Posted by
Peppermint2 on Sunday, June 29, 2008 12:35:33 PM
At 100 degree temperatures, Lucy (Purplegimp) and her gang
of Kiryat
Shmonah gimps blasted off on their scooters and wheelies to join the Gathering
of Gimps who were protesting about their benefits for the disabled not being
raised for ten years now.
The other groups were
not getting the attention they needed from the press, so an SOS was sent out to
Lucy to get on her scooter to help raise some hell.
Here’s
a picture of Lucy leading her group of gimps to the Jerusalem march, all decked
out in purple of course, blue tooth in her ear, and water bottle in her
stricken arm.
They met up in town at 0730 to organize ourselves before the trailer got
there to take the scooters to the official starting place. There were two
scooters, two regular wheelies, and a power chair who came with his van.
The Gathering of Gimps
Lucy’s
group did not make it all the way because an order on high stopped them dead in
their tracks and a police tow for the scooters and wheelies to take them back.
Purplegimp
is waiting on a call from Bibi Netanyahu who is a personal friend of hers and he will listen and take under
consideration the disabled gimps cause. Olmert wants them nowhere in sight and
does not want any publicity over the plight of the disabled in Israel.
Here’s
a breakdown of the disabled and their benefits:
Let's
do a little maths and see what we get.
Minimal monthly expenses:
130 average rent in housing authority flats
75 average water
80 property tax
400 electric
150 phone
199 cable
75 cooking gas
300 meds
That's
a grand monthly total of 1409 and we haven't even had a bite to eat or left the
house. A basic monthy benefit is just under 2000 which leaves us the whopping
sum of just under 600 to eat and leave the house.
Personally,
she is OK, but she is just on the borderline of OK. It's for the ones who have to decided if
they want to eat or take their meds that she is up in arms about.
For
more on Lucy’s story here is a link you can go to: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3560605,00.html
and here Lucy speaking herself
Lucy
did get the press coverage the gimps needed due to her notorious reputation and
they are on their way to getting the changes needed. Their next plan of
attack to march on Jerusalem
is being planned today.
When Lucy has her
mind set, nothing gets in her way or stops her.
Lucy is a true inspiration and to be admired. With all of her own disabilities
she risks everything to help out others and march for the cause. Lucy is one of
today’s real heroines.