Speciesm K

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• Speciesm K

   

  Focusing on liberation requires re-affirmation of animality to justify the liberation of those the affirmative targets which re-entrenches speciesism.

  Kim, UC Irvine political science professor, 2009

  (Claire, “Slaying the Beast:  Reflections on Race, Culture, and Species”, , ldg)

   

  Dyson gives a… and our actions

   

  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… 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, , ldg)

   

  What is equally… disproportionate effects on animals

   

  The alternative is to embrace the standpoint of the animal—this overcomes the humanist bias of the affirmative scholarship, connects the experiences of human and non-human animals and allows for total liberation by providing understanding of all oppression

  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, , ldg)

   

  Postmodern critiques have… ecological healing and balance

  
  

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Private Aid CP

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• Tax credits solve foreign aid and avoid corruption, bureaucracy, and spending taxpayer dollars

  Muzinich and Werker, Harvard Business School professor, 7

  (Justin, works for hedge fund in Connecticut, and Eric, Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, Harvard Business School assistant professor, his research explores the economics of development and foreign aid, economic advisor to the President of Liberia, worked with the US Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation on foreign aid projects and with the NGO Conservation International, serves on the Advisory Group of the Center for Global Development, and is a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Center for International Development, "A Global Tax Credit," NY Times, 10-20-2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/opinion/20werker.html, accessed 10-17-11, mss)

   

  BARACK OBAMA has… to poor countries

  
  
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Politics- NDAA

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• NDAA detention provisions won’t pass now- that’s key to solve terrorism

  Simon, ACLU staff, 10-24

  (Amanda, "Momentum Building Against NDAA Detention Provision," www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/momentum-building-against-ndaa-detention-provision, accessed 10-27-11, mss)

   

  Momentum Building Against… your Senator now.

   

  It’s at the top of the docket- PC is key to hold off mandatory military detention

  Johnson, NPR justice dept. correspondent, 10-25

  (Carrie, she has spent the last decade and a half chronicling legal affairs in the nation's capital and beyond, "Big Fight Brewing In Senate Over Defense Policy Bill," NPR, 10-25-11, www.npr.org/2011/10/25/141649237/big-fight-brewing-in-senate-over-defense-policy-bill, accessed 10-27-11, mss)

   

  A big fight is brewing… for service members.

   

  AND- Democracy assistance drains capital – Obama lacks clear allies from either party

  Hamid, CSM writer, 2011

  (Shadi, writer for the Christian Science Monitor, "Tunisia, Egypt, Arab world need bold US support for democracy, not mixed messages," 1-26-11, Dow Jones Factiva, accessed 6-11-11, mtf)

   

  Hard to shift gears… make Americans uncomfortable.)

   

  New spending causes a big fight in Congress-riders and Tea Party stonewalling.

  Malloy, Post-Gazette Washington Bureau, 2011

  (Daniel, “The next big fight in Congress: spending”, 8-7, , DOA: 8-18-11, ldg)

   

  But the number… less than that

   

  Obama opposition is key- provisions doom counter-terror

  AP, 10-24

  (Associated Press "Top Dems oppose detention policy in defense bill," 10-24-11, ,www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/24/top-dems-oppose-detention-policy-in-defense-bill/, 10-27-11, mss)

   

  Top Democrats on… threaten our national security

   

  Terrorism causes global nuclear war

  Morgan, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 2009

  (Dennis, World on fire: two scenarios of the destruction of human civilization and possible extinction of the human race Futures, Volume 41, Issue 10, December, ldg)

   

  In a remarkable website… of strategic weapons

  
  
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Tradeoff DA- Latin America

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• USAID will avoid cuts now but it’s an easy target- new cuts would devastate USAID and US leadership

  Worthington, InterAction CEO and president, 8-1-11

  (Samuel, InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations, "US must learn from Britain and not cut foreign aid," The Guardian, 8-1-11, www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/aug/01/us-foreign-aid-cuts, accessed 8-27-11, mss)

   

  Current budget battles… no sense to us either

   

  Latin America is USAID’s priority now- BUT new programs tradeoff

  Shah and Menendez, USAID administrator and US Senator (D-NJ), 11

  (Rajiv, USAID administrator, and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), "International Development Policy Priorities in the FY2012 Budget," Federal News Service, 4-13-2011, l/n, accessed 8-31-11, mss)

   

  So explain to… That is not acceptable

   

  USAID cuts in Latin America devastate the ABCI- key to protect the Amazon

  Patlis, WWF US Government relations managing director, 7

  (Jason, World Wildlife Fund, CQ Congressional Testimony, " Fiscal 2008 Appropriations: State, Foreign Operations & Other Programs," 3-29-7, l/n, accessed 9-8-11, mss)

   

  Amazon Basin Conservation… the Amazon watershed

   

  Extinction

  Takacs, Institute for Earth Systems Science and Policy environmental humanities professor, 96

  (David, California State University Monterey Bay, The Idea of Biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise, 1996, Amazon books preview, accessed 9-9-11, pg200-201, mss)

   

  So biodiversity keeps… bang but a whimper.

  
  
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Saudi Relations DA

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• Relations high now despite risk of Palestinian veto and tension over Mubarak

  AFP, 10-1-11

  (Agence France-Presse, "US-Saudi ties strong: White House," http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jsyZQTF1lsB7wp8WLN8Dh_WvTerg?docId=CNG.744d16200e5347083eda023b63ff4507.211, accessed 10-3-11, mtf)

   

  The United States… concerns, Vietor said

   

  US support for democracy destroys US-Saudi relations

  Lister, CNN staff writer, 2011

  (Tim, “Distrusting U.S., Saudi Arabia embarks on more assertive role,” CNN, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-18/politics/obama.saudi.arabia_1_nawaf-obaid-saudi-officials-prince-turki-al-faisal?_s=PM:POLITICS, accessed 6/12/2011) jba

   

  At the same… held after 9/11

   

  Relations decline over the Arab Spring will drive the Saudis to proliferate

  Guzansky, Institute for National Security Studies, 2011

  (Yoel, “Tehran tests Saudis' nerve on nuclear weapons”, 7-1, , DOA: 9-23-11, ldg)

   

  UNTIL recently it… Atomic Energy Agency monitoring.

   

  Saudi Nukes causes Indo Pak war.

  Roberts, Royal Society of literature fellow, 2011

  (Andrew, “Iran's Nuclear Domino Effect”, 1-2, , DOA: 9-24-11, ldg)

   

  The Saudis have... significantly more dangerous

   

  Even a limited war between India and Pakistan would cause extinction

  Madrigal, Energy Science Tech and Journalist, 4-7-2008

  (Alexis, Wired, “Regional Nuclear War Would Cause Worldwide Destruction,” )jap

   

  Imagine that the… of the atmosphere itself.

  
  
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Politics- Jobs

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• Obama pushing for piecemeal legislation ensures passage of payroll tax cuts

  Grim, writer for Huffington Post, 10/17

  [Ryan, October 17, 2011, “GOP Supported Parts Of Obama's Jobs Bill”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/obama-jobs-bill-2011-republican-support_n_1011699.html, 10/17/11, atl]

   

  In blocking the… small-business growth

   

  But, PC is key to ensure final passage

  Associated Press, 10/17

  [October 17, 2011, “Obama pushes for jobs bill”, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-pushes-jobs-bill, 10/17/11, atl]

   

  President Barack Obama… trillion-dollar annual deficits

   

  Failure to extend payroll tax cuts collapses the economy

  Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 11

  [Chuck, September 7, 2011, “Letting Payroll Tax Cut Expire Would Shrink Worker Paychecks and Damage Weak Economy”, http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3572, 10/18/11, atl]

   

  Failure by Congress… for U.S. growth."

   

  Economic collapse causes nuclear war

  Friedberg and Schoenfeld, 2008

  (Aaron and gabriel professor of politics and international relations at Princeton University and visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute, “The Dangers of a Diminished America”, Wall Street Journal, )

   

  Pressures to cut… with external adventures.

   

  Now is key – failure to pass ensures a long-term double dip recession

  Concord Monitor, 11

  [Monitor Staff, August 29, 2011, “Extend payroll tax cut to create jobs”, http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/276436/extend-payroll-tax-cut-to-create-jobs?CSAuthResp=1319080292%3Ai4511mspf6icmu9ep6q90ehrh4%3ACSUserId|CSGroupId%3Aapproved%3A24286B385AB1E723A0677F092124A9F5&CSUserId=94&CSGroupId=1, 10/19/11, atl]

   

  Given the nation's… to creating jobs

   

  Turns case – collapse causes democratic backsliding and resource wars

  Tilford, History PhD from George Washington University, 2008

  (Earl, “Critical Mass: Economic Leadership or Dictatorship”, 10-6, , ldg)

   

  Could it happen… point very quickly

   

  Turns Case- Economic growth key to democracy

  Baumol et al., NYU economics professor, 2007

  (William, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity, 129-131, ldg)

   

  Now, ask the… eventually will follow.

  
  
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Courts CP

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• Right to democracy creates a legal obligation for promotion

  Glen, Georgetown law professor, 2011

  (Patrick, “Democracy Promotion in the Obama Administration: An Opportunity to Match Action to Rhetoric”, , ldg)

  Advocacy for a “right to… two centuries ago

   

  Deference is increasing with globalization-CP key to reverse this.

  Downs et al., NYU law professor, 2010

  (George, “National Courts, Domestic Democracy, and the Evolution of International Law”. The European Journal of International Law , Volume 20, Number 1, April, , ldg)

  The traditional deference… area of environmental

   

  And, Deference ensures military induced extinction

  Kellman, Depaul law professor, 1989

  (Barry, “ARTICLE: JUDICIAL ABDICATION OF MILITARY TORT ACCOUNTABILITY: BUT WHO IS TO GUARD THE GUARDS THEMSELVES?”, December, 1989 Duke L.J. 1597, lexis, ldg)

  In this era… of thermonuclear holocaust.

   

  And court deference fuels racist executive policies

  Joo, UC Davis law professor, 2002

  (Thomas, “ARTICLE: PRESUMED DISLOYAL: EXECUTIVE POWER, JUDICIAL DEFERENCE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF RACE BEFORE AND AFTER SEPTEMBER 11”, Fall, 34 Colum. Human Rights L. Rev. 1, lexis, ldg)

  The racial category… law and democracy.

  
  
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MCC CP

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• MCC CP

  MCC approach is comparatively better-5 reasons

  Radelet, Center for Global Development senior fellow, 2003

  (Steven, “Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account”, 5-1, , ldg)

   

  The country-program… and over time

  
  
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SPP CP

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• SPP CP

  Expanding the SPP to include the plan solves, expands citizen relationships, and doesn’t link to politics

  Owens, Colorado governor, 2

  (Bill, governor of Colorado and vice chair of the Republican Governors Association, he has led delegations to Europe, Latin America, and Asia, including ten trips to Russia; and Troy A. Eid, serves on the governor’s cabinet as the secretary of personnel and administration for Colorado, "Strategic Democracy Building: How U.S. States Can Help," Washington Quarterly, 25:4, Autumn 2002, ebsco, accessed 8-18-11, mss)

   

  As the SPP … U.S. foreign policy objectives.

  
  
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Tradeoff- Pakistan

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• Tradeoff- Pakistan

   

  A. Effective USAID key to Pakistan stability

  Mahmood, development economist and freelance writer, 9-27

  (Hina, "Aid can make a difference," Dawn, www.dawn.com/2011/09/27/aid-can-make-a-difference.html, accessed 10-25-11, mss)

   

  Rajiv Shah, administrator … Pakistanis and Americans.

   

  B. Foreign aid funding is zero-sum- plan forces a tradeoff

  Sessions, Center for Global Development program coordinator, 6

  (Myra, "The PMI Turns One – How Will We Measure Success?," Center for Global Development, blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2006/07/the-pmi-turns-one-how-will-we.php, accessed 8-31-11, mss)

   

  Thanks for the …opportunities of the initiatives.

   

  AND- New cuts gut USAID

  Worthington, InterAction CEO and president, 11

  (Samuel, InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations, "US must learn from Britain and not cut foreign aid," The Guardian, 8-1-11, www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/aug/01/us-foreign-aid-cuts, accessed 8-27-11, mss)

   

  Current budget battles …no sense to us either.

   

  C. Pakistan collapse causes global nuclear war

  Rosenbaum, Slate columnist, 11

  (Ron, How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III, March 2011, google books, pg16-19, accessed 10-25-11, mss)

   

  Pakistan has long …. Unless you count…

  
  
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