Posted by
Purplegimp on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:54:07 AM
The gimp wonders if she will be able to adjust to being called Michelle. A group of slightly mad, extremely angry gimps is leaving Kiryat Shmonah to 'march' to Jerusalem. How do people who can't walk, march, you ask? Easy, I answer. On wheelies, scooters and crutches. We'll be leaving at 0800 in the morning, and groups from other towns will be joining us along the way. We are doing this because our benefits have not been adjusted for inflation/cost of living, as provided for in an agreement signed by the government in 2002. Today's basic benefit for a single disabled person is 1991 shekels. There's really no way to translate that into dollars, but trust me, it's far from enough for anyone to subsist, never mind survive for a whole month here. Prices of everything, not just petrol have been skyrocketing here. Disabled folk should not have to chose between eating and buying meds, which is what too many are forced to do. Our government (criminals one and all) are too busy trying to save their positions to pay any attention to the group of demonstrators already in Jerusalem. Fine. I know what to do, and have spent the last week organizing it in 100 degree temperatures. We are going to head out as reinforcements to the ones already demonstrating. The press is already all over us, and I've given a few interviews locally today, gotten donations of water and food for the trip. I am ashamed to say that I am ashamed of my country. As long as that Olmert person continues trying to save himself, and give away the country in the process, and trample over everyone in his way, including the disabled, he's going to have a major problem with yours truly. I hope and pray that this will be the last nail in the coffin of his political career in Israel.