Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Michigan AP | Judge:
1NC – States CP
Text: The 50 States of the United States should enter into an interstate compact to establish a matching funds program, increase research and development funding, and reduce licensing restrictions for thorium power production in the United States. 

Compacts solve the aff and avoid federal preemption
Craig 10
(Robin Kundis, Attorneys' Title Professor and Associate Dean for Environmental Programs, Florida State University College of Law, University of Colorado Law Review, Summer, 2010, 81 U. Colo. L. Rev. 771; MULTISTATE DECISION MAKING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TRANSMISSION: SPOTLIGHT ON COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: Constitutional Contours for the Design and Implementation of Multistate Renewable Energy Programs and Projects)MKD

While substantive and procedural considerations may influence the
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one when designing their multistate renewable energy programs.

Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Michigan AP | Judge:
Obama will win – the important polls are in his favor
Silver, 9/20/12
(Nate, political forecaster and analyst, “Sept. 19: A Wild Day in the Polls, but Obama Ends Up Ahead,” http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/sept-19-a-wild-day-in-the-polls-but-obama-ends-up-ahead, bgm)

By the end of Wednesday, however,
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.8 percentage points between these 16 surveys.

Plan forces a wedge in the democratic base by forcing Obama to commit to an energy policy
Reuters August 24th 2012
“Romney, Obama both evade key energy issues: Kemp” http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/column-kemp-energy-us-vote-idINL6E8JO9SC20120824

Aug 24 (Reuters) - U.
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rebelled against the president's decision to block Keystone.

Romney election causes Iran strikes, crushes US-Indian relations, and collapse the economy
Juan Cole 2012 (Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan) http://www.juancole.com/2012/08/mitt-romneys-coming-war-on-iran-a-tale-of-two-conventions.html

Other defiance came from New Delhi. India
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derail world recovery from the deep global recession.

Strikes destroy hegemony, sparks terrorism, and guarantees Middle East war
Wilson Center September 2012 (a report by former government officials, national security experts and retired military officers )“Weighing Benefits and Costs of Military Action Against Iran.” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/IranReport_091112_FINAL.pdf

A U.S. and/or
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to global markets, currencies, and recovery.

That goes nuclear – defense is outdated
London, President Emeritus of the Hudson Institute, 2010
(Herbert, also professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University, “The Coming Crisis in the Middle East,” 6-23-10, http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_detailsandid=7101andpubType=HI_Opeds, accessed 1-5-12) JDB

The gathering storm in the Middle East is
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veracity. That is a truly bad sign. 

Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Michigan AP | Judge:
Energy production reveals the essence of modern technology—it enframes nature through the needs of a human subject, reducing our surroundings to standing-reserve.
Beckman 2K (Tad, Prof. of philosophy at Harvey Mudd College, “Heidegger and Environmental Ethics”, http://www2.hmc.edu/~tbeckman/personal/HEIDART.HTML//shree)

Heidegger clearly saw the development of "energy
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the analysis of modern technology in its essence.
 
The technocratic disclosure of nature as standing-reserve is a rigged game—we are primed to interact with the world only as calculating machines.  That’s the precondition for nuclear war and sentences us to an eternity of counterfeit existence, purging value to life.
Beckman 2K (Tad, Prof. of philosophy at Harvey Mudd College, “Heidegger and Environmental Ethics”, http://www2.hmc.edu/~tbeckman/personal/HEIDART.HTML//shree)

The threat of nuclear annihilation is, currently
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of agency within this unfolding structure of being.
 
Vote neg to reject the 1AC’s technological thinking in favor of meditative thought—this reveals alternate ways of being

Joseph 2K (Duquesne University, and editor for the Janus Head, Speaking Differently: Deconstruction/Meditative Thinking as the Heart of "the Faculty of Observing" http://www.janushead.org/3-1/ajoseph.cfm shree)

From a Heideggerian perspective, the phrase,
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vis that which needs to be spoken about.
Ontology is a pre-requisite to decision-making

Dillon 99 (Michael, Professor of Politics at the University of Lancaster, 1999, Moral Spaces Pg. 97-98shree)

Heirs to all this, we find ourselves
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claim only to be technocrats of decision making.

2NC

(2)  Prior question—framing is inextricable from policy formulation.  
Frameworks Institute ‘5 [“Strategic Frame Analysis”; http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/strategicanalysis/perspective.shtml shree]

But what many social policy practitioners have overlooked
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other areas of nonprofit practice have been accorded. 

Ontological interrogation accesses the root cause of war
Burke ‘7 (Anthony, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at UNSW, Sydney, “Ontologies of War: Violence, Existence, and Reason”, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Project Museshree)

The danger obviously raised here is that these
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tragically violent 'choices' will continue to be made.

And, ontological damnation outweighs existence.  Death is the ground of freedom in life—our decisions have no meaning if they aren’t framed by human finitude.  Treating death as a mere even to be avoided cedes any capacity of freedom or choice to calculation.
Dillon 96 [Michael, professor Politics and International Relations at the University of Lancaster, The Politics of Security, pp. 82-84shree]

Whereas tragic denial is willful blindness to this
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responsible, share—which is at issue. 

And, new link—the aff’s cost-benefit analysis is exactly the type of technological thought that results in nuclear annihilation
Shrader-Frechette 97 (O’Neill Family Professor at Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame; Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Windsor. Technology and Values, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing. shree)

As his thinking develops, however, Heidegger
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and practiced as the only way of thinking.”

Environmental paradigms are produced by cultures of knowledge presumed to be common-sense—it’s your role as an intellectual to fight back—this only requires intellectual recalibration – solves their management inev claims and the solvency takeouts because on being ingrained
Castree 9 (Noel, Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester, 2009, “Researching neoliberal environmental governance: a reply to Karen Bakker,” Environment and Planning A, Vol. 41, No. 8, p. 1788-1794shree)

If the world is to be understood,
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economic agendas—in the years to come.

No impact uniqueness—there’s no such thing as a unified Left—only a variety of movements against conservatism and neoliberalism.  And, turn—the argument that we divide the left brackets oppositional politics into ineffective strategies that collapse the left.
Butler 98 (Judith, Chairperson of Comparative Literature and Rhteoric @ UC Berkeley, 1998, “Marxism and the Merely Cultural” The New Left Review, January-February, p. 37shree)

This resurgence of left orthodoxy calls for a
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each other without therefore exactly becoming each other.

Double Bind—Either they sever out of the framing of the aff, making them a moving target because it’s what makes their aff intelligible—that’s a voter for fairness and education because it allows them to spike out of any offense; OR the links apply and the perm has no net benefit
Scott 90 (Charles E.; Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University; The Question of Ethics; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press; 1990; p. 189shree) 

Further, the knowledge that being's dispensation is
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chastity, and humility deeply marks this die.
Crowd-Out DA—Technological thinking usurps all other modes of revealing by erasing distance and presences all entities as standing-reserve
Botha 2 (Catherine, Dept of Philosophy @ Univ of Pretoria, “Heidegger, Technology, and Ecology,” South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol 22, Issue 2shree)

Technology is ontologically devastating, because it usurps
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would not even notice what we had lost.

Ben Tre DA – the logic of benign hegemony empirically results in genocidal violence abroad – resistance is necessary to reveal the epistemic break in the functioning of US dominance
Spanos, Distinguished Professor of English at Binghamton, 2008
(William V., “American Exceptionalism in the Age of Globalizaiton: The Sepcter of Vietnam,” p.13-14) JDB

The war in Vietnam, it should not
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onto)logic of the “free world.” 

Superpower Syndrome DA – hegemony can’t control a disordered world and their technological mindset causes militarization and war
Burke 7 (Anthony Burke- Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at UNSW, Sydney. Ontologies of War: Violence, Existence and Reason Theory and Event - Volume 10, Issue 2shree)

 By itself, such an account of
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destruction of nature as much as its utilisation.

Vacuous Intellectualism DA—No amount of debate will ever solve their harms because the desire to have discussions about their impacts treats the symptoms and redistributes power, but fails to address the root cause of managerial thinking.  And, it turns case—communities find their bonding in repeated assurances to absolve their guilt by pontificating about the suffering of others, resulting in rituals of intellectual pleasure that maintain devitalizing designs of everyday interpassivity.
Scott 90 (Charles E.; Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University; The Question of Ethics; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press; 1990; p. 111-118shree) 

We all know what suffering is when we
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welfare achieved by proper values and selected technologies.

Threat Con DA—Insecurity is an inevitable condition of existence—the drive for perfect security turns life into a standing reserve that necessitates endless warfare.
Mitchell 5 [Andrew J. Mitchell, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities at Stanford University, "Heidegger and Terrorism," Research in Phenomenology, Volume 35, Number 1, 2005 , pp. 181-218shree]

There can be no security. If being
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homeland that would be nationally distinct from another.

Tournament: GSU | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Multiple barriers to expanding nuclear power – staff shortages, parts limitations, plant closures
Mez, Professor of Political and Social Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, 12
(Lutz, “Nuclear energy-Any solution for sustainability and climate protection?” Energy Policy (2012), http://
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.047, accessed 6-26-12 Bosley)

The nuclear industry has been battling a host
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down and solutions finally found for nuclear waste.

Financial hurdles prevent construction regardless of incentives
Michael R. James 2010 ( Australian research scientist) “Nuclear? It's just too expensive, for us and the rest of the world” http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/nuclear-its-just-too-expensive-for-us-and-the-rest-of-the-world-20100225-p4y3.html#ixzz21IH6uruE’

It is economics that has prevented any new
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, which has doubled in costs and construction time

Nuclear power fails – even with best assumptions the plan can only maintain nuclear capacity because of closures
Mez, Professor of Political and Social Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, 12
(Lutz, “Nuclear energy-Any solution for sustainability and climate protection?” Energy Policy (2012), http://
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.047, accessed 6-26-12 Bosley)

At present nuclear power plants have a total
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the current nuclear power rating can be maintained.

Plan fails – worker shortages
Ahearne, Executive Director Emeritus of Sigma Xi, 10
(John F., Sigma Xi is an international, multidisciplinary research society, “Prospects for nuclear energy,” Energy Economics 33 (2011) 572-580, accessed 6-26-12 Bosley)

Building and operating a nuclear plant requires skilled
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Energy Policy, 2009, p. 3).

Nuclear power causes warming – CO2 emissions from production and mining, non-rich ores, radioactive isotopes
Mez, Professor of Political and Social Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, 12
(Lutz, “Nuclear energy-Any solution for sustainability and climate protection?” Energy Policy (2012), http://
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.047, accessed 6-26-12 Bosley)

On top of this, viewed from a
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—especially the use of smart energy services.

Tournament: GSU | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Nuclear power causes proliferation – international regulation and influence fail
Mez, Professor of Political and Social Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, 12
(Lutz, “Nuclear energy-Any solution for sustainability and climate protection?” Energy Policy (2012), http://
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.047, accessed 6-26-12 Bosley)

Viewed in historical terms, military use of
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whether a country develops nuclear weapons or not.

No risk of prolif – empirically denied, slow, no chain reaction, and their evidence is expert alarmism
Gavin, Professor of International Affairs at UTA, 10
(Francis J., also Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, “Same As It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarmism, Proliferation, and the Cold War,” International Security 34:3, Winter 09/10, pp.7-37, accessed 5-24-12Bosley)

Fears of a tipping point were especially acute
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, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The NPT is irrelevant – strengthening it solves nothing
Bergner, Director of Federal Affairs at NAMIC and Masters in Security Studies, 12
(Jonathan, “Going Nuclear: Does the Non-Proliferation Treaty Matter?” Comparative Strategy 31:1, p84-102, 2012, accessed 6-21-12 Bosley)

The NPT appears to have been largely irrelevant
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does not significantly serve the goal of nonproliferation.

[If we didn't read the internal link turn, we read this]
Proliferation is good – deterrence ensures a nuclear peace and it mellows rogue state behavior
Tepperman, LLM in I-Law and Deputy Editor of Newsweek International, 09
(Jonathan, “Why Obama Should Learn to Love the Bomb,” 8-28-09, http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/08/28/why-obama-should-learn-to-love-the-bomb.html, accessed 9-12-12 Bosley)

A growing and compelling body of research suggests
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leaders all came to the same safe conclusion.

Tournament: GSU | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
No impact to competitiveness
Hasset et al. 11
(Kevin A. Hassett – Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Studies at AEI, R. Glenn Hubbard – Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics at Columbia, and Matthew H. Jensen, and Matthew H. Jensen – researcher for AEI, “Rethinking Competiteivness,” 9-29-11, http://www.aei.org/files/2011/09/29/HHJ%20Competitiveness%20-2.pdf, accessed 9-11-12 Bosley)

For the most part, a general consensus
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the expense of another is most often incorrect.

Alt causes crush competitiveness now
- Macroeconomic vulnerabilities
- Low public trust of politicians
- Government inefficiency
Greil, Wall Street Journal, 9-5-12
(Anita, “U.S. Competitiveness Slips,” 9-5-12, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443686004577633410066066848.html?mod=googlenews_wsj, accessed 9-11-12 Bosley)

ZURICH—Northern European countries topped the overall
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its markets work efficiently, the WEF said.

Data disproves hegemony impacts
Fettweis, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tulane, 11
(Christopher J., “Free Riding or Restraint? Examining European Grand Strategy,” 9-26-11, Comparative Strategy 30:4, p316-332)

It is perhaps worth noting that there is
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think otherwise base their view on faith alone.

Hegemony is dead and unsustainable – other nations are already ignoring or challenging the US and fiscal troubles trump
Kanin and Meyer 12 – Adjunct Professor of International Studies at John Hopkins and Fellow at the Center for Public Justice (respectively)
(David B. and Steven E., “America’s Outmoded Security Strategy,” Current History, January, accessed 4-4-12Bosley)

In the latter half of the twentieth century
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that it do more to fight the Taliban.

Decline causes retrenchment – solves great power conflict, long term influence, and interventionism
MacDonald and Parent 11
(Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, “Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” International Security 35:4, Spring 2011, accessed 1-9-12Bosley)

First, we challenge the retrenchment pessimists’ claim
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that failed to retrench recovered their relative position.

Ignore Kagan – hegemony isn’t key to global security and decline solves the impacts
Logan, Associate Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, 11
(Justin, “Best Defense”, 2/23/11, http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12814//Bosley)

His argument centers on three claims. First
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fiscal responsibility" is not one of them.

And the only conclusive empirics go negative – their studies are flawed in ignoring wars between major and minor states which cause draw-in
Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Political Science at NYU, 12
(Nuno P. Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Political Science at NYU, 2012, “Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity is not Peaceful”, pdf)

I agree with Wohlforth on these two points
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provide no evidence that unipolarity is peaceful.48 

No hegemonic transition wars
MacDonald and Parent 11
(Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” International Security 35:4, Spring 2011, accessed 1-9-12Bosley)

Some observers might dispute our conclusions, arguing
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performance or engage in foreign policy adventurism.94

And retrenchment allows the US to better address any potential flashpoints
MacDonald and Parent 11
(Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, "The Wisdom of Retrenchment," Foreign Affairs, November/December 2011, www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136510/joseph-m-parent-and-paul-k-macdonald/the-wisdom-of-retrenchment, accessed 8-3-12Bosley)

EVEN IF a policy of retrenchment were possible
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States to restore some luster to its leadership.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
1NC
The 1AC presentation of ethical calamities sustains the ascetic ideal, which internalizes suffering by masking it with surplus enjoyment—this recreates the harms and petrifies the capacity to affirm life.
Zupančič 3 (Alenka, Philosopher at the University of Ljubljana, “The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Two,” p 47-52, evidence under erasure shree)

It might seem that the notion of the
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recognizes the paradigm of “religious” thinking.
 
No reason to vote aff—no link between prescriptions and effects.
Žižek 95 (Slavoj, Inst of Sociology @ U of Ljubljana, Law and the Postmodern Mind: Superego by Default, Cardozo Law Rev, lexisshree)

Emphasis should be laid on the inherent political
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but we can never be rid of it.
 
Vote negative to prefer not to endorse the 1AC.  Instead of adopting a politics of resistance which parasitizes upon what it negates, the 1NC gives body to negativity and renders their demands unintelligible.
Zizek 6 (Slavoj, Institute for Social Sciences Ljubljana, The Parallax View, pgs. 380-382shree)

And this brings us back to Melville’s Bartleby
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it emptied of all its obscene superego content.
 
Desire shapes the operation of the social and the direction of their offense. 

Stavrakakis 99 (Yannis, Teaching Fellow at the Dept of Gov’t at Essex, Lacan and the Political, p 34shree)

What should be stressed at this point
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that’s exactly why we keep longing for it.

Psychoanalysis is crucial to interrogate the persistence of hegemonic [anti-blackness/heteronormativity/patriarchy]—frontal approaches alone cannot solve
Berlak 9 (Ann, Elementary Ed Progra, SFSU, P 50-1, “Challenging the Hegemony of Whiteness by Addressing the Adaptive Unconscious” in Undoing Whiteness in the Classroomshree)

It was at this point that I came
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unconscious when they are not monitoring their actions.

2NC
 (A)  They sever out of the justifications that make the aff intelligible, rendering them a moving target that avoids clash—voter for fairness and education.  And, severance still links—it’s a disavowal that conceals assumptions that makes their economy of enjoyment possible.
Zizek 5 (Slavoj, senior researcher in the dept of phil @ u of Ljubljana, “The Empty Wheelbarrow,” The Guardian, 2/9, lexisshree)

In March 2003, Donald Rumsfeld engaged in
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knowns" is the task of an intellectual.

(B)  The perm re-sediments every link in the overview and has no net benefit—modest demands magnify error replication.
Stavrakakis 99 (Yannis, dept of govt at the U of Essex, Director of Ideology and Discourse Analysis Program, Lacan and the Political, p 118-119shree) 

In fact, articulating Lacanian theory with fantasmatic
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or quasi-utopian sedimentations of political reality.

Armchair Activism DA—Universities gladly permit such discourses by leftist academics, knowing that the proliferation of these discourses in the academy get co-opted by the sign economy and are graveyards for radical potential.  
Occupied UC Berkeley ‘9 (The Necrosocial: Civic Life, Social Death, and the UC; http://anticapitalprojects.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/the-necrosocial/, 11/19 shree) 

He and his look forward to a reproduction
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that bind revolution inside books, lecture halls.  

We don’t deny that their call-to-arms may be sincere or even revolutionary in a vacuum, but when their strategy is symbolized as a call for a ballot in an activity which they agreed in cross-x is characterized by a primarily white symbolic economy, it loses its subversive edge and is co-opted to re-affirm domination to satisfy the moral equilibrium of feel-good liberals.  
Pitcher 7 (associate editor of darkmatter. His book, The Politics of Multiculturalism <http://www.worldcat.org/title/politics-of-multiculturalism-race-and-racism-in-contemporary-britain/oclc/318674362> , is published by Palgrave Macmillan. He currently teaches sociology at the University of Westminster <http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/social-and-historical-studies/pitcher,-dr-ben> , UKshree)

What is particularly interesting about these modern-
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before us and admonish it with full vigour. 

Desiring Whiteness DA – race as a system perpetuates itself on the basis of racial identification, ensuring their method fails because it ignores the broader desire for Whiteness and a separation from it.  Such an investment of power relations leads to inevitable violence and disastrous politics.
Seshadri-Crooks 2K (Kalpana, asst prof of English @ BC, Desiring Whiteness: A Lacanian analysis of race, p. 8-9 shree)

My contention that the category of race is
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mine the depth of subjective investment in it.

Prefer our method—it’s historically accurate in the context of collective politics—analyzing the social without desire can’t account for ethical modes of violence
McGowan 4 (Todd, Assoc Prof in Film Studies @ UVM, “The End of Dissatisfaction?” p 4-6shree)

Psychoanalysis, however, calls into question the
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, will necessarily be mediated by the present.

Even if they win this, some reductions are productive and unavoidable.  Their K of psychoanalysis masks its philosophical foundations while shutting down the ability to create effective action.

Zizek 2K (Slavoj, Senior Researcher @ Institute for Social Science at Ljubljana, “Contingency, Hegemony, Universality,” p 230-2shree)

So much for answering concrete criticisms. Let
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basic proto-ontological structure of the universe.

Psychoanalysis doesn’t require nefarious motives—our method can analyze shared universals without assuming that all bodies are culturally marked in the same way
Bertoldi 98 (Andreas, Department of Comparative Literature,  “Oedipus in (South) Africa?: Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Difference”, American Imago 55.1 (1998) 101-134, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_imago/v055/55.1bertoldi.html)

This brings us back to Oedipusonce
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time accounting for particular social/cultural difference. 

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge: 

1. “Resolved” before a colon introduces a formal resolution
   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.
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colon) That this council petition the mayor.
2. “The United States federal government should” means the debate is solely about hypothetical policy action
Ericson et al. 03
(Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, 2003, “The Debater’s Guide,” Third Edition,” p. 7, accessed via Google Books on 3-29-12 Bosley)

The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action
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to perform the future action that you propose. 

3. “The United States federal government” is the legislative, judicial, and executive branches
USA.gov 12
(Official US. Government Web Portal, “U.S. Federal Government, last updated 3-27-12, http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/federal.shtml, accessed 3-29-12 Bosley)

U.S. Federal Government The three
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executive—carry out governmental power and functions. 

3. Political pedagogy -- refusal to defend traditional political processes doesn’t open up politics but breeds disengagement that solidifies the dominant powers of the status quo
Chandler, Professor of IR at Westminster, 04
(David Chandler is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, Millennium, “Building Global Civil Society ‘From Below’?” http://www.davidchandler.org/pdf/journal_articles/Millennium%20-%20Building%20Global%20Civil%20Society.pdf Bosley)

The struggle for individual ethical and political autonomy
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that be can sleep peacefully in their beds.

 
4. Process -- a limited topic of discussion with clear sides and equitable ground is key to make debate productive and provide decision-making and advocacy skills useful in life -- just because something is “debatable” doesn’t make it a productive discussion
Steinberg and Freeley 08
(David L. -- Lecturer of Communication Studies at the University of Miami, and Austin -- Criminal, Personal Injury, and Civil Rights Law Attorney, “Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making,” 12th Edition, http://www.scribd.com/doc/54200547/Argumentation, p43-45, accessed 7-18-12 Bosley)

Debate is a means of settling differences,
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which will be outlined in the following discussion.
 
5. Switch-side Debate -- any benefit of the discussion generated by the affirmative is solve by allowing those arguments on the negative -- forcing teams to debate both sides of an issue by actually defending the resolution when affirmative is key to produce tolerance of difference
Muir, Professor of Communication at GMU, 93
(Star, “A Defense of the Ethics of Contemporary Debate,” Philosophy and Rhetoric 26:4)

The role of switch-side debate is
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rightness is not a position imbued with tolerance

Tournament: Clarion | Round: 3 | Opponent: WVU | Judge:
Start your decision with a recognition of your connection to more than human others.  Beginning with the human social betrays your anthropocentric bias and reinforces the root cause of violence.
Rose 6 (Rebecca, Lecturer in Literature for Trinity College Foundation Studies, The University of Melbourne, 2006, COLLOQUY text theory critique  12shree)

In recent decades concern for the human-
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been billions of years in the making.29 

Vote negative to reject their egocentric ethics in favor of an ecocentric ethic that starts by emphasizing the intrinsic values of Earth’s geoecosystem.
Rowe 3 (Stan, retired ecology teacher, prof emeritus at the U of Saskatchewan, The Trumpeter  Volume 19, Number 2shree)

Ethical systems express human values, which is
AND
, home-centred, an Ecological Ethics.   

Tournament: Clarion | Round: 3 | Opponent: WVU | Judge:
CP
Text:  We endorse bladeless turbines for personal and community use in rural areas affected by mountain top mining.

Solves 100% of the case—it does the aff but without market-based incentives
White and Williams 12  (Richard J. and Cohn C., senior lecturer of economic geography at Sheffield Hallam University; professor of public policy in the Management School at the University of Sheffield, Escaping Capitalist Hegemony: Rereading Western Economies in The Accumulation of Freedom, pg. 131-32shree)

The American anarchist Howard Ehrlich argued, "
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constituents of an enlivened noncapitalist policies of place.
Market approaches to environment greenwash the status quo of its hegemonic inequalities and frenetic consumerism—incentives fail because they merely reproduce existing power relations which sustain an inequitable geopolitical agenda and makes extinction via sacrificial politics inevitable.  
Luke 8 (Timothy W, Department of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, The Politics of True Convenience or Inconvenient Truth: Struggles Over How to Sustain Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology in the 21st Century, Environment and Planning, Vol. 40, pg 1811-1824shree)

This analysis is a brief critique of market
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is a decisive conjuncture that demands radical action.

Tournament: Clarion | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
And the only conclusive empirics go negative – their studies are flawed in ignoring wars between major and minor states which cause draw-in
Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Political Science at NYU, 12
(Nuno P. Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Political Science at NYU, 2012, “Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity is not Peaceful”, pdf)

I agree with Wohlforth on these two points
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provide no evidence that unipolarity is peaceful.48 

No hegemonic transition wars
MacDonald and Parent 11
(Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” International Security 35:4, Spring 2011, accessed 1-9-12Bosley)

Some observers might dispute our conclusions, arguing
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performance or engage in foreign policy adventurism.94

And retrenchment allows the US to better address any potential flashpoints
MacDonald and Parent 11
(Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, "The Wisdom of Retrenchment," Foreign Affairs, November/December 2011, www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136510/joseph-m-parent-and-paul-k-macdonald/the-wisdom-of-retrenchment, accessed 8-3-12Bosley)

EVEN IF a policy of retrenchment were possible
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States to restore some luster to its leadership.

And there’s no plausible scenario, so don’t spot them a Kagan-esque mythical hotspot
Goldstein, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at American, 11
(Joshua, Nonresident Sadat Senior Fellow, CIDCM at the University of Maryland and Research Scholar at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, “Think Again: War,” Foreign Policy, Sept 2011, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/15/think_again_war?page=full, accessed 5-24-12Bosley)

Nor do shifts in the global balance of
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a single shot in battle in 25 years. 

Tournament: Clarion | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Oil dependence solves war – produces interdependence
Miller, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma, 10
(Gregory D., “The Security Costs of Energy Independence,” April 2010, The Washington Quarterly 33:2, pp.107-119, http://csis.org/files/publication/twq10aprilmiller.pdf, accessed 8-23-12 Bosley)

A drop in demand for oil would lead
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conventional military force or state sponsorship of terrorism.

Oil dependence solves intervention – mutual leverage checks US aggression and ensures US influence
Miller, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma, 10
(Gregory D., “The Security Costs of Energy Independence,” April 2010, The Washington Quarterly 33:2, pp.107-119, http://csis.org/files/publication/twq10aprilmiller.pdf, accessed 8-23-12 Bosley)

One counterargument is that the United States has
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less interest in cooperating with the United States.

US independence sparks Middle East resource wars
Miller, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma, 10
(Gregory D., “The Security Costs of Energy Independence,” April 2010, The Washington Quarterly 33:2, pp.107-119, http://csis.org/files/publication/twq10aprilmiller.pdf, accessed 8-23-12 Bosley)

At the regional level, conflicts between neighboring
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exacerbated for states that lose substantial oil revenues.

Oil dependence key to hegemony – military power, credibility, dollar primacy, and containing China
Hulbert, Senior Research Fellow at the Cingendael International Energy Programme, 12
(Matthew, also writer for Forbes and Lead Analyst at the European Energy Review, "America Will Deeply Regret Its Fixation On Energy Independence" 8-19-12, www.forbes.com/sites/matthewhulbert/2012/08/19/why-america-will-deeply-regret-us-energy-independence/4/, accessed 9-18-12 Bosley)

Passive = Libya, where the U.
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an eternity regretting their global fall from grace.

Tournament: JMU | Round: 1 | Opponent: GWU | Judge: McVey
1NC
The 1AC’s comportment towards energy production is premised on the structural imposition of an epistemology of “possession”—the belief that humans have a right to possess and dispose of the land and its “resources” as they see fit.  The mode of relationality inherent within the paradigm of civil society is tantamount to ontological degradation and responsible for the genocide of indigenous populations. 

Wilderson 10 (Frank, MFA @ Columbia University in Fiction Writing, Ph.D. @ University of California, Berkeley in Rhetoric/Film Studies, Prof @ UC Irvine, Red, White, and Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms, p176-178shree)  

"Savage" sovereignty qua land is distinguished
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a struggle to re-Indigenize the land.
Genocidal assaults on indigenous populations set the foundation for serial policy failure in imperialist campaigns abroad—risks extinction.
Street 4 (Paul Street, phD in History from Binghamton, march 11, “Those Who Deny the Crimes of the Past,” http://www.zcommunications.org/those-who-deny-the-crimes-of-the-past-by-paul-street shree)

It is especially important to appreciate the significance
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civilized people than those who came to destroy.
Vote negative to reject the 1AC in favor of a historical genealogy that traces the political repugnancies of the U.S. to the Settlerist invasion of Native North America.  

Churchill 3 (Ward, Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader, p. xv-xvii) PM

The question arises of how best to approach
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that made on 9-1-1.
2NC
(1)  Energy Focus DA—reforms in domestic energy production miss the forest for the trees—the original conquest of America is the founding antagonism that undergirds all episodic violence by ontologically imposing Settlerist notions of possession.  The very idea of resource management assumes that Settlers have the right to own and mine nature—this materialistic, domineering relationship actively erases indigenous ways that are based on an unalienated stewardship that refuses to accept the uncritical use and disposal of the land and entities within it—this constitutes the auto-genocide of natives—that’s Wilderson.   Even if legalism in the abstract is justified, the cultural context of materialism that founds energy reform is not 

Nunn 97 Kenneth, Professor of law at the University of Florida, “Law as a Eurocentric Enterprise, 15 Law and Ineq. J. 323 access Lexis Nexis

Several schools of legal thought now exist 2
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in the European historical and cultural context." 16
(2)  Sequencing issue:  It’s try-or-die—historical ignorance leads to serial policy failure on a global scale—not confronting the crimes of the past emboldens and accelerates imperialist campaigns abroad that results in the re-entrenchment of structural violence and extinction—that’s Street.  The alt is the first priority and the very existence of the U.S. makes their impacts possible

Churchill 3 (Ward, ex-Prof of Ethnic Studies @ U of Colorado, Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader, p 263-5shree)

I am here, however, as may
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to every indigenous nation within its purported borders.
(3)  Legal Colonialism DA—Reformist assurances to help natives in the U.S. have just resulted in assimilation and annihilation of 90% of the indigenous population—even if their arguments sound good in theory, they just result in Washington sending hacks from the military industrial complex to dissolve native struggles in practice.

Churchill 3 (Ward, “Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader,” Questia, Page 110shree)

Although the United States did not have to
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of native people and backed by the army.
(4)  Leftist Detraction DA—focus on isolated instances of energy exploitation mystifies the foundational issues of cultural hegemony and results in more oppression.   

Nunn 97 Kenneth, Professor of law at the University of Florida, “Law as a Eurocentric Enterprise, 15 Law and Ineq. J. 323 access Lexis Nexisshree 

Moreover, there are some issues and concerns
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politics, about power and ultimately about morality.
(5)  Ethical Mediation DA—they make the question “how we can change our institutions to change ourselves” instead of “how much can we change ourselves”— that absolves responsibility and turns the case

Kappeler 95  (Susanne, Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, The Will to Violence, p. 10-11shree)

We are the war' does not mean that
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choice and therefore subject to human control. 12
(6)  “Insignificant Bureaucrat” DA—Embracing the finitude of our political engagements mirrors the responses of concentration camp guards when asked about their terrible deeds—“We don’t have the power to foundationally change, we’re only agents of the Law.”

Zupancic 2K Alenka, Institute of Philosophy at Ljubljana, Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan, March, p 96-7shree, gendered language modified

 “Another problem still remains, however
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essentially a by-product' of our actions.

(7) Gift DA – the affirmative’s gift of solar housing is demonstration of state power that cements majority control and inherent power imbalances, turning the case
Arrigo and Williams 2K
(Bruce A. – Professor of Criminology and Forensic Psychology and Director of the Institute of Psychology, Law, and Public Policy at the California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno, and Christopher R. – Assistant Professor of Criminology at the State University of West Georgia, “The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice,” August 2000,  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 16:3 p321-343, accessed 10-2-12 Bosley)

Thus, the word community has negative connotations
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fully compromise that which belongs to the self.

The gift ensures continued relationships of inequality towards the oppressed – justice cannot be “calculated” or commodified into a transaction
Arrigo and Williams 2K
(Bruce A. – Professor of Criminology and Forensic Psychology and Director of the Institute of Psychology, Law, and Public Policy at the California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno, and Christopher R. – Assistant Professor of Criminology at the State University of West Georgia, “The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice,” August 2000,  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 16:3 p321-343, accessed 10-2-12 Bosley)

This is the relationship between the gift and
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eliminates its prospects as something to be given.
Not only are they an ad-hom without warrants, they actively perpetuate a witch-hunt that purges dissent against colonialism—impacted by the 1AC
Avakian 5 (Bob, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, “The Witch Hunt Against Ward Churchill,” Revolutionary Worker #1268, February 20th, 2005shree)

This is a set-up for a
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whole fascist agenda that is on the move.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
T – Restrictions
A. Interpretation – restrictions on production must mandate a decrease in quantity produced
Anell, Former Chair of the ICC’s Commission on Trade and Investment Policy, 89
(Lars E.R. Anell, “Canada – Important Restrictions on Ice Cream and Yoghurt,” Report of the Panel adopted at the Forty-fifth Session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, 12-5-89, http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/88icecrm.pdf)

The United States argued that Canada had failed
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would be in the absence of all government measures

B. Violation – the plan changes regulations on how energy is produced, not how much is produced

C. Vote negative for limits – only our interpretation provides a brightline that prevents exploding the possible number of policies or agents involved – lack of clarity destroys education by placing an unreasonable burden on negative research and pre-tournament prep.
Doub 76
(William O. Doub, Principal in the Law Firm of Doub and Muntzing, “Energy Regulation: A Quagmire for Energy Policy,” November 1976, http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.eg.01.110176.003435,  Annual Review of Energy 1: 715-725)

FERS began with the recognition that federal energy
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example is the rule rather than the exception. 

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T – Production
A. Interpretation – energy production is the production of electricity
NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program
(“Category Scope,” http://www.sti.nasa.gov/sscg/44.html)

Energy Production – The production of electricity,
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, and heating and cooling by renewable resources.
B. Violation - the aff reduces restrictions more than just solar power
Passive Solar Design 12,
 Passive Solar Design is a sustainable builder of passive design facilities with more than 18 years of experience in the industry, “Passive Solar Design” copyrighted 2012, accessed 10-01-12

CSI NUMBERS Passive solar design includes many CSI
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effect on the energy performance of a building.

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Extra-T
A. Interpretation – financial incentives must be targeted at energy generation
O’Brien, Minister of State – Department for Energy and Climate Change in the UK Parliament, 08
(Mike, “Clause 20 — Terms and conditions,” 11-18-08, http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-11-18b.159.3, accessed 10-3-12 Bosley)

I have quite a lot still to say
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be a real feed-in tariff scheme.

B. Violation – research and development isn’t tied to energy production – the plan provides an indirect incentive to “subsequent developers” to lead to a “demonstration”
EIA, Energy Information Administration of the US DOE, 92
(“Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets,” ftp://tonto.eia.doe.gov/service/emeu9202.pdf, accessed 10-3-12 Bosley)

Research and development. The budgetary cost of
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and so could be considered an indirect subsidy.

C. Vote negative – tons of bidirectional mechanisms impact energy technology in ways that could increase or decrease production – only direct financial incentives for increased production creates fair, predictable limits
EIA, Energy Information Administration of the US DOE, 92
(“Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets,” ftp://tonto.eia.doe.gov/service/emeu9202.pdf, accessed 10-3-12 Bosley)

In some sense, most Federal policies have
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, public enterprise, or research and development.

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1NC – K – “The Maoist”
The affirmative takes the position of the Maoist – their engagement with the oppressed is a parasitic solidarity with an ideal subaltern whose Otherness is only an object of study and consumption – this naturalizes academic colonialism and furthers oppression
Chow, Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke, 93
(Rey, Writing Diaspora, Indiana University of Press, 1993, p.10-13, accessed via Google Books on 5-29-12, JDB) *Note – under erasure

The Orientalist has a special sibling whom I
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us who have had our consciousnesses “raised.”

Reject the affirmative – this oppressive solidary and failure to interrogate the oppression and privilege that undermines their critique makes exclusionary violence and the impacts of the affirmative inevitable – our first obligation as intellectuals is to struggle against becoming the objects and instruments of power
Chow, Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke, 93
(Rey, Writing Diaspora, Indiana University of Press, 1993, p.10-13, accessed via Google Books on 5-29-12, JDB)

Because "borders" have so clearly meandered
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military no less than in the academic sense?

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DA
Obama still ahead- state by state polling in swing states
Nate Silver October 11th 2012 “Oct. 10: Is Romney Leading Right Now?” http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/oct-10-is-romney-leading-right-now/

For the time being, however, Mr
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. Obama in the majority of swing states.)

Nuclear power sparks mass public backlash
CSI 12
(Civil Society Institute, “SURVEY: AMERICANS NOT WARMING UP TO NUCLEAR POWER ONE YEAR AFTER FUKUSHIMA” 3-7-12, http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/media/030712release.cfm)

WASHINGTON, D.C./March 7
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and forces the public to bear the risks."

Romney election triggers US-Russian relation crisis
LA Times July 2012 “Russian official: Romney's hard line could bring 'full-scale crisis” http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/02/news/la-pn-russian-official-romneys-hard-line-could-bring-fullscale-crisis-20120702

Mitt Romney’s comment that Russia is America’s “
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for Russia is very, very troubling indeed."

Russian relations key to avoid extinction, nuclear terrorism, proliferation, energy access, and hegemony
Allison, Graham and Robert D. Blackwill. "10 Reasons Why Russia Still Matters." Politico, October 30, 2011 (Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs) http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21469/10_reasons_why_russia_still_matters.html

That central point is that Russia matters a
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or failure, in advancing our national interests.

And Romney winning fundamentally changes the game and alters all commitments and negotiations
Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 9-12-12
(Fred, “Putin: I'm 'grateful' to Romney for proving me right about missile defense,” http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0912/Putin-I-m-grateful-to-Romney-for-proving-me-right-about-missile-defense, accessed 10-14-12 Bosley)

President Vladimir Putin has lashed back at Mitt
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fog away from our eyes," he adds.

AT Putin Will Work With Romney
Putin won’t cooperate with Romney – his remarks about liking Romney were sarcastic
Howerton 9-18-12
(Jason, “Vladimir Putin on Mitt Romney: ‘He Is an Open and Sincere Man’ Who Says What He Means,” 9-18-12, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/vladimir-putin-on-mitt-romney-he-is-an-open-and-sincere-man-who-says-what-he-means/, accessed 10-14-12 Bosley)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and GOP presidential nominee
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for his sincerity when dealing with foreign nations.
And Romney won’t cooperate with Putin – the Russian agent incident has provoked a hardline stance
Washington Examiner October 8th 2012
(“After Russian agent arrested in U.S., Romney vows no ‘flexibility’ with Putin,” 10-8-12, http://washingtonexaminer.com/after-russian-agent-arrested-in-u.s.-romney-vows-no-flexibility-with-putin/article/2510107#.UHq4p6OmXdk, accessed 10-14-12 Bosley)

Mitt Romney took a hard-line on
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of the eleven people who had comprised the conspiracy

2NC – UQ – Obama Up
Extend 1NC Silver evidence – Obama is winning now because Obama is leading in battle ground states according to the most recent state polls but his lead is narrow

Obama still ahead- Electoral count, state by state polling and Vegas betting line
Nate Silver October 11th 2012 “Oct. 10: Is Romney Leading Right Now?” http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/oct-10-is-romney-leading-right-now/

In the chart below, I’ve compared the
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the worst way to think about the election.
Prefer our state polls over their national polls
Nate Silver October 11th 2012 “Oct. 10: Is Romney Leading Right Now?” http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/oct-10-is-romney-leading-right-now/

Our research suggests, however, that when
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that’s what determines who occupies the White House.
Obama is stil up in key swing states – VA, Ohio, and Florida
All Voices October 11th 2012 “More polls show Romney gaining lead over Obama” http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13165252-more-polls-show-romney-gaining-lead-over-obama

According to Reuters/Ipsos tracking polls released
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mind after hearing the debate between both candidates.

2NC – Nuclear – Link Wall
Extend the 1NC CSI evidence – 

Advocating nuclear would be election suicide for Obama---he’s backing off it now
Levine 9/7 Gregg is a contributing editor and former managing editor of Firedoglake. “Obama Drops Nuclear from Energy Segment of Convention Speech,” 2012, http://capitoilette.com/2012/09/07/obama-drops-nuclear-from-energy-segment-of-convention-speech/
That Duke’s CEO thought to highlight efficiency is
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the future, nuclear power is political deadweight.

Nobody wants to pay for new reactors-multiple polls across several years proves
Michael Mariotte June 2012 (Executive Director and the chief spokesperson for NIRS) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/05/1097574/-Nuclear-Power-and-Public-Opinion-What-the-polls-say

Conclusion 1: The public does NOT want
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“strongly” holding that opinion both years.

Public opposition to building new plants
LA Times April  2012  http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/26/local/la-me-enviro-poll-20120426 “Public split over elimination of U.S. energy subsidies, poll finds” 

The American public is divided about whether to
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to 42% from 61% in 2008.

Independents hate plan
Shahan 12. Zach, Site Director and Publishing Services Manager at Important Media, “76% of Americans Want Clean Energy Instead of Nuclear, Natural Gas, and Coal” Clean Technica -- May 15 -- http://nuclear-news.info/2012/06/04/usa-public-opinion-wants-clean-energy-connects-nuclear-with-corrupt-politics/

The ORC International survey, conducted for the
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driven politics to realize a renewable energy future.

They’re key
Woodruff 12. Judy, Journalist, “Woodruff: Will Independents Return to Obama in 2012?” PBS -- February 29 -- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/02/woodruff-will-independents-return-to-obama-2012.html

There's a lot of talk thrown around in
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we plan to watch throughout this exciting election.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge: 

GE Hitachi will fail – the tech isn’t finished and similar projects have gone belly-up
Connor, The Independent Science Editor, 12
(Steve, “'Untested' nuclear reactors may be used to burn up plutonium waste,” 8-20-12, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/untested-nuclear-reactors-may-be-used-to-burn-up-plutonium-waste-8061660.html, accessed 10-11-12 Bosley)

Critics say that fast reactors are still at
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and between six and 10 times over budget.

PRISM’s fail and cause proliferaiton
Wauchope, Independent Australia, 12
(Noel, “In dispraise of Integral Fast Nuclear Reactors,” 7-5-12, http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/environment/in-dispraise-of-integral-fast-nuclear-reactors/, accessed 10-11-12 Bosley)

For instance, they ignore the fact that
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were supposed to be cooperating with the USA.
IRFs fail – too costly, slow, empirically fail, and aren’t commercial
Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, 12
(Arjun, “Counterpoint: Slow or Fast, Nuclear Fission is Not the Answer,” no date provided on the page but it was written in response to an article published 7-30-12, http://e360.yale.edu/counterpoint_say_no_to_fast_breed_nuclear_reactors.msp, accessed 9-18-12 Bosley)

Despite numerous government inducements, there is no
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center for reactor development in the United States.

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Warming Answers
No warming impact
- Recent cooling disproves climate models
- CO2 is not a pollutant – agriculture and wildlife trends prove
- Evidence is biased – scientists seeking funding
- Dissent is being quelled by warming theorists – crushes scientific inquiry
Allegre et al. 12
(Claude Allegre, former director of the Institute for the Study of the Earth, University of Paris; J. Scott Armstrong, cofounder of the Journal of Forecasting and the International Journal of Forecasting; Jan Breslow, head of the Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, Rockefeller University; Roger Cohen, fellow, American Physical Society; Edward David, member, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences; William Happer, professor of physics, Princeton; Michael Kelly, professor of technology, University of Cambridge, U.K.; William Kininmonth, former head of climate research at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Richard Lindzen, professor of atmospheric sciences, MIT; James McGrath, professor of chemistry, Virginia Technical University; Rodney Nichols, former president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences; Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer, designer of Voyager and SpaceShipOne; Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and former U.S. senator; Nir Shaviv, professor of astrophysics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Henk Tennekes, former director, Royal Dutch Meteorological Service; Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists, Geneva, "No Need to Panic About Global Warming" 1-26-12, online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html, accessed 5-24-12Bosley)

There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action
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their dogma and the privileges it brought them.

CO2 inevitable and predictions fail
Ayers, Professor of Environmental Science at Vanderbuilt, 11
(John C., The Sustainability Revolution: A scientific analysis of beneficial changes for societies, communities, and individuals, Ch6 “Global Climate Change,” 5-31-11, http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Sustainability/book/S1C6.pdf, accessed 5-15-12Bosley) *Note – Tables and Figures Omitted

We have reviewed what we know about GCC
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attempt to give some measure of associated uncertainties.
Nitrogen emissions from fossil fuel use are key to ocean biodiversity and cancelling out warming
Texas AandM 08
(Oceanography Department News, References Dr. Robert Duce and Dr. Keith Randall, “Atmosphere Threatened By Ocean Pollutants,” 5-15-10,  http://ocean.tamu.edu/news/28-oceanography/315-atmosphere-threatened-by-ocean-pollutants-, accessed 6-19-12 Bosley)

A large quantity of nitrogen compounds -- emitted
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warming potential, according to the team's paper.

No impact – warming can’t cause acidification
Chagnon, OneNewsNow staff writer, 9
(Pete, “Reports of ocean acidity discredited,” 6-12-09, http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=563772, accessed 5-12-12Bosley)

A noted skeptic of "climate change"
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Monckton calls the alarmists' claims "extravagantly baseless."

This is terminal defense – extinction claims are only true when assuming flawed values for positive feedbacks of water vapor, CO2, and clouds – stronger evidence indicates these are all negative feedbacks which prevent warming
Lendzen, Professor of Meterology at MIT, 10
(Richard, “Global Warming: The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientific Consensus,” Problems of Sustainable Development 5:2 13-28, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1638860, accessed 5-3-12Bosley)

It is still of interest to ask what
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minor greenhouse gases were added to the atmosphere.
Prefer our evidence – alarmist predictions have been empirically denied and are from agencies justifying their own funding
Strossel, Award-winning Fox News journalist, 07
(John, former ABC correspondent, “The Global Warming Myth?” 4-20-07, http://abcnews.go.com/2020/print?id=3061015, accessed 5-3-12Bosley)

Dr. John Christy, professor of Atmospheric
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wouldn't be as much money to study it." 

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No water wars – empirics disprove and there is no statistical data to support their causal claims
Katz, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Haifa, 11
(David, “Hydro-Political Hyperbole: Examining Incentives for Overemphasizing the Risks of Water Wars,” Global Environmental Politics 11:1, February 2011, Muse, accessed 6-14-12 Bosley)

A number critiques have been leveled against both
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expert opinion downplaying the risks of water wars.

Global desalination is expanding now – rising demand, tech breakthroughs, and investment
Kennedy, OilPrice News, 12
(Charles, “Breakthroughs Make Desalination Equipment Investor's Pick,” 8-27-12, oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Breakthroughs-Make-Desalination-Equipment-Investors-Pick.html, accessed 10-9-12 Bosley)

Analysts are predicting that orders for desalination equipment
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eight operational plants and more on the way.

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Economic growth is unsustainable – resource shortages and structural flaws guarantee system failure – collapse forces a transition to sustainable local economies and ends environmental destruction
Korowicz, Physicist and Human Systems Ecologist, 11
(David, also Director of The Risk/Resilience Network in Ireland and Board Member of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, “In the world, at the limits to growth,” 5-14-11, http://www.feasta.org/2011/05/14/in-the-world-at-the-limits-to-growth/, accessed 6-17-12 Bosley)

Yet our feet of clay are that our
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, and a rich texture of experience found.
 
That’s key to solve extinction – the sooner the better
Barry, PhD in Land Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 08
(Glen, also with a Masters of Science in "Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development" also from Madison, and a Bachelor of Arts in "Political Science" from Marquette University, “Economic Collapse and Global Ecology,” http://www.countercurrents.org/barry140108.htm, accessed 12-14-11Bosley)

Humanity and the Earth are faced with an
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can be a final, fatal death swoon. 

Independently decline is key to solving extinction level-warming
Li, Assistant Professor of Economics at Utah, 11
(Minqi, “The 21st Century Crisis: Climate Catastrophe or Socialism,” Review of Radical Political Economics 43:3, 8-23-11, p.289-301, accessed 12-14-11Bosley)

The global average surface temperature is now about
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and society-wide planning (section 6).
 
Economic decline doesn’t cause war – growth does
Deudney, Hewlett Fellow at Princeton, 1991
(Daniel, Hewlett Fellow in Science, Technology, and Society at the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, “Environment and Security: Muddled Thinking,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 47:3, Proquest, accessed 12-14-11Bosley)

In a second scenario, declining living standards
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specialized industrial products.and surplus wealth.  

 
And the most recent financial crisis disproves their war scenario
Barnett 2009
(Thomas P.M., Senior Managing Director of Enterra Solutions LLC, “The New Rules: Security Remains Stable Amid Financial Crisis,” World Politics Review, 8/25/09, http://www.aprodex.com/the-new-rules~-~-security-remains-stable-amid-financial-crisis-398-bl.aspx)

When the global financial crisis struck roughly a
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likely to breed connecting evangelicalism as disconnecting fundamentalism. 

Empirics go neg – 93 cases disprove economic conflict theory
Miller, Economist and Adjunct Professor at Ottawa, 2K
(Morris Miller, economist, adjunct professor in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Administration, consultant on international development issues, former Executive Director and Senior Economist at the World Bank, Winter 2000, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol. 25, Iss. 4, “Poverty as a cause of wars?”)

The question may be reformulated. Do wars
AND
using one form of violence to abort another).

Diversionary theory is wrong – global economic decline fosters international cooperation, not conflict.
Fravel, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT, 10
(M. Taylor, “The Limits of Diversion: Rethinking Internal and External Conflict,” Security Studies 19:2 (2010) 10-26-10, accessed via http://www.google.com/url?sa=tandrct=jandq=andesrc=sandsource=webandcd=2andved=0CE0QFjABandurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.mit.edu%2Fopenaccess-disseminate%2F1721.1%2F59524andei=d1IHULWOCefY0QHW3LH7Awandusg=AFQjCNFwvdHmZ2CWZHLanK14lgL3XHWuxwandsig2=jNHrCbdxtxjn83OzOWiJ8w, accessed 7-18-12 Bosley)

The diversionary hypothesis offers one of the most
AND
Asian States and the Gulf Cooperation Council.131

Trade doesn’t solve war -- they conflate correlation and causation
van de Haar,  Lecturer in IR at Ateneo de Manila University, 10
(Edwin, PhD in Political Science, “The Liberal Divide over Trade, Peace, and War,” June 2010, International Relations 24(2), accessed 9-11-12 Bosley)

A second point for further elaboration is that
AND
combined research into risk factors and context.143 

Economic growth is the root cause of biodiversity loss
Rosales, Professor of Environmental Studies at St. Lawrence, 2006
(Jon, “Economic Growth and Biodiversity in an Age of Tradable Permits,” Journal of Conversation Biology 20:4,  http://www.steadystate.org/Rosales_on_EG_and_Tradeable_Permits.pdf) 

The main cause of environmental decline is economic
AND
. . as if the topic were taboo.”

Growth is unsustainable and we’ve already passed the “overshoot” point
Trainer, Professor of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, 12
(Ted, aka the guy who made de-dev popular, “De-growth: Do you realise what it means?” Futures 44:6, August 2012, accessed 6-15-12 Bosley)

2. Sustainability: an outline of the
AND
let alone those of its commitment to growth.

Tech can’t solve – the problems are way beyond fixing by technological advances – means its try or die for the negative
Trainer, Senior Lecturer of Social Work at the University of New South Wales, 2010
 (Ted, “The Problems of Climate Change Cannot Be Solved By Consumer Societies”, June http://journalofcosmology.com/ClimateChange106.html), 

One of the fundamental contributing factors to the
AND
waste products threatens the very foundations of civilization. 

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The plan fails – it references and assumes the Rental Policy Working Group which includes actions the affirmative doesn’t take
RPWG 12/31/11,
Rental Policy Working Group an interagency group led by the White House Domestic Policy Council and composed of representatives from HUD, USDA, and Treasury. Its mission is to coordinate and harmonize a number of federal policies affecting federally-assisted rental housing—with the aim of reducing compliance burdens for properties participating in multiple programs and subject to multiple sets of regulatory requirements promulgated by different agencies. “Federal Rental Alignmnet Administrative Proposals” http://www.huduser.org/portal/aff_rental_hsg/RPWG_Conceptual_Proposals_Fall_2011.pdf

Proposed Alignment A five-part framework is
AND
Performance Contracting (EPC) in public housing.

Lack of production materials gut solvency of solar
Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery, September 15, 2011, Patrick Moriarty is in the Department of Design, Monash University, and Damon Honnery is in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Monash University, What is the global potential for renewable energy?, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Volume 16 http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1364032111003984/1-s2.0-S1364032111003984-main.pdf?_tid=991a2d30-efc6-11e1-be8b-00000aacb362andacdnat=1346017384_db3b0ba9f3724eeb9ff8bae72676c7ad

A final factor to consider is the availability
AND
orders of magnitude increases needed for these technologies.

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“Holocaust” K 1NC
Their use of the term “Holocaust” in their Dillon evidence is racist and turns case.

Agamben 99 (Giorgio, professor of philosophy at the university of Verona, Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive, pg. 28-31shree)

1.10 The history of an … make use of this term.
You make a mockery of the experience of the gas chambers by using the term “Holocaust,” which presupposes a notion of sacrifice that is natural, intentional, and necessary.  There is no real reason why they had to use a generic Dillon impact card that reduces the particularities and realities of dehumanization to a nonsensical phrase like “the zero point of the Holocaust.”  We can agree with their advocacy without analogizing the particular oppression of people in West Virginia to the “Holocaust”

Lang 90 (Berel, professor of philosophy at the state university of new york at Albany, Act and Idea in the Nazi Genocide, pg. xx-xxii, modified for gender language in  shree)

The reader of this Introduction … condition of its own possibility.

 
“Holocaust” K 2NC
The K comes first—words shape and determine reality and political gestures

Lakoff 6 (George P. Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist and professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1972. He is most famous for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior and society.. In recent years he has applied his work to the realm of politics. He was the founder of the think tank the Rockridge InstituteMonday, July 10, 2006 by Palo Jono .Quoting Lakoff- Freelance design strategist most recently at Jump Associates in California. Lakoff on framing – excerptsthanks, wake!)

 I'm interested in design. … not happen overnight. Start now.     p.23-26
(2)  Too little too late—the utterance of the 1AC provided the conditions for racism and dehumanization—the damage is already done

Zizek ‘6 (Slavoj, Dimmed Tide is Loosed, The Symptom Volume 7, spring, http://www.lacan.com/zizantinomies.htm)

What exploded in violence was a … the thing, destroying its organic

Tournament: Wake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Trinity MR | Judge:
Heideggerian Destruction K
First, the affirmative approach to the resolution mimics a deconstructive gesture. They claim to affirm the play of language and liberate us from the stranglehold of literal interpretations. Instead of liberating, the affirmative levels all difference in a violent textual reading. They rob the resolution and critique of any material praxis or historical meaning.   
Spanos 1993 (William V., Heidegger and Criticism, p. 121-123) PM
… practice is willing to dance.
The alternative is Heideggerian destruction. Heideggerian destruction retrieves the question of temporality and better attends to the present. Our destructive approach does not textualize or depoliticize difference but attends to difference as one site along a continuum of being. For example, you could agree with the criticism of the 1ac but attend to the specific material and sociopolitical limits of today.
Spanos 1993 (William V., Heidegger and Criticism, p. 82-84) PM

In what follows, I intend to … encom¬passing the totality of being. 

2NC

By claiming the libratory potential of difference, they actually de-politicize and violently level  difference.  
Shome 2003 (Raka, “Space Matters: The … of space,” Communication Theory Feb. p. 42)

As scholars such as Dhareswar (1992), … seen as a marker of oppositionality.  
Perm: These two approaches are incommensurable. Destruction takes the temporality of being first whereas the affirmatives deconstructive the temporality of being. The aff and the perm still destroy the history and materiality of difference.
Spanos 1993 (William V., Heidegger and Criticism, p. 90-91) PM
… the worldli¬ness of the text.

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Case
The alternative’s immediate rejection causes us into spiral into collapse and death, turning the criticism.
Deleuze and Guattari 87
(Gilles Deleuze, Professor of … changing in form, crossing thresholds).

Theory alone hits a wall, only through incorporating political discourse can we apply and develop new modes of thought
Deleuze and Foucault 72
Gilles and Michel, “Intellectuals and Power: A Conversation Between Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze” http://libcom.org/library/intellectuals-power-a-conversation-between-michel-foucault-and-gilles-deleuze) JB

GILLES DELEUZE: Possibly we're in … way on their own behalf.

Deleuze’s alt is epistemologically bankrupt and ensures the continuation of material violence – also the non-existence of a “Self” is empirically untrue.
Strathausen 10 (Carsten Strathausen is Associate Professor of German and English at the University of Missouri. His first book was The Look of Things: Poetry and Vision around 1900 (University of North Carolina Press, 2003). Carsten is the editor of A Leftist Ontology (University of Minnesota Press, 2009), and the translator of Boris Groys' Under Suspicion: A Phenomenology of the Media (forthcoming 2011, Columbia University Press). He has also published numerous essays on culture, philosophy, and intellectual history and is currently completing a book project on The Aesthetics of New Media, “Epistemological Reflections on Minor Points in Deleuze”, Theory and Event Volume 13, Issue 4)

The same is true of … he does not answer them.

Tournament: UTD | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Debt ceiling compromise coming now but it could get de-railed – the impact is economic collapse
Klein, Washington Post, January 2nd
(Ezra, “The lessons of the fiscal cliff,” 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/02/the-lessons-of-the-fiscal-cliff/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein, accessed 1-5-13 Bosley)

There is a narrative in American … debt ceiling, unleashing economic havoc.

Debt ceiling is top of the docket and capital is key – no other distractions
Feehery, President of Communications and Director of Government Affairs for for Quinn Gillespie and Associates, January 2nd
(John, “The Clock,” http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2013/01/02/the-clock/, accessed 1-5-13 Bosley)

The small tax agreement passed … -wing agenda through the Congress.
investors about the ability of the country to pay its obligations.
Nuclear power sparks Congressional opposition
Adams, Founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., 12
(Rod, also Former Submarine Engineer Officer, “The Atomic Show #185 – Is Thorium Superior to Uranium?”, 7-24-12, http://atomicinsights.com/2012/07/the-atomic-show-185-is-thorium-superior-to-uranium.html, accessed 12-28-12 Bosley)

We talked quite a bit about … on a remotely level playing field.
Economic decline causes war – multiple causal chains
Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 10
(Jedediah, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p.213-215) JDB

Less intuitive is how periods … considered ancillary to those views.

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A. Interpretation and violation – financial incentives excludes guaranteed purchases
Czinkota et al, Professor of Business at Georgetown, 09
Michael, Ilkka A. Ronkainen, Georgetown University McDonough school of business professor, and Michael H. Moffett, Thunderbird school of global management continental grain professorship, “Fundamentals of International Business,” p.69, accessed via Google Books on 10-4-12 Bosley)

Incentives offered by policymakers to … and investments in infrastructure facilities.

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Text: The 50 state governments, the District of Colombia, and all relevant territories of the United States should substantially increase the availability of funding for power purchasing agreements for nuclear reactors under 300MW by raising the personal income tax by 1 percent on people with incomes over $500,000. The fifty United States state governments and relevant United States territories should permit the collection of interest costs and return on equity during construction of nuclear power plants by establishing a Construction Work in Progress mechanism that uses state funds to offset the costs.
States incentives solve nuclear development
Buurma, Dow Jones Newswires, 07
(Christine, “States Maneuver to Lure New Nuclear Power Plants,” 5-18-07, http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=19778941, accessed 11-3-12 Bosley)

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- … regulators are considering a similar move. 

The tax plank overcomes funding barriers and doesn’t tank the economy
McNichol, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 09
(Elizabeth, Andrew Nicholas and Jon Shure, 11-11-09, “Raising State Income Taxes on High-Income Taxpayers,” http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=2792, accessed 11-3-12 Bosley)

As states face increasingly difficult … a small fraction of a state’s households.*

CWIPS are the most effective way to spur nuclear development- provides lowest costs financing and reduces consumer costs
NEI, Nuclear Energy Institute, 11
(“Construction Work in Progress: An Effective Financial Tool to Lower the Cost of Electricity,” August 2011, www.nei.org/filefolder/CWIP.pdf, accessed 11-3-12 Bosley

New nuclear power plants are … over the life of a project.

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SMR solvency takes decades
- Would require re-orienting the entire manufacturing industry
- Construction bottlenecks from concrete containment
- Limited by non-standard materials
Ryan, Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Solar Energy Systems, 11
(Dylan, “Part 10 – Small modular reactors and mass production options,” 2011,  http://daryanenergyblog.wordpress.com/ca/part-10-smallreactors-mass-prod/, accessed 11-8-12 Bosley)

So there are a host of … ) and probably more expensive too.

Huge barriers before SMR commercial development
Lovering et al. 12
(Jessica Lovering – Breakthrough Institute Energy and Climate Program policy analyst, Ted Nordhaus, Ted Nordhaus – Chairman of the Breakthrough Institute, Michael Shellenbergerare – President of the Breakthrough Institute, “Out of the Nuclear Closet,” http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/07/out_of_the_nuclear_closet?page=full, accessed 9-26-12 Bosley)

To move the needle on … around the world as well. 

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SMRs will be developed slowly in the status quo – the plan speeds up the process which causes Fukushima-style accidents
Wang, Renewable Energy and Green Tech Journalist for Forbes, 12
(Ucilia, “Feds To Finance Small Nuclear Reactor Designs,” 1-20-12, http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/01/20/feds-to-finance-small-nuclear-reactor-designs/print/, accessed 10-9-12 Bosley)
The U.S. Department of Energy on … of the country’s energy mix.

--Rushing SMR tech causes global diffusion of dangerous, accident-prone reactors – turns the whole case
Schmid and Carper 11
(Sonja Schmid – assistant professor in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, and Ross Carper, a writer based in Washington state, is the founding editor of the creative nonfiction project BeyondtheBracelet.com, Summer 2011, “The Little Reactor that Could?,” Issues in Science and Technology, http://www.issues.org/27.4/carper.html, accessed 10-9-12 Bosley)

Our foray into the light-… not easy ones to answer.”

SMR deployment causes massive IAEA overstretch that turns prolif and meltdowns
Lyman, Senior Scientist of the Global Security Program, 11
(Edwin, PhD and member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, “An Examination of the Safety and Economics of Light Water Small Modular Reactors,” 7-14-11, Testimony Before the Energ and Water Development Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the US Senate, accessed 11-21-12 Bosley)

The distributed deployment of small … any relief in this regard.

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Nuclear stockpile will inevitably be stable—future research creates security dilemma and miscalculation—net worse for stability
Elkind, Research Intern for the Project on Nuclear Issues, 12
(David, “American Nuclear Primacy: the End of MAD or a New START?” 5-22-12, http://csis.org/blog/american-nuclear-primacy-end-mad-or-new-start, accessed 1-5-12 Bosley)

These results show that the … that this is the case.

Tournament: UGA | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Unique internal link—Obama’s political capital will get a deal on immigration now but it will be tough
Weigant, Huffington Post, 1-24-13
(Chris, “Handicapping Obama's Second Term Agenda,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/obama-second-term_b_2537802.html, accessed 1-27-13 Bosley)

The ceremonies are all over …ll just have to wait and see.

Everyone hates drilling
- Alienates Democrats
- Doesn’t function as a concession for Republicans
Hobson, EandE Reporter, 12
(Margaret, “OFFSHORE DRILLING: Obama's development plans gain little political traction in years since Gulf spill,” 4-18-12, http://www.eenews.net/public/energywire/2012/04/18/1, accessed 12-30-12 Bosley) 

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Obama's development … shores and parts of the East Coast.
CIR key to the economy
Reuters 1-29
(Edward Krudy, Reuters, “Analysis: Immigration reform could boost U.S. economic growth,” Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:14am EST, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/29/us-usa-economyimmigration-idUSBRE90S06R20130129, EGM)

(Reuters) - The sluggish U.S. economy … seem to work for anyone," Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold said.

Economic decline causes war
Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010
(Jedediah, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p.213-215 Bosley)

Less intuitive is how periods of … should be considered ancillary to those views.

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Interpretation and violation – “the United States” is defined as the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto, Guam, and the Virgin Islands and excludes US naval ships
US Department of State 12
(“ACQUISITION AND RETENTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY,” 6-29-12, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86755.pdf, accessed 9-26-12 Bosley)

7 FAM 1112 WHAT IS BIRTH … (Lam Mow v. Nagle, 24 F.2d 316 (9th Cir., 1928)).

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DOD fails—exacerbates market barriers—first mover hypothesis is flawed
Marqusee, Executive Director of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) at the Department of Defense, 12
(Jefrey, “MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION,” in Energy Innovation at the Department of Defense: Assessing the Opportunities, March 2012, accessed 1-9-13Bosley)

Decisions on implementing these … (security and information assurance issues) that create other barriers. 

DOD implementation fails – ERP modernization failures overwhelm the plan
Carper, Senator, 12
(Thomas R. D-DE, “Department of Defense Inspector General Details Problem with New Billion Dollar Accounting Systems;  Schedule Slippages and Cost-Overruns Continue;  Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) News Release,” 7-14-12, http://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=d6db0943-d0c9-4f9e-bbbf-eda2e6dcb4d9, accessed 11-8-12 Bosley)

WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. … and abuse, among other needs.

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States can coop with the military on energy
Lederer, co-founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national community of business leaders who promote sound environmental policy that builds economic prosperity, 10-16-12
(Nicole, “California and the U.S. Military: A Powerful Partnership for Clean Energy,” 10-16-12, http://theenergycollective.com/nicole-lederer/130861/california-and-us-military-powerful-partnership-clean-energy?utm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=emailandutm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29, accessed 11-3-12 Bosley)

Recently, California took a … and a strong partner to our troops.

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Courts can invalidate restrictions on energy production
Simon, Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, 07
(Christopher A., also Director of Masters of Public Administration program, “Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility,” p196-198, accessed via Google Books 1-27-13 Bosley)

The institutional power …l interpretation and national policy priorities.
It’s competitive – doesn’t reduce restrictions, just rules them unenforceable
Treanor and Sperling 93
(William Michael Trainor – Associate Professor of Law at Fordham, and Gene B. Sperling - Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, “PROSPECTIVE OVERRULING AND THE REVIVAL OF "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" STATUTES,” Columbia Law Review 93:8, December 1993, accessed 1-27-13 Bosley)

Unlike the Supreme Court, several .. there was a holding that a statute

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
European dependence is key Russian export revenue and moderate’s their foreign policy
Katz, Professor of Political Science at GMU, 12
(Mark N., “Russian-European Energy Relations: What Is the Problem?” 5-4-12, http://www.fairobserver.com/article/russian-european-energy-relations-what-problem, accessed 10-4-12 Bosley)

With regard to natural gas, … the American-backed alternative.
Plan destroys the Russian economy
Solomon, Executive Director of Energy Probe, 9-8-12
(Lawrence, executive director of the non-governmental policy organization Energy Probe, “Israel and Russia join forces over gas,” National Post, Canada, Lexis)

After the collapse of the …competing natural gas pipeline to Europe.
Russian economic collapse causes nuclear war
Filger, Huffington Post staff writer and author, 09
(Sheldon, “Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction” 3-10-09, http://www.globaleconomiccrisis.com/blog/archives/356, accessed 7-5-12 Bosley)

In Russia historically, economic … Economic Crisis is its least dangerous consequence.

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US-China relations are resilient despite multiple alternate strains and underlying distrust
Liberthal, Director of the John L. Thorton China Center at Brookings, 12
(Kenneth, “U.S., China must overcome mutual distrust,” http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/10/opinion/lieberthal-china-us-relations/, 4-10-12, accessed 6-19-12 Bosley)

The United States and China …mutual trust to date are not working.

No US-China war – economic interdependence checks
Doctoroff, JWT North Asia Area Director, 10
(Tom, MBA from the University of Chicago, “Standing Up to China, the Obama Way”, 11-28-10, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-doctoroff/standing-up-to-china-the_b_788704.html, accessed 5-24-12Bosley)

Third, and fortunately, … global forces of progress. 

No Arctic conflict – economic ties and cooperation check
Orttung 11 – assistant director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at The George Washington
University’s Elliott School of International Affairs
(Robert, also a visiting fellow at the Center for Security Studies of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, “Conflict over Arctic Energy: States, Corporations, Politics,” Russian Analytical Digest No. 100, 7-26-11, http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/pdfs/RAD-100-7-10.pdf, accessed 3-22-12Bosley)

The extent of the …though some charge that they do not do enough to protect the Arctic environment (Casper, 2009).

Zero risk of US-Russia war
Hoffman, Contributing Editor to Washington Post and Foreign Policy, 12
(David E., “Foreign Policy: On nukes, Obama's a big spender,” 10-28-12, http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/foreign-policy-on-nukes-obamas-a-big-spender_2012-10-28.html?pageType=mobileandid=5, accessed 2-1-13 Bosley)

Despite tensions that … world in a way the Soviet Union never was.

Multiple barriers prevent chemical terrorism – empirics prove
Stewart, Stratfor Global Intelligence, 12
(Scott, “The Specter of Syrian Chemical Weapons,” 8-2-12, http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/specter-syrian-chemical-weapons, accessed 11-21-12 Bosley)

The fear is that the jihadists … by the attack, some severely.

Resiliency checks biodiversity loss
Kareiva et al, Chief Scientist and Vice President, The Nature Conservancy, 12
(Peter, Michelle Marvier – professor and department chair of Environment Studies and Sciences at Santa Clara University, and Robert Lalasz – director of science communications for The Nature Conservancy, Winter, “Conservation in the Anthropocene,” Winter 2012,  http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-2/conservation-in-the-anthropocene/, accessed 2-1-13 Bosley)

As conservation became … and arguably even longer.

Alt cause to chemical – laundry list
Swift, American Chemistry Council chief economist and managing director, 12
(Thomas, “What Will 2012 Bring?" 1-13-12, www.chemicalprocessing.com/articles/2012/what-will-2012-bring/?show=all)

A two-speed manufacturing sector, …recovery until later this decade.
No impact – outsourcing
Shotter, Financial Times, 12
(James, “Chemical industry warns of green threat," Financial Times, 6-24-12, www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2139861c-baec-11e1-81e0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz277hhJ3Ln)

 “We are a commoditised industry … taxes were only one factor in rising energy prices.

No blackouts—the grid is safe
Koerth-Baker, NYT Magazine, 12
(Maggie, Boingboing, “Blackout: What's wrong with the American grid,” 8-3-12, http://boingboing.net/2012/08/03/blackout-whats-wrong-with-t.html, accessed 1-5-13 Bosley)

But this is about more than … we have reserve power for emergencies.”

No meltdowns impact
Adams, Former Submarine Engineering Officer, 12
(Rod, also Founder of Adams Atomic Engines Inc., "Has Apocalyptic Portrayal of Climate Change Risk Backfired?", 5-2-12, http://atomicinsights.com/2012/05/has-apocalyptic-portrayal-of-climate-change-risk-backfired.html?utm_source=feedburner%26utm_medium=feed%26utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AtomicInsights+%28Atomic+Insights%29-http://atomicinsights.com/2012/05/has-apocalyptic-portrayal-of-climate-change-risk-backfired.html?utm_source=feedburner%26utm_medium=feed%26utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AtomicInsights+%28Atomic+Insights%29, accessed 10-9-12 Bosley)

Not only was the discussion enlightening … who market fear and trembling.

No South China Sea conflict — tensions cause conflict management
Gupta, Associate Fellow at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, 10-23-11
(Rukmani Gupta, “South China Sea Conflict? No Way,” The Diplomat, the-diplomat.com/2011/10/23/south-china-sea-conflict-no-way/, accessed 1-7-12Bosley)

These suggestions to recalibrate Indian … seems somewhat exaggerated.

No Chinese aggression – domestic and international barriers
Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Adviser, 12
(Henry A. Kissinger, overall political legend and badass and historical advocate of U.S.-China Relations, “The Future of U.S.-Chinese Relations,” Mar/Apr2012, Foreign Affairs 91:2, accessed 9-12-12 Bosley)

China's recent military buildup is not in … perhaps unfulfillable, expectations may arise.