OWS‘s ’NAT-GAT’ Wilts In The Philly Heat
- Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:46pm by
Mike Opelka
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Here’s the latest from the Occupy Wall Street Nat-Gat (That’s occu-speak for National Gathering).
Since the estimated crowd did not materialize, I asked a National Park Ranger if he had seen the Occupiers. He had not.
Pressing on, my search brought me back to the OWS encampment on the grounds of the Quaker Friends Meeting House. The attached video needs little or no narration. This does not appear to be a protest movement with any real focus, ideals, or plans. These are just wanderers.
While inside the camp, I was instructed by this man… an occupier named John, that text message updates would be the best way to stay on top of all of the events and big happenings.

Shortly after texting @natgatphilly to the prescribed number, I started receiving some of the “news flashes” with vital information.
The first message came in at 11:26pm with news of a “Banksleep.” This is where a group of people will try to take over the ATM lobby of a bank. In this instance, it was CITIBANK’s location at 12th Street and Arch. Curiously, there were no other messages until the next morning. When the OccuKids were told to move all of the cars from the parking lot on the Quaker property… Oh, there was also news about breakfast… 10am? Isn’t that more like Brunch?

The parking lot must have been cleared fairly quickly, because just 15 minutes later, this news was shared:

10 o’clock came and went, but breakfast was not yet being served. At 10:09, another text message was delivered:

The Visioning thing must be very strenuous. Not long after the 11am session, we were alerted that LUNCH would be served soon… However, the lunch menu needed some help.

With the bad news about a bread-less lunch still resounding, the next occu-text offered a glimmer of distraction with the announcement of a softball game between the 99% and the “Tax Dodgers.”

The thought of playing softball on one of the hottest days of the year had me worried about the safety of the 99% and then, almost as if on cue, this message pinged my phone:

Food, folks, and fun. What more could you wish for?
From 2:12pm until nearly 4:30 this afternoon, the NATGAT text feed was silent. There was no news on who won the big game between the 99% and the Tax Dodgers… Nothing about the rumored action at the Tea Party meeting. (Pamela Geller was slated to speak and some had talked about disrupting her address.) Silence.
Then, at 4:24 came news of the “closing ceremonies.”

And again at 6:14pm

So much of this hinges on dinner, but there have been no announcements or texts about where and when dinner will happen. What is an occupier to do? Oh, I know, sleep!
Stay tuned. We will share a wrap up of the “closing ceremonies” as we get it.



















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Comments (170)
diehardsapper1969
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:47amSad isn’t it? What a bunch of losers.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:33amNow they will demand free AC………
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:35amI think that the government should have provided large air conditioned tents, catered meals, and big name entertainment so they could occupy better.
Report Post »Perhaps Obama could have flipped pancakes for them as a photo op instead of kissing a– in europe on the 4th.
Now, after flying all night poor Barry starts his first bus tour today in the Peoples Socialist Republic of Parma, Ohio. Comrade Kucinich’s old stomping ground, you know the guy that ran for president on the communist, I mean democrat, ticket a few times.
Remember, we are all socialist now, and dear leader needs more of your toilet paper, I mean dollars.
SocialistSlayer
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:01amAnd they don’t even appear to appreciate their new “Free Health Care” they will soon have to pay for or be fined with a “Tax”. Are we absolutely sure no one has put something in our water systems? What else could explain this type of insanity?
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:04amhistoryguy48, I think that the government should have provided large air conditioned tents, catered meals, and big name entertainment
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That sound familiar, they have these at the white house frequently…. I’m sorry I missed the one with Earth, Wind and Fire…. heard they were GREAT…..LOL
quiet little lamb
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:06amlol @ THE GUY BEGGING FOR A CIGARETTE!!!!
Report Post »stage9
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:43amWhen will they Occupy a mental institution?
Report Post »19RANDY59
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:00pmVote out all progressive, liberal, tree huggers, or we,ll all be losers.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:36pmTotal of what? 50 messy lay abouts.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:37pmSapper
Report Post »I too, was a combat engineer. Thanks for your service.
jaylew
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:06pmIt’s been decades since I smoked a joint as a high school kid in the searing Houston Texas heat. Even now I can recall the complete sapping of youthful energy and the desire to NOT play baseball or do anything except slouch around in a near heat stroke like stupor. The OWS crowd is not only decades behind life in this country…..but they are apparently not well read either. If you want to gather a group of people on a morbidly heat filled day….you sure don’t start the day off by huffing on a blunt….hence….all the text messages were sent late….whoever was supposed to bring a loaf of bread forgot to do so…and the notion of playing softball among even the least stoned of the crowd was also a “Big….forget it”……OWS is so out of touch with reality…that frankly…it is time to stop giving them one more video or story on this forum or any other. I sat on my front lawn drinking an ice cold beer yesterday…listening to good music…and hanging out with my friends who all have some level of gainful employment……we then walked to my local park and my local township had a nice little fireworks display that actually went off as planned…one or two shells at a time…..You OWS sympathizers can say whatever you want about me and my friends…the fact is…yesterday…we had fun..patriotic based appreciation and fun…while you all lay prone on the ground like slugs….stoned slugs….who merely dehydrated away in the summer sun. OWS Morons..all of you.
Report Post »whotaughtyouthat
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:10pmMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »Alessandre
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:24pmaren’t these the guys who made extra cash at college by being participants in psych experiments? guess these were all in the failed category.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 5:32pmTrouble in paradise JZS?
Report Post »Wes inTexas
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:28amI’ll tell ya, some really brave strong, endure anything protesters. I worked 7 years in the Sahara Desert, (8 more yeas in other parts of the Mid-East, and Vietnam and other arm pits of the world, in the winter, it got as cold as 110 degree, summer, in tough hard work every day in temps of 130 – 140, and they couldn’t take 99 – 102 degrees…SAD!
They likely used the “Corporate Made Smart-phones, and Tablets (who sell stocks on Wall Street) to check the forecast, and said…No way, it’s too hot! …Bunch of Wussies!
Report Post »Arc
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:47amI recently read Alinsky’s “ Rules for Radicals ” and I don’t remember any of this being addressed. Such as;
1. What to do if your followers get lost?
Report Post »2. Who is responsible for the lecture entitled ” Combating the 6 P’s ” or Prior Planning Prevents Pis. Poor
Performance.”
3. What to do if your followers refuse to get serious about their future?
4. Ensure that the leaders in your group know the definition of “ FOCUS”.
5. How often should you tell your followers ” when to change your underwear/diapers.”
6. Make sure the Independence Hall that’s advertised is in the same state and city or Preventing # 1.
7. Ensure the “ After Action Report” is filed by an actual attendee.
8. Discern the legality of issuing ID cards to all Occupiers to prevent security violations at all venues.
9. Have all OCCUPIERS fill out an N.O.K ( Next of Kin ) Card for emergency notifications of venue
change and tracking ( disregard any and all Privacy concerns ) Inclusive in accomplishing # 1 & 2.
10 Get permission to re-name“ Rules for Radicals” to read ” Ambiguous Guidelines for Semi-Radicals”
The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:56am@Arc
Nice, very nice. I do think Alinsky‘s Rules for Radicals has a section covering these OWS’ers.
“When done with useful idiots let them die.”
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:12amThe Monk; They usually don’t just let them die, they help them to die!
Report Post »It‘s much more humane to help them along don’tyou think? Well Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Adolph all thought so!
50211bs
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:56pmThats because they would have to learn how to read and that is too much like work.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:41pm@historyguy48
You are soooooo correct.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:36amahem
Report Post »BIG
ASS
FAIL
Twinspeedr
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:52amMake your “clever” signage (ie; “Occupy Forever”) in your moms garage, then head over to the protest to grab some Soros-funded free food and find a place to hang your sign. Then, partially disrobe and it’s nap time.
What a movement OWS is, sooooo inspirational…
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:38amhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahahaahqhahahaha…………..
oops lost my train of thought, now where was i ???? oh thats right
hahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahaahahahaahaha
losers, every last one of them
Report Post »DMANFLA
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:23pmThese are the children that received “particitation trophies” to boost their self-esteem. Another Lib Feel Good idea that has led to the “Occu-Tard” movement, show up, expect lots, do nothing, get recognision from other LOSERS, tell others what you did (not that you were good/ succesful at it). It reminds me of another type of movement, BM. What a crock, I would not hire them to wash dishes (with no disrepect for those that DO wash dishes).
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:29pmIs that Mikey Moore in that bottom photo ??
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:14amWell, this gave me a wry laugh. Well, sort of.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:54pmLosers all.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:04amislama must be dissapointed in his/soros useful idiots…
More like usless idiots in every way….
Report Post »Quack Addict
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:15amThere aircon in their parents basement.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:22pmOHWAAAAAAAAA !!!!!! sorry dude, gotta’ **************** ??
Report Post »It’s HOT, WHAAAAAAAAA !!!!!
LovingAmerica
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:42pmNot many things actually make me laugh out loud but this was hilarious! All they can think about is when and what they are going to eat next. Thank God for that..
God bless America.
Report Post »orlandojon
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:29pmDad need funds…college is going well…I spend alot of times out doors…getting plenty of sleep
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:22pmNow that‘s standin’ up for your cause! Way to go!
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:05pmLooks like the “Summer of Rage” has turned into the “Summer of Rest.”
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:23pmFirst they couldn’t take the cold, now they can’t take the heat. What a bunch of pansies.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:17amI’d be glad to pinch them a loaf to eat. ;)
Report Post »needanotherReagan
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:45pmI shudder to think of the depraved things that were done to that watermelon in the picture. That poor, poor watermelon.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:54pmIt looked like John the Guy lying there ate one of the melons. These guys remind me of the hippies from the sixty’s , useless and lazy, unemployed collecting welfare and getting high. This is Obama’s peeps
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:00pm…
Report Post »I was only wondering where these occupy freaks shop. I’ve never found a watermelon that looks so deliciously perfect.
Then, you put that image into my mind. Now, every time I eat watermelon, I’ll see the image of that creepy guy in the photo, snuggling with my watermelon. Yuk!
OlefromMN
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:14pmThink about it people! They left the watermelon out in the hot sun to get soft and nasty. That was a waste of a perfectly good melon. It should have been put on ice to be served at a deliciously cool temperature.
Where the heck was the Philly Dept. of Health? Was it safe to eat when they did finally chow down? These people want a top-down system of government, they have to take the Dept.s of everything in their desires. Calling all food inspectors! Please show up to the nearest OWS gathering and earn your flippen pay.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:30pmdrum circle hippies, or know it all college hippies?
Report Post »LovingAmerica
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:06am@Needanotherreagan…. It took me half-a second to notice that beautiful watermelon lying on the filthy ground in that picture and wonder why he would do that. Who intentionally places their food back down in the dirt? What is funny is that so many others noticed it, too. Your comment made me laugh out loud. Thanks….
Report Post »moonlight on the bay
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:56amThat guy laying near the watermelon looks comfy on that nice flat ground. Who wants to sleep in their own bed when they can be meeting with others for some “collective visioning”? Whatever the hell that is. Maybe that’s like brainstorming. Oops — hold on, no, that would require having a brain in the first place.
Report Post »Tractorboy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:51amI’ll bet that would be a great spot to grow melons next year, they always do great in the manure pile.
Report Post »jaylew
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:33am@Leadnotfollow……I hear you on the watermelon thought….but then I realized that there was probably an out of camera shot….that revealed a smallish round hole carved into the other side of the fruit….and NO it wasn’t put there to fill the watermelon with Vodka or Rum…..the watermelon was just another OWS rape victim..the dude wasn’t sleeping next to the fruit..he was simply figuring out how to make what was “seedless” just 20 minutes prior…..seedless once again…and then he remembered Miami CSI and most any episode of Criminal Minds….and so the OWS fruit salad was tossed the only way they knew how….they all ate the evidence…..of course that was never tweeted….because the stoned minister of OWS information was too busy dealing with the Muskmelon sloshing around in his tent….the dang thing had a rotten spot and he crushed that poor cantaloupe on the first pushup. The poor fruit never had a chance…..neither of them. Stoned fruits who love fruits that have no stones..
Report Post »Earlier it was asked if that was Mikey Moore laying there? Probably not….he was seen yesterday dressed up in his Jaba the Hut outfit shoveling down Burger King’s newest BBQ burgers…by the dozens….in fact the Oakland Fireworks debacle was simply Moore’s methane being ignited by the California Department of Natural Resources. Mikes bum hurts pretty bad today….but he’ll be all right…..when it comes to Michael Moore’s anal sphincter…Gloria Gaynor says “She will survive”
Skee
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:31pmIt’s hard to leave govt. subsidized housing with govt. subsidized electricity for your
Report Post »govt. subsidized AC on top of govt. subsidized Obamacare and go out in the
sweltering heat when the occutards already have everything from the sweat off the brow
of other fellow Americans.
quarando
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:54pm“already have everything from the sweat off the brow of other fellow Americans” – You confuse the occupiers with Wall Street. Goldman Sachs has our money, handed to them by the Feds, tens of billions. Occupiers got nothing but a pink slip and then some pepper spray. If you were a human you’d care about the mass suffering in the country represented in part by Occupy. Instead you implicitly defend the powerful and corrupt.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:58amThe occupiers from what I have seen are those that do not know how to take care of themselves. Since 9-11-2001 I have taken my share of financial punches, yet I’m still on my financial feet. No I-anything here; cannot afford it… get it? I cannot afford it so I did not buy it. When I acquired my house, it was one third of the max I could “AFFORD”. Instant gratification has been the mind set for decades. It appears that the vast majority of these people you want me to have “compassion” for would not know what to do if they ran out of toilet paper. Most of the interviewed ows’ers would NOT work any job offered;… they only wanted the job in their “field”. I am more than willing to give a had up to a person in need…..but NOT a handout.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:11am@quarando
Now that is almost as hilarious as this story is. Most of these “occupiers” never had a job in their lives and probably never intend to. And as far as it goes, the ones that you want to glorify are the ones supporting the lazy losers who also created this mess and then used all their useful idiots against the ones that for the most part were not complicit in these wacko’s actions (for wacko’s see: obama, his administration, the unions, soros, the liberals and so on and so on!) While there is some complicity but a large number of republicans (especially the ones in Congress and on the RNC) the majority of the destruction of our nation and the “enslaving” of our children are done by the previously listed ones. Sounds to me like you are one of those “previously” listed ones!
Report Post »Steelheadisadouche
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:16amQuasimoto
Report Post »Don’t you have to have a job in order to get pink slipped? These loafers are all video game testers? Show me which one of the tattooed, pierced, slang and profanity using mooches “worked” any where. Please. Such insight and knowledge should be shared; perhaps we can visualize that fat dude on the couch as a desk manager at a fine hotel?, Ok, maybe the lounger next to the aquamellon did quality control at a nuke site? Ok, never mind, I see where you are coming from. Wankers unite or something.
markchristopher
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:19amQuarando gets his talking points from “Occupy For Dummies” Obama edition.
Report Post »kcinco
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:18pmAfter a couple of difficult weeks, I could use a good chuckle! This story cracked me up!
Report Post »Blazebanned
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:16pmReally do wish they would occupy the bottom of the ocean….
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:07pmIs “occupy” a euphemism for homeless or hanging out?
Report Post »moonlight on the bay
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:45amOccupy sounds like another word for squatter. If they can’t take the heat in Philly, they’re in big trouble if they intend to occupy Tampa during the RNC. Bring your ponchos, occupiers, if you’re coming to Tampa. It’s the middle of the rainy season in August. Might want to bring some STRONG tent stakes, too, seeing how it’s ALSO hurricane season! And if you see lightning (and I DON’T mean the hockey team), DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT seek shelter under a tree (this is ONE time being a tree hugger could be deadly). Otherwise, the next place you “occupy” could be underground — or maybe an urn. You still have time to change your minds about coming. Tampa will not miss you. GO BUCS!
Report Post »Joisey
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:56pmLosers!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:30pmMaybe their all in Momma’s air conditioned basement using Astral Projection to attend?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:36pmEdit;
Report Post »they’re not their
sorry
RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:42pmLOL, yeah, they’re comfortable but thinking good thoughts for the collective. Speaking of collectives, they really should study bees or ants, they are far more organized….and productive.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:43pmwow these kids need to be told what to believe… who is right, who is wrong, when to eat, what to eat, where to sleep…. nice to see we have created a generation of mindless zombies… time to wake up people
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:45pmAnother moms’ basement comment?
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:50pmThey should be using gotomeeting.com. Saves a lot of frustration in traveling great distances in sweltering heat only to find out that your friends did not show up.
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:51pm@ Monk- Perhaps they have joined the Others, on Hale-Bopp in search of Heaven’s Gate!
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:52pmMy daughter mentioned OWS in an affirmative conversation last year and we had an intellectual conversation on current events. Now she wants to attend Restoring Love with me. We are winning. What’s left are the retards.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:17am@P C BE DAMNED
Way to Go !!!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:32am@DEFCON4
I met those people about a year before they committed suicide. They came to my area looking for people to recruit. They were some really sick people. I listened to them politely then stated my theory about the Universe and everything else. They got mad and left after I countered every idea they held dear and they couldn’t counter one single idea I posed to them. The goods news is that a TV show paid me $750 for an interview after they…… well, died.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:34am@OlefromMN
Instead of gotomeeting.com they should make a website called stayinmommasbasement.com. LOL
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:38amHi RJJ,
They probably would if ants and bees Tweeted or Facebooked. LOL and a big : )
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:46am@Exrepublisheep
“Another moms’ basement comment?”
Where were today? In Philly supporting your buddies? Or were you just hanging out in momma’s basement again?
Yep, another mom’s basement comment…. LOL…. and just for you.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:28pmDoes anybody know if anybody other than the media picked up on the outgoing tweets? They show a trail of desperation like a person crying out for a friend to listen. I almost feel bad for whoever sent them. Almost.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:18pmHey, give them a break. Their DNC handlers didn’t show up to tell them how to think.
Report Post »Steelheadisadouche
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:49amThey need an advisor in ebonics too. A gnat gat in philly speak is a .22 or .25 Really would love to see the NBPP show up so they could cross train and come together. Not like either of the groups will have to submit much in the way of unscheduled pto.
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:07pmNon-Existant / Non-Hackers !
Report Post »Falcon05dad
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:05pmWOW! After a day of those activities, how can they keep it up? I’m worn out just reading about it. I‘ve got to get some rest just in case there’s more tomorrow.
Report Post »1956
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 8:58pmSunshine patriots…. or lazy good-for-nothings.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 8:58pmSo far smoke and mirrors…. keep your eyes and ears open….watch your backs….bring your own lunch!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:09pmUnderstood Grandma; the Occupy Phoenix band is already claiming to be prepared for rioting and torching the “capitalist 1%rs who commit treason on the nation” from what I and others here in town have heard.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:51pmStay safe … watch your backs .. be prepared ;-)
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:59pm@SNOW and CAT~~~
Add tasers and fire extinguishers to that list.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, PATRIOTS. Here’s to another one next year.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 8:54pmROFL…Cant even get them there with free food? And the comment to pick up a loaf of bread….Only 2 slices gone? Probably ROFLMAO
Nutjobs unite! I think this will be the turnout for Obama too…
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