http://www.fiftyplusone.com/news/2010/07/07/independence-day-from-bp  Why are oil’s biggest critics so silent on Capitol Hill in the wake of the BP oil spill I asked  one of my social media networks in response to a CNN article of the same title? The one that stuck with me was from a gentleman who gave me the perfect metaphor for our predicament--the resin in wind turbines derives from oil too. This begs the question: If even wind turbines aren’t fossil fuel free, how is it remotely possible… 2010-07-07 http://www.fiftyplusone.com/news/2010/06/07/person-of-the-year-first-half-2010   Had fate not thrown Winston Churchill into the middle of World War II, he likely could have made a living as a sidekick to Milton Berle and regular on the Catskill summer circuit. In addition to his rapier like wit, Churchill understood Americans better than any other world leader before or since. About America in 2010, Churchill might very well have reprised an observation he first made over 70 years ago: “You can always count on Americans to do… 2010-06-07 http://www.fiftyplusone.com/news/2010/05/03/change-begins-with-me  Typically, I use this column to share best practices and prognosticate rather than to editorialize--but if you’ll indulge me, I’m making an exception because this column was designed to foster a community and generate a dialogue with a thousand fellow travelers I’ve had the pleasure to encounter--and the last 10 days have given us much to discuss.   Not only has our nation been subjected to a return to nativism with  Arizona’s “show us your papers” law, but it has… 2010-05-03 http://www.fiftyplusone.com Fifty Plus One is a unique, award-winning, full-service political consulting firm, helping candidates and issue campaigns fashion their bold ideas into electoral majorities since 1994.