All cites for 1NC shells we've read this semester - sorry for being lazy and not putting them in the correct spot
Hooch
2
Opponent: Chamblee AP | Judge:
1NC - Politics (Debt Ceiling) T - Contacts Neoliberalism K Consult Brazil 2NR - Neolib
Hooch
5
Opponent: | Judge:
2NR - Neoliberalism
Milton
1
Opponent: Johns Creek DL | Judge: Scott Brown
Aff Johns Creek DL 1AC Cuban Embargo (Relations Terror Cyber TerrorHuman Rights - VTL) Notes Neg Cambridge LL 1NC Iran Sanctions Neoliberalism China SOI T-QPQ Case 2NC Neolib Iran 1NR T-QPQ Case 2NR DA Case
Milton
3
Opponent: Houston County HP | Judge: Ken Bailey
Aff Houston County HP 1AC Cuban Oil (Coop Safety Russia) Notes Neg Cambridge LL 1NC Neoliberalism Iran Sanctions DA T-QPQ Case 2NC K Safety 1NR Coop Russia Safety 2NR K Case
Sequoyah Autumn Argument
2
Opponent: Johns Creek RV | Judge: Matt Azimi
Aff Johns Creek RV 1AC Cuban Embargo (Multilateralism Agriculture) Notes Neg Cambridge LL 1NC Consult Brazil CP Neoliberalism K Immigration Reform DA Case (Heg Bad) 2NC CP DA 1NR Case (Heg Bad) 2NR CP
Sequoyah Autumn Argument
3
Opponent: Northview PP | Judge: Ken Bailey
Aff Northview PP 1AC Cuba Medicine K aff Notes Neg Cambridge LL 1NC Schmitt K China DA Immigration Reform DA Consult Brazil CP T-QPQ Case 2NC PTX Case 1NR T-QPQ 2NR PTX Case
Varsity State Championship
4
Opponent: Westminster DH | Judge: Josh Grace
1NC Anthro K Bruckner K Framework Case 2NC Anthro K Framework 1NR Bruckner 2NR Anthro
Varsity State Championship
2
Opponent: Alpharetta HM | Judge: Kirk Gibson
1AC Embargo (Transition Ag Multilat) 1NC Neolib Oil Ukraine Case 2NC Oil Transition Ag 1NR Multilat 2NR OilCase
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CP - Consult Brazil
Tournament: Sequoyah Autumn Argument | Round: 2 | Opponent: Johns Creek RV | Judge: Matt Azimi Text: The USFG will engage in prior binding consultation with the Federative Republic of Brazil over normalizing trade relations with the Republic of Cuba. The United States will advocate normalizing trade relations with the Republic of Cuba during the consultative process and will adopt the result of the consultation. We’ll clarify. “Should” demands an immediate timeframe. Summers 94 (Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, “Kelsey v. Dollarsaver Food Warehouse of Durant”, The Oklahoma State Courts Network, November 8, http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=20287#marker3fn14) The legal question to be resolved by the court is whether the word “should AND 336, 337, 27 L.Ed. 201 (1882).
Binding consultation with Brazil key to US-Brazil relations Luigi R. Einuadi, March 2011, ambassador, distinguished fellow at the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, and the National Defense University. Member for the Advisory Council of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, “Brazil and the United States: The Need for Strategic Engagement”, http://www.ndu.edu/inss/docupload/SF2026620Einaudi.pdf A prerequisite for improved mutual engagement will ¶ be changes in perspective on both sides AND ?36 Just posing the ¶ question reveals the complexity of the task. Brazil relations solve terrorism and worldwide conflict Einaudi, 11 (Luigi Einaudi a Distinguished Visiting fellow in the Center for Strategic r esearch, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. He is also a Member of the advisory Council of the Brazil i nstitute at the Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars. ( “Brazil and the United States: The Need for Strategic Engagement,” March 2011, http://www.ndu.edu/inss/docuploaded/SF2026620Einaudi.pdfBLOV) These words cannot be read simply as rhetoric rooted in the Third World trade unionism AND important assets in efforts against the risks of nuclear terrorism and nuclear proliferation. Like Canada and only a few other countries, Brazil has a tradition of good AND out the imposition of force are an important reservoir for conflict resolution.42
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CP - Short Sea Shipping
Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One CP – Short Sea Shipping (Read it against Woodward's Mexico BIT aff)
CP Text: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its short sea shipping capability for NAFTA trade opportunities towards Mexico SSS leads to new job growth MARAD ‘11 U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, America’s Marine Highway Report to Congress, Prepared in Consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, April 2011, p. 12-13 Expanded use of Marine Highway services has the potential to generate orders for new vessels AND growth are the chief sources of new demand for workers throughout the economy. Solves trade- SSS can solve congestion and leads to reliable transfer of cargo MARAD ‘11 U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, America’s Marine Highway Report to Congress, Prepared in Consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, April 2011, p. 17 America’s Marine Highway can play a role in alleviating this congestion on some of our AND and to facilitate the transition to greater use of this underutilized national asset.
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Cite Requests
Tournament: Cites | Round: Semis | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One If you have any concerns with the page or need cites of any kind, aff or neg - email me at nicoleis8383@gmail.com and I'll get back to you as promptly as possible. We're happy to send 2AC/2NC cites upon request.
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DA - China SOI
Tournament: Sequoyah Autumn Argument | Round: 2 | Opponent: Johns Creek RV | Judge: Matt Azimi China’s expanding into Latin America-~--US influence is key to crowd them out Dowd 12 (Alan, Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, “Crisis in the America's,” http://www.ascfusa.org/content_pages/view/crisisinamericas) Focused on military operations in the Middle East, nuclear threats in Iran and North AND
There is room for only one great power in the Western Hemisphere. The plan limits China’s influence in the region – restarts U.S. – Latin Ties Pham 10 Dr. J. Peter Pham is senior vice president of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and the incoming editor of American Foreign Policy Interests., China’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America: What It Means for U.S. Interests, 2010, American Foreign Policy Interests, 32: 363–381
All of this led to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton telling an audience of AND rare move, authorized the imposition of punitive sanctions against American products.89
Chinese influence in the region key to the global economy and regime stability – preventing US influence key Ellis 11 R. Evan, Assistant Professor of National Security Studies in the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University.Chinese Soft Power in Latin America, 1st quarter 2011, http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/images/jfq-60/JFQ60_85-91_Ellis.pdf
Access to Latin American Markets. Latin American markets are becoming increasingly valuable for Chinese AND Area of the Americas) in which the PRC would have been disadvantaged. Economic decline leads to great power war – best studies prove ROYAL 10 Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense Jedediah Royal, 2010, Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215
Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict AND not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention.
For those who’ve followed the debate closely, skepticism has quickly become the norm, AND Bring an immigration reform bill to the floor. We will pass it.” Obama’s top priority – his pressure is key STOKOLS 10 – 17 – 13 Fox31 Denver Staff Writer Eli Stokols, ANALYSIS: Obama’s quick pivot to immigration reform, http://kdvr.com/2013/10/17/analysis-obamas-quick-pivot-to-immigration-reform/
Just hours after signing the legislation ending the government shutdown and raising AND have likely been chastened by recent polls showing their approval ratings in the 20s. You just lost the link debate LeoGrande 12 William, Professor of Government @ American University, Specializes in Latin American Politics and US Foreign Policy towards Latin America, December 18, “Fresh Start for a Stale Policy: Can Obama Break the Stalemate in U.S.-Cuban Relations?” http://www.american.edu/clals/upload/LeoGrande-Fresh-Start.pdf The Second Obama Administration Where in the executive branch will control over Cuba policy lie AND rarely happen unless the urgency of the problem forces policymakers to take action.
Visas are key to cybersecurity preparedness McLarty 9 (Thomas F. III, President – McLarty Associates and Former White House Chief of Staff and Task Force Co-Chair, “U.S. Immigration Policy: Report of a CFR-Sponsored Independent Task Force”, 7-8, http://www.cfr.org/ publication/19759/us_immigration_policy.html) We have seen, when you look at the table of the top 20 firms AND going to strengthen, I think, our system, our security needs. Cyberterrorism will cause accidental launch that triggers the Dead Hand and nuclear war Fritz 9 (Jason, BS – St. Cloud, “Hacking Nuclear Command AND of mass DDoS attacks, real world protests, and accusations between governments.
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DA - Iran Sanctions 2nd Year State
Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One DA – Iran Sanctions (2nd Year State) Sanctions bill won’t pass – credible pressure key to convert skeptics Crittenden 2/4 Michael, Staff Writer for the Wall Street Journal, 2014, “Congress Eases Standoff With White House Over Iran Sanctions,” http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579363372176271460 The Obama administration appeared to be AND that oppose it are not soft on Iran or anti-Israel." The plan costs political capital and is partisan Freemark 1/25 (Yonah, “On Infrastructure, Hopes for Progress this Year Look Glum”, The Transport Politic, 25 January 2012, http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2012/01/25/on-infrastructure-hopes-for-progress-this-year-look-glum/) President Obama barely mentions the need for improvements in the nation’s capital stock in his AND more than replicate the existing law, perhaps with a few bureaucratic reforms. Failure to stop sanctions greenlights Israel strikes Merry 14 Robert, Political Editor for the National Interest and Author of Several Books on American History and Foreign Policy January 1, “Obama May Buck the Israel Lobby on Iran,” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/31/merry-obama-may-buck-the-israel-lobby-on-iran/ Presidential press secretary Jay Carney uttered 10 words AND seen as being not quite what it has been cracked up to be. Global war Reuveny 10 Rafael, Professor in Political Economy at the University of Indiana, PhD in Economic and Political Science from the University of Indiana, August 9, “Guest Opinion: Unilateral Strike on Iran Could Trigger World Depression,” http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/news/speaking_out/reuveny_on_unilateral_strike_Iran.shtml A unilateral Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would likely have dire consequences, including AND U.S. forces on nuclear alert, replaying Nixon’s nightmarish scenario.
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DA - Iran Sanctions Emory
Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One DA – Iran Sanctions (Emory) Sanctions won’t pass but it’s close – Obama’s lobbying is key to sustain Dems Bowman 1/23/14 Michael Bowman, VOA News, Support Slipping for Iran Sanctions in US Senate, http://www.voanews.com/content/support-slipping-for-iran-sanctions-in-senate/1836453.html, EP CAPITOL HILL — More Democratic senators are quietly signaling their opposition to a bill that AND presidential veto of any sanctions Congress may pass before negotiations run their course.
Plan drains Obama’s political capital LeoGrande, 12 William M. LeoGrande School of Public Affairs American University, Professor of Government and a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, Professor LeoGrande has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies, 12/18/12, http://www.american.edu/clals/upload/LeoGrande-Fresh-Start.pdf The Second Obama Administration Where in the executive branch will control over Cuba policy lie AND rarely happen unless the urgency of the problem forces policymakers to take action. Failure to block sanctions commits the U.S. to supporting Israeli strikes on Iran Merry, 1/1/14 - Robert W. Merry, political editor of the National Interest, is the author of books on American history and foreign policy (Robert, “Obama may buck the Israel lobby on Iran” Washington Times, factiva) Presidential press secretary Jay Carney uttered 10 words the other day that represent a major AND seen as being not quite what it has been cracked up to be.
Impact is nuclear war Reuveny 10 (Rafael – professor in the School of Public and Environmental affairs at Indiana University, Unilateral strike on Iran could trigger world depression, p. http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/news/speaking_out/reuveny_on_unilateral_strike_Iran.shtml) A unilateral Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would likely have dire consequences, including AND green light. A unilateral Israeli strike could ultimately spark World War III.
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DA - Russian Oil
Tournament: Varsity State Championship | Round: 2 | Opponent: Alpharetta HM | Judge: Kirk Gibson Oil prices will stay high now—most recent data Reuters 2/28 Business and Financial News, Economic Analysis—Oil Prices, 2014, “Oil Prices Higher Than Forecasts,” http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/28/graphic-oil-idUSL6N0LX2QH20140228 Oil prices have been higher so far this year than predicted, as bearish forecasters AND and may have been too gloomy on the outlook for global oil consumption. Plan collapses oil prices Blackwill and O’Sullivan 14 Robert, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Meghan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, March/April, “America's Energy Edge,” http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140750/robert-d-blackwill-and-meghan-l-osullivan/americas-energy-edge The most dramatic possible geopolitical consequence of the North American energy boom is that the AND prices would create shortfalls in the revenues they need to fund their expenditures. Causes Russian economic collapse and adventurism Blackwill and O’Sullivan 14 Robert, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Meghan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, March/April, “America's Energy Edge,” http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140750/robert-d-blackwill-and-meghan-l-osullivan/americas-energy-edge Of all the governments likely to be hit hard, Moscow has the most to AND influence in more direct ways -- even through the projection of military power. Nuclear war Filger 9 – Sheldon, author and blogger for the Huffington Post, “Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction” http://www.globaleconomiccrisis.com/blog/archives/356 In Russia historically, economic health and political stability are intertwined to a degree that AND the financial impact of the Global Economic Crisis is its least dangerous consequence.
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DA - Saudi Oil
Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One DA – Saudi Oil The only blockade preventing Saudi Arabian proliferation is a strong US security commitment—perception of shifting oil consumption causes proliferation Rogers 13—Military Legislative Assistant at U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, and former Bacevich Fellow at the Center for a New American Security Will Rogers, “America Committed to Gulf Security Despite Changing Relationship with Region's Oil, says Gen. Dempsey,” Center for New American Security, March 20th 2013, http://www.cnas.org/blogs/naturalsecurity/2013/03/america-committed-gulf-security-despite-changing-relationship-regions
The Islamabad option raises a host of difficult issues, perhaps the most worrisome being AND to their nuclear arsenals; for instance, they might hide their weapons.
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DA - Ukraine Diplomatic Capital
Tournament: Varsity State Championship | Round: 2 | Opponent: Alpharetta HM | Judge: Kirk Gibson Obama focusing on the Ukraine crisis now – ramping up pressure on Russia – capital’s key to hold together the international community Parsons and Hennessey 3/6 Christi and Kathleen, Staff Writers for the Los Angeles Times, 2014, “Obama: Referendum on Independence in Crimea is Unconstitutional,” http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-obama-crimea-referendum-unconstitutional-20140306,0,2689031.story#axzz2vHz5kSRz President Obama on Thursday declared that a referendum asking Crimean voters DA free and fair elections in Ukraine later this spring. Even with reforms – Cuba and the US are diplomatically deadlocked – plan causes massive dip cap loss ASCOA 13 Americas Society Council of the Americas, 2/20/13, “Seven Steps the U.S. President Can Take to Promote Change in Cuba by Adapting the Embargo” http://www.as-coa.org/articles/seven-steps-us-president-can-take-promote-change-cuba-adapting-embargo ML Change, however gradual, is taking place in Cuba. A series of economic AND opportunity for private groups to provide channels to share information and build contacts.
Hard diplomacy key – Putin perceives any “lead from behind” strategy as weakness – causes Sino-Japanese escalation, NATO collapse, and NATO-Russia war Kuchins 3/2 Andrew, Senior Fellow and Director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, 2014, “U.S. Credibility at Stake in Ukraine,” http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/02/u-s-credibility-at-stake-in-ukraine/ What has taken place over the past two days merely underscores in the most urgent AND United States and its allies will step up. Senkaku conflict is on the brink – perception of hardline U.S. deterrence is key to prevent global nuclear escalation Klare 13 Michael, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, January 23, “The Next War,” http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2013/01/23/the_next_war_100500.html Don't look now, but conditions are deteriorating in the western Pacific. Things are AND planet will look with sadness and horror on the failure of everyone involved.
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K - Anthropocentrism
Tournament: Varsity State Championship | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westminster DH | Judge: Josh Grace Concepts of dehumanization or subhuman status create human-ness as the ultimate end goal – this recreates anthropocentrism and guarantees they can never solve Deckha 2010 (Maneesha, Associate professor of law at the University of Victoria, “The Subhuman as a Cultural Agent of Violence” Journal for Critical Animal Studies 8.3 http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/JCAS-Special-Issue-Women-of-Color-November-FINAL-20101.doc)
The first part of this paper has established the importance of the subhuman figure in AND only for humans made vulnerable by their dehumanization, but nonhumans as well. Anthropocentrism is THE Original Hierarchy—We NEED Politics That Can Respect More than Human Life. Their Humanist Politics Dooms Us To a Future That Endlessly Repeats the Oppression of the Status Quo. Steven Best, Chair of Philosophy at UT-EP, 2007 JCAS 5.2 The main argument of Eternal Treblinka is that the human domination of animals, such AND stewardship, which however was Judaic moral baggage official Chistianithy left behind. ¶
The Alternative is Bare Life. An embracement of being the subhuman allows us to bridge understandings between other non-humans and solves the case HUDSON 2K4 Laura, The Political Animal: Species-Being and Bare Life, mediations journal, http://www.mediationsjournal.org/files/Mediations23_2_04.pdf
We are all equally reduced to mere specimens of human biology, mute and uncomprehending AND exploitation, how are we to envision the future of politics and society?
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K - Bruckner
Tournament: Varsity State Championship | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westminster DH | Judge: Josh Grace *Anti-Western rhetoric stems from an ontology of guilt – it is not objective and trivializes atrocities committed by non-Western peoples Bruckner, 10 (Pascal, French writer and public intellectual, maître de conférences at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and collaborator at the Nouvel Observateur. “The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism” p. 1-3) A great city in northern Europe is struck by an unusual heat wave in the AND one, that of the United States that intervenes and meddles in everything. *The ontology of guilt causes us to hate ourselves – the world becomes a morality play where the Exploitative Westerner preys upon the Helpless and Innocent Other. This self-hatred replicates racism and makes progressive reform impossible Bruckner, 10 (Pascal, French writer and public intellectual, maître de conférences at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and collaborator at the Nouvel Observateur. “The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism” p. 102) One part of the world, ours, is thus obsessively preoccupied with drawing up AND inseparably to its abominations and can exorcise them, rejoin the human family?
Western guilt causes genocide – our obsession with atoning for past wrongs prevents us from intervening in massacres Bruckner, 10 (Pascal, French writer and public intellectual, maître de conférences at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and collaborator at the Nouvel Observateur. “The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism” p. 96) All these ancient stones, in their splendor, overwhelm us, suffocate the future AND act that allows us not to feel obliged to justify ourselves to anyone.
*The alternative is pride in Western values – we should view history as a source of moral progress rather than an invocation to atone for past wrongs – the impact is extinction Bruckner, 10 (Pascal, French writer and public intellectual, maître de conférences at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and collaborator at the Nouvel Observateur. “The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism” p. 219) No power can destroy the spirit of a people, either from the outside, AND poisoned gift, but one that is indispensable for the survival of humanity.
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K - Coloniality
Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One K – Coloniality The pursuit of modern economics and US engagement is rooted in domination and coloniality which perpetuates total war in pursuit of the plan—this turns case—modern coloniality replicates the harms it tries to fix Escobar 04 Arturo, Colombian-American anthropologist primarily known for his contribution to postdevelopment theory and political ecology, “Beyond the Third World: Imperial Globality, Global Coloniality, and Anti-Globalization Social Movements”, http://www3.nd.edu/~druccio/Escobar.pdf
Modernity’s ability to provide solutions to modern problems has been increasingly compromised. AND modernity thus becomes a sine qua non for imagining after the third world. The alternative is to engage in Border Thinking—results in a breakaway from Occidentalism which prevents conflict Grosfuguel 11 Ramon, University of Cal. Berkeley, “Decolonizing Post-Colonial Studies and Paradigms of Political Economy: Transmodernity, Decolonial Thinking, and Global Coloniality,” http://www.dialogoglobal.com/granada/documents/Grosfoguel-Decolonizing-Pol-Econ-and-Postcolonial.pdf One of many plausible solutions to the Eurocentric versus fundamentalist dilemma is what Walter Mignolo AND how to transcend the imperial monologue established by the European-centric modernity.
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K - Neoliberalism
Tournament: Sequoyah Autumn Argument | Round: 2 | Opponent: Johns Creek RV | Judge: Matt Azimi Economic engagement with Latin America is a vehicle for neoliberalism, designed to draw countries into the United States’ sphere of economic influence in the name of military interventionism. Jacobs 4 (Jamie Elizabeth, Assistant Prof of Polisci at West Virginia U, "Neoliberalism and Neopanamericanism: The View from Latin America," Latin American Politics and Society 46.4 (2004) 149-152, MUSE) The advance of neoliberalism suffers no shortage of critics, both from its supporters who AND further weakening of state sovereignty in the South. End Page 150
Ethical obligation – neoliberalism decimates value to life through inequality and political oppression Makwana 6 (Rajesh, STWR, 23rd November 06, http://www.stwr.org/globalization/neoliberalism-and-economic-globalization.html, ZBurdette) Neoliberalism and Economic Globalization¶ The goal of neoliberal economic globalization is the removal of AND reducing poverty. They would then be in a better position to compete in The alternative is to reject neoliberalism in order to create a bottom-up perspective on realigning the social landscape Roberts, Cornell government professor, 2009 (Kenneth, Beyond Neoliberalism in Latin America?, pg 1-7) In recent years voters in Latin America have elected a series of left-of AND identify various responses, and analyze the potential impact of emerging popular subjects.
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K - Schmitt
Tournament: Sequoyah Autumn Argument | Round: 3 | Opponent: Northview PP | Judge: Ken Bailey The plan kills the friend/enemy distinction – that causes war and extinction Strong 7-Distinguished Professor of Political Science @ Harvard, PhD in Political Science @ Harvard Tracy, Foreword: Dimensions of the New Debate about Carl Schmitt, from The Concept of the Political, 2007, pg. xx-xxiii, DKP Gender edited In The Concept of the Political, Schmitt identifies as the "high points of AND no outcome except an end to politics and the elimination of all difference. The alternative is to reject the affirmative’s ethics of obligation and inclusion. Only endorsement of enmity opens political space for pluralization of political difference, ending the perpetuation of violence.
Only the alt limits war and prevents violent asymmetry and discrimination – it is a pre-requisite to effective political actions Rasch, 05 Ph.D and Professor of Germanic Studies at Indiana University (William, “Lines in the Sand: Enmity as a Structuring Principle”, South Atlantic Quarterly Spring, 104(2): 253-262 Duke SW) How is this possible? Despite its internal self-di?erentiation, Europe still saw AND it may also always produce recurring, asphyxiating political nightmares of absolute exclusion.
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Milton Round 3
Tournament: Milton | Round: 3 | Opponent: Houston County HP | Judge: Ken Bailey See open source
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T - Framework
Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Everyone | Judge: No One Framework A. Interpretation – debate is a game that requires the aff to defend USFG economic engagement towards Cuba, Mexico, or Venezuela --‘Resolved’ means to enact a policy by law. Words and Phrases 64 (Permanent Edition)
Definition of the word AND “to establish by law”. --“United States Federal Government should” means the debate is solely about the outcome of a policy established by governmental means Ericson 3 (Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4)
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action In policy propositions, each topic contains AND compelling reasons for an audience to perform the future action that you propose.
B. Violation – they claim to win for reasons other than the desirability of that action
C. Reasons to prefer:
Predictability – debate games open up dialogue which fosters information processing – they open up infinite frameworks making the game impossible Haghoj 8 – PhD, affiliated with Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media Materials, asst prof @ the Institute of Education at the University of Bristol (Thorkild, 2008, "PLAYFUL KNOWLEDGE: An Explorative Study of Educational Gaming," PhD dissertation @ Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark, http://static.sdu.dk/mediafiles/Files/Information_til/Studerende_ved_SDU/Din_uddannelse/phd_hum/afhandlinger/2009/ThorkilHanghoej.pdf)
Debate games are often based on pre-designed scenarios that include descriptions of issues AND dialogue as an end in itself” (Wegerif, 2006: 61). 2. Ground – the resolution exists to create balanced difficulty, creating a topic that is supposed to be moral and controversial – games requires acceptance of rules whose purpose is to forbid the easiest means to a goal – this makes the game meaningful Hurka 6 – philosopher who serves as the Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto (Thomas, 2006, "Games and the Good," Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume 80, http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~thurka/docs/pass_games.pdf)
I take this admiration to rest on the judgement that excellence in games is good AND good to the details of his analysis more explicitly than he ever does. 3. Education – debate as a competitive political game is the best framework to solve dogmatism and human brutality Carter 8 – prof @ The Colorado College, research support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the staff of the Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Benezet Foundation at The Colorado College (Lief H, 2008, "LAW AND POLITICS AS PLAY," Chicago-Kent Law Review, 83(3), http://www.cklawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/vol83no3/Carter.pdf)
Vico asked his audience at the University of Naples in 1708 to debate two competing AND Play thereby helps humans become Shaw’s “race that can under-stand.” 4. Decision-making – debate gaming through dramatic rehearsal strengthens decision-making – only maintained by a confined educational space Haghoj 8 – PhD, affiliated with Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media Materials, asst prof @ the Institute of Education at the University of Bristol (Thorkild, 2008, "PLAYFUL KNOWLEDGE: An Explorative Study of Educational Gaming," PhD dissertation @ Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark, http://static.sdu.dk/mediafiles/Files/Information_til/Studerende_ved_SDU/Din_uddannelse/phd_hum/afhandlinger/2009/ThorkilHanghoej.pdf)
Joas’ re-interpretation of Dewey’s pragmatism as a “theory of situated creativity” AND the contingent outcomes and domain-specific processes of problem-based scenarios. Decisionmaking is a trump impact—it improves all aspects of life regardless of its specific goals Shulman 9, president emeritus – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, (Lee S, Education and a Civil Society: Teaching Evidence-Based Decision Making, p. ix-x)
These are the kinds of questions that call for the exercise of practical reason, AND , and heart all play a significant role in the lives of citizens.
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T - Framework
Tournament: Varsity State Championship | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westminster DH | Judge: Josh Grace A. Interpretation – debate is a game that requires the aff to defend USFG action on increasing economic engagement towards Cuba, Mexico, or Venezuela --‘resolved’ means to enact a policy by law. Words and Phrases 64 (Permanent Edition)
Definition of the word “resolve,” given by Webster is “to express an opinion or determination by resolution or vote; as ‘it was resolved by the legislature;” It is of similar force to the word “enact,” which is defined by Bouvier as meaning “to establish by law”. --“United States Federal Government should” means the debate is solely about the outcome of a policy established by governmental means Ericson 3 (Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4)
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action In policy propositions, each topic contains AND compelling reasons for an audience to perform the future action that you propose.
B. Violation – they claim to win for reasons other than the desirability of that action
C. Reasons to prefer:
Predictability – they allow for infinite frameworks which destroys in-depth preparation and clash – the resolution is the sole source of pre-round prep 2. Dialogue – debate games open up dialogue which fosters information processing and decision-making – they open up infinite frameworks making the game impossible Haghoj 8 – PhD, affiliated with Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media Materials, asst prof @ the Institute of Education at the University of Bristol (Thorkild, 2008, "PLAYFUL KNOWLEDGE: An Explorative Study of Educational Gaming," PhD dissertation @ Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark, http://static.sdu.dk/mediafiles/Files/Information_til/Studerende_ved_SDU/Din_uddannelse/phd_hum/afhandlinger/2009/ThorkilHanghoej.pdf)
Debate games are often based on pre-designed scenarios that include descriptions of issues AND dialogue as an end in itself” (Wegerif, 2006: 61). 3. Politics – debate as a competitive political game is the best framework to solve dogmatism and human brutality Carter 8 – prof @ The Colorado College, research support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the staff of the Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Benezet Foundation at The Colorado College (Lief H, 2008, "LAW AND POLITICS AS PLAY," Chicago-Kent Law Review, 83(3), http://www.cklawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/vol83no3/Carter.pdf)
Vico asked his audience at the University of Naples in 1708 to debate two competing AND Play thereby helps humans become Shaw’s “race that can under-stand.”
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Tournament: Sequoyah Autumn Argument | Round: 3 | Opponent: Northview PP | Judge: Ken Bailey Economic engagement is a conditional QPQ Shinn 96 James Shinn, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia at the CFR in New York City and director of the council’s multi-year Asia Project, worked on economic affairs in the East Asia Bureau of the US Dept of State, “Weaving the Net: Conditional Engagement with China,” pp. 9 and 11, google books In sum, conditional engagement consists of a set of objectives, a strategy for attaining those AND 105, no. 3 (1990), pp. 383-88).