Postmodernism’s focus on deconstruction, signs, and discourse trades off with a focus on materiality, foreclosing an effective anticapitalist struggle McLaren and Torres 99 (Peter McLaren, professor of education at U of California Los Angeles, and Rudolfo Torres, Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design, Chicano/Latino Studies, and Political Science, “Racism and Multicultural Education: Rethinking ‘Race’ and ‘Whiteness’ in Late Capitalism”, Chapter 2 of “Critical Multiculturalism: Rethinking Multicultural and Antiracist Education”, edited by Stephen May, p.51-52, Questia)
Preoccupied with celebrating the undecidability and incommensurability of discourses, and uninterested in class politics AND from the global mode of production or the dangers of internationalized class domination. 2. The logic of capitalism results in extinction through the creation of ecological catastrophe and violent imperialist wars that will turn nuclear
From the longer view offered by a historical-materialist critique of capitalism, the AND needs—by organizing a global resistance movement against the new naked imperialism.
3. Vote negative to adopt the historical material criticism of the 1NC - historical analysis of the material conditions of capital is the only way to break free from is contradictions and social inequalities it causes
Tumino 1 (Steven, teaches at the City University of New York, Spring, What is Orthodox Marxism and Why it Matters Now More Than Ever Before)
Any effective political theory will have to do at least two things: it will AND determinism of corporate theory ("knowledge work") that masquerades as social theory. 4. Class divisions are the root of all other oppressions
Kovel 2 (Alger Hiss Professor of Social Studies at Bard College, awarded Fellowship at the John Guggenheim Foundation, Joel, The Enemy of Nature, pages 123-124)
If, however, we ask the question of efficacy, that is, which AND force of one person for the enrichment of another cannot be conjured away. 5. Historical materialism must come first - it predetermines consciousness and the very possibilities of reflective thinking
In the social production of their existence, people inevitably enter into definite AND conditions for their existence have matured within the framework of the old society.
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10/15/2012
Framework Cards
Tournament: UNLV | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Their infatuation to theoretical purity makes political and institutional engagement impossible. Political engagement is always cast against the theoretical purity of abstract philosophizing. This also turns their argument because, despite their radical aspirations, critique smuggles metaphysical distinctions between thinking and acting, purity and impurity, and truth and falsity into the judge’s decisionmaking calculus. Yar 2k (Majid, Ph.D in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University, “Arendt's Heideggerianism: Contours of a `Postmetaphysical' Political Theory?,” Cultural Values, Volume 4, Issue 1, January, Academic Search Complete)
Similarly, we must consider the consequences that this 'ontological substitution' for the essence of AND politics of any other practical and normative ends in the process.21 2. The political is value to life—it is how originally solipsistic lives become incarnate and real to themselves. Arendt 1958 Hannah, The Human Condition, pp. 196-199 The original, prephilosophic Greek remedy for this frailty had been the foundation of the AND like a dream, intimately and exclusively our own but without reality.29 3. No solvency for their critique without institutional focus. We must try to change policy in order to change the world—the concentration of power in the hands of political elites is inevitable, so we must work within that system to check oppression and violence. Themba-Nixon 2k Makani, Executive Director of the Praxis Project, Colorlines 3.2, pg. 12
The flourish and passion with which she made the distinction said everything. Policy is AND should be. And then we must be committed to making it so.
02/02/2013
T - Passive Solar
Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: A. Interpretation The Affirmative has to defend the production of electricity Bhattarcharyya 2011 S.C., Energy Economics, p. 12 2.2.2.1 Primary and Secondary Forms of Energy The term primary energy is used to designate an energy source that is extracted¶ AND .¶ Both electricity and heat can be obtained as primary and secondary energies. B. Violation Passive solar changes energy efficiency – not a production of electricity UCS 9 (How Solar Energy Works, Union of Concerned Scientists, 16 December 2009, http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-solar-energy-works.html, da 1-6-13)
One simple, obvious use of the sun is to light and heat our buildings AND sun in mind can be comfortable and beautiful places to live and work. C. Standards
Ground – defending energy production is key to allowing the negative to argue against the energy conversion process. Takes away arguments like the solar toxic runoff claims. 2. Bidirectionality – energy efficienty affs allow them to decrease energy by using it more efficiently and reduce the draw on the grid. 3. Literature – we have a better contextual definition of solar energy. Advocates for passive solar energy consider it energy efficiency measures, not energy production. D. Voter Topicality is a voter for fairness and education.
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02/02/2013
Cap and Trade CP
Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: The United States federal government should implement a cap and trade system and eliminate all energy subsidies. Cap and trade solves warming - comparatively more effective at reducing emissions than incentives for wind Frondel et al 9 (Dr. Manuel Frondel, Ph.D. in AND instituteforenergyresearch.org/germany/Germany_Study_-_FINAL.pdf)
Consumers ultimately bear the cost of renewable energy promotion. In 2008, the price AND in 2005, the EEG’s net climate effect has been equal to zero.¶ Cap and trade solves their econ advantage – creates jobs Lyon and Madrid 11 (Susan Lyon is Special Assistant for Energy Policy and Jorge Madrid is a Research Associate at American Progress, September, “The Price is Right”, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2011/09/15/10386/the-price-is-right/)
Setting a price on carbon would accelerate America’s economic recovery while also creating clean energy AND ” are currently 13 percent higher than median U.S. wages.
02/02/2013
Remove Fossil Fuel Subsidies CP
Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Text: The United States federal government should remove all subsidies for the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel subsidies hinder production of alternate forms of energy and innovation Birol, Chief Economist Director at the International Energy Agency, 12 (Faith, Getting rid of Fossil-fuel Subsidies is a Triple-win Solution, Oxford Energy Forum, Issue 88, May 2012, http://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/OEF_881.pdf, da 8-16-12)
Fossil-fuel subsidies are mostly ¶ counterproductive in reaching local and ¶ global environmental goals. Subsidised ¶ energy prices dampen incentives for ¶ consumers to use energy more efficiently, ¶ resulting in higher consumption and ¶ greenhouse-gas emissions than would ¶ otherwise occur. Furthermore, fossil-fuel ¶ subsidies undermine the development and ¶ commercialisation of renewable energy ¶ and other technologies that could become ¶ more economically attractive
02/02/2013
RPS CP
Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Text – the United States federal government should establish a national renewable portfolio standard requiring 20% of a utilities’ electricity be produced by renewable sources by 2025, and should establish and maintain a renewable energy credits market for utilities.
Counterplan would solve all of the case – it boosts renewables which solves dependence, competitiveness and greenhouse gases Sovacool and Cooper 2008 (Benjamin, Senior Research Fellow at the Network for New Energy Choices and Christopher, the Executive Director of the Network for New Energy Choices Environment and Energy Law and Policy Journal “Congress Got it Wrong: The Case for a National Renewable Portfolio Standard and Implications for Policy”) VI. CONCLUSIONS Politicians and real estate moguls are fond of referring to things as AND coherent national policy that protects the interests of regulated utilities and American consumers.
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02/02/2013
Carbon Tax CP
Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: The United States federal government should remove all subsidies and tax credits for energy production and institute a carbon tax per ton of emissions and a security tax per barrel of oil. The tax should be revenue neutral and the revenue should be used for offsetting reductions in income and payroll taxes and increases in the earned income tax credit. A carbon and a security tax solves better for warming and energy depedence and avoids picking winners Griffin 9 (James, Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service AND balancing cheap, clean, and secure energy” p.4-5 In this book I argue that the best energy policy for balancing the often- AND Congress to pass legislation designed to enrich pardcular private-interest¶ groups.
02/02/2013
Heidegger
Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: The rapacious drive to secure energy is a symptom of “challenging-forth,” a mindset that renders everything as disposable. Only through rejecting challenging forth and embracing bringing forth can we avoid this hollowing out of Being Waddington 5 A Field Guide to Heidegger: Understanding 'The Question concerning Technology' more by David Waddington Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2005 http://concordia.academia.edu/DavidWaddington/Papers/538046/A_Field_Guide_to_Heidegger_Understanding_The_Question_concerning_Technology Most essays on technology focus primarily on practical issues surrounding the use of particular technologies AND the open space of destining’ (Heidegger, 1977, p. 26).
With all the disappointing economic news, stock investors stayed fairly optimistic — at least AND rather than later would help reduce uncertainty and boost household and business confidence.” Tax credits and deductions for energy production are an expensive and controversial use of federal spending Jorgenson 12 Samuel W. Morris University Professor of Economics, Harvard University Dale W., Senate Hearing Testimony, http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Jorgenson%20Testimony.pdf
On Monday, the United States reached the legal limit of its borrowing authority AND spree, our nation will face economic collapse in the long-term. Economic downturn will cause international conflicts that culminate in nuclear war. Lachman and Auslin 09 Desmond: fellow at AEI, Michael: scholar at AEI “The Global Economy Unravels” March 6, 2009 American Enterprise Institute http://www.aei.org/article/economics/international-economy/the-global-economy-unravels/
What do these trends mean in the short and medium term? The AND be a series of small explosions that coalesce into a big bang.’’
Nowhere is the tension between immigrant labor and the economy more obvious than in agriculture AND destructive path that Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and others have pursued. Food shortages lead to extinction. Brown, founder of the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute, ‘9 Lester, “Can Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?” Scientific American, May The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries AND states disintegrate, their fall will threaten the stability of global civilization itself.
02/09/2013
T - Procurement
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 1 | Opponent: Georgetown EM | Judge: Dave Strauss 1NC
Interpretation – procurements are restrictions, NOT financial incentives. Menz, Faculty of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Clarkson University, ‘5 Frederic, also from the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo (CICERO), Norway, “Green electricity policies in the United States: case study,” Energy Policy, December, Science Direct There is considerable variation among states in both their regulatory environments and the policies that AND programs, and other programs to increase market support for renewable energy technologies.
2NC/1NR
The International Energy Agency makes this distinction specifically -- Procurement is not a financial incentive, it’s just straight up government acquisition, which avoids market links and opens the floodgates International Energy Agency, 2010 Policies and Measures Databases, http://www.iea.org/textbase/pm/explanation.asp Policy Type: The particular kind of policy instrument planned or implemented. Education and outreach: Policies and measures designed to increase knowledge, awareness, training among relevant stakeholders or users. This can include general information campaigns, targeted training programmes, labelling schemes that provide the user information on a product’s energy usage or emissions. Financial incentives and subsidies: Policies and measures that encourage or stimulate certain activities, behaviours or investments using financial and fiscal instruments. These include feed-in tariffs for renewable energy, rebates for the purchase of energy-efficient appliances, grants, and preferential loans and financing. They also include tax incentives, such as tax exemptions, reductions or credits on the purchase or installation of certain goods and services. Policy processes: Refers to the processes undertaken to develop and implement policies. This generally covers strategic planning documents and strategies that guide policy development. It can also include the creation of specific bodies to further policy aims, making strategic modifications to existing policy, or developing specific programmes. Public investment: Policies and measures guiding investment by public bodies. These include government procurement programmes (e.g. requirement to purchase energy efficient equipment and vehicles, or to source a certain percentage of energy use from renewable sources) and infrastructure investment (e.g. urban planning and transport infrastructure). RDandD: Policies and measures for the government to invest directly in or facilitate investment in technology research, development, demonstration and deployment activities. Regulatory instruments: Covers a wide range of instruments by which a government will oblige actors to undertake specific measures and/or report on specific information. Examples include energy performance standards for appliances, equipment, and buildings; obligations on companies to reduce energy consumption, produce or purchase a certain amount of renewable energy; mandatory energy audits of industrial facilities; requirements to report on greenhouse gas emissions or energy use. Tradable permits: Refers to three kinds of systems – greenhouse gas (GHG) AND and used to meet renewable energy obligations among consumers and/or producers. Voluntary agreement: Refers to measures that are undertaking voluntarily by government agencies or industry AND , being subject to audits, and undertaking measures to reduce energy use. Webb includes PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS because in Canada they often are given with a condition to do something else. That makes them a financial incentive. NOT the procurement, but the EXTERNAL MOTIVATION. Plus, it’s Canadian. Webb, lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, ‘93 Kernaghan, “Thumbs, Fingers, and Pushing on String: Legal Accountability in the Use of Federal Financial Incentives”, 31 Alta. L. Rev. 501 (1993) Hein Online At the same time, Canadian governments make use of many financial incentives to encourage AND as traditional pollution control and anti-discrimination regimes are in place.15 The American Bar Association proves our interp is an intent to define: Columbia Law School, 2012, Center for Climate Change Law, “State Actions on Clean Energy: A Fifty-State Survey,” http://web.law.columbia.edu/climate-change/resources/energy-law The book, The Law of Clean Energy: Efficiency and Renewables (Michael B AND the development and administration of these clean energy initiatives, and regional memberships. Specifically, this interp lets in affs that completely dodge links to government alteration of energy markets, destroys core negative ground Singh-Renewable Energy Policy Project-98 Government Procurement to Expand PV Markets http://www.repp.org/repp_pubs/articles/pv/pvs.html#4 A good government procurement program for renewables should take into account the needs of the AND government contracts may detract significantly from efforts oriented to the larger private market. Waxman def is based on DOE order 5700.5 Waxman, 98 – Solicitor General of the US (Seth, Brief for the United States in Opposition for the US Supreme Court case HARBERT/LUMMUS AGRIFUELS PROJECTS, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, http://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/1998/0responses/98-0697.resp.opp.pdf) 2 On November 15, 1986, Keefe was delegated “the authority, with AND or his delegate(s).” Pet. App. 111-113.
That’s no longer statute DOE 00, 5/8/00 “DOE N 251.35, Cancellation of Directives,” https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives/0251.035-CNotice Effective immediately the following directives are canceled: • DOE Order 5484.1, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SAFETY AND HEALTH PROTECTION INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, dated 2-24-81; • DOE Order 1332.2, UNIFORM REPORTING SYSTEM FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, dated 10-31-83; • DOE Order 5700.5A, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, dated 6-8-92; and • HQ 1325.1, ACTION COORDINATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM, dated 7-30-79.
02/09/2013
Private Finance Initiative CP
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 1 | Opponent: Georgetown EM | Judge: Dave Strauss Counterplan: The United States federal government should establish a Private Finance Initiative to design, finance and build small modular nuclear reactors located on military installations in the United States. The initiative should guarantee a 30 year contract for operation and maintenance expenses. A Private Finance Incentive is distinct from procurement and solves better. Dixon et al. ‘5 Dr. Timothy (Chair in Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment at the University of Reading); Gaye Pottinger (Senior Research Officer in the College of Estate Management at the University of Reading); Alan Jordan (Lecturer in the College of Estate Management at the University of Reading), Lessons from the private finance initiative in the UK: Benefits, problems and critical success factors,” Journal of Property Investment and Finance 23. 5 (2005): 412-423 Originally conceived as a means of reducing government borrowing and increasing investment in public infrastructure AND to avoid many of the problems normally associated with conventional public sector procurement. We solve without busting the budget. Chang et al., ‘99 Ike, Steven Galing, Carolyn Wong, Howell Yee, Elliot I. Axelband, Mark Onesi and Kenneth R Horn, “Use of Public-Private Partnerships to Meet Future Army Needs,” Rand Corporation, Prepared for the United States Army by RAND's Arroyo, 1999 Access to Capital Access to capital often means access to financing. In this case, the money would be used to help finance a collaborative effort. Access to capital is relevant to infrastructure, intellectual property, and financial arrangement PPPs. The private sector often borrows money to finance its business expenses. Business expenses could AND to capital that could be applied toward collaborative efforts that benefit the Army. The amount the Army can spend on infrastructure is limited each year by its budget. The Army does not borrow money for infrastructure needs. Hence, the Army does not have the experience or the legal authority to access capital beyond its budgetary constraints. Therefore, in infrastructure PPPs, the Army should look to its private sector partner for at least some of the collaborative effort funds. The Army's SandT budget has been decreasing and is likely to continue to AND the funding of dual-use research. 5 pg. 14-15
02/09/2013
DOD Modernization DA
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 1 | Opponent: Georgetown EM | Judge: Dave Strauss DOD is moving to a lighter and more agile force structure—2013 budget request is the first step in implementing that strategy. Zee News ‘12 “Curtailing of defence budget to throw new challenges: Panetta,” Zee News, Last Updated: Tuesday, August 07, 2012, 16:48, http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/curtailing-of-defence-budget-to-throw-new-challenges-panetta_792176.html Asked to reduce the defence budget by USD 487 billion over the next decade, AND to emphasise the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East," he said.
"We will build innovative partnerships and strengthen key alliances and partnerships elsewhere in the world. We must ensure we can quickly confront and defeat aggression from any adversary anytime, anywhere. "Finally, this can't simply be about cutting we have to make key investments in technologies and capabilities, including our industrial base," said the Defense Secretary. Panetta said the Defense Department's budget request for 2013 was the first step in implementing this strategy. They undermine that effort by trading off with modernization investments. Parrish, ‘12 Karen, 5-10-12, “Panetta, Dempsey: DOD Budget Request Reflects Tough Choices,” American Forces Press Service, May 10, 2012, http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=116287 To meet those cuts, department senior leaders worked with President Barack Obama to craft AND readiness, pay and benefits. Different choices will produce a different balance.”
Additional defense budget tradeoffs undermine effective execution of the Asia pivot—spills-over to funding for a slew of critical capabilities—collapses US power. Horowitz, associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, ‘12 Michael, 8/9/12, How Defense Austerity Will Test U.S. Strategy in Asia, thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2012/08/09/how-defense-austerity-will-test-u-s-strategy-in-asia/ Recognizing the vital role that a peaceful and stable Asia-Pacific plays in ensuring AND andD that will pay off with new weapon systems down the road.
02/09/2013
Coal Exports DA
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 1 | Opponent: Georgetown EM | Judge: Dave Strauss U.S. coal exports to China are low, but downward pressure on domestic demand expands them massively Bryan Walsh 12, Senior Editor at TIME, May 31, 2012, “Drawing Battle Lines Over American Coal Exports to Asia,” online: http://science.time.com/2012/05/31/drawing-battle-lines-over-american-coal-exports-to-asia/ But across the Pacific Ocean, the demand for coal has never been hotter, AND coal at home, it would have a reason to keep mining it.
SMRs cause coal plant retiring Marcus King et al 11, Associate Director of Research, Associate Research Professor of International Affairs, Elliot School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, et al., March 2011, “Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S. Military Installations,” http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear%20Power%20on%20Military%20Installations%20D0023932%20A5.pdf SMRs have potential advantages over larger plants because they provide owners more flexibility in financing AND 3. SMRs would be a viable replacement option for these plants.
U.S. exports lock in expanded Chinese coal capacity---causes warming over the tipping point---it’s unique because absent U.S. exports the rising cost of coal will cause a shift to renewables Thomas M. Power 12, Research Professor and Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Montana; Principal, Power Consulting; February 2012, “The Greenhouse Gas Impact of Exporting Coal from the West Coast: An Economic Analysis,” http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/02/Coal-Power-White-Paper.pdf The cumulative impact of these coal port proposals on coal consumption in Asia could be much larger than even that implied by the two pending proposals. If Arch, Peabody, and other western U.S. coal producers’ projections of the competitiveness of western coal in Asia are correct, facilitating the opening of the development of West Coast coal ports could have a very large impact on the supply of coal to China and the rest of Asia. 6.4 The Long-term Implications of Fueling Additional Coal-Fired Electric Generation Although the economic life of coal-fired generators is often given as 30 or AND commitments to more coal being burned for a half-century going forward. That time-frame is very important. During exactly this time frame, the AND emissions that will also last well into the next half-century. 57
02/12/2013
T - LNG Exports
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 3 | Opponent: Boston College KM | Judge: Tom Gliniecki A. Interpretation - Financial incentives are committed funds directly tied to production Webb, 93 – lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa (Kernaghan, “Thumbs, Fingers, and Pushing on String: Legal Accountability in the Use of Federal Financial Incentives”, 31 Alta. L. Rev. 501 (1993) Hein Online) In this paper, "financial incentives" are taken to mean disbursements 18 of AND accountability apply to differing degrees depending upon the type of incentive under consideration. By limiting the definition of financial incentives to initiatives where public funds are either disbursed AND In effect, these programs are assistance, but they are not incentives. B. Violation - they violate Incentives – the plan is a nonfinancial incentive. Shapiro, associate – Energy, Environment and Public Utilities Practice Group @ Cozen O'Connor, publisher – Green Building Law Blog, 2011 (Shari, “Code Green: Is 'Greening' the Building Code the Best Approach to Create a Sustainable Built Environment?” Planning and Environmental Law 63:6, p. 3-12) The explosion of state and local green building regulations has been extraordinary and has led AND floor-to-area ratios for green buildings8 and expedited permitting processes. C. Reasons to prefer
Limits – allowing indirect, nonfinancial incentives makes the topic limitless. Dyson et al, 3 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Megan, Flow: The Essentials of Environmental Flows, p. 67-68)
Understanding of the term ‘incentives’ varies and economists have produced numerous typologies. A AND these incentives within the realm of economic and fiscal policy is practically limitless. 2. Ground – not spending money guts crucial link arguments to spending DA, budget tradeoff DAs, and politics DA. Also, specifying only one country kills the substantive nature of the link to foreign energy tradeoff DAs. 3. Precision – they blur the line between the definition of a financial incentive and non-financial incentive. That kills predictability in engaging the topic because the resolution is the starting point for all research. Voter for fairness and education.
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02/12/2013
Japan LNG Bonds CP
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 3 | Opponent: Boston College KM | Judge: Tom Gliniecki CP Text: The United States federal government should offer to substantially increase restrictions on energy production of natural gas by approving applications for the exportation of liquefied natural gas to the country referenced in United States Code Title 22, Chapter 44, § 2902 for only liquefied natural gas that is produced by natural gas producers who provide a minimum bond of $60,000 per lease. Increased bonding requirements for natural gas production essential to reducing risk of environmental catastrophe Davis, Professor of Economic Analysis, Berkeley, ‘12 Modernizing Bonding Requirements for Natural Gas Producers http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2012/6/13%20bonds%20davis/06_bonds_davis Hydraulic fracturing and other recent technological advances have dramatically increased the availability of natural gas AND producers to become responsible for their choices and how they impact the environment. Environmental damage results in extinction. Diner 94 Judge Advocate’s General’s Corps of US Army, David N., Military Law Review, Winter, 143 Mil. L. Rev. 161 No species has ever dominated its fellow species as man has. In most cases AND wings, humankind may be edging closer to the abyss.
02/12/2013
Renewables Tradeoff DA
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 3 | Opponent: Boston College KM | Judge: Tom Gliniecki Renewables are competitive now and key to solve warming. Tickell, ‘12 Oliver, British journalist, author and campaigner on health and environment issues, and author of the Kyoto2 climate initiative, “Does the world need nuclear power to solve the climate crisis?” http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/20/world-need-nuclear-power-climate-crisis However, non-hydro renewables are growing very fast – up 15% in AND dangers and long- term liabilities. It is both romantic and right. Exporting LNG increases emissions, trades off with renewables, and causes catastrophic warming and extinction Romm 12 (Joe Romm – PhD from MIT, Fellow at American Progress, editor of Climate Progress, previously assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy. “Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Is Bad For The Climate,” Jun 18, 2012 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/18/500954/exporting-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-is-bad-for-the-climate/) The surge in U.S. production of shale gas is creating a surge AND Terra incognita — a planet of amplifying feedbacks and multiple simultaneous catastrophic impacts. Warming leads to extinction. Sify ‘10 (Sify, Sydney newspaper citing Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, professor at University of Queensland and Director of the Global Change Institute, and John Bruno, associate professor of Marine Science at UNC (Sify News, “Could unbridled climate changes lead to human extinction?”, http://www.sify.com/news/could-unbridled-climate-changes-lead-to-human-extinction-news-international-kgtrOhdaahc.html) The findings of the comprehensive report: 'The impact of climate change on the world's AND , according to a GCI release. These findings were published in Science.
02/12/2013
Ocean Fertilization CP
Tournament: Northwestern | Round: 5 | Opponent: John Carroll MS | Judge: Armands Revelins Text: The United States federal government should substantially increase investment in ocean fertilization to reduce global warming. Ocean fertilization solves warming Eco Global Fuels (EGF), 2011, “Iron Fertilization- the worlds #1 method of CO2 sequestering,” http://ecoglobalfuels.com/news/iron-fertilization-worlds-1-method-co2-sequestering Ocean Fertilization is used in our calcul5ations (you will find in the documents AND for iron fertilization of the ocean, to sequester all carbon dioxide emissions.
02/27/2013
Latcrit K
Tournament: D1 Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: Fresno AR | Judge: Sean Kennedy The aff only describes one facet of race but claims that it is a universal approach – this renders anyone outside of Black/White invisible Perea 97 Professor of Law, University of Florida College of Law, Juan, RACE, ETHNICITY and NATIONHOOD: ARTICLE: The Black/White Binary Paradigm of Race: The "Normal Science" of American Racial Thought, California Law Review, October, 1997, 85 Calif. L. Rev. 1213, p. 1254
My objection to the state of most current scholarship on race is simply that most AND Asian Americans and Native Americans. Accordingly, they reproduce a serious harm. Turns the aff – we can never solve white racism Perea 10 Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Hazouri and Roth Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Juan, AN ESSAY ON THE ICONIC STATUS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ITS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Vol. 18:1, Fall, p. 57-58, http://scs.student.virginia.edu/vjspl/18.2/Perea.pdf
Lastly, recognizing a fuller scope of civil rights struggles is important in helping us AND Movement, gazing further back, further forward, and to the side. Thus the alternative: reject the aff’s Black/White binary of race. This is crucial to build democratic alliances that challenge all oppression. West 93 ultimate badass, Cornel, Race Matters, p. 103-104
If we are to build on the best of Malcolm X, we must preserve AND higher level. The future of this country may well depend on it.
02/27/2013
Churchill K
Tournament: D1 Districts | Round: 7 | Opponent: Cal Poly SLO CI | Judge: Tom Gliniecki The affirmative has chosen to utilize the federal government and framed their 1AC to focus on issues that can be resolved by strengthening tempered sovereignty. This continues the non-transgressive tradition of “hear no evil, see no evil”. Their failure to commit to unflinching Native struggle reproduces the colonial order and Native destruction. We should reject the aff and commit to Native land rights and absolute sovereignty as a First Priority CHURCHILL 96 Ward; Creek and enrolled Keetoowah Band Cherokee; Former professor of Ethnic Studies @ the University of Colorado; From a Native Son: Selected Essays on Indigenism, 1985-1995; pp. 519-521
Leaving aside questions concerning the validity of various treaties, the beginning point for any AND first priority for everyone seriously committed to accomplishing positive change in North America.
And, elaborating Indigenous struggle through the rubric of government policy strengthens colonial society and weakens Indigenous struggle – only unflinching praxis solves Wilderson 10 Frank B. III, Ph.D., Associate Professor at UC Irvine, former ANC member, Red, White and Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms, pages 167-168, og
Clearly, Deloria draws here largely from the specificity of his own La-kota AND (the Slave), though there are essential differences between the two rubrics.
02/27/2013
Remove TERA Liability Waiver CP
Tournament: D1 Districts | Round: 7 | Opponent: Cal Poly SLO CI | Judge: Tom Gliniecki Text: The United States Federal government should remove the federal government liability waiver for Tribal Energy Resource Agreements. Reinstating liability avoids politics and solves energy development THEIR AUTHOR Kronk, assistant professor of law – Texas Tech University, ‘12 Elizabeth Ann, 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 811 B. An Alternative Possibility for Reform: Reinstate Federal Liability under the TERA Provisions As an alternative, a second recommendation for reforming the existing TERA provisions would call AND , would encourage tribes to enter into TERAs with the Secretary of Interior. Weakened restrictions causes exploitation by companies interested in profiting from native renewable resources Land Letter, 5 New federal law encourages tapping of Indian resources, 12/1, Lexis ¶ April Reese, Land Letter Southwest reporter A set of provisions in the new AND Southwest reporter April Reese is based in Santa Fe, N.M.
Round Reports
Tournament
Round
Report
Northwestern
1
Opponent: Georgetown EM | Judge: Dave Strauss
1AC - DOD SMR Aff (Warming, Grid, UAVs) 1NC - T-Procurement, Private Finance Initiative CP, DOD Modernization DA, Politics - CIR, Coal DA (on Case) 2NC - PFI CP, Politics 1NR - T-Procurement 2NR - T-Procurement
Northwestern
3
Opponent: Boston College KM | Judge: Tom Gliniecki
1AC - LNG Exports 1AC (Japan Econ, Trade) 1NC - T - Incentives, Bonds PIC, Renewable Tradeoff DA, Politics (CIR) 2NC - Bonds PIC, Politics, Case 1NR - T 2NR - T
Northwestern
5
Opponent: John Carroll MS | Judge: Armands Revelins
1AC - LFTRS (Warming) 1NC - Heidegger, Sunsets CP (Econ Internal Net Benefit), Ocean Fertilization CP, Politics (CIR) 2NC - Sunsets, Politics 1NR - Case 2NR - Sunsets, Politics, Case
Opponent: U.S. Military Academy HO | Judge: Todd Jordan
1AC - DOD Green (Energy Poverty, Warming) 1NC - Heidegger K, DOD SMR CP, Politics (Immigration), Nuclear Renaissance DA (Econ Impact) 2NC - CP, Nuclear Renaissance, Warming (on case) 1NR - Immigration, Energy Poverty (on case) 2NR - Condo Good
CEDA
4
Opponent: Chico CH | Judge: Jim Hanson
1AC - IFR's 1AC (Warming, Waste, Prolif) 1NC - Heidegger K, Ban Yucca + NRC Restrictions + DOD SMR CP, Politics (Immigration), Renewables DA (on case) 2NC - CP, Case (Waste, Prolif) 1NR - Politics, Renewables, Warming (case) 2NR - CP, Politics, Case
CEDA
5
Opponent: Wyoming BF | Judge: Justin Kirk
1AC - Offshore Wind (Grid, Shipbuilding) 1NC - Heidegger K, Politics (Immigration), Nuclear Revitalization DA, Sea Basing CP 2NC - Nuclear Revitalization DA 1NR - Case (with warming turns) 2NR - Nuclear Revitalization DA, Case
