanosecond or two.
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:49 AM
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14. He was always just a doof with a website
He's only been published in venues with open-door policies, like indymedia and worldnetdaily. He calls himself an investigative journalist, but teaching is his day job.
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:59 AM
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16. It's so irresponsible for him to print that crap
He actually had some decent stuff last year with Sibel Edmonds that was truthful because he actually was there and talked to her. This is just making shit up. (and yeah the NYT did that too..but that's not an excuse...lol!)

I don't mind speculation, rumour and even "conspiracy sites" but this is the most important story of our times and he's making up crap!
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