Kucinich: Victory Against Privatization

[eridani]

Source: Kucinich press release

Following a relentless effort by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to challenge the Bush administration’s efforts to privatize Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) jobs since 2001, DFAS today announced that that it will cancel agreements with Lockheed Martin and employ government workers to perform all areas of retroactive pay and benefits for veterans.

“This is a great day for veterans and a victory for government oversight. This decision will finally end the six-year nightmare of privatization of retired and annuitant pay services that resulted in the degradation of services to veterans and an increased cost to taxpayers. I thank Director McKay and Comptroller Robert Hale for their choice to serve veterans first, rather than perpetuate a lucrative contract with the nation’s largest military contractor,” stated Kucinich




Read more: http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=122880

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Dennis is Da Man!!

[jtrockville]

1. Thanks again Dennis!

I can't think of even ONE example where privatization proved beneficial to anyone other than the profiteers.

[kenfrequed]

39. yup

This is the perfect response to the people that try to suggest that Dennis is flakey or lacking substance. I am happy that I supported him both times he ran for president and I will support him again should he run again.

[No Elephants]

46. He ran for the Democratic nomination. Democrats did not give it to him. I may write him in next time

[kenfrequed]

63. Yeah.

I am not a big fan of a write-in. If I want my party to know they picked a REALLY bad candidate I am more than willing to vote third party.

That said, Dennis has my support.

[merh]

2. Yes!

Great news.

I'm hoping that Obama's call to his cabinet heads to cut $100,000,000.00 in their budgets will mean that more of the Bush errors will be defunded, like the sleepers that were given gubment jobs.

Best way to get rid of the dead weight is to have mandatory budget cuts and include them in the cuts.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. K&R! Dennis is the best...

:woohoo::patriot: And my candidate since 2003... :D

[dmr]

78. Yup, which is why I consistantly donate to him

If America truly had an honest conscience, it would begin to sound like Dennis.

[Rhiannon12866]

84. Dennis IS the conscience in this country...

Either DK or John Conyers. I'm proud to support both of them, since they go where others fear to tread. :patriot:

[valerief]

4. Whoo Hoo!!! Bravo, Special K!!! nt

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Yet another piece of the "Bush legacy" is undone and we are better for it.

Bill Clinton has to be out of his fucking mind to share a stage with this moron.
A "conversation" with George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Give me a fucking break...

I'd like to have a conversation with George W. Bush.
It would go like this...

Me: Hey Monkey!
W: Whut?
Me: Your under arrest for crimes against humanity. Hands behind your back motherfucker.

Short conversation but a fulfilling one.

[lbrtbell]

7. I'll buy you a pair of handcuffs for the job!

Anybody here want to take up a collection to ship the smirky chimp's butt to The Hague?

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. If we only had 534 more like him in Washington DC

Think of what we could accomplish.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

76. If only Obama was more like him. ...n/t

[meowomon]

8. I should have voted for Kucinich instead of Obama

I am sorry now. I thought Obama would be different. He is a real disappointment. I want my donation back!

[burrowowl]

9. I voted for DK

in our state primaries but there was no way with the M$M he was going to get anywhere,

[eridani]

16. True, but I wanted to keep him as much in view as possible to say the right things n/t

[NikolaC]

35. I also voted for Dennis

in the primaries. It's a real shame that so many bought the media (and other candidates) spin about him and judged him for his looks. His warnings, ideas and opinions were ignored or laughed at. The man keeps on trying and I am glad that he succeeded with this.

As for Obama, I am not surprised at some of what is happening. I voted for him with eyes wide open and did not expect any miracles. I thought that he would be able to do some good given the horrendous mess that we are in, and he has in the last few months. That is not to say that I am happy with what has been going on lately, quite the opposite in some cases, but they did not come as a shock or surprise to me since compromises have to be made in Washington in order to get anything done. I don't agree with it and it's a sad and sorry situation, but what we have to deal with for now.

We just have to keep letting our reps know what we think is right and keep hounding them to do their jobs, as Dennis does.

[Selatius]

19. Sadly, Kucinich folded up his campaign before my state primary.

At the time, I was torn between Kucinich and Edwards, but before that I was always in line with Kucinich's views.

[barbtries]

28. same here

after i gave up on gore, i wanted kucinich, but never had the chance to vote for him.

[NorthCarolina]

66. Same here. In reality though, those of us who supported DK here on DU

back in the primaries were in the minority. I can't count how many times I read on DU how Kucinich was *too Liberal*, or *he sees UFO's*, or *Department of Peace...HaHa*. For me, that's just what I was looking for...effectively a complete 180 degree turn from Bush and the GOP, but apparently for many others such a prospect was simply too much to wrap their mind around, and found it best to simply ridicule the man whose way of thinking they couldn't quite understand. I truly believe that one day we will progress greatly as a nation when we reach the point where politicians the likes of DK become the norm, and the ideas and policies espoused by the Fanatical Right and our so called "Centrists" go the way of the Dodo.

[readmoreoften]

71. I was in the same position.

To use a torture metaphor: choosing between Clinton and Obama felt like the choice between someone telling me they were going to punch me in the face three times, someone telling me they were not going to punch me even though I knew I they probably were going to punch me as hard or harder, and someone telling me they were going to beat me to death (McCain.)

Ah the sweet taste of freedom. Kinda tastes a little like blood in the mouth.

[Bjorn Against]

82. Same here, but I voted for him anyways

[kegler14]

42. Can you say President McCain and (shudder) VP Palin?

Well you would be saying that if Kucinich had gotten the Dem nomination. No matter what good stuff he's done, the man didn't have a prayer in a general election.

[Freddie Stubbs]

52. President McCain would have liked that

[CountAllVotes]

62. I thought I voted for Obama

I just got another ballot for another local election yesterday. I did not sign my full name properly on the ballot I submitted for the Presidential election. Sheesh, I feel like a real dummy.

I guess my vote did not count!

:(

:argh:

:kick:

[ClevelandSportsCurse]

10. DFAS is big in Cleveland

right in Dennis' district

[Joanne98]

24. I'm jealous. I'm in Space's district. He's turned out to be a disappointment.

[zeos3]

11. K & R

[ColbertWatcher]

12. KICK AND REC For Dennis!

This is excellent news!

[grahamhgreen]

13. I voted for Dennis. We need him in the cabinet... and Bernie... Thanks D!

[No Elephants]

49. Disagree. The Cabinet means 4 or 8 years. Let's get him in the Senate for life.

[flvegan]

14. Proud Kucinich voter here!

Big Rec for the biggest man in Congress.

[MrsBrady]

15. as a Texan I am Jealous of Ohio...we need someone like Dennis

yea Dennis!

Big Fan
Big Fan

[bamacrat]

50. As an American who doesnt live in Ohio, Im jealous.

Im super happy with Obama, but Kucinich has been my man since 04 and thinks like me. But at the same time I wonder if this will affect my mom she works for Lockheed.

[KT2000]

17. Defense contractors & fed. employees

are managing all of federal employee records now.
Glad to hear the veterans are freed but what is the deal with Northrup Grummond etc. managing federal employee records.

[Norrin Radd]

18. kr

[jeff30997]

20. K&R

Great news. :yourock:

[Sharklive6]

21. The UFO he saw was real

Dennis Kucinich saw a UFO hovering over Washington State and it flew away at impossible speeds. Would anyone think he made that story up, I don't. I have seen one myself

[and-justice-for-all]

22. Kick ass! nt

[Joanne98]

23. YAY

[Name removed]

25. Deleted message

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[Hannah Bell]

26. don't click on the infected links....

[barbtries]

29. how do you alert?

what the hell.

[Hugin]

30. It's very easy.

Click on the link in the Lower Left hand corner which says (oddly enough) "Alert". Fill in the message box which appears (It looks like a PM box) and click on "Send".

:patriot:

[barbtries]

34. lol

i was looking and looking for that everywhere except the lower left hand corner! thank you

i knew it was there...shows how often i alert. i thought a post about yeast infections was grossly inappropriate on this thread.

[barbtries]

27. i love dennis kucinich

you can go to his page to leave him a message. it's nice to be able to send something happy every once in a while.

[caseycoon]

31. K&R For Dennis!

He's the best of them all!
:applause:

[Hugin]

32. K&R

Glad to hear it.

[annabanana]

33. They can say what they like about this man... but

his courage and commitment to the principles and ideals of this Country are unassailable.

[Enthusiast]

36. I voted for Dennis in the primary.

Those that stand to lose, like those in the military industrial complex, the financial services industry, the pharmaceutical industry and insurance industry have invested millions of dollars to discredit Dennis and those few patriotic souls like him.

[harun]

37. K&R 4 DK

[pleah]

38. K&R

[pattmarty]

40. We need 430 something more just like him!!!!

[pam4water]

41. K & R I wonder if this will gat any coverage in the MSM. N/T

[Kingofalldems]

43. How dare Kucinich act like a real Democrat!

Probably won't see that on this thread---but on any other thread about Dennis, the neocons can't resist.

[xchrom]

44. recommend

[democrank]

45. Bless you, DK

[Auggie]

47. Congressman Kucinich is a national hero. n/t

[Bread and Circus]

48. meh...

[No Elephants]

51. Great. If only his impeachment efforts had succeeded too.

[Mari333]

53. Kucinich , change I can believe in. nt

[Jefferson23]

54. A true patriot, thank you DK.

[redqueen]

55. Wow... this seems huge.

Let's hope it's the start of a trend.

[pberq]

56. Go Dennis!

He just keeps on doing the right thing. How refreshing!

[peace13]

57. Thank you Dennis for all that you do for this country!

Peace, Kim

[Overseas]

58. K&R with thanks to Dennis for stopping the privatization

of the Bush Gang which led our country into no-bid contracts, war profiteering and heck-of-a-job buddies appointed to top jobs to oversee the profiteering.

[SlingBlade]

59. You Go Dennis K&R

[clarence swinney]

60. GOOD DEAL

3000 LOCAL EMPLOYEES OF WESTERN ELECTRIC
ON COST-PLUS CONTRACT.

WHAT A RIP OFF.

IT WAS LOCAL JOKE THAT ALL PERSONAL TOOL SHEDS WERE SUPPLIED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC.

I WORKED WITH A MANAGER WHO WAS NOT INTERESTED IN IMPLEMENTING MY TOP DOWN COST REDUCTION PROGRAM WHICH COULD, EASILY, HAVE SAVED MILLIONS.

READ ANDY PASZTOR="WHEN THE PENTAGON WAS FOR SALE" an awesome book

FRAUD--PAYOFFS GALORE--TO PRISON--FINED

#1 waste in Budget=Pentagon by far

The president wants to cut 100 Million of 3500 million???????? tokenism blarney baloneyism

wow save me from drowning in two inches of water

[mvd]

61. K&R for Dennis!

I voted for him in the primaries. If given Democratic backing, who knows what he could have done if nominated. Anyway, Dennis does shake things up, and as this shows, puts actions behind the talk.

[defendandprotect]

64. Thank you, Dennis -- you should have been in the White House!!!

Love and hugs --

[goforit]

65. Hats off to you Dennis!!!

[Melissa G]

67. Thanks, Dennis! n/t

[Fireweed247]

68. Help support Dennis on Single Payer

Meeting Tomorrow on Single Payer-DEMAND Not-For-Profit Health Care!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5504210

[eridani]

85. Yes--that too! n/t

[Truth2Tell]

69. K&R. Of course. nt

[MrScorpio]

70. As a retired vet, THANK YOU, DENNIS!

DFAS does an excellent job today and thanks for keeping it that way!

[Seldona]

72. Big K&R!

Great news.

[Fire1]

73. K&R!!! Outfuckinstanding!!!

[Hulk]

74. Mr. Kucinich is THE MAN!! THANK YOU!!

I'm not even a resident of your district, but I respect you more than ANY OTHER legislator in Washington DC for the courage and determination you demonstrate, time and again.

THANK YOU from all of us!!

[Vidar]

75. Nice to have at least one hero still intact. Thank you, Dennis.

[defendandprotect]

77. K&R . . . and have to say again LOVE KUCINICH ...and this is important . . .

Americans have to really take a look at privatization and its disruptiong of government/

military for the benefit of those private individuals making fortunes --

45,000 private contractors in Iraq!!!!

And, be wary of any privatization of "accounting" -- !!!

If we haven't already learned our lessons there!!!

Thank you for the post!!!

[Zorra]

79. A real victory for vets and taxpayers. Thanks, Dennis. nt

[unkachuck]

80. K&R....thanks Dennis!....n/t

[Sunnyshine]

81. K&R for DK!

:yourock:

[dweller]

83. Proud 2-time supporter of DK

and happy to rec a thread concerning him.

:kick:

dp