Opponent: Eastside MW | Judge: Brad Bolman, Claire McKinney, Matt Challes
1ac Afropessimism Day of the Dead 1nc Pyschoanalysis K Framework Case 2nc k 1nr Framework 2nr k
Lexington
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Opponent: Pace FG | Judge: Jack Caporal
1nc Sense of Congress CP Neolib K Ptx DA Cuba ag da on case Multilat Kills heg case turn 2nr Ag da links and Neolib K
MBA
1
Opponent: Centennial KK | Judge: John Hines
1nc Juffer K Framework Case Turns 2nc Framework 1nr Case Turns 2nr Case turns
MBA
4
Opponent: Cypress Bay US | Judge: Katie Gjerpen
1nc T-(it's like 5 definitions) Intersex K China Carbon Tariffs Turn on case 2nc T K case 1nr China carbon tariffs 2nr Chinese carbon tariffs
MBA
5
Opponent: Berkeley Prep DD | Judge: Whit Whitmore
1nc Pedophilia PIC Normative enmity K T- travel Credibility DA Ptx Da Util on case 2nc T-travel PIC case 1nr Politics 2nr T
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1 Framework- 1 Off
Tournament: Lexington | Round: 3 | Opponent: Taylor AL | Judge: Dylan Quigley 1nc – general A - Your decision should answer the resolutional question – is the enactment of topical action better than the status quo or a competitive option?
“Resolved” before a colon reflects a legislative forum Army Officer School, 04 - (5-12, “# 12, Punctuation – The Colon and Semicolon”, http://usawocc.army.mil/IMI/wg12.htm) The colon introduces the following: a. A list, but only after " AND resolved:" Resolved: (colon) That this council petition the mayor.
2. “USFG should” means the debate is solely about a policy established by governmental means Ericson, 03 - (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. They claim to win the debate for reasons other than the desirability of topical action
C. You should vote negative:
insert modules Preparation and clash – changing the question now leaves one side unprepared, resulting in shallow, uneducational debate. Requiring debate on a communal topic forces argument development and develops persuasive skills.
Decision-making skills and engagement with the state prevents Latin American xenophobia and actualizes radical politics Cook, 85 - Education Practitioner (Kay K., September 1985, “Latin American Studies”, http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-923/latin.htm) Gallup polls indicate that Latin America--Mexico, Central America, South America, AND socio-economic backgrounds. When possible, bilingual terminology would be employed.
1nc – dialogue 1 – dialogue – debate’s critical axis is a form of dialogic communication within a confined game space. Unbridled affirmation outside the game space makes research impossible and destroys dialogue in debate Hanghoj, 08 - Since this PhD project began in 2004, the present author has been affiliated with DREAM (Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media Materials), which is located at the Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. Research visits have taken place at the Centre for Learning, Knowledge, and Interactive Technologies (L-KIT), the Institute of Education at the University of Bristol and the institute formerly known as Learning Lab Denmark at the School of Education, University of Aarhus, where I currently work as an assistant professor. (Thorkild, Copenhagen 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).
Dialogue is the biggest impact - the process of discussion precedes any truth claim by magnifying the benefits of any discussion Morson, 04 - Northwestern Professor, Prof. Morson's work ranges over a variety of areas: literary theory (especially narrative); the history of ideas, both Russian and European; a variety of literary genres (especially satire, utopia, and the novel); and his favorite writers -- Chekhov, Gogol, and, above all, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. He is especially interested in the relation of literature to philosophy. http://www.flt.uae.ac.ma/elhirech/baktine/0521831059.pdf#page=331 A belief in truly dialogic ideological becoming would lead to schools that were quite different AND most important thing. What we must do is keep the conversation going.
Dialogue is critical to affirming any value—shutting down deliberation devolves into totalitarianism and reinscribes oppression Morson, 04 - Northwestern Professor, Prof. Morson's work ranges over a variety of areas: literary theory (especially narrative); the history of ideas, both Russian and European; a variety of literary genres (especially satire, utopia, and the novel); and his favorite writers -- Chekhov, Gogol, and, above all, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. He is especially interested in the relation of literature to philosophy. http://www.flt.uae.ac.ma/elhirech/baktine/0521831059.pdf#page=331 Bakhtin viewed the whole process of “ideological” (in the sense of ideas AND proceed in much the same way, in an ongoing spiral of intolerance.
1nc – decision-making Debate over a controversial point of action creates argumentative stasis—that’s key to avoid a devolution of debate into competing truth claims, which destroys the decision-making benefits of the activity Steinberg and Freeley, 13 – * David, Lecturer in Communication studies and rhetoric. Advisor to Miami Urban Debate League. Director of Debate at U Miami, Former President of CEDA. And Austin, attorney who focuses on criminal, personal injury and civil rights law, JD, Suffolk University, (“Argumentation and Debate, Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making” 121-4) Debate is a means of settling differences, so there must be a controversy, AND particular point of difference, which will be outlined in the following discussion.
Decisionmaking is the most portable skill – key to all facets of life and advocacy Steinberg, 08 - lecturer of communication studies – University of Miami, and Freeley, Boston based attorney who focuses on criminal, personal injury and civil rights law (David L. and Austin J., Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making p. 9-10) After several days of intense debate, first the United States House of Representatives and AND customer for out product, or a vote for our favored political candidate.
1/31/14
1 Framework- Game Theory
Tournament: MBA | Round: 1 | Opponent: Centennial KK | Judge: John Hines 1nc – definitions “Resolved” before a colon reflects a legislative forum Army Officer School, 04 - (5-12, “# 12, Punctuation – The Colon and Semicolon”, http://usawocc.army.mil/IMI/wg12.htm) The colon introduces the following: a. A list, but only after " AND resolved:"Resolved: (colon) That this council petition the mayor.
1nc – debate = game theory Debate is a game which means fairness comes first – the resolution is the starting point, the debate is the process, and the ballot determines and winner and a loser A – the game has to have a stasis point which all players have access to (resolution) B – the point of the game should be to have specific solutions to a problem (debate) C – decide whether or not that solution was preferable (winner and a loser) Landa and Meirowitz, 09 – Assistant Professors of Department of Politics NYU (Dimitri and Adam, “Game Theory, Information, and Deliberative Democracy” www.princeton.edu/ameirowi/GTDDfinal032207.pdf) The game-theoretic approach involves a three-step process. The first step AND is related to private information and preferences when participants engage in equilibrium behavior.
Game theory is the best way to understand debate A – a game can be defined as zero-sum in that one wins and one person loses B – competitive drive is good Kelly, 03 – lecturer at the University of Southampton Research and Graduate School of Education (Anthony, “Two-person zero-sum games of strategy” Decision Making using Game Theory Cambridge University Press) A two-person zero-sum game is one in which the pay- AND ¶ games and applications to everyday life (especially sporting contests)¶ abound.
1nc - dialogue A stasis point in the game is critical to research and dialogue A – games allow for two types of communication (monologue or dialogue) B – the game has a stasis point that allows for focused research but also allows for contestation from both sides C – monologue is bad because it means teacher never learn from the student they just spoon-deed the students D – dialogue is critical to bounce ideas off of eachother Hanghoj, 08 - Since this PhD project began in 2004, the present author has been affiliated with DREAM (Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media Materials), which is located at the Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. Research visits have taken place at the Centre for Learning, Knowledge, and Interactive Technologies (L-KIT), the Institute of Education at the University of Bristol and the institute formerly known as Learning Lab Denmark at the School of Education, University of Aarhus, where I currently work as an assistant professor. (Thorkild, 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).
Process of dialogue outweighs the outcome of debates A – the ability to have dialogue is based on difference of opinions, it helps us to learn to learn B – dialogue exposes us to a complexity of perspectives we would not have absorbed otherwise, we learn both sides of the issue and the perspectives of the other groups C – process outweighs because learning is a perpetual process Morson, 04 - Northwestern Professor, Prof. Morson's work ranges over a variety of areas: literary theory (especially narrative); the history of ideas, both Russian and European; a variety of literary genres especially satire, utopia, and the novel; http://www.flt.uae.ac.ma/elhirech/baktine/0521831059.pdf#page=331) A belief in truly dialogic ideological becoming would lead to schools that were quite different AND most important thing. What we must do is keep the conversation going.
1/9/14
1 T- Restrictions
Tournament: MBA | Round: 5 | Opponent: Berkeley Prep DD | Judge: Whit Whitmore Interpretation – Economic engagement is direct investment – not removal of RESTRICTIONS Haass, 2K – Brookings Foreign Policy Studies director Richard, and Meghan O'Sullivan, "Introduction" in Honey and Vinegar, ed. by Haass and O'Sullivan, google books Architects of engagement strategies have a wide variety of incentives from which to choose. AND that govem it rank among the most potent incentives in today's global market."
1/9/14
2 Intersex K
Tournament: MBA | Round: 4 | Opponent: Cypress Bay US | Judge: Katie Gjerpen The affirmatives understanding of sex as either male or female creates political exclusions of the transgender body – resisting this dichotomy is essential to usurp the normative conditions that make all violence possible Bremer, 13 – PhD in Cultural Sciences @ Gothenburg University (Dr. Signe, “Penis as Risk: A Queer Phenomenology of Two Swedish Transgender Women’s Narratives on Gender Correction Somatechnics” 3.2 (2013): 329–350) The Legal Advisory Council, at the Swedish NBHW has been consistent in requiring vaginoplasty AND those available in a human rights discourse will be needed (Spade 2011). Rejection of the 1ac discourse is key to change the way that policy discourse is shaped – this is key to recognize the way that sex is constructed and operationalized in public discourses Topp, 10 - PhD @ KU, Director of Debate @ Trinity (Dr. Sarah, “Rhetorical Interactions Of Social Movement Organizations In A Movement: A Study Of The Intersex Rights Advocacy Movement” Submitted to the graduate degree program in Communication Studies and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas ) There is remarkable variety in human physiology. Indeed, the amount of human ¶ AND chapters that follow I analyze each of the key issues in ¶ depth.
1/9/14
2 Juffer K
Tournament: MBA | Round: 1 | Opponent: Centennial KK | Judge: John Hines Their Methodology is Misguided – Reliance on Culture as a Politically Subversive Tool Outside the System Plays into the Fetishization of Diversity Within the Corporate University - Your Aff Just Becomes Another Tool of Recruitment Jane Juffer former director of the Latino/a Studies Initiative @ Penn State 2001 “The Limits of Culture Latino Studies, Diversity Management and the Corporate University” Nepantla: Views from South 2.2 quals continued: Associate Professor of English @ Cornell A new set of possibilities—for some, an ominous set—confronts Latino AND the Right (acknowledging the reductiveness but ongoing purchase of those categories).3
You Should Evaluate Their Resistance Claims With a High Degree of Skepticism – Asserting That You Exist Outside of the System You Critique Makes Their Advocacy Blind to the Forces That Dictate Its Use Jane Juffer former director of the Latino/a Studies Initiative @ Penn State 2001 “The Limits of Culture Latino Studies, Diversity Management and the Corporate University” Nepantla: Views from South 2.2 quals continued: Associate Professor of English @ Cornell It is tempting, in the face of the corporate shift, to simply retreat AND , but it can be shaped and, where appropriate, resisted.”6
Focusing Our Efforts on the Material Conditions That Alter Culture is Critical to Subverting Power Structures Jane Juffer former director of the Latino/a Studies Initiative @ Penn State 2001 “The Limits of Culture Latino Studies, Diversity Management and the Corporate University” Nepantla: Views from South 2.2 quals continued: Associate Professor of English @ Cornell 3. Recognize that the study of culture may not focus on culture at all AND of culture in community and subject formation cannot be assumed to be central.
1/9/14
2 Neolib K
Tournament: Lexington | Round: 2 | Opponent: Westminster MO | Judge: Bennett Clifford The affirmative is confined to the dominant discourse of transnational capital. The affirmative buys into a system which produces unethical policy based on the short term logic of growth. This causes economic crisis and environmental destruction Makwana 06 (Rajesh, STWR, 23rd November 06, http://www.stwr.org/globalization/neoliberalism-and-economic-globalization.html) Neoliberalism and Economic Globalization¶ The goal of neoliberal economic globalization is the removal of AND They would then be in a better position to compete in international markets.¶
The alternative is a process of critique that challenges the ideology of capital by prioritizing human development over production Lebowitz 07 (Michael A. Lebowitz is author of Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press, 2006), and The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development (Monthly Review Press, forthcoming in 2008). Portions of this essay were presented as “Going Beyond Survival: Making the Social Economy a Real Alternative” at the Fourth International Meeting of the Solidarity Economy, July 21–23, 2006, at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, “Venezuela: A Good Example of the Bad Left of Latin America”, http://monthlyreview.org/2007/07/01/venezuela-a-good-example-of-the-bad-left-of-latin-america,) What constitutes a real alternative to capitalism? I suggest that it is a society AND of capital and also ideologically arming and mobilizing people to build that alternative.
1/31/14
2 Psychoanalysis K
Tournament: Lexington | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Eastside MW | Judge: Brad Bolman, Claire McKinney, Matt Challes Starting politics from the standpoint of an excluded identity-group is a vengeful politics of resentment – it can only position itself reactively against an ostensible universal like whiteness, inevitably re-instantiating the terms of oppression Bhambra, 10 – Warwick AND Victoria Margree School of Humanities, U Brighton (Identity Politics and the Need for a ‘Tomorrow’, http://www.academia.edu/471824/Identity_Politics_and_the_Need_for_a_Tomorrow_) 2 The Reification of Identity We wish to turn now to a related problem within AND to the identity being foreclosed through its attention to past-based grievances. Making the debate about us as persons diverts attention from structural inequalities by misidentifying the conditions of their removal –makes oppression inevitable because it uses a flawed starting-point Smith, 13 – intellectual, feminist, and anti-violence activist (Andrea, The Problem with “Privilege,” http://anarchalibrary.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-problem-with-privilege-2013.html) This kind of politics then challenges the notions of “safe space” often prevalent AND open ourselves to new possibilities that we cannot imagine now for the future.
Our alternative is to recognize debate as a site of contingent commonality in which we can forge bonds of argumentation beyond identity - the affirmative’s focus on subjectivity abdicates the flux of politics and debate for the incontestable truth of identity Brown, 95 - prof at UC Berkeley (Wendy, “States of Injury” p. 47-51) The postmodern exposure of the imposed and created rather than dis- covered character of AND identity, and morality and to redress our underdeveloped taste for political argument.
1/31/14
2 Schmitt K
Tournament: MBA | Round: 5 | Opponent: Berkeley Prep DD | Judge: Whit Whitmore Enmity is a fundamental condition that defines the political - the strategy of surrender ignores that the goal of politics must be to limit, not eradicate war - the affirmative’s project of embracing vulnerability can only end in a violent war on difference A – their arguments about “too much government” is a link B – to be truly human we need to be corrected of our mistakes – the institution exists to do that C – fear of the other does not end just because you destroy the state or the controlling power D – enemies may be destroyed but friend v FOE dichotomy still exists in the aff E – terrorist attacks occur because they feel we aren’t respecting what the represent – they do it to get noticed F – the question is how we will deal with enmity, embracing vulnerability means those that do not follow it are seen as dispoable Prozorov 6 – Sergei Prozorov, collegium fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Politics and Social Sciences, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia, 2006, “Liberal Enmity: The Figure of the Foe in the Political Ontology of Liberalism,” Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 75-99 The Savage and the Barbarian: Natural Liberty and Supplementary Violence Schmitt’s prophecy about the infinite plasticity of the category of the foe as ‘proscribed AND of an ontological critique of liberalism, hence the present importance of Schmitt.
That generates total war through paranoia and genocidal conflicts of all against all A – enmity construction is inevitable, eliminating the friend enemy dichotomy causes us to wage wars without reason B – you lose connection with reality because we define ourselves as what we are not C – without an enemy it creates paranoia that results in violence Reinhard 4 – Kenneth Reinhard, Professor of Jewish Studies at UCLA, 2004, “Towards a Political Theology- Of the Neighbor,” online: http://www.cjs.ucla.edu/Mellon/Towards_Political_Theology.pdf If the concept of the political is defined, as Carl Schmitt does, in AND ultimately appeasing contours, because they would be identifiable” (PF 83).
The alternative is to affirm the necessity of the sovereign to define the state of exception de Benoist 7 – Alexis de Benoist, editor of the two French academic journals Krisis and Nouvelle Ecole, has translated articles by Carl Schmitt into French and has published the first full bibliography of Schmitt’s works, 2007, “Global terrorism and the state of permanent exception: The significance of Carl Schmitt’s thought today,” in The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt, Edited by: Odysseos and Petito, p. 85-87 The notion of the ‘state of emergency’ (Ernstfall) or the state of AND decide on the concrete conditions in which the norm can still be applied.
1/9/14
3 Child Sex Trafficking Pic
Tournament: MBA | Round: 5 | Opponent: Berkeley Prep DD | Judge: Whit Whitmore TEXT: As a method for opening space for agonistic debate within and between political communities, David and I advocate that the United States federal government should ease restrictions on travel between the United States and Cuba for all persons except for child sex traffickers. Child Sex Trafficking Exists in Cuba Graham Sowa March 30, 2013 Prostitution in Cuba: Denied at Home, Enabled from Abroad Posted By Graham On @ 4:51 pm In Graham Sowa's Diary,Highly Popular Posts | 35 Comments http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=90370andprint=1 Few people in Cuba want to talk about prostitution. I’ve been here for three AND But the Cuban problem in Cuba is only one half of the picture. We Should Restrict the Travel – Lifting Restrictions Would Icnrease Trafficking Due to Lack of Enforcement Graham Sowa March 30, 2013 Prostitution in Cuba: Denied at Home, Enabled from Abroad Posted By Graham On @ 4:51 pm In Graham Sowa's Diary,Highly Popular Posts | 35 Comments http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=90370andprint=1 Few people in Cuba want to talk about prostitution. I’ve been here for three AND knowing that their home country will not be able to prosecute the crime.¶
This Comes First – You Have a Moral Obligation to Reject the Affs Narrative of Inclusiveness as a method of moral amnesia that ignores trafficking Williams, founder of Sex Workers Anonymous in Las Vegas, Schwartz, Ph.D in private psychotherapy practice, Farley, clinical psychologist, research, and anti-prostitution activist, 7 Jody, Harvey, and Melissa, Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections, 83-84 Oppressive criminal systems brainwash not only the victims who are trapped inside. They also AND We forget that our own humanity is compromised when anyone’s humanity is compromised.
1/9/14
3 P3s Counterplan
Tournament: Lexington | Round: 2 | Opponent: Westminster MO | Judge: Bennett Clifford The United States federal government should provide infrastructure assistance toward Mexico, exclusively to areas in which private actors guarantee at least one-third of the funding upfront for a minimum of twenty years. In negotiating these partnerships, the United States federal government should open infrastructure plans to modification, including the possible transfer of project ownership to private actors. The United States federal government should make all necessary regulatory changes to encourage greater public-private partnerships in infrastructure assistance, and provide necessary technical assistance for implementation.
This solves Puentes, 10 - Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute (Robert, “New Partnerships for Accelerating Infrastructure Investments,” http://www.brookings.edu/research/testimony/2010/08/23-los-angeles-puentes) So as Congress continues to develop its plans for the reauthorization of the nation’s surface AND , more direct reporting to federal agencies, and reduced bureaucracy.7
The net benefit is infrastructure accountability Public investment is manipulated by project managers who cook the data to win project approval – exaggerates aff benefits and causes massive cost overruns, and means better projects lose out Flyvbjerg, 10 - Professor of Major Programme Management at Oxford University's Saïd Business School and is Founding Director of the University's BT Centre for Major Programme Management. He was previously Professor of Planning at Aalborg University, Denmark and Chair of Infrastructure Policy and Planning at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Bent, “Survival of the un?ttest: why the worst infrastructure gets built—and what we can do about it,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 25, Number 3, 2009, pp.344–367, Oxford Journals Online) This situation may need some explication, because it may sound to many like an AND signi?cant social and environmental impacts, as is common with major infrastructure projects.
Data cooking creates economic disasters – the worst projects are approved, and necessary infrastructure loses out – turns the case Flyvbjerg, 10 - Professor of Major Programme Management at Oxford University's Saïd Business School and is Founding Director of the University's BT Centre for Major Programme Management. He was previously Professor of Planning at Aalborg University, Denmark and Chair of Infrastructure Policy and Planning at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Bent, “Survival of the un?ttest: why the worst infrastructure gets built—and what we can do about it,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 25, Number 3, 2009, pp.344–367, Oxford Journals Online) In sum, the UK study shows that strong interests and strong incentives exist at AND . They have been designed like that, as disasters waiting to happen.
The counterplan solves by doing less than the plan – the only projects that will be built are those that can secure private sector capital. This increases accountability in infrastructure design and reduces overall costs Flyvbjerg, 10 - Professor of Major Programme Management at Oxford University's Saïd Business School and is Founding Director of the University's BT Centre for Major Programme Management. He was previously Professor of Planning at Aalborg University, Denmark and Chair of Infrastructure Policy and Planning at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Bent, “Survival of the un?ttest: why the worst infrastructure gets built—and what we can do about it,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 25, Number 3, 2009, pp.344–367, Oxford Journals Online) In order to achieve accountability via competition and market control, the following would be AND likely to continue to be wasteful, unethical, and sometimes even unlawful.
1/31/14
3 Sense of Congress CP
Tournament: Lexington | Round: 6 | Opponent: Pace FG | Judge: Jack Caporal The United States Congress should pass a non-binding “sense of congress” resolution stating that the United States federal government should substantially repeal its economic sanctions on Cuba. Counterplan Solves Signal and Perception Arguments But Avoids Politics Longley 2010 (Robert, About.com, US Government Info, http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/senseof.htm) When members of the House, Senate or entire Congress want to "send a AND them as evidence of shifts in U.S. foreign policy priorities.
1/31/14
4 CIR - MBA
Tournament: MBA | Round: 5 | Opponent: Berkeley Prep DD | Judge: Whit Whitmore Temporary Window of Bipartisanship Means CIR Will Pass And Top of the Agenda – Obama Focus is Key A. New Year = Obama new focus on immigration B. support now because congress just passed military bill and spending cuts Fox News 12/27 December 27, 2013 President Obama Eyes Immigration Reform As A Top Priority For 2014 http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/12/27/president-obama-eyes-immigration-reform-as-top-priority-for-2014/ The last vestiges of 2013's political wrangling officially behind him, President Barack Obama is AND , who negotiated the budget deal for Republicans, said in a statement. Political capital sustains Boehner support for Immigration reform A. Obama using PC to get advisers to make the best of his PC B. Sustaining what he has left is key Juliet Eilperin; Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post , 12/11/13 (“Podesta, Schiliro to return to White House:” P. Nexis) The decision to enlist influential Democratic strategist John D. Podesta, just days after AND advisers know how to do it as well as it can be done."
Drains capital – Backlash and hostage taking on unrelated priority legislation is empirically proven, likely in future and specifically true for Rubio 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.
"Comprehensive immigration reform will see expansion of skilled labor visas," predicted B. AND see the immigration opportunity as a bigger plus than not," he said. US-Indian relations avert South Asian nuclear war. Schaffer 2 Spring 2002, Teresita—Director of the South Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Security, Washington Quarterly, Lexis
Washington's increased interest in India since the late 1990s reflects India's economic expansion and position AND people out of poverty depends critically on good relations with the United States.
1/9/14
4 Credibility DA
Tournament: MBA | Round: 5 | Opponent: Berkeley Prep DD | Judge: Whit Whitmore Plan collapses US credibility Brooks, 9 - Senior fellow for National Security Affairs in the Davis Institute at The Heritage Foundation. (Peter, 4-16, “Keep the Embargo, O“http:www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2009/04/keep-the-embargo-o) In another outreach to roguish regimes, the Obama administration on Monday announced the easing AND communist regime, we should hold firm onto the leverage the embargo provides.
That kills heg APSA, 09 - American Political Science Association (Sept., “U.S. Standing in the World: Causes, Consequences, and the Future”, Task Force Report) As at the regional level, U.S. standing on the global stage AND , however, that is harder to recover standing than to lose it.
Ensures hotspots and turns the case Kagan, 12 - Senior Fellow at Brookings (Robert, 3-14, “America has made the world freer, safer and wealthier” http://us.cnn.com/2012/03/14/opinion/kagan-world-america-made/index.html?hpt=hp_c1) We take a lot for granted about the way the world looks today -- the AND what the world looked like right before the American order came into being.
1/9/14
4 Cuba Ag Da
Tournament: Lexington | Round: 6 | Opponent: Pace FG | Judge: Jack Caporal Cuba is transitioning to sustainable agriculture because the embargo- the plan reverses that Gonzalez, 03 - Professor of International Law at Seattle University. (Carmen, 2003. "Seasons of Resistance: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Cuba". Tulane Environmental Law Journal. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=987944) Cuba was able to transform its agricultural development model as a consequence of the political AND and economic pressure from the United States and from the global trading system. Cuban agriculture is key to solve the environment Peters 10 (Kathryn A. Peters, J.D. from the University of Oregon . "Creating a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Revolution". University of Oregon Law School. law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/251/peters.pdf) While urban agriculture was a response to a dramatic crisis in ¶ Cuba’s history, AND new economy for many Cubans without negatively ¶ impacting the environment or society.
Billions die and risks extinction Cummins and Allen, 10 (Ronnie, Int’l. Dir. – Organic Consumers Association, and Will, Policy Advisor – Organic Consumers Association, “Climate Catastrophe: Surviving the 21st Century”, 2-14, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/14-6) The hour is late. Leading climate scientists such as James Hansen are literally shouting AND and the fossil fuel lobby appear determined to maintain "business as usual."
1/31/14
5 China Carbon Tariffs Turn
Tournament: MBA | Round: 4 | Opponent: Cypress Bay US | Judge: Katie Gjerpen The democratic engagement created by the aff ushers in a wave of “sustainable development” that forces the government to factor in the costs of economic development – we’ll end up privileging social and environmental concerns over economic concerns – causing us to implement green protectionism to protect domestic industries and force other countries to comply with our standards RSPB 04 (10-27-4, Oral evidence taken before the Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons, “The Sustainable Development Strategy: Illusion or Reality?,” Thirteenth Report of Session 2003–04, Volume II, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmenvaud/624/624ii.pdf) Executive Summary and Introduction The UK Sustainable Development Strategy, “a better quality of AND steps are vital if international mistrust and policy deadlock are to be overcome.
The civic engagement they create to will lead us to try to solve environmental problems leads to the imposition of carbon tariffs on imports from China to increase local production and reduce cheap imports Shekar 08, feminist activist and journalist from India, (Preeti Mangala, “Who gains from the green economy? Making sure the "green wave" doesn't leave out communities of color,” ColorLines Magazine, March, Volume 11, Number 2) In these efforts lay a hopeful vision—that the crises-ridden worlds of AND an equity constituency, to enter into the national debate on climate change.”
That causes trade wars, causes overwhelming protectionism, and collapses global free trade. Richardson 08, Energy and Security Specialist at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2-27-8 (“Michael, “FEARS OF FIGHT IN GREEN EU AIM,” Canberra Times) The European Union aims to become the world's leader in the fight against global warming AND ,'' India's ambassador to the WTO, Ujal Singh Bhatia, warns.
That breaks down our ability to have contact with different people in different places – Flips all of the case and destroys international cooperation needed to solve things like nuclear war. Seita 97, Law Professor at Albany Law School, J.D. from Stanford, M.B.A. from Stanford, (Alex, “Globalization and the Convergence of Values,” Cornell International Law Journal, 30 Cornell Int'l L.J. 429) In an indirect way, the cultural impact of economic globalization stimulates political globalization. AND one human society - the human race - though represented by different governments.
1/9/14
5 Multilat Turn
Tournament: Lexington | Round: 6 | Opponent: Pace FG | Judge: Jack Caporal Multilateralism kills heg – it causes delays and undermines international security Gaffney 02, President of the Center For Security Policy, 8-27- (Frank J., The Wasington Times) This amounts to what Margaret Thatcher... who is willing competently to exercise such power.
Unilateralism sustains primacy—states bandwagon for fear of rising powers—which solves all their offense Seldena, 13 – assistant professor of political science at the University of Florida (Zachary, “Balancing Against or Balancing With? The Spectrum of Alignment and the Endurance of American Hegemony” Security Studies Volume 22, Issue 2, 2013, Taylor and Francis) Understanding which of these choices—soft ... and an increased reluctance to use its power in support of its national interests.