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Occupy Protesters Mint Their Own Coloring Book

Tuesday, 08 November 2011 16:47 Written by AFP

“We think we’re onto something with these cultural pieces that truly reflect what people want to hear and want to say,” said publisher Wayne Bell.

The company’s first big hit came when it published a Barack Obama colouring book just four days after he won the historic 2008 US presidential election. It also had a great deal of success with a colouring book about the conservative Tea Party movement.

The aim of the books is not to promote a particular political agenda, Bell said, but to give parents an outlet to discuss important issues and current events with their children.

“We know a lot of people are going to love it and other people are going to make fun of it,” Bell told AFP. “It’s really an interesting reflection on what’s going on out in the streets.”

To keep the book balanced, Bell’s teams spoke with people across the political spectrum about the Occupy movement and included two pages showing what pundits on the right and the left are saying about it.

To keep it fun, they included a maze, a crossword puzzle and a 1% Golden Bull Guilt Relief Form to help the rich donate their wealth to the needy.

The original songs are perhaps the best part.

One titled “Humpty Grumpty” goes: “Investments, Investments, sat on a wall; Investments, Investments had a great fall. The Congress and Senate and President’s men; Couldn’t put Dollars and Sense together again.”

Bell’s favorite is “Sing a Song of Sixpence”: Sing a song of sixpence; my pockets have gone dry. Nine & twenty A.P.R. why even try? The mortgage rate has opened, and I don’t have a thing. Pitch a tent in the city park, my things I will bring.”

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Rep. Walt Bivins (R-97)^[19]^[22]; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Stanley Cox (R-118)^[22]; Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Ed Emery (R-126)^[19], former State Chairman^[22]^[97]
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Rep. Shelley Keeney (R-156); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-139); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-157); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Ellen Brandom (R-160); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-136); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Keith Frederick (R-149); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Sue Allen (R-92), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force^[19] and International Relations Task Force member^[28]
Rep. William White (R-129); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Jerry Nolte (R-33); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Scott D. Dieckhaus (R-109); Education Task Force
Rep. Bill Lant (R-131); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Sandy Crawford (R-119); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Mike Kelley (R-126); Education Task Force
Rep. Barney Fisher (R-125); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Dave Hinson (R-98); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Sue Entlicher (R-133); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Tony Dugger (R-144); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Noel Torpey (R-55); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Paul R. Curtman (R-105); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. John J. Diehl, Jr. (R-87); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Zachary Wyatt (R-2); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Former Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-19)^[19]
Rep. Therese Sander (R-22)^[19]
Rep. Doug Ervin (R-35)^[19]
Former Rep. Ted Hoskins (D-Berkeley), ALEC "State Legislator of the Year" in 2009^[98]
Former Rep. Rodney Hubbard (D-St. Louis), ALEC "State Legislator of the Year" in 2007^[98]
Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis), has spent campaign money to attend ALEC events or on ALEC membership dues^[98]
Rep. Michele Kratky, has spent campaign money to attend ALEC events or on ALEC membership dues^[98]

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Sen. Jack Goodman (R-29) (Assistant Majority Floor Leader), spoke on "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[74]
Sen. Brian D. Nieves (R-98)^[19]; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Robert Mayer (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Jim Lembke (R-1); International Relations Task Force
Sen. Mike L. Parson (R-28); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. John Griesheimer (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
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Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) - Colona announced on April 12, 2012 that he was ending his relationship with ALEC. “Their agenda is radical and wrong for Missouri. I was a member and saw firsthand the sort of extreme legislation they push on state legislators around the country,” Cromer said in a statement to the organization "Progress Missouri."^[7]

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House of Representatives

Rep. Walt Bivins (R-97)^[17]^[20]; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Stanley Cox (R-118)^[20]; Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Ed Emery (R-126)^[17], former State Chairman^[20]^[117]
House Majority Leader Timothy Jones (R-89),^[20] ALEC State Chairman^[118], Education Task Force member and recipient of about $4,000 from ALEC in 2010 to attend meetings in San Diego and Washington^[119]
Rep. Rodney Schad (R-115)^[20]; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Jason Smith (R-150), ALEC State Chairman^[120] and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member
Rep. Vicki Schneider (R-17); Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Steven Tilley (R-106); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Andrew Koenig (R-88); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-139); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Cole McNary (R-86)^[17]; Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Darrell L. Pollock (R-146); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Shelley Keeney (R-156); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-139); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-157); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Ellen Brandom (R-160); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-136); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Keith Frederick (R-149); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Sue Allen (R-92), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force^[17] and International Relations Task Force member^[28]
Rep. William White (R-129); Health and Human Services Task Force
Rep. Jerry Nolte (R-33); International Relations Task Force
Rep. Scott D. Dieckhaus (R-109); Education Task Force
Rep. Bill Lant (R-131); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Sandy Crawford (R-119); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Mike Kelley (R-126); Education Task Force
Rep. Barney Fisher (R-125); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Rep. Dave Hinson (R-98); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Sue Entlicher (R-133); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Tony Dugger (R-144); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Noel Torpey (R-55); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. Paul R. Curtman (R-105); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Rep. John J. Diehl, Jr. (R-87); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Zachary Wyatt (R-2); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Former Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-19)^[17]
Rep. Therese Sander (R-22)^[17]
Rep. Doug Ervin (R-35)^[17]
Former Rep. Ted Hoskins (D-Berkeley), ALEC "State Legislator of the Year" in 2009^[119]
Former Rep. Rodney Hubbard (D-St. Louis), ALEC "State Legislator of the Year" in 2007^[119]
Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis), has spent campaign money to attend ALEC events or on ALEC membership dues^[119]
Rep. Michele Kratky, has spent campaign money to attend ALEC events or on ALEC membership dues^[119]

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Sen. Jack Goodman (R-29) (Assistant Majority Floor Leader), spoke on "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[88]
Sen. Brian D. Nieves (R-98)^[17]; Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Robert Mayer (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Jim Lembke (R-1); International Relations Task Force
Sen. Mike L. Parson (R-28); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Sen. John Griesheimer (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Jane D. Cunningham (R-7); Education Task Force
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