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Attempts to manage the world render Earth and its inhabitants as objects, awaiting the subjective United States’ federal government’s action.  This form of dualism renders everything a self-circulating resource at humanity’s disposal, revealing one way of better relating to the world, all the while eclipsing other modes of thought.

McWhorter 92 (Ladelle, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Richmond, Heidegger and the earth: Essays in environmental philosophy, Thomas Jefferson University Press, pp. 6)

The danger of a managerial approach to the world lies not,…. directions of which we may never dream

There is no end to technological thought and rationale – it will continue to find more destructive ways to control life and death.

Beckman 2k Tad: Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences at Harvey Mudd College, “Martin Heidegger and Environmental Ethics,” http://www2.hmc.edu/~tbeckman/personal/Heidart.html.

The threat of nuclear annihilation is,…. look for the concepts that we need to fabricate convincing arguments?

The standing reserve and the ontological damnation that comes from it outweighs nuclear war--life has no meaning in a framework that sustains the standing reserve and denies us an authentic relationship with being.

Zimmerman 94 Michael: Professor of Philosophy at Tulane. Contesting the Earth’s Future, p.104.

Heidegger asserted that human self-assertion,…. because they were never "disclosed" by humanity.

Our alternative is to detach and release. We must learn to let things be what they are – this does not mean a retreat from technology or surrender to the inevitable, rather, it means a reorientation of how we relate to the world and the beings within it.

Sabatino 07 Charles J.: professor of philosophy at Daemen College “A Heideggerian Reflection on the Prospects of Technology” reprinted in Janus Head 10(1) www.janushead.org/10-1/sabatino.pdf p. 72-73.

The point of seeing the danger is not that we…. all belonging together within the shared gift of world?

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1. Economy will decide the election

ABC Premium News (Australia), September 7, 2011, Obama's approval rating hits record low

Simon Rosenberg is from the progressive think….. aim at the president's number one weak spot.

B. Perception of fixing the economy is key to Obama’s re-election

Feller 11

(Ben Feller, Associated Press, Proquest, 6/6/11)PHS   

President Barack Obama cannot escape… It's taking a while to mend."

C. New spending upsets independents – makes them vote GOP.

Gould and Walter, ’11 (Martin and Kathleen, “Ed Gillespie: GOP Will Sweep 2012, Voters Now See Obama in 'Over His Head', July 12, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Gillespie-Obama-economy-leadership/2011/07/12/id/403350) PHS

“It will be very difficult for President Obama to be re-elected…. t’s very frustrating to these voters.”

D. Failure for Obama to get re-elected causes war with Iran, ME instability and oil-induced economic crisis

Curiel 10

Jonathan Curiel, Prof of Journalism @ UCLA, 7-28-2010, “What just might happen if Obama loses in 2012,”http:~/~/webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AIlWa6eGDQcJ:trueslant.com/jonathancuriel/2010/07/28/what-just-might-happen-if-obama-loses-in 2012/+If+Obama+losses+2012andcd=1andhl=enandct=clnkandgl=usandclient=com/jonathancuriel/2010/07/28/what-just-might-happen-if-obama-loses-in-2012/+If+Obama+losses+2012andcd=1andhl=enandct=clnkandgl=usandclient=firefox-a(%%), PHS

Less than four months from now, the mid-term elections… leading front for insurgency against the United States.

E.  Impact is Extinction

Auslin 09 – (Michael, Resident Scholar – American Enterprise Institute, and Desmond Lachman – Resident Fellow – American Enterprise Institute, “The Global Economy Unravels”, Forbes, 3-6, http://www.aei.org/article/100187)

What do these trends mean in the short and medium… small explosions that coalesce into a big bang