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| 10/09/2012 | Aff Cites Updated-UMW GY-ClarionTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Clarion1acPlan TextPlan: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase necessary production tax credits for wind power facilities placed in service in the United States after December 31, 2012. Contention 1 – WarmingGlobal warming is happening now and exponential carbon dioxide rates are human caused.Riti, Pace University School of Law center for environmental legal studies graduate research fellow, 2010 ~[*785~] Besides the obvious strategic disadvantages associated with enslavement to fossil fuels, Warming will cause extinction.Keating, Foreign Policy Web Editor, 11/13/2009 How it could happen: Under the worst-case scenario predicted by the International Panel on Climate Change, the global surface temperature of the Earth could increase by as much as 4-5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. (Many scientists believe that estimate is conservative). Such a scenario would lead to as much as a half-meter rise in sea levels, flooding coastal regions including many of the world’s major cities. Coal is key – outweighs any alt causes.McCasland, University of Illinois College of Law JD candidate, 2012 Forty percent of the carbon Wind solves warming – produces clean energy.McCammon, New York University School of Law JD, 2009 As the need to address the threat of climate change becomes ~[*1244~] ever Wind solves warming – it is cleaner than fossil fuel production.McCasland, University of Illinois College of Law JD candidate, 2012 There are also long-term benefits to wind energy. Should the United States Wind power solves – intermittency is only hype.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011 The Centre for Sustainable Energy, which is a green group campaigning for more sustainable The plan solves warming globally – triggers international spill over.CFR, 7-5-12 The failure to pass comprehensive U.S. climate legislation, with a sweeping Contention 2 – EconomyUS is key to the global economy.Caploe, 4/7/9 IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, most observers seem to have Economic collapse leads to global war.Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010 If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the Scenario 1 – JobsNot enough jobs are being created – it risks economic collapse.Da Costa and Bull, Reuters, 9-14-12 Bernanke dismissed talk the Fed was taking sides, saying it acted solely because of Wind solves green jobs – those are key to economic recovery.Hendrix et al, CSIS Energy and National Security Program, 2010 Advocates of green job creation argue that green jobs, and the clean energy investments Scenario 2 – ManufacturingManufacturing is stable now but will collapse absent advanced technology.Hemphill, University of Michigan strategy innovation and public policy associate professor, 9-14-12 After losing 6 million manufacturing jobs between 2001 and 2009, the American manufacturing sector The PTC is critical to sustaining the manufacturing sector – it is the fastest growing part.Colorado Energy News, 2011 "Farmers and business people know a good deal when they see one, and Manufacturing is the lynchpin of the economy and upholds tech leadership.Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress, 4-7-11 Manufacturing is critically important to the American economy. For generations,¶ the strength of Scenario 3 – ChinaThe US is leading the clean energy race now – production tax credit extension guarantees US lead.Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 5-16-12 According to our recent report, "Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2011 Investor confidence is the only way to beat China.Sheridan, AFP, 4-12-12 China, which fell to second, invested %2445.5 billion last year Competitiveness in green energy is key to the economy.Swezey, Breakthrough Institute project director, 2010 As the United States searches for new sources of growth amidst a sluggish economic recovery Contention 3 – SolvencyStatus quo uncertainty over the production tax credit creates a boom-and-bust cycle that crushes its effectiveness and makes the wind industry unsustainable – only the plan creates certainty.Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011 Despite disagreement among scholars regarding the value of sunset dates generally, those in the The boom-and-bust cycle stunts the industry – sustained consistent federal policy drives the market.Hinman, University of Oregon School of Law JD, 2009 The federal government must send a strong signal to the energy¶ industry that it Boom-and-bust cycles prevent wind prices from competing with fossil fuels and from the industry becoming sustainable – the plan solves.Bode, American Wind Energy Association chief executive officer, 8-22-12 Here is what the Journal and other critics of the PTC miss:¶ Historically, The production tax credit solves up-front capital costs that chill investment.Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011 As with any nascent technology, many impediments exist to the development of renewable energy Wind power is cost-competitive.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011 Damian has also highlighted new research suggesting that wind power could break even with non 2ac Answers2ac – T – Immediate Increase1. We meet an increase in incentives – increase includes duration in regard to incentives.Millennium Energy LLC et al, 2006 Following Jason Orta’s presentation, Mr. John White, Executive Director of the Center 2. We meet – the PTC will expire now – there are net greater incentives as a result of the plan because only new companies can receive it.Franzen, Talking Points Memo, 8-14-12 There’s another wrinkle to the matter of the tax credit, as the report points 4. We meet a reduction of restrictions – uncertainty from the PTC is a restriction on wind production.Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011 The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United 5. We meet-we are an immediate increase of incentives and decrease of production. The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United 7. Counter-interp- Financial incentives are direct – that includes tax incentives, loan guarantees, and grants.Al-Juaied, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs visiting scholar, 2010 2. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Federal and state governments have 8. Counter-interpretation – increase means to make greater in degree.Collins English Disctionary, 2009 Increase — vb
ChinaNo chance of China war – political moderation solvesDeudney, John Hopkins Political Science Professor, and Ikenberry, Princeton Politics and Int’l Affairs Professor, Jan/Feb 2009 The prospects for revisionist behavior on the part of the capitalist autocracies are further reduced No chance of war- China is committed to a peaceful rise- they won’t risk economic growth for war- their actions proveMenon, Lehigh University IR professor and New America Foundation fellow, Jan/Feb 8, THE CHINESE leadership would have to be extremely reckless and willing to jeopardize China’s galloping OILWind power penetration is high.Restuccia, The Hill, 2011 AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner year for wind energy, citing lower Tons of investment in wind energy now.Styles, The Energy Collective, 8-2-12 The US wind industry has received substantial government support in recent years. When the No tradeoff.Palmer et al, Resources for the Future, 2010 A greater reliance on domestic No Russia war –cooperation over econ, bilateral commission check escalationCollins, Director, Russia Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 10/12/9 I think we have done reasonably well at seeing each other as both engaged, No escalation- the rest of the world will stay out of itVladimirov, Military Expert Board VP, 7-20-7, Deterioration of the Russian-American armed conflict into WWIII is unlikely because the rest Saudi Arabia equalizes prices.Reuters, 9-16-12 Crude oil should be at least %24150 per barrel, Iran’s oil minister was High prices are inevitable – supply instability.Gordon, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 12 As they ruminate at the pump, Americans may have finally figured out the new Water AnswersSqo water sources are safe regardless of an attack. Is it safe for me to drink water from the tap? Should I be Very small risk of the advantage our water system has been vulnerable since before WWII. The potential for threat is not new. "It has long been recognized that Won’t be able to happen or would be detected and stopped. Well, it’s unanimous. It would take an incredible amount of contaminant to cause No impact- bio-weapons to difficult to build and disperse- history proves- AND- even if they could be effective the perceived barriers doom motivation First, it must be recognized that during the past several decades of the modern No impact to bioweapons – easily contained This reliance on surprise, Coal AnswerUS Coal production down nowLive Trading News, 9/18/12 US Coal production falls for the 3rd week running, benchmark prices down 20% 2ac – Capitalism Bad KNo link-1AC evidence says they’re high paying jobsJobs act should have triggered the link-we gave thousands of jobs Guided capitalism solves.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 A healthy society, I would argue, is one characterized by simultaneous increases in Every alternative paradigm is inevitably circular – resolution requires weighing impacts – not ethics.- The alt is circular – undercuts any ethics based argument A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~[*255~] environmental advocates to recognize Either the alternative can be implemented through the state or institutions like corporations thwart your movementFarber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the one over whether the movement should The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been beneficial initially in that it might Defer to pragmatism over the alt – actions shape reality, not theorizing – if they don’t have a paradigm for operating in the world, you assign them zero solvency.Ihde, State University of New York Stony Brook philosophy professor, 2012 Carl Mitcham, himself a pragmatist, has pointed out that one salient feature of Intellectual change has little effect on consumption patterns – concrete actions are key.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological campaign can transform popular perceptions, AND they don’t solve warming – we’re past the tipping point and new tech is keyAtkisson, President and CEO of environmental sustainability group, ’1 Our economies and technologies are changing certain basic structures of planetary life, such as No – you go back to medieval shit.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992~[Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.7, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~] While such are the fantasies only of the most moonstruck extremists, even moderate radicals AND, the case turns the K, not the other way around I began this book hoping to contribute in some way to a deeper understanding of 4. Double bind – either they need a clear roadmap that proposes a gradual withdraw or their movement creates radical transitions wars that replace capitalism anyway This is the immiserization thesis of Marx. And it is central to revolutionary Marxism 2ac – CP – StatesCongress key – only certain actor and Congress inevitably has to act.Riti, Pace University School of Law center for environmental legal studies graduate research fellow, 2010 Unfortunately, there is currently no existing statutory legislation that would allow the IRS or 5. Continuity is critical – fed action is necessary to solve boom-bust cycles that undermine all counterplan solvency – the federal government drives the market.Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12 Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather 7. States fail – restricted budgets means containment provisions get enacted – that crushes certainty.Jenkins, Muro, Nordhaus, Shellenberger, Tawney, and Trembath, 04-12 While wind power will continue to benefit 9. Links to politics – the counterplan is Romney’s plan.Corbett, PA Governor, 8-31-12 Pennsylvania also is working on exchanging best practices with other states on hydraulic fracturing and 10. States fail – inefficient and costly – triggers uncertainty.Larsen et al, expert on Federal climate and energy policy World Resources Institute, 7 The states’ ability to innovate and affect policy in the federalist¶ system is not Keystone Politics DAObama is delaying decision on Keystone XL until next yearReuters, 9-20-12 It’s a cornerstone policy plank in Mitt Romney’s bid for the White House: build Obama is delaying Keystone XL decision until environmental review is completeChristian Science Monitor, 9-20-12 Public opinion in the U.S. is leaning towards approval, but the Democrats want to pass PTC, no evidence that it will then lump together with Keystone-cards say two different things-poor highlightingNothing will happen – recess.Binder, Brooking governance studies senior fellow, 9-12-12 Congress has returned for a short session to pass last-minute business before November Wind lobby is extremely powerful – they will get it through.Eilperin, Washington Post, 9-20-12 The wind power industry boasts enviable PTC is popular in every swing state – tons of jobs.Belogolova, National Journal, 8-10-12 A federal tax incentive for wind power has long been a top priority for clean Obama will face gridlock – doesn’t matter what his agenda is.Benderey, Huffington Post, 9-16-12 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the partisan gridlock in No way Obama could be spending capital now – he is campaigning and law makers only did must-do legislation – lame duck will be jampacked and EPA regs tanked capital.Taylor, AP, 9-22-12 The Senate closed the Capitol not long after sending President Barak Obama a spending bill 2ac – Case – EconomyUS growth is really weak nowAP, 9-20-12 A trio of reports Thursday offered a reminder that the U.S. economy Wind Power Good – Warming – EmissionsWind power doesn’t have any emissions.Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012 Wind energy has all the potential in the world. The technology is both clean Wind doesn’t emit CO2.McCammon, New York University School of Law JD, 2009 As the need to address the threat of climate change becomes ~[*1244~] ever 2ac – CP – Health Impact AssessmentHealth assessments are not normal means. They add that to the environmental statements, meaning perm – do the aff and include the health impact assessments – solves. Oddly enough, environmentalists have also opposed wind farms because the turbines can cause bird AND should means desirabilityAmerican Heritage, 2009, Like the rules governing the use of shall and will on which they are based This is distinct from shall, which means mandatory – this means we don’t have to defend certainty and proves perm – do the counterplan – is not severanceAtlas Collaboration, 1999 ’shall’ describes something that is mandatory. If a requirement uses ’shall’, then that 4. Continuity is critical – Congressional action is necessary to solve boom-bust cycles that undermine all counterplan solvency – transparency is the only way to solve.Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12 Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather 6. The boom-and-bust undermines investment – stable transparent signal is key.PR Newswire, 4-12-12 In the global race to secure private clean energy finance and investment, the United 2ac – Elections – Obama Good – Generic1. Meta-takeout – Can’t predict the election – the unknown swamps the link – 24 hours is a lifetime in politics.Cass, AP, 9-14-12 Septembers shock, Octobers surprise, early Novembers can knock a campaign sideways. In ====2. Obama can withstand major voter loses and still come out on top==== Three NYT/CBS/Quinnipiac polls grabbed the headlines by showing Obama with double-digit leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Importantly, Obama hit 53 percent in all three states, giving him more than enough of the vote to withstand substantial losses among undecided voters. 3. Non-unique – Obama has already supported the PTC and Romney has opposed it.Ho, Washington Post, 8-12-12 President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney clashed last week over a federal tax PTC is popular in every swing state – tons of jobs.Belogolova, National Journal, 8-10-12 A federal tax incentive for wind power has long been a top priority for clean Romney is ahead in Iowa.Witt, Examiner, 9-20-12 Iowa Romney is ahead in Colorado.Witt, Examiner, 9-20-12 Colorado Iowa and Colorado are key – the race is too tight to discount them.Carpentier, Raw Story, 9-7-12 But it shows how their campaigns are increasingly honing in on a handful of battleground Romney winning Florida.Hughes, Washington Examiner, 9-12-12 But while world affairs dominated the political discussion Wednesday, most experts here agree that Florida key – Bush v. Gore proves.Fifield, Financial Times, 9-12-12 It was no accident that the day after the Democratic national convention ended last week Romney winning in Ohio and Wisconsin now.-only nonpartisan polling of likely voters There are nine key swing states in this election (Florida, Ohio, Virginia Ohio is key to the election – Romney can’t win without itKlein et al, Yahoo News, 9-13-12 For all the talk of polls, and where President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney Wisconsin key.-electoral votes help Romney in case they lose ohio and Virginia The appeals to state pride were laid on thick because Mr. Ryan’s addition to Relations low but won’t collapse – empirically provenEnglund, WaPo, 9-18-12 Romney’s characterization of Russia earlier this year as America’s Number One geopolitical foe caught the Romney hurts relations but coop over key issues overwhelms – Putin provesAP 9-11-12 MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin says a comment made by U.S. presidential Romney won’t hurt relations – Russia looking to coop even with RomneyGutterman, Reuters, 9-5-12 Asked in an interview with Russia’s RT television whether Russia could work with Romney if Readiness DAPresent wind turbines should have triggered the link- make them prove why the PTC would be key No internal link- no reason why doing the plan would cause readiness to go down- alt causes- troops elsewhere, budget problems No impact- Iraq and Afghanistan and 3 administrations of failure devastate military readiness As for the credibility of the U.S. military, President Bush has 2ac – Neoliberalism Bad K2. Case is a prerequisite – evaluate consequences. Every alternative paradigm is inevitably circular – resolution requires weighing impacts – not ethics.- The alt is circular – undercuts any ethics based argument A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~[*255~] environmental advocates to recognize AND perspectives aren’t irreconcilable – incorporating conceptions of the oppressed into the law is the only way to produce structural change.Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002 Pragmatism may prove a useful tool in environmental debates simply because such debates can be Guided capitalism solves.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 A healthy society, I would argue, is one characterized by simultaneous increases in The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been beneficial initially in that it might Defer to pragmatism over the alt – actions shape reality, not theorizing – if they don’t have a paradigm for operating in the world, you assign them zero solvency.Ihde, State University of New York Stony Brook philosophy professor, 2012 Carl Mitcham, himself a pragmatist, has pointed out that one salient feature of Capitalism doesn’t necessitate inequality and socialism doesn’t preclude growth.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992~[Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://www.amazon.com/Green-Delusions-Environmentalist-Critique-Environmentalism/dp/0822314746, p.174-5, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~] It is also essential to recognize that state-mandated social and environmental regulations can Every alternative paradigm is inevitably circular – resolution requires weighing impacts – not ethics.- The alt is circular – undercuts any ethics based argument A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~[*255~] environmental advocates to recognize Either the alternative can be implemented through the state or institutions like corporations thwart your movementFarber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the one over whether the movement should Intellectual change has little effect on consumption patterns – concrete actions are key.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992~[Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.11-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~] Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological campaign can transform popular perceptions, AND they don’t solve warming – we’re past the tipping point and new tech is key Our economies and technologies are changing certain basic structures of planetary life, such as No – you go back to medieval living.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 While such are the fantasies only of the most moonstruck extremists, even moderate radicals | |
| 10/18/2012 | 1AC JMUTournament: JMU | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Contention 1 – Warming We currently face the greatest threat to humanity since civilization began. This is the Warming is real and anthropogenic – wind power is key to solve. When climate change first started to worry the scientific community in the 1980s, the The plan solves warming globally – triggers international spill over. The failure to pass comprehensive U.S. climate legislation, with a sweeping Warming causes extinction – the earth becomes uninhabitable. We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told Resource wars over food lead to World War 3. The population-crash scenario is surely the most appalling. Plummeting crop yields will Destruction of the coral reefs results in extinction. "Twenty percent of Earth's reefs have been lost and 50 percent face moderate to Diseases cause extinction How it could happen: Throughout history, plagues have brought civilizations to their knees Contention 2 – Economy IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, most observers seem to have Economic collapse leads to global war. If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the New collapse triggers total collapse – the economy is structurally weak. And while economists disagree on just how likely the U.S. economy is Scenario 1 – Manufacturing Manufacturing is stable now but will collapse absent advanced technology. After losing 6 million manufacturing jobs between 2001 and 2009, the American manufacturing sector The PTC is critical to sustaining the manufacturing sector – it is the fastest growing part. “Farmers and business people know a good deal when they see one, and Wind solves green jobs – those are key to economic recovery. Advocates of green job creation argue that green jobs, and the clean energy investments Manufacturing is the lynchpin of the economy. Manufacturing is critically important to the American economy. For generations,¶ the strength of Scenario 2 – China The US is leading the clean energy race now – production tax credit extension guarantees US lead. According to our recent report, "Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2011 Competitiveness in green energy is key to the economy. As the United States searches for new sources of growth amidst a sluggish economic recovery Scenario three – price spikes Gas price volatility inevitable in the long term – only energy diversification through wind solves. The recent shale gas boom has gained the reputation as our energy savior: clean Natural gas prices spikes cause widespread economic damage The data show that while there are some very active wells, they are often Contention 3 – Solvency Despite disagreement among scholars regarding the value of sunset dates generally, those in the The boom-and-bust cycle stunts the industry – sustained consistent federal policy drives the market. The federal government must send a strong signal to the energy¶ industry that it Extension is critical to collapse of the wind industry. The backdrop of the debate is impressive: wind capacity has doubled since 2008, | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- Topicality IncreaseTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: 1. We meet an increase in incentives – increase includes duration in regard to incentives.Millennium Energy LLC et al, 2006 US Department of Energy GeoPowering the West program, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July 2006, “Summary- 2006 California Geothermal Summit” https:~/~/docs.google.com/viewer?a=vandq=cache:ypqkEZMQmHUJ:cgec.geology.ucdavis.edu/publications/2006SUMMITSummary.pdf+andhl=enandgl=usandpid=blandsrcid=ADGEEShX-fZTWZP9TbKzmI6DeRZn6vqt7D9cNCtcmjxEqWDhM8Eiy3pGIDBWnZjpGNLQ6OsIxLl0iEF_k5Z8lcWB-26WZdqgUB0n4leQo7yiGW2-SzPRfOXFFauiy_mHwLx5Ak3MyAkTandsig=AHIEtbTbQNNY3AUxb-QuOrEwq_pdf+andhl=enandgl=usandpid=blandsrcid=ADGEEShX-fZTWZP9TbKzmI6DeRZn6vqt7D9cNCtcmjxEqWDhM8Eiy3pGIDBWnZjpGNLQ6OsIxLl0iEF_k5Z8lcWB-26WZdqgUB0n4leQo7yiGW2-SzPRfOXFFauiy_mHwLx5Ak3MyAkTandsig=AHIEtbTbQNNY3AUxb-QuOrEwq_d4JvGqiQ(%%), p.5-6, accessed 8-21-12, TAP
Following Jason Orta's presentation, Mr. John AND renewables are the only source of¶ energy not indexed to natural gas.
2. We meet – the PTC will expire now – there are net greater incentives as a result of the plan because only new companies can receive it.Franzen, Talking Points Memo, 8-14-12 Carl, “U.S. Wind Energy Grows 16 Percent, But Still Lags China” http:~/~/idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/php(%%), accessed 8-21-12, TAP
There’s another wrinkle to the matter AND and running by the end of this year to qualify.
4. We meet a reduction of restrictions – uncertainty from the PTC is a restriction on wind production.Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011 Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, “NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES” Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP
The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United States and to achieve President Obama's AND of realizing the social and economic benefits of renewable energy.
5. Counter-interpretation – increase means to make greater in degree.Collins English Disctionary, 2009 “Increase” http:~/~/dictionary.reference.com/browse/increase?s=com/browse/increase?s=t(%%), accessed 8-21-12, TAP
Increase — vb 1. to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- Bird DATournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Wind power penetration is high.Restuccia, The Hill, 2011 Andrew, 12-28-11, “The Race for Wind: Wind Industry Sees Good Prospects for Tax Credit Extension” http:~/~/www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497andpageid=php?article=53497andpageid=andpagename(%%)=, accessed 8-22-12, TAP
AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner
AND “But the PTC movement gathered momentum heading into next year.”
No link to bird murder – it is an anomaly geographically, environmental standards solve, and resources have been committed to stop it.Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012 Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. and Pol'y 323, “ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?” Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP
Altamont Pass is the root cause of the engrained perception AND a permanent shutdown of the 5,000 turbines, not solely a temporary injunction. n64
No impact- Bird murder is a past occurrenceMaxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012 Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. and Pol'y 323, “ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?” Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP
One of the intriguing aspects of the Cape
AND gulf, to say a renewable energy project is a threat. n92
No impact—biodiversity loss is insignificantMark Sagoff, U. Maryland School of Public Affairs Institute for Philosophy and Public policy Senior Research Scholar March 1997, William and Mary Law Review, “INSTITUTE OF BILL OF RIGHTS LAW SYMPOSIUM DEFINING TAKINGS: PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION: MUDDLE OR MUDDLE THROUGH? TAKINGS JURISPRUDENCE MEETS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT”, 38 Wm and Mary L. Rev. 825, Lexis
Although one may agree with ecologists such as Ehrlich and Raven that AND The most valuable things are quite useless. | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- IntermittencyTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: German investment proves.Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research president, 5-4-12 Arjun, interview with NPR host Ira Flatow, “Is Thorium A Magic Bullet For Our Energy Problems?” http:~/~/www.npr.org/2012/05/04/152026805/org/2012/05/04/152026805/is-thorium-a-magic-bullet-for-our-energy-problems(%%), accessed 8-15-12, TAP
Six years ago, I might have agreed AND are actually aiming for it.
Loss in efficiency small and natural gas solves.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011 Polly, 11-21-11, “Do windfarms work?” http:~/~/www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#block-7(%%), accessed 9-12-12, TAP
James Randerson, the Guardian's environment and science news editor, AND plants then coal - which is also more carbon intensive.
Intermittency aint that bad.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011 Polly, 11-21-11, “Do windfarms work?” http:~/~/www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#block-7(%%), accessed 9-12-12, TAP
The question of intermittency is central to the wind-farm debate. AND of electricity windfarms produce.
Prefer peer review – intermittency is overblown.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011 Polly, 11-21-11, “Do windfarms work?” http:~/~/www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#block-7(%%), accessed 9-12-12, TAP
The Centre for Sustainable Energy, which is a green group AND dealing with changes in supply and demand.
Net better for the environment.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011 Polly, 11-21-11, “Do windfarms work?” http:~/~/www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless#block-7(%%), accessed 9-12-12, TAP
Windfarms produce electricity but currently at a AND sources that are heavily dependent.
Innovation solves intermittency.Davidson, Windpower Monthly Magazine, 1-30-12 Ros, “GE banks on solar-wind link” http:~/~/www.windpowermonthly.com/news/1114663/GE-banks-solar-wind-link/?DCMP=com/news/1114663/GE-banks-solar-wind-link/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH(% class="MsoHyperlink" %), accessed 8-22-12, TAP
US: General Electric is wooing its wind-turbine customers AND "you already know the community, how to get the permits and secure interconnections to the grid". | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- Cap KTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Case is a prerequisite – Every alternative paradigm is inevitably circular – resolution requires weighing impacts – not ethics.- The alt is circular – undercuts any ethics based argument - Consequentialism is inevitable Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002 Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, “ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law” Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP
A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making AND dogmatism, is the key to progress.
Guided capitalism solves.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http:~/~/books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=false(%%), p.20, accessed 7-10-12, TAP
A healthy society, I would argue, is one characterized AND capitalist goose that lays the golden eggs.
Either the alternative can be implemented through the state or institutions like corporations thwart your movementFarber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 Samuel, “Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding” http:~/~/truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding(%%), accessed 9-15-12, TAP
Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, AND on the state but because they were much stronger than their American counterparts.
The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 Samuel, “Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding” http:~/~/truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding(%%), accessed 9-15-12, TAP
The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have AND point B – where they want to be.
Defer to pragmatism over the alt – actions shape reality, not theorizing – if they don’t have a paradigm for operating in the world, you assign them zero solvency.Ihde, State University of New York Stony Brook philosophy professor, 2012 Don, “Experimental Phenomenology” second edition, p.116-7, TAP
Carl Mitcham, himself a pragmatist, has pointed out that one salient feature of AND since my program here is more prescriptive than expository.
Intellectual change has little effect on consumption patterns – concrete actions are key.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http:~/~/books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=false(%%), p.11-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP
Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological AND must be devised if those policies are ever to be realized.
They don’t solve warming – tech is key.Atkisson, President and CEO of environmental sustainability group, ‘1 (Alan, The Atkisson Group, international sustainability group that advises governments and corporations, “Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability,” 10-18-01, http:~/~/www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/pdf(%%), accessed 9-10-10) PM
Our economies and technologies are changing AND risks to the greater whole associated with their inevitable collapse.
AND, the case turns the K, not the other way around Joshua Goldstein, American University International Relations Professor, 2001, “War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa,” p.411-412
I began this book hoping to contribute in some way to a deeper AND main cause of war seems to be empirically inadequate.
Double bind – either they need a clear roadmap that proposes a gradual withdraw or their movement creates radical transitions wars that replace capitalism anyway Lee Harris, Atlanta Writer, 2002, Two, (Policy Review, December, p3(13) The intellectual origins of America-Bashing)
This is the immiserization thesis of Marx. And it is central to AND in control of the social order and all socialist schemes would be reduced to pipe dreams.
Turn- Their movement results in totalitarianism and extinction Rockwell, president of von Mises Institute, ‘8 Llewllyn Rockwell 5/17/08; Rockwell is the president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute; “Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism” http:~/~/mises.org/story/2982url:http://mises.org/story/2982
Whatever the specifics of the case in question, socialism AND atom bombs on millions of innocents.
Alt fails – the image of a unified and devastating form of capitalism dooms the alternative and crushes local actions against capitalist excesses JK Gibson-Graham, UMass-Amherst Geography Prof and Australian National U Senior Fellow of Human Geography, 1996 The End of Capitalism (As we knew it), Pg. 253-256
The birth of the concept of capitalism as we know it coincided in time with the birth AND of Capitalism is to present the left with the task of systemic transformation. | |
| 10/20/2012 | 1AR- Elections Obama GoodTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Romney winning – momentum is shifting.Pace, AP, 10-11-12 Wind power and the PTC have massive public support. During this year's presidential campaign, the renewable Julie, “Democrats on Edge Amid Obama Debate Fallout” http:~/~/www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/11/democrats_on_edge_amid_obama_debate_fallout_115745.html(%%), accessed 10-12-12, TAP
But there's little doubt that the burst of momentum AND , to get away with shifting to the center.
Romney winning – major polls show national shift.Salant, Bloomberg News, 10-11-12 Jonathon, “Romney Closes Gap With Obama in Five Swing-State Polls” http:~/~/www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/php(%%), accessed 10-12-12, TAP
Taken together, the surveys show a tightening of the AND states surveyed. Romney did not cross the 50 percent threshold in any state. | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- EconomyTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: US growth is really weak nowAP, 9-20-12 (CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, MARTIN CRUTSINGER, “US economy hobbled by weak hiring, manufacturing,” http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=APanddate=20120920andid=15582418, accessed 9-20-12, CMM)
A trio of reports Thursday offered a reminder that the U.S.
AND chief investment strategist at Plante Moran Financial Advisors, in a note to clients.
The economy is very fragileYen, AP, 9-20-12 (Hope, “Has U.S. economy bottomed out? Census suggests yes,” http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765605532/Has-US-economy-bottomed-out-Census-suggests-yes.html, accessed 9-20-12, CMM)
Richard Freeman, an economist at Harvard University, AND better than many other countries," he said. "Government policies remain critical." | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- WarmingTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Wind power doesn’t have any emissions.Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012 Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. and Pol'y 323, “ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?” Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP
Wind energy has all the potential in the world AND or chemical byproducts post-construction. n1
Wind doesn’t emit CO2.McCammon, New York University School of Law JD, 2009 Melanie, 17 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 1243, “STUDENT ARTICLE: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON SITING WIND FARMS: IS GREATER FEDERAL CONTROL WARRANTED?” Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP
As the need to address the threat of climate change becomes *1244 ever clearer AND generation of electricity through wind power. n8 | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- HIA CPTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Environmental impact statements are normal means.Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012 Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. and Pol'y 323, “ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?” Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP
Oddly enough, environmentalists have also opposed wind AND
requires a long and costly process to bring a wind farm onto the electricity grid.
Should means desirabilityAmerican Heritage, 2009, “should,” http:~/~/dictionary.reference.com/browse/com/browse/should(%%)
Like the rules governing the use of shall and will on which they are based AND the source of the spoken contraction should've. See Usage Notes at com/browse/+if(%%), com/browse/+rather(%%), com/browse/+shall(%%).
This is distinct from shall, which means mandatory – this means we don’t have to defend certainty and proves perm – do the counterplan – is not severanceAtlas Collaboration, 1999 “Use of shall, should, may can,” http:~/~/rd13doc.cern.ch/Atlas/DaqSoft/sde/inspect/html(%%)
'shall' describes something that is mandatory. If a requirement uses AND is to be stated anywhere (to say nothing of defining what 'thoroughly' means). Continuity is critical – the condition distorts certainty – transparency is the only way to solve.Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12 Phyllis, “Investment will follow if Congress renews PTC” http:~/~/www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/(%%), accessed 9-17-12, TAP
Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy AND , job, and business growth and to assure our global leadership in a rapidly emerging new sector.
The boom-and-bust undermines investment – stable transparent signal is key.PR Newswire, 4-12-12 “U.S. Retakes Lead From China in Clean Energy Race” http:~/~/www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/press-release_u-s-retakes-lead-from-china-in-clean-energy-race_1674761url:http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/press-release_u-s-retakes-lead-from-china-in-clean-energy-race_1674761(%%), accessed 8-29-12, TAP
In the global race to secure private clean energy finance and investment AND and transparent policies remain a critical signal to private investors."
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| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- Elections-Obama GoodTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Popular vote is irrelevant – it is all about the electoral college – and Colorado and Iowa are key.Bomboy, National Constitution Center, 9-27-12 Scott, “Four ways Mitt Romney can still win the election” http:~/~/www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=andtitle=Four+ways+Mitt+Romney+can+still+win+the+electionandurlID=491232403andaction=cptandpartnerID=894469andcid=171544561andfb=Yandurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fpresidential%2FFour_ways_Mitt_Romney_can_still_win_the_election.html%3FviewAll%3Dy%26c%3Dyurl:http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=andtitle=Four+ways+Mitt+Romney+can+still+win+the+electionandurlID=491232403andaction=cptandpartnerID=894469andcid=171544561andfb=Yandurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fpresidential%2FFour_ways_Mitt_Romney_can_still_win_the_election.html%3FviewAll%3Dy%26c%3Dy(%%), accessed 9-28-12, TAP
Lesson four:The arithmetic is all about the Electoral College¶ AND Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire — to have a significant chance of winning.
Romney is ahead in every swing state.Horowitz, PolicyMic, 10-10-12 Jake, “Rasmussen Polls: Romney Now Winning Swing States 49 Percent to 47 Percent Over Obama” http:~/~/www.policymic.com/articles/16223/com/articles/16223/rasmussen-polls-romney-now-winning-swing-states-49-percent-to-47-percent-over-obama(% style="font-family:Calibri;" %), accessed 10-12-12, TAP
Mitt Romney is leading President Obama in the 11 all-important AND two more debate contests on October 16 and 22.
PTC is popular in every swing state – tons of jobs.Belogolova, National Journal, 8-10-12 Olga, “Wind-Energy Jobs Have Candidates Spinning About Extending Production Tax Credit” http:~/~/www.nationaljournal.com/politics/com/politics/wind-energy-jobs-have-candidates-spinning-about-extending-production-tax-credit-20120810(%%), accessed 9-18-12, TAP
A federal tax incentive for wind power has long been a top priority for clean-energy advocates, AND was the fastest-growing state for new wind installations in 2011.
Uniqueness overwhelms – Obama’s up big in PAHuffPost, 9-27-12 (“Pennsylvania May No Longer Be Considered A Swing State,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/pennsylvania-swing-state_n_1918091.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012, accessed 9-27-12, CMM)
In a shift unforeseen by many political spectators, Pennsylvania's AND for those currently under age 55.
Iowa and Colorado are key – the race is too tight to discount them.Carpentier, Raw Story, 9-7-12 Megan, “Obama, Romney head to swing states post-convention to drum up support” http:~/~/www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/07/obama-romney-head-to-swing-states-post-convention-to-drum-up-support/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/07/obama-romney-head-to-swing-states-post-convention-to-drum-up-support/(%%), accessed 9-17-12, TAP
But it shows how their campaigns are increasingly honing AND voters where the race is seen as too close to call.
Florida key – Bush v. Gore proves.Fifield, Financial Times, 9-12-12 Anna, “And then there were nine” Lexis, accessed 9-13-12, TAP
It was no accident that the day after the Democratic national AND see plenty of Mr Obama and Mr Romney.
VA keyPope, Oregonian, 9-30-12 (Charles, “Swing states like Virginia lock up attention from Obama and Romney,” 9-30-12, http:~/~/www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/09/swing_states_like_virginia_html(%%), accessed 10-2-12) PM
Independent political analysts say Romney has little AND president to win Virginia in consecutive elections since Franklin Roosevelt.
Wisconsin key.Gabriel and Zeleny, The New York Times, 9-12-12 Trip and Jeff, “Ryan Plays Up Wisconsin Pride as Obama TV Ads Begin in State,” http:~/~/www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/us/politics/html(%%), 9-12-12, access date: 9-13-12, MAY
The appeals to state pride were laid on thick because Mr. Ryan’s addition AND who have carried the state in the last six presidential races. However, the 2000 and 2004 elections were very close. | |
| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- Oil Prices DATournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Wind power penetration is high.Restuccia, The Hill, 2011 Andrew, 12-28-11, “The Race for Wind: Wind Industry Sees Good Prospects for Tax Credit Extension” http:~/~/www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497andpageid=php?article=53497andpageid=andpagename(%%)=, accessed 8-22-12, TAP
AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner year ANd in a statement. “But the PTC movement gathered momentum heading into next year.”
Tons of investment in wind energy now.Styles, The Energy Collective, 8-2-12 Geoffrey, “Last Hurrah for the Wind Power Tax Credit?” http:~/~/theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit(%%), accessed 8-22-12, TAP
The US wind industry has received substantial government AND a total of $4.5 B over the next decade.
No tradeoff.Palmer et al, Resources for the Future, 2010 Karen, Richard Sweeney, and Maura Allaire, Oct 2010, “Modeling Policies to Promote Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources of Electricity” http:~/~/www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-BCK-Palmeretal%20-pdf(%%), p.2, accessed 9-21-12, TAP
A greater reliance on domestic renewable AND to be small.
No Russia war –cooperation over econ, bilateral commission check escalationCollins, Director, Russia Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 10/12/9 (James, Former Ambassador to Russia, Advisory Board Member, Civilian Research and Development Foundation and the Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow, recipient of the Secretary of State's Award for Distinguished Service; the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service; NASA Medal for Distinguished Service "US-Russia Relations on the Eve of Clinton's Trip to Moscow" http:~/~/www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=23985andprog=cfm?fa=viewandid=23985andprog=zru(%%) accessed 10/30/9)
I think we have done reasonably well at seeing each other as AND
learning to work together across a broad range of issues—will be less than they could be.
No escalation- the rest of the world will stay out of itVladimirov, Military Expert Board VP, 7-20-7, ( Major General Alexander, “WILL AMERICA FIGHT RUSSIA?” Defense and Security, l/n accessed 2/2/8
Deterioration of the Russian-American armed conflict into AND fighting down below.
High prices are inevitable – supply instability.Gordon, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 12 (Deborah Gordon, 3-22-12, US News, “No Magic Bullet for the Price of Gas,” http:~/~/www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/03/22/com/opinion/articles/2012/03/22/no-magic-bullet-for-the-price-of-gas(%%), access date: 9-4-12, LLL)
As they ruminate at the pump, Americans may have finally AND the price is tied to the global market.
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| 10/20/2012 | 2AC- Neolib KTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Case is a prerequisite – evaluate consequences. Every alternative paradigm is inevitably circular – resolution requires weighing impacts – not ethics.Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002 Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, “ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law” Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP
A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making AND not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. AND perspectives aren’t irreconcilable – incorporating conceptions of the oppressed into the law is the only way to produce structural change.Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002 Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, “ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law” Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP
Pragmatism may prove a useful tool in environmental debates simply because such debates can be characterized as competing, irreconcilable perspectives AND coherently excludes them." n134
Guided capitalism solves.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http:~/~/books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=false(%%), p.20, accessed 7-10-12, TAP
A healthy society, I would argue, is one characterized AND capitalist goose that lays the golden eggs.
The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 Samuel, “Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding” http:~/~/truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding(%%), accessed 9-15-12, TAP
The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been AND to point B – where they want to be.
Defer to pragmatism over the alt – actions shape reality, not theorizing – if they don’t have a paradigm for operating in the world, you assign them zero solvency.Ihde, State University of New York Stony Brook philosophy professor, 2012 Don, “Experimental Phenomenology” second edition, p.116-7, TAP
Carl Mitcham, himself a pragmatist, has pointed out that one salient AND enter since my program here is more prescriptive than expository.
Capitalism doesn’t necessitate inequality and socialism doesn’t preclude growth.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http://www.amazon.com/Green-Delusions-Environmentalist-Critique-Environmentalism/dp/0822314746, p.174-5, accessed 7-10-12, TAP
It is also essential to recognize that state-mandated social and AND the recent socioeconomic history of the United States. Every alternative paradigm is inevitably circular – resolution requires weighing impacts – not ethics.Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002 Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, “ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law” Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP
A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires AND not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. Either the alternative can be implemented through the state or institutions like corporations thwart your movementFarber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12 Samuel, “Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding” http:~/~/truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding(%%), accessed 9-15-12, TAP
Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the AND but because they were much stronger than their American counterparts.
Intellectual change has little effect on consumption patterns – concrete actions are key.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http:~/~/books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=false(%%), p.11-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP
Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological campaign can transform AND devised if those policies are ever to be realized.
No – you go back to medieval life.Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992 Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http:~/~/books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=false(%%), p.7, accessed 7-10-12, TAP
While such are the fantasies only of the most moonstruck extremists AND firms are able to devise, or afford, adequate pollution abatement equipment.
AND, the case turns the K, not the other way aroundJoshua Goldstein, American University International Relations Professor, 2001, “War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa,” p.411-412
I began this book hoping to contribute in some way to a deeper understanding of AND main cause of war seems to be empirically inadequate.
4. Double bind – either they need a clear roadmap that proposes a gradual withdraw or their movement creates radical transitions wars that replace capitalism anyway Lee Harris, Atlanta Writer, 2002, Two, (Policy Review, December, p3(13) The intellectual origins of America-Bashing)
This is the immiserization thesis of Marx. And it is central to AND in control of the social order and all socialist schemes would be reduced to pipe dreams.
9. Turn- Their movement results in totalitarianism and extinction Rockwell, president of von Mises Institute, ‘8 Llewllyn Rockwell 5/17/08; Rockwell is the president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute; “Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism” http:~/~/mises.org/story/2982url:http://mises.org/story/2982
Whatever the specifics of the case in question, socialism always
AND , you know, there is really something to be said for malaria and typhoid and dropping atom bombs on millions of innocents.
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