Tournament: UMKC | Round: 2 | Opponent:  | Judge: 

Affect K

Integrated World Capitalism has captured humanity’s affective potential for action, creating static subjects that assume their identity from a lens of domination over nature. This domestication of affect has put humanity on the brink of extinction through a suicidal drive towards complete ecocide.

Pindar and Sutton 2k (Ian and Paul, They wrote the intro to and translated Guattari’s Three Ecologies, The Three Ecologies, pg. 3-7. ~[EB~])
In The Three Ecologies Guattari objects that we have challenged the Earth enough and are
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), so it is only to be expected that the singing has stopped.

The state’s subjugation of Affect is what creates the heroic-meta narratives that enable all forms of exploitation in politics.

Beasley-Murray 09 (Jon Beasley-Murray, Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies, including social and political theory, "PART TWO: CONSTITUTION" http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbmurray/research/jbm_escalon.pdf ~[EB~])
Affect is, for Deleuze and Spinoza, an index of power: we may
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but also demonstrates reason’s addicted dependence upon sensual as well as spiritual stimulation.

We should stop the subject-object logic and replace it with an infinite subject-subject logic that rejects form in favor of function. Alone, the bicycle is meaningless and without intention, it is what it does. It works only when you pedal it. The immanent connections of life and affectivity define us; we do not define life.

Colebrook 02 (Claire Mary Colebrook, Doctor of Philosophy (University of Edinburgh, 1993), English professor at Penn State University, "Gilles Deleuze" (Routledge Critical Thinkers).
One of the key ideas that runs throughout Deleuze’s work and which links his philosophy
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with the mind or brain being one (sophisticated) machine among others.

Tournament: UMKC | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge: 

States CP

The fifty states should procure vehicle integrated solar on state-owned vehicles in the United States.

CP solves renewable energy policies and doesn~~~’t link to politics

 ~~~[~~~[Lewis Milford-http://energy.nationaljournal.com/contributors/lewis-milford.php~~~~~~]~~~] (President and founder of Clean Energy Group and the Clean Energy States Alliance), May 14 2012, Clean-Energy Finance to Beat Beltway Blues, ~~~[~~~[http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/boom-and-bust-renewable-energy.php?mrefid=site_search-http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/boom-and-bust-renewable-energy.php?mrefid=site_search~~~~~~]~~~]
As the country looks for new sources of clean energy finance while Congress remains paralyzed
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investment strategy that does not rely so much on the whims of Washington.

Tournament: UMKC | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge: 

Elections

OBAMA HAS ADVANTAGE NOW – SERIES OF MISCUES LEANS OBAMA.

BEAUMONT AND BABINGTON, 9-22-2012 (THOMAS, CHARLES, AP, http://hosted.ap.org/interactives/2012/election-2012)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a presidential race seemingly frozen in
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clock and a campaign demeanor that has failed to click with many voters.

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Obama loss causes Republican led war with Iran- Oil shocks and middle east war

Curiel 2010 (Jonathan Curiel, respected journalist, taught as Fulbright Scholar at Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan, researched at Oxford as a Reuters Foundation Fellow, "What just might happen if Obama loses in 2012," Jonathan Curiel~’s blog, google)
War in Iran: The Republicans~’  ascension marks the return of chickenhawk diplomacy. Instead
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historically – become the world~’s leading front for insurgency against the United States.

Nuclear war

Preble 2007 (Christopher Preble, director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, June 26, 2007, "Bargaining with Tehran," CATO)
Many Iranian nuclear facilities have been hardened against attack, with some buried under as
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the United States itself are unlikely, they cannot be ruled out entirely. 

Tournament: Kentucky | Round:  | Opponent: Emporia CW | Judge: Jack Ewing
Affect
The ideology of the affirmative encapsulates our resistance to a singular ideological notion. This starting point for critique ensures the hierarchical backdrop of the oppression they criticize maintain itself by forcing affectual politics down a singular, pre-determined path.
Deleuze and Guattari 80 (Gilles and Felix, French writers, philosophers and revolutionaries, Capitalism and Schizophrenia: A Thousand Plateaus, pg. 14-17)
Thought is not arborescent, and the brain is not a rooted or ramified matter
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, off beat, in an “untimely” way, not instantaneously.
The tree and root inspire a sad image of thought that is forever imitating the
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, or their outcome: the radicle solution, the structure of Power.

Transcendent structures inevitably co-opt Affect into their hierarchies of value which in turn assures all forms of exploitation racism/sexism/colonialism continue.
Beasley-Murray 09 (Jon Beasley-Murray, Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies, including social and political theory, ”PART TWO: CONSTITUTION” http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbmurray/research/jbm_escalon.pdf EB)
Affect is, for Deleuze and Spinoza, an index of power: we may
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but also demonstrates reason’s addicted dependence upon sensual as well as spiritual stimulation.

Capitalism produces difference for the sake of profit, which ensures that their impacts are made invisible and continue to proliferate. Only a machinic view of life solves.
Braidotti 2k5 (Rosi Braidotti; Prof of Humanities @ Utrecht University and Deleuzian / Feminist Scholar; “Affirming the Affirmative: On Nomadic Affectivity” Rhizomes 11/12 Fall 2005/Spring 2006; http://www.rhizomes.net/issue11/braidotti.html EB)
Moreover, the political economy of global capitalism consists in multiplying and distributing differences for
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between the multiple levels of inter-connections that make living beings tick.

Capitalism turns everything into commodities to be exploited. The continual drive for growth destroys the earth and makes life meaningless.
Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont, 2011, What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism: A Citizen's Guide to Capitalism and the Environment. New York: Monthly Review, 2011. Print.

Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger
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or to choose the path of harmony with nature and respect for life.

Our methodology is best – 2 reasons – A) Without affect, feelings do not feel because they lack intensity, resulting in a failure to engage in rational decision making, which is a solvency turn and B) Affect is a better internal link to their role of the ballot because the transmission of affect is not self-contained in our energies – it goes beyond, better charging the debate space.
Shouse 2k5 (Eric Shouse; Prof of Com @ ECU. Ph.D from USF in Rhetoric.; “Feeling, Emotion, Affect”, M/C Journal 8.6 2005. EB)
Without affect feelings do not “feel” because they have no intensity, and
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or her non-conscious affective resonance with the source of the message.

State subjugation of Affective politics is what enables endless violence and genocide and Nazism
Protevi 2k10 (John Protevi; Dept. of French Studies @ LSU, Deleuzian Scholar and Magician; “Deleuze And Wexler: Thinking Brain, Body and Affect in Social Context”; http://www.protevi.com/john/Deleuze_Wexler.pdf EB)
For Deleuze and Guattari, affect is inherently political: bodies are part of an
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enable them to form new and mutually empowering encounters outside the original encounter?

We should stop the subject-object logic and replace it with an infinite subject-subject logic that rejects form in favor of function. Alone, the bicycle is meaningless and without intention, it is what it does. It works only when you pedal it. The immanent connections of life and affectivity define us; we do not define life.
Colebrook 02 (Claire Mary Colebrook, Doctor of Philosophy (University of Edinburgh, 1993), English professor at Penn State University, “Gilles Deleuze” (Routledge Critical Thinkers).
One of the key ideas that runs throughout Deleuze’s work and which links his philosophy
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with the mind or brain being one (sophisticated) machine among others.

Thus we offer a counter standard in which you should evaluate the debate: Vote for the team that best deconstructs transcendental power structures

Becoming makes the maintenance of dualisms impossible-instead it focuses on the possibility of fractured, fluid identity.  This respects the singular nature of one’s situation and recognizes multiplicity in the world
Birke and Parisi 99 (Lynda and Luciana, Animal Others Chapter 3, “Animal Becoming”)
The relationship between women and animals is not, then, about essences or identification
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individual selves) and toward thinking of fluidity. 67-68

Becoming-minoritarian radically circumvents the way racism is enabled – Race is a figment; there is only minor and molar distinctions.
Deleuze and Guattari 80 (Gilles – Professor and Scholar, Felix – Psychoanalyst and activist; “A Thousand Plateaus” Plateau 12.  EB)
The classical image of thought, and the striating of mental space it effects,
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rather than the attribute of a Subject and the representation of a Whole.

Alt Solves – Affect’s “abstractivity” makes it the best micropolitical option – it is a better option than the pure emotion of the affirmative.
Shouse 2k5 (Eric Shouse; Prof of Com @ ECU. Ph.D from USF in Rhetoric.; “Feeling, Emotion, Affect”, M/C Journal 8.6 2005. EB)
Let me clarify that the transmission of affect does not mean that one person’s feelings
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the lessons of cultural studies is that investing in hope has moved people before

How To Become – A Step by Step process brought to you by UH BJ
Fuglsang and Sorensen 2006 (Martin and Bent, ecturers in management, politics, and philosophy at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Deleuze and the Social, Edinburgh University Press.)
Our advice is to start with a small thing. First realise that we are
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way. You may, of course, have to repeat the operation.

Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 6 | Opponent: MSU HK | Judge: Ryan Cheek

Oil prices will stabilize at breakeven levels

Irina Rogovaya August 2012; writer for Oil and Gas Eurasia, Oil Price Changes: Everyone Wants Stabilityhttp:~/~/www.oilandgaseurasia.com/articles/p/164/article/1875/-http:~/~/www.oilandgaseurasia.com/articles/p/164/article/1875/http://www.oilandgaseurasia.com/articles/p/164/article/1875/-http://www.oilandgaseurasia.com/articles/p/164/article/1875/||style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 137, 220); text-decoration: none; "
According to the current base forecast for the Eurozone prepared by Oxford Economics, within
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of the cartel will not let prices fall under %24100 per barrel.

Nuclear power reduces oil dependence – displaces oil power generation, powers maritime and ground transportation, and causes hydrogen transition

ANS 2012; American Nuclear Society, Top 10 Myths about Nuclear Energyhttp:~/~/www.new.ans.org/pi/resources/myths/energyhttp://www.new.ans.org/pi/resources/myths/||style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 137, 220); text-decoration: none; "

Myth ~%23 10: Nuclear energy can’t reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Truth
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oil by producing hydrogen for use in fuel cells and synthetic liquid fuels.

The Saudis will fight to the death for market share – massive production increase would tank the Russian economy and turns the case

Matthew Hulbert 7-9-2012; specialises in energy security and political risk and is a regular contributor to European Energy Review "The political perils of low oil prices" http:~/~/www.europeanenergyreview.eu/site/pagina.php?id=3796-http:~/~/www.europeanenergyreview.eu/site/pagina.php?id=3796url:http://www.europeanenergyreview.eu/site/pagina.php?id=3796-http://www.europeanenergyreview.eu/site/pagina.php?id=3796||style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 137, 220); text-decoration: none; "

But it’s the ’selfish’ motives that are far more compelling for Saudi Arabia. Riyadh
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with the al-Saud. Iran has already tabled exactly that proposition.

The impact is Russian growth and stability

Michael Schuman 7-5-2012 ; writes about Asia and global economic issues as a correspondent for TIME in Hong Kong. B.A. in Asian history and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of international affairs from Columbia; "Why Vladimir Putin Needs Higher Oil Prices" http:~/~/business.time.com/2012/07/05/why-vladimir-putin-needs-higher-oil-prices/http://business.time.com/2012/07/05/why-vladimir-putin-needs-higher-oil-prices/||style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 137, 220); text-decoration: none; "

But Vladimir Putin is not one of them. The economy that the Russian President
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growth model looks unsustainable unless oil prices remain at or above %24120pb.

Russian economic collapse causes global nuclear war

Steven David, January/February 1999; Professor of International Relations and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, , http:~/~/www.foreignaffairs.org/19990101faessay955/steven-r-david/html||style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(0, 137, 220); text-decoration: none; "

If internal war does strike Russia, economic deterioration will be a prime cause.
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privations of Soviet communism, a second civil war might produce another horrific regime

Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 6 | Opponent: MSU HK | Judge: Ryan Cheek
Text: The fifty state and federal territorial governments of the United States should substantially increase financial support for fusion energy generation in the United States. through Clean Energy Funds.

Solves best- states can take the lead on energy policies through CEFs

Milford et al ’12 ~Lew Milford is a non-resident senior fellow at Brookings and president of Clean Energy Group. Mark Muro is a senior fellow and director of policy for the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings. Jessica Morey is a consultant to Clean Energy Group. Devashree Saha is a senior policy analyst at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Mark Sinclair is executive director of Clean Energy States Alliance, "Leveraging State Clean Energy Funds for Economic Development," January, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2012/1/11%20states%20energy%20funds/0111_states_energy_funds.pdf-http://www.brookings.edu//media/research/files/papers/2012/1/11 states energy funds/0111_states_energy_funds.pdf~

And so U.S. states, as classic "laboratories of experimentation,"

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to best leverage public and private dollars and to learn from each other’s experiences

Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 6 | Opponent: MSU HK | Judge: Ryan Cheek
Text: The United States federal government should reenter the international thermonuclear experimental reactor project, and provide applicable funding.

Entering into ITER solves the aff.

Economist, 4/18/02 (its impossible. And what’s more it’s improbable, This month offers a chance for America’s fusion researchers to stay in the game, http://www.economist.com/node/1234632)

SOME say that a dollar spent on nuclear fusion is a dollar wasted. And

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most modest alternative, but also the one least likely to be advanced.

Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 2 | Opponent: UCO DV | Judge: Calum Matheson

T - Incentives

A. Definitions – 

For is a term of exclusion – requiring direct action upon

US CUSTOMS COURT 39 AMERICAN COLORTYPE CO. v. UNITED STATES C. D. 107, Protest 912094-G against the decision of the …. for manufacturing purposes.

B. Violation – They violate the terms FOR and FINANCIAL INCENTIVES - the affirmative does not increase FINANCIAL incentives FOR energy production they increase indirect incentives –

Dyson et al, 3 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Megan, Flow: The Essentials of Environmental Flows, p. 67-68) …  is practically limitless. 

Purchase Power Agreements when conducted by government offices are not financial incentives
Menz, 5 - Faculty of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Clarkson University, Bertrand H. Snell Hall, Potsdam, NY, also from the Center for International …. renewable energy technologies.

C. Prefer our interpretation

1. Limits -  Broad definitions could include 40 different mechanisms
   Moran, 86 - non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development and holds the Marcus Wallenberg Chair at the School of Foreign Service at … individual government instruments.

2. Ground – They do not spend federal money, this eliminates key ground on spending, politics, and trade-off debates – it also allows them to have highly specific evidence about their mechanism – they acquire additional solvency.

D. Topicality is a voting issue – if it were not the affirmative could run the same case year after year or unbeatable truths like sexual discrimination is harmful. 

Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 2 | Opponent: UCO DV | Judge: Calum Matheson

seabasing

The United States federal government should develop and implement a mobile Sea Basing naval capability aimed at ensuring adequate United States forward deployment and power projection capabilities.

Seabasing solves heg.
Perry 9 (Commander Michael F, US Navy, 6-5-09, "IMPORTANCE OF SEABASING TO LAND POWER GENERATION", USAWC PROGRAM RESEARCH. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/ GetTRDoc?AD=ADA508337%26 Location=U2%26doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

This study ….. capabilities cannot match."

The CP creates a more flexible, quick-reacting military which accesses the best internal to heg
DSB 3 (Defense Science Board, Federal Advisory Committee established to provide independent advice to the Secretary of Defense. Statements, opinions, conclusions and recommendations in this report do not necessarily represent the official position of the Department of Defense, August, "Defense Science Board Task Force on SEA BASING", http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/ADA429002.pdf, AV) 

Sea basing is …. mount defenses, disappears.

Outweighs ground presence
Hammond, 8 (Major Michael F. is the S–3 of the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), which is currently deployed to Iraq. He has a master’s degree in military logistics from North Dakota State University. Army Logistician, Sept-Oct, Sense and Respond: Military Logistics in a Global Security Environment)
During the Cold War, ….. global security environment.  

our hard power internal links outweigh
Klein and Morales 4
United States Naval Institute, Lt. Com John and Col. Rich, both of USN
http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=7854563

Since deploying joint …. into the fold.

solves deterrence and heg
Sabins, 2004
Amol Sabnis, Lt. Cdr, Indian Navy, 2004, "Concept of Sea Basing and its Effect on Indo-US Relations: The Way Ahead," online
Sea basing will …. of national power. 

Land bases are obsolete – sea basing key in the short and long term
Parker ’10 (Gregory, Federal Executive Fellow, Brookings Institution, Seabasing Since the Cold War: Maritime Reflections of American Grand Strategy
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/0630_seabasing_parker.aspx-http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/0630_seabasing_parker.aspx, jj)

It is time to reverse ….back to sea.