Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: UGA SW | Judge:
Renewables competitive with fossil fuels – investment
Bapna, President, WRI Insights, 12
(Manish, Acting President of World Resource Institute Insights, an environmental think tank, former executive director of the nonprofit Bank Information Center, previously senior economist and task team leader at the World Bank, graduate degrees in business and international development from Harvard, “2012: A Breakthrough For Renewable Energy?” 2-9-12, http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/02/2012-breakthrough-renewable-energy, accessed 7-31-12, ara)

Despite conventional wisdom....prices around the world. 

Nuclear power and renewables incompatible – 5 reasons
Verbruggen, Energy and Environmental Economics professor, University of Antwerp, 8
(Aviel, Energy and Environmental Economist Professor at the University of Antwerp, “Renewable and nuclear power: A common future?” 7-29-08, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421508003030, accessed 7-29-12, ara)

For realizing a low carbon....efficiency and renewable power technologies

Cyber-attack is coming on power grids – collapses US and turns all their impacts
Waterman, UPI Homeland and National Security Director, 3
(Shaun, "Terror Attack On Grid Would Collapse U.S.," Sept. 4, 2003, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4622.htm, d/a 8-3-12, ZML)

Government scientific advisers....investments in maintenance and spare parts."

Renewable energy solves terrorism impact – decentralizes infrastructure and decreases terrorist funding
Valentine, Associate Director, MPP/IP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, 11
(Scott Victor, Associate Professor, Associate Director of the International Master of Public Policy program at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, “Emerging symbiosis: Renewable energy and energy security,” December 2011, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032111003406, accessed 7-31-12, ara)

Renewable energy enhances....industry [55], [56], [57] and [58].

Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: Georgia | Judge:
The affirmative's attempt to avoid ecological catastrophe is simply a move to cover for  the corporations that will take advantage of their incentives – it inevitably sustains capitalism
Slavoj Zizek, senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 2007
(“Censorship Today: Violence, or Ecology as a New Opium for the Masses”
http://www.lacan.com/zizecology1.htm, accessed 6-30-10) RKB

What one should add....consequence of triggering a catastrophe.

We have an obligation to reject capitalism – it legitimizes mass exclusion
Slavoj Zizek, senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana and Glyn Daly, Senior Lecturer in Politics at University College, Northampton, 2004
(Conversations with Zizek, p. 14-16) RKB

For Zizek it is imperative....in an otherwise sound matrix. 

The alternative is to reject the affirmative  – your rejection spills over and can affect the larger spread of capitalism
James Herod, activist and organic intellectual, 2004
(James, "Getting Free," Fourth Edition, January,
http://site.www.umb.edu/faculty/salzman_g/Strate/GetFre/05.htm) hw

It is time to try to describe....possibly even to extinction.

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A. Interpretation – Nuclear energy must use Uranium
Ecolife.com, 11
(“Definition of Nuclear Power”, http://www.ecolife.com/define/nuclear-power.html, soap)

What Is Nuclear Power?...to produce electricity.

B. Violation – The aff uses Thorium – Uranium and Thorium are distinct
Emeritus, Professor San Diego State University, 12
(Walter Sorochan, “Thorium - the alternative to nuclear uranium energy”, April 22,  http://www.freegrab.net/thorium%20vs%20uranium.htm, soap)

Thorium is much different than uranium ...fuel in a closed cycle.

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Prices will stay high – Iran, Syria, and decreased supply
Sheppard, Daily Star Staff Writer, 9-1-12
(David, “Oil prices rise above $113 per barrel,”http:www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2012/Sep-01/186321-oil-prices-rise-above-$113-per-barrel.ashx#axzz25d70Eznv, accessed 9-4-12, ads)

Crude prices were further boosted...a broker at Jefferies Bache.

Nuclear power reduces oil dependence – displaces oil power generation, powers maritime and ground transportation, and causes hydrogen transition
American Nuclear Society, 12
(“Top 10 Myths about Nuclear Energy,” http://www.new.ans.org/pi/resources/myths/, accessed 9-15-12, ads)

Myth # 10: Nuclear energy can't...and synthetic liquid fuels. 

Oil price decrease collapses the Russian economy
Harding, The Guardian Lead Correspondent, 08
(Luke, November 20, “Russia close to economic collapse as oil price falls, experts predict,” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/oil-russia-economy-putin-medvedev, accessed 8-31-12, ads)

The collapse in the value...Moscow brokerage Uralsib. 

Econ collapse kills military security and causes accidental launch
Oliker, RAND Associate Political Scientist, and Charlick-Paley, RAND Associate Social Scientist, 02
(Olga, Tanya, RAND, nonprofit global policy think tank, “Assessing Russia's Decline,” www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1442/, d/a 8-27-12, ads)

What challenges does today’s...or a nuclear/industrial catastrophe.

Accidental nuclear launch causes global nuclear war
Pikaev et al, Non-proliferation and Arms Reduction Center head, 2001
Alexander Alexeevich, RAS IMEMO PMFC Non-Proliferation and Arms Reduction Center head, Assistant State Duma Deputy, "De-alerting Russian and US nuclear weapons: A path to reducing nuclear dangers," http://www.ieer.org/russian/pubs/dlrtbk-e.html, mss

The capability of delivering...massive nuclear strikes.

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Lack of means and experience
Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Associate, 08
(Sharon, “The Realities of Nuclear Expansion” House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming Washington, DC March 12, 2008, 7/4/12, atl)

There are significant questions...has risen dramatically in recent years.

SMRs are subject to substantial barriers and financial uncertainty
Andres et al, Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research – Institute for National Strategic Studies, 11
(Richard e-, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College, Hanna L. Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications”, National Defense University: Strategic Forum, February 2011, 6/24/12, atl)

The small size...fall into enemy hands. 

No willing investors
Kessides, World Bank's Development Research Group Lead Economist, 09
(Ioannis, “Nuclear Power and Sustainable Energy Policy: Promises and Perils” Advance Access publication July 30, 2009 25:323–362, 6/28/12, atl)

One of the fundamental problems...renewables and nuclear power.

PBIs don’t overcome cost barriers
Kubert and Sinclair, Clean Energy States Alliance, 9
(Charles, Sr. Business Specialist with the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago; and Mark, Executive Director of CESA and Vice President of CEG, "Distributed Renewable Energy Finance and Policy Toolkit," December 2009, http://statesadvancingwind.org/assets/Uploads/CESA-renewableenergy-FinancePolicy-toolkit2009.pdf, accessed 8-25-12, mtf)

WEAKNESSES PbIs also have disadvantages...increase administrative costs.

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Proliferation credibility is insufficient and using nuclear power to increase its means collapses the regime
Thakur et al, Center for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Director, 08
(Ramesh e-, Professor at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Jane Boulden, Canada Research Chair in International Relations and Security Studies at Royal Military College of Canada, and Thomas G. Weiss, Professor of Political Science at CUNY Graduate Center, “Can the NPT Regime be fixed or should it be abandoned?”, Dialogue on Globalization, October 2008, 7/23/12, atl)

Today both pillars are crumbling....the world’s nuclear ailment?

International arms control mechanisms fail
Thakur et al, Center for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Director, 08
(Ramesh e-, Professor at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Jane Boulden, Canada Research Chair in International Relations and Security Studies at Royal Military College of Canada, and Thomas G. Weiss, Professor of Political Science at CUNY Graduate Center, “Can the NPT Regime be fixed or should it be abandoned?”, Dialogue on Globalization, October 2008, 7/23/12, atl)

There are several major gaps...distinction between peaceful and

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TURN- Energy independence causes global prolif – causes arms races from US withdrawal
Westhawk , Former Global Research Director, Former US Marine Corps officer, 8
("Could the U.S. walk awayfrom the Persian Gulf?," http://westhawk.blogspot.com/2008/01/could-us-walk-away-from-persian-gulf.html, d/a 7-20-12, ZML) 

Finally, a concerted...to prepare for

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Population and income gains outpace clean tech and innovation doesn’t solve.
Atkinson et al., president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2010
(Robert, “Ten Myths of Addressing Global Warming and the Green Economy”, June, http://www.itif.org/files/2010-green-economy-myths.pdf, ldg)

Perhaps no social...coherent energy innovation policy. 

No economic incentive to adopt green technology.
Atkinson et al., president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2010
(Robert, “Ten Myths of Addressing Global Warming and the Green Economy”, June, http://www.itif.org/files/2010-green-economy-myths.pdf, ldg)

One way proponents...clean energy technologies. 

No transition-it is too easy to delay through the courts.
Abraham, former United States secretary of Energy, 2010
(Spencer, Lights Out!, pg 138-139, ldg)

Every major project...will stop them. 

Meat production triggers warming-swamps other solutions
Nightingale, Climate Action, 2012
(Linton, “Global warming inevitable unless meat eating habits change”, 4-12, http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/news/global_warming_inevitable_unless_meat_eating_habits_change/, DOA: 6-1-12, ldg)

A new study...release into the atmosphere. 

Agriculture is the leading cause to blame for warming and releases tons of CO2, methane and N2O
Koneswaran et al., Director of Animal Agriculture Impacts at the Humane Society of the United States, 8
(Gowri, “Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change”, 1-31-08, Environ Health Perspect, 116 (5), pg 578, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367646/pdf/ehp0116-000578.pdf, accessed 6-9-12 wdw)

Although much evidence ....more than the transportation sector. (Steinfeld et al. 2006).

China and India overwhelm
First Post. India, 12
(“Emissions set to raise in India and China: UN report”, 6-7-12, Firstpost. India, http://www.firstpost.com/india/emissions-set-to-raise-in-india-and-china-un-report-334911.html, accessed 6-9-12 wdw)

Beijing: Emissions in India...the report said.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
The logic of the aff is the same used for casinos-it re-entrenches capitalism
Giago, Indian Country Today writer, 94
(Tim, “How the Casino Culture Undermines Indian Identity”, 8-30-12, Baltimore Sun, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-08-30/news/1994242111_1_casino-culture-indian-reservations-indian-country, accessed 9-23-12 wdw)

I worked the different...considering major casinos

Challenging neo-liberalism in academic spaces is critical to interrupt it
Richards, University of Arizona, 11
[Rebecca, Book review: Democracies to Come: Rhetorical Action, Neoliberalism, Composition Studies, Spring 2011, 39(1), p133-137, mss]

Trying to translate...in neoliberal rhetoric (103).

We have an ethical obligation to act reject capitalism at every turn
James Marsh, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University 1995
(Critique, Action, and Liberation, p. 334-335) hw

An example from the...rationality is profoundly irrational.

We have an ethical obligation to act reject capitalism at every turn
James Marsh, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University 1995
(Critique, Action, and Liberation, p. 334-335) hw

An example from...is profoundly irrational.

The permutation prevents actual change – liberatory politics can’t work in combination
Robert Dunn, professor of sociology at California State University, 1998
(Identity Crises: A Social Critique of Postmodernity, p. 523) hw

Postcoloniality, however, is... victims themselves. 

Anything but totalizing rejection leads to complete state control – the perm  cant solve the alt
John Holloway, teacher at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Autonomous University of Puebla, 2005
(“Can We Change The World Without Taking Power?”
http://www.zcommunications.org/can-we-change-the-world-without-taking-power-by-john-holloway, accessed 3-29-10) RKB

I don't know...struggle takes them.

The Kritik outweighs – capitalism is the root cause of war
John Rees, a writer and political activist, doctoral candidate at Goldsmiths College, University of London, 1967
(John, International Socialism, "Socialism and War," 1:28, Spring, http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/contemp/pamsetc/socandwar/socandwar.htm) hw

Competition, the drive...factories and offices.

Capitalism has its own transition wars – no risk of offense AND our evidence comes from a capitalism hack
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1997
(“Roller-Coaster Capitalism: Creative Destruction at Work”, Foreign Affairs, January/February,
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/52656/walter-russell-mead/roller-coaster-capitalism-creative-destruction-at-work?page=3, accessed 4-5-10) RKB

Whatever the verdict...scoffed at Rousseau.

Depictions of catastrophe as a reason to change the status quo reinforce universal capitalism.
Slavoj Zizek, senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 1999
(On Belief, p. 31-32) RKB

The logic of...Old to survive.

the inevitability argument steals momentum from the anti-Capitalist movement
Slavoj Zizek, senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, 1995
(“Ideology Between Fiction and Fantasy”, 16 Cardozo L. Rev. 1511, lexis) RKB

The problematic of....of "essentialism," "fundamentalism," etc.

That belief is maintained by the capitalist consensus
Adrian Johnston, Professor of philosophy at the University of New Mexico, 2004
(“The Cynic’s Fetish: Slavoj Žižek and the Dynamics of Belief”, Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society, 9, 259-283) RKB

A brief remark...he describes so well.

Capitalism is not a fundamental element of human nature – this claim is an excuse for more control
Jung Min Choi, Associate Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University; John W. Murphy, Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami; and Manuel J. Caro, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Barry University, 2004
(Globalization with a human face, p. 2-3) RKB

What is diabolical...or economic privileges.

Multiple frames of analysis confirm that capitalism is responsible for the ecological crisis – this method of organizing human relationships that can be rejected by the alt
Joel Kovel, former professor of social studies at Bard College, 2002
(The Enemy of Nature, p. 51-52) RKB 

Capital’s responsibility for....integrity of ecosystems.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Multipolarity will solve all your impacts and is key to world peace
People’s Daily 01 (Multipolarity Plays a Key Role in World Peace: Chinese Vice President. 11-6. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200111/05/eng20011105_83945.html)

"Multipolarity constitutes an...stability and security.

US Hegemony makes conflict inevitable: all US foreign policy is perceived as menacing and unilateralist
Layne 06 (Associate 06 Professor of Bush School of Government and Public Service @ Texas AandM. The Unipolar Illusion Revisted: The Coming of the United States’Unipolar Moment, International Security)

Precisely because unipolarity...the Persian Gulf. 57  

Hegemony risk nuclear terrorism and extinction
Fischer 05 (Academic Director of The European University Center for Peace Studies, July 10. The Real Threat is Nuclear Terrorism. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2005/07/10_fischer_real-threat-nuclear-terrorism.htm)

As long as...new conditions.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
CP solves-public participation is key and equity norms make the plan more sustainable
Bratspies, CUNY law professor, 2010
(Rebecca, “The Intersection Of International Human Rights And Domestic Environmental Regulation”, 8-20, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1662576, DOA: 8-18-12, ldg)

There are many...leases less likely. 

Impact assessments solve the root causes of bad health and rising costs.
Jackson et al., UCLA environmental health sciences professor, 2011
(Richard, “Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment”, http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13229&page=4, DOA: 8-22-12, ldg)

On the basis...the general public. 

Increases public health and care accessibility is key to stop bioterrorism
Green, Ontario Genomics Institute Outreach Director, 2004
(Shane, “Bioterrorism and Health Care Reform: No Preparedness Without Access,”, May Virtual Mentor, the AMA Journal of Ethics, Vol. 6, No. 5, ldg)

But with the...to health care.

Extinction
Ochs, Chemical Weapons Working Group president, 6/9/02
[Richard, "Biological Weapons Must Be Abolished Immediately,” google]

While a "nuclear winter,"...HUMAN EXTINCTION IS NOW POSSIBLE. 

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Magnitude-Alliances means the US gets draw in-only true scenario for global conflict
Ogura and Oh, Toyama University Political Economy Professor and West England University Bristol Business School International Business Senior Lecturer, 1997
Toshimaru and Ingyu, April, “Nuclear clouds over the Korean peninsula and Japan,” http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1132/is_n11_v48/ai_19693242/?tag=content;col1, DOA: 9-4-12, ldg)

North Korea, South Korea...a global conflagration.

3. Triggers internal Chinese instability-causes WMD lash out
Renxing, Epoch Times staff, 2005
(San, "The CCP’s Last-ditch Gamble: Biological and Nuclear War," Epoch Times, 8-5, http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-8-5/30931.html, DOA: 9-4-12)

Since the Party’s...with their lives.

Collapses relations-that turns all global problems
Cohen et al., former secretary of defense, 2009
(William, “Smart Power in U.S.-China Relations”, March, http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090309_mcgiffert_uschinasmartpower_web.pdf, DOA: 9-4-12, ldg)

The evolution of...the two countries. 

Major damages come to America from this label
NewJersey.com, 12
(NewJersey.com- Politics “Doubts grow on Romney's China threats” Composition of various New Jersey Newspapers,  http://www.nj.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2012/09/doubts_grow_on_romneys_china_t.html, d/a 9-20-12, RJF)

But there's fear...damaging series of events."

2nd debate gave Obama a bounce
Reuters 10-17-12
(“Analysis: Obama regains his footing in feisty second debate”, http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre89g0bc-us-usa-campaign-analysis/, DOA: 10-19-12, ldg)

Debates have rarely...science professor Michael Desch.

Everyone hates nuclear power-it is not clean or safe and no one wants to pay for it.
Daily Kos 2012
(“Nuclear Power and Public Opinion: What the polls say”, 6-5, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/05/1097574/-Nuclear-Power-and-Public-Opinion-What-the-polls-say, DOA: 9-1-12, ldg)

As DailyKos readers know...bound to fail.

Nuclear power sparks massive 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, accessed 9-24-12, mtf)

One year after the disaster...to bear the risks."

Energy key-prefer experts
Shesgreen, Marion Star, 2012
(Deidre, “Energy issues electrify Ohio Senate race”, 7-7, http://www.marionstar.com/article/20120707/NEWS03/207070304, DOA: 10-13-12, ldg)

WASHINGTON - When it...the debate, Foreman said.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Engaging political questions corrupts our relationship to god
Copeland, University of Miami School of Law associate professor, 9
(Charlton C., "God-Talk in the Age of Obama: Theology and Religious Political Engagement," Denver University Law Review, 86 Denv. U.L. Rev. 663, 2009, l/n, accessed 1-27-12, mss)

The rejection...the two realms.

Your ultimate concern ought to be how to be properly related to God- it’s the only worthwhile source of value
Craig, Talbot School of Theology philosophy research professor, 4
(Dr. William Lane, Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Birmingham (England), Th.D. under from the University of Munich, "Does God Exist?" 2004, delveintojesus.com/Articles/64/Does-God-Exist.aspx, accessed 11-20-11, mss)

C. S. Lewis once remarked...hope, meaningfulness and happiness.

Tournament: APP State | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Ecological focus reinforces a humanism and ignores the deeper issue of speciesism
Best, UT El Paso philosophy professor, 06
Steven, “Rethinking Revolution: Animal Liberation, Human Liberation, and the Future of the Left”, The International Journal of INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY, Vol. 2, No. 3 (June 2006), 10/24/11, atl

Although since the 1970s...thinking in every pernicious form.

There is an institutional bias in favor of speciesism-the AFF’s failure to directly challenge it allows hegemonic discourses to constrain the parameters of discussion and political activity which allows specieisism to continue.
Jackman, UC Davis sociology professor, 1994
(Mary, The Velvet Glove: Paternalism and Conflict in Gender, Class, and Race Relations, pg 64-68, ldg)

The institutionalization of expropriative arrangements...durable social control. 

Speciesism makes possible “systematic beastilization” which justifies non-criminal putting to death of the other—root cause of all oppression
Rossini, postdoctoral Fellow ASCA, 2006
(Manuela, “To the Dogs: Companion speciesism and the new feminist materialism”, text and image Volume 3, September, http://intertheory.org/rossini, ldg)

What is equally sobering...and disproportionate effects on animals.26 

Solves capitalism-the alt resolves instrumental logic of profit.
Best, UT El Paso philosophy professor, 2009
(Steven, “The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: Putting Theory into Action and Animal Liberation into Higher Education “, Journal for Critical Animal Studies, Volume VII, Issue 1, 2009, http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/JCAS/Journal_Articles_download/issue_9/JCAS%20VII%20Issue%201%20MAY%20ISSUE%20The%20Rise%20of%20Critical%20Animal%20Studies%20pgs%209-52.pdf, ldg)

CAS rejects liberal reformist visions...growth and murderous extermination imperatives. 

Alternative: Vote negative to reject the human/animal divide. 

This rejection enables an understanding of the species-being. That solves the ethical contradiction of their species-level xenophobia
Hudson, University of California, Davis Cultural Studies graduate student, 08
(Laura, “The Political Animal: Species-Being and Bare Life.” Mediations 23.2 (Spring 2008) 88-117, 10/18/12, atl)

In his discussion of religion...future of politics and society?

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Water use is on the brink
Gleick et al., Pacific Institute president, 6-19-12
(Peter, A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy, pg 9, ldg)

Water is used...one user or another.

Expansion of nuclear power devastates freshwater – waste disposal, fuel mining, and accidents
Wilson, River Network's program on water and energy director, 12
(Wendy, June 27, 2012, “Burning Our Rivers”, The Water Footprint of Electricity, A River Network Report, 8/25/12, atl)

Nearly 25% of the world’s...all-out power plant meltdown.

Freshwater is key to prevent extinction
Dudgeon et al, University of Hong Kong Ecology and Biodiversity professor, 6
(David, he has spent 30 years researching the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of the animals that inhabit streams and rivers, author of over 150 papers in international journals, with Angela H. Arthington, Mark O. Gessner, Zen-Ichiro Kawabata, Duncan J. Knowler, Christian Le´veˆque, Robert J. Naiman, Anne-He´le`ne Prieur-Richard, Doris Soto, Melanie L. J. Stiassny, and Caroline A. Sullivan, "Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges," Biological Reviews, 81.2, 2006, 163-82, Wiley Online Library, accessed 2-7-12, mss)

Freshwater biodiversity is the...our life-support system depends ( Jackson et al., 2001; Postel and Richter, 2003 ; Clark and King, 2004).

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They’ll compromise-election results increased flexibility
Curtis, OnlineColumnist.com editor, 11-8
(John M., Ph.D. is editor of OnlineColumnist.com, the Web's leading source of nonpartisan commentary analyzing spin in national and global news, he’s a consultant, seminar trainer and news analyst on national radio shows, Dr. Curtis is considered the nation's leading authority on spin in the news, his politically neutral commentaries appear in U.S. and foreign newspapers, "Obama and GOP ready to deal with "fiscal cliff"," 11-8-12, http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-and-gop-ready-to-deal-with-fiscal-cliff, accessed 11-9-12, mtf)

Obama’s stunning victory...obstruct Obama’s economic plans.

SMRs empirically polarizing
Carper and Schmid, writer with National Science Foundation and assistant prof in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, 11
(Ross and Sonja, “The Little Reactor That Could?,” National Academy of Sciences and Engineering, 2011, Issues in Science and Technology, da 11-3-12, http://www.issues.org/27.4/carper.html, mee)

Historically, nuclear energy...traditionally been classified.

Only PC solves—election shored up room for compromise
Dinan, Washington Times, 11/7
(Steven, November 7, 2012, “McConnell: Obama needs to avoid fiscal cliff” http://times247.com/articles/mcconnell-pressure-s-on-obama-to-avoid-fiscal-cliff, 11/8/12, atl)

Sen. Mitch McConnell...Republican Party," he said. 

Fiscal cliff cuts disease research – direct funding decrease, uncertainty, and cut training
Liberto, CNN Money, 12
(Jennifer, “How Washington politics threatens my job,” 10-26-12, http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/26/news/economy/fiscal-cliff-science/index.html, accessed 11-7-12, ara)

Dr. Pampee Young's...NIH's tight budget 

Extinction
Keating, Foreign Policy web editor, 9
(Joshua, “The End of the World”, 11-13-09, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/the_end_of_the_world?page=full, ldg)

How it could happen:...troubling complication.

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The affirmative positions the state as the ultimate fulfillment of their moral obligation- tying that responsibility to the government makes the question not how we can become ethical actors, but rather how we can have the institutions of control be ethical for us- this internal link turns their advantage- if we win ethics are impossible in a world of the aff, we should win the debate
Zupančič, 2000
(Alenka, Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy @ the Slovene Academy of Sciences in Ljubljana, Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan, p 10-11) cnb

In other words...as a priori.

AND, their inclusion of the state is exactly what nullifies their ethical potential- the more we rely on the institution to fulfill our moral obligations, the more indispensable the institution becomes- there is no risk of offense- all ethical orientation becomes impossible
Hershock, 1999
(Peter D., Project Fellow at the EastWest Center, Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Hawaii, "Changing the Way Society Changes: Transposing Social Activism into a Dramatic Key", Journal of Buddhist Ethics 6, p 158-160, http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/6/hershock991.pdf) cnb

I have argued at...and ‘being wronged’

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Vote negative as a rejection of the methodological grounding of the 1AC - While we agree with the goals of their project, they must be separated from the flawed epistemology in which they are couched.  Only a negative ballot is able to make possible the type of progressive politics upon which their solvency is predicated.
Moore, Homertown College senior lecturer in education, and Muller, University of Capetown education professor, 1999
Rob and Johan, "The discourse of 'voice' and the problem of knowledge and identity in the sociology of education," British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol 20, Iss 2, June 1999, proquest, accessed 2-17-10, mss

Our purpose in this...epistemological ones' (ibid., p.34).

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Anti-globalization movements ignore and therefore exacerbate the violence and death of the black body
Woods, University of Massachusetts  Assistant Prof of Sociology, Anthropology, and Crime and Justice Studies,  ‘7
(Tryon “ The Fact of Anti-Blackness: Decolonization in Chiapas and the Niger River Delta” Summer 2007 Human Architecture 5 pg. 319-329 accessed: 12-26-12 mlb)

This article considers...countered and expunged. 

The structural antagonism of anti-blackness locks them into a system of violence that is unexplainable and inescapable.
Sexton, UC Irvine African American Studies Director ‘10
(Jared, PhD Ethnic Studies UC Berkeley “The Curtain of the Sky: An Introduction” 2-1-10 Critical Sociology 36:11  DOI: 10.1177/0896920509347136  via sage accessed: 12-23-12 mlb)

But what if slavery...are constitutive of slavery 

The alternative is a paradigmatic analysis of the plan and the political representations it operates from. If we win the question of how the U.S. has ethically distanced itself from Black bodies then the round becomes a question of how we orient our intellectual discourse; the alternative calls for a revolutionary zeitgeist aimed at the overthrow of the political-project that is America.
Wilderson, Associate Professor of African-American Studies at UC Irvine, 2010
(Frank B., Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, “Red, White and Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms,” Pages 2-4. pdf, Written in 2010, Accessed 08-08-2012, AJH)

What are we....a revolutionary Zeitgeist.

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Confirmation will happen- plethora of bipartisan support
AP, 1-25
(Associated Press, “Democratic support for Hagel grows,” 1-25-13, The Daily News, da 1-25-13, http://www.galvestondailynews.com/news_ap/politics/article_9c7dd765-daab-5f32-af1d-d9a6b039b885.html, mee)

Democratic support for...Kerry, served in Vietnam.

Political backlash against nuclear turns the entire case---destroys certainty necessary for private sector involvement and kills the credibility of the plan
Kenul, NYU Langone Medical Center Research Assistant, 10
(Damon, 11/29/10, “Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Future Prospects and Viability,” http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/institute/bigproblems/Team7-1210.pdf, 1/16/13, atl)

The differentiation in...influencing policy outcomes.64

Hagel is key to soft landing on a litany of critical transitions—the impact is multiple scenarios for global conflict
Daniels, Truman National Security Project Fellow, 13
(Jessie Daniels, worked in the US Senate, 1/7, 2013 “Chuck Hagel Nomination: A Look At the Security Threats He Will Face” http://www.policymic.com/articles/21946/chuck-hagel-would-be-a-defense-secretary-for-the-21st-century, 1/15/13, atl)

As President Obama...challenges upon arrival.

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States solve-better innovation and flexibility
Carley, Graduate Fellow, Center for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Economic Development, UNC, 10
(Sanya, Graduate Fellow, The Center for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Economic Development, UNC Chapel Hill, Energy Program Specialist, The Wisconsin Public Utility Institute, 2005-06, “Electricity Diversification, Decentralization, And Decarbonization: The Role Of U.S. State Energy Policy” 2010, https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record;jsessionid=77C109DBD786C00A749A6D1236696A50?id=uuid%3A4c318329-cbdd-4fd4-b791-90182e820062, accessed 8-13-12, ara)

Have developments in...or generation assets. 

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Obama is playing the perfect hand on immigration now but contentious action ensures polarization
Weber, senior editor at TheWeek.com, 1/29
(Peter, graduate of Northwestern University, Peter has worked at Facts on File and The New York Times Magazine, he speaks Spanish and Italian, January 29, 2013, “Should Obama stay out of the immigration fight?” http://theweek.com/article/index/239363/should-obama-stay-out-of-the-immigration-fight, 2/1/13, atl)

President Obama travels...without saying anything. Washington Post

Bipartisan support to eliminate oil tax incentives now- desire to trim the deficit
Daily, deputy energy editor of Politico, 10-19
(Matt, “Big Oil's tax breaks on table?,” 10-19-12, Politico, da 11-8-12, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82616.html, mee)

One of Washington's...taxes and spending.

Path to citizenship solves the deficit
Tucker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist, 10
(Cynthia, November 19, 2010, “We need immigrants to help pay the deficit,” http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/11/19/we-need-immigrants-to-help-pay-the-deficit/, 1/31/13, atl)

Recommendations for taming...federal tax rolls?

Deficit will collapse hegemony and the economy---trigger global nuclear war
Khalilzad, United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the UN during Bush’s Presidency, 11
(Zalmay, the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992, February 8, 2011, “The Economy and National Security; If we don’t get our economic house in order, we risk a new era of multi-polarity,” http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad, 1/31/13, atl)

Without faster economic...hegemony and aggression.