http://www.fiftyplusone.com/news/2012/01/30/abbott-and-costello-meet-the-iphone   Last week, when I read the seminal NY Times piece “How The U.S. Lost Out on IPhone Work,” it immediately brought to mind the vicious circle of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First?” routine--not because Americans generations from now will be laughing at it--but because the article embodies the frustration of our time and the unasked and unanswered question of our economy: Who comes first, the worker or the consumer?   While the leitmotif of the piece was Steve… 2012-01-30 http://www.fiftyplusone.com/news/2011/10/04/acme:-the-name-you-know? Look up the word "acme” in the dictionary; it means "the highest point at which someone or something is best, perfect or most successful.” Ask anyone over the age of three or with a television the definition, and they'll tell you Acme means failure, as in the company that supplies the Wyle E. Coyote with multi-pronged gadgets that always seem to fail to catch the Roadrunner. Over the last month there's been a similar effort at misdirection to make the… 2011-10-04 http://www.fiftyplusone.com/news/2011/08/30/beyond-"no!"   If you studied physics, you’re familiar with the formulas for kinetic energy (K= 1/2 mv2), light energy (E=hf), electricity (E=I2Rt) and, of course, Einstein’s famous formula for mass and energy (E=mc2). Add to these a new seemingly invincible hybrid of physical and mental energy in our democracy: E= stomp your feet and yell, “Hell NO!”   “No” is simple; “no” is easy; “no” is about absolutes. That’s probably why most infants learn “no” before they learn “yes.” Whether you… 2011-08-30 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.