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- Malthus DA A. Uniqueness – Population is in check globally, only Africa is overpopulated.
- Abernethy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1993 (http://www.carryingcapacity.org/va2.html)
- C. Impacts – 1. Overpopulation leads to ecosystem collapse and extinction
- 2. The impact is linear – Each death now saves ten in the crunch
Latin America TradeoffA. Uniqueness- 1. The budget climate is tight and Congress will require zero-sum offsets of health and development spending Sessions 06 (Myra, analyst at the Centre for Global Development, Blog – “The PMI Turns One - How Will We Measure Success?”, Global Health Policy Blog, 7/6, http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2006/07/the_pmi_turns_o.php) In a July 1 editorial, the Lancet (free registration required) praised 2. US aid to Latin America is still strong Hindustan Times 07 (Indo-Asian News Service, “Bush to increase Latin American aid ahead of visit”, 3/6, factiva) Indo-Asian News Service Washington, March B. Link- Increasing aid to Africa trades-off with Latin American development assistance Menendez 2000 (Robert, US Senator, Testimony before HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Federal News Service, 6/28, lexis) I have proposed a Development Fund for C. Impacts- 1. Current USAID initiatives in Latin America make it critical to preventing deforestation in the Amazon Franco 04 (Adolfo, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID, "Foreign Assistance Priorities for the Western Hemisphere," 3/2, http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/040302fran.htm) Overall, USAID is programming its development 2. Amazon collapse risks extinction Takacs 1996 (David, teaches environmental humanities (history, ethics, justice, politics) in the Institute for Earth Systems Science and Policy at California State, “The Idea of Biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise,” 1996, pg. 200-201) So biodiversity keeps the world running. It has value
Spending DAB. Links – 1. Stand-alone spending bills create a dangerous precedent that breaks down fiscal restraint Grams 95 (Rod, Senator, Congressional Press Releases 3/20)
2. Deficit spending causes a breakdown in fiscal discipline that will crush the economy Copley News Service 03 (3/3) The spending discipline in Congress that C. Impact – 1. Fiscal discipline is key to the economy Maas 06 (Jim, member of the executive committee of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin. Wausau Daily Herald. March 24,. Pg. 10A "Bipartisan spending is the real emergency") There is a real emergency in Washington 2. Economic collapse causes extinction Bearden 2000 (T.T, Director, Association of Distinguished American Scientists, http://www.seaspower.com/EnergyCrisis-Bearden.htm) History bears out that desperate nations Africa Reps KTHE AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP TO AFRICA IS DEFINED BY IMAGES. SATURATED BY REPRESENTATIONS OF CONFLICT, DISEASE, AND THE PERMANENT AFLICTION OF CATASTROPHE AND CHAOS, POLICYMAKERS CAN’T HELP BUT SOLIDIFY THE DEHUMANIZING FRAME FOR INTERVENTION THESE IMAGES DEMANDWALLACE, PHD STUDENT – ANTHROPOLOGY – OXFORD, 5 [JAMIE, “AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICA BASED ON MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS”, http://www.hollerafrica.com/showArticle.php?artId=101&catId=1] When we think of Africa, images of famine, poverty THE ATTACHMENT TO IMAGES OF AFRICAN CATASTROPHE CASTIGATES AFRICANS TO A PERMANENT GLOBAL UNDERCLASS. DEFINED AS HARBINGERS OF THEIR EVER-PRESENT DEMISE, AFRICANS BECOME THE OBJECTS OF A GENOCIDAL PROCESS OF DEHUMANIZATION THAT’S GROUNDED HISTORY’S MOST EXTREME ATROCITIES.SANKORE, EDITOR – INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS – AFRICA AND COORDINATOR – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATED RIGHTS IN AFRICA, 5 [ROTIMI, “The Pitfalls and Consequences of Development 'Pornography'”, http://www.bond.org.uk/networker/2005/april05/opinion.htm] Increasingly graphic depictions of poverty projected Our alternative is to reject the affirmatives representations of Africa as a continent in the state of permeate catastrophe in need of a savior. This dismisses existing discourses and reassesses the west’s ability to simply assert the metaphore of darkness on an entire continent while opening space for more positive representations of AfricaOguibe, Olu. PhD in Art History from University of London, March 2003. [Exoticism, African Societies, Volume 4.] africansocieties.org To reject the exoticization of Africa is to destroy
Northern Territory News (Australia), July 21, 2005. “World population growth slowing.” Lexis.World population growth is slowing because of B. Links –1. US assistance empirically creates rising expectations of prosperity in African states---this attitude is at the root of overpopulationAbernethy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1993 (http://www.carryingcapacity.org/va2.html)Between the end of World War II and 1970 fertility 2. Population momentum will ensure continued growth – only death can save SSAThomas J Coliber, Ph.D in history from Kent State University, is a senior fellow with The Futures Group International, [Population Bulletin – Population and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa] 1997These high birth rates have kept the countries C. Impacts –1. Overpopulation leads to ecosystem collapse and extinctionEdward Otten, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, 2000-2001, http://www.ecology.org/biod/population/human_pop1.htmlThe exponential growth of the human population 2. The impact is linear – Each death now saves ten in the crunchPaul Ehrlich, PhD Univ. Of Kansas, biologist at Stanford, June 16, 1979 NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, p. 31Sooner or later population would completely Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 2.81 Mb. Share with your friends:
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