Jason+&+Danny

=oh my goodness!=

= = =contact information= danny read the nib aff during the other part of the summer jason read like 953402583275204 other affs during the other part of the summer
 * aff -- jason charous (hamf lab) -- jasoncharous@gmail.com**
 * neg -- danny hensel (bjr lab) -- hensel.danny@gmail.com**

=affirmative= **1AC – Ports**

**1AC – Inherency** **Contention 1 is inherency –**

**Obama has expedited approval for projects, but not allocated funds – aff is still inherent, but you don’t have any DA’s.** **Morgan and Rabin 7/19** – Miami Herald reporter, environment reporter (Curtis and Charles, “White House Speeds Up Permits, Offers No New Cash For PortMiami Dredge Project”, The Miami Herald, July 21 2012, http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/19/2902727/white-house-speeds-up-permits.html)//CB// // The White House on Thursday put Port Miami’s long-awaited … “Today’s announcements focus just on expediting all remaining federal reviews.” //

// **Expedited port dredging solves by 2019 – it still needs funding** // // **Smith 7/20**-Bruce, Posted: Friday, July 20, 2012 3:30 am-“Harbor deepening gets boost, but needs money”-the Times and Democrat (http://thetandd.com/news/harbor-deepening-gets-boost-but-needs-money/article_a329c1ba-d229-11e1-a421-0019bb2963f4.html) MK // // Designating the Charleston Harbor deepening as …council for six months. //

// **1AC – Econ** // // **Contention 2 is econ–** //

// **The Panama Canal expansion will fundamentally change seaborne commerce – US ports require new harbor deepening or they won’t be able to compete for post-Panamax ships** // // **Bridges 2011** –Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Port Authorities and Executive Director of Virginia Port Authority (Jerry A., “Testimony of Jerry A. Bridges Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Port Authorities and Executive Director of Virginia Port Authority before the United States House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Hearing: the Economic importance of Seaports: Is the United States Prepared for 21st Century Trade Realities?”, October 26, 2011, http://republicans.transportation.house.gov/Media/file/TestimonyWater/2011-10-26%20Bridges.pdf) //MM Since the birth of our nation, U.S. seaports and waterways that connect them have served as a vital economic lifeline …We cannot wait.

**The perception of a federal commitment to port infrastructure is vital to retain foreign customers – this will collapse the recovery** **Calhoun 11**-- President of Cargo Carriers (Cargill) and Chairman of Waterways Council, Inc (Rick, “DREDGING FOR PROSPERITY”, Marine Log, August, ProQuest, http://proxy.lib.umich.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/docview/889143450?accountid=14667”) EL// // Just like the nation itself, … in the future of our inland waterways transportation system. //

// **Federal port infrastructure funding is increasing but not substantially for new harbor deepening – the federal government’s uncertain commitment prevents new projects** // // **Szakonyi 12**— associate editor of the Journal of Commerce (Mark, “The Hill Ramping Up Dredging Efforts”, Journal of Commerce, 5/7, ProQuest) EL // // The push by U.S. ports for more federal dredging dollars is … meaningful long-term decisions. //

// **And these federal regulations mean any new projects will take decades unless the federal government expedites construction** // // **Nagle, 12-** President and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities (Kurt J., “Testimony of Kurt J. Nagle President and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities Before the United States House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subommittee”, Budget Hearing- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Assistant Secretary, Chief of Engineers, March 7, 2012, http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/EWTestimony%20Mar2012%20Final.pdf) //MM First, the funding level of the Corps of Engineers’ new construction …challenges of today and tomorrow.

**Expanding port infrastructure is vital to US global economic leadership** **Kiefer et al, 2k** – principal investigator for Planning and Management Consultants– study authorized by Section 401 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, report to the US Army Corps of Engineers (Jack, Planning and Management Consultants, “The National Dredging Needs Study of Ports and Harbors Implications to Cost-Sharing of Federal Deep Draft Navigation Projects Due to Changes in the Maritime Industry”, May 2000, http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/docs/iwrreports/00-R-8.pdf) //CB// // 2.2.2 Other Tangible Benefits Indirect benefits of Corps… states. //

// **Federal investment in port deepening is critical to economic growth and preventing trade collapse** // // **Kiefer et al, 2k** – principal investigator for Planning and Management Consultants– study authorized by Section 401 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, report to the US Army Corps of Engineers (Jack, Planning and Management Consultants, “The National Dredging Needs Study of Ports and Harbors Implications to Cost-Sharing of Federal Deep Draft Navigation Projects Due to Changes in the Maritime Industry”, May 2000, http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/docs/iwrreports/00-R-8.pdf) // CB International trade has become… updated for the 21st Century

**Strong U.S. trade credibility is key to maintain the current global system** **Bergsten 97** – Peterson Institute for International Economics (Fred C., “Global Trade and American Politics”, September 27, 1997, The Economist, http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/print.cfm?doc=pub&ResearchID=291) Second, the trade policy credibility of the …without jolting confidence in its staying power in other respects.

**The alternative is mercantilism and protectionism** **Posen 9** – Deputy director and senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (Adam, “Economic leadership beyond the crisis,” http://clients.squareeye.com/uploads/foresight/documents/PN%20USA_FINAL_LR_1.pdf) In the postwar period… it should concentrate on the following priority measures.

**Protectionism will cause terrorism and global wars – risks extinction** **Panzner 8** – faculty at the New York Institute of Finance, 25-year veteran of the global stock, bond, and currency markets who has worked in New York and London for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and JPMorgan Chase (Michael, “Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse,” p. 136-138) Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance …as the beginnings of a new world war.

**Free trade creates structural disincentives for inter- and intra- state war and deters terrorism** **Griswold, 11** Daniel Griswold is director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and author of Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. “Free Trade and the Global Middle Class,” Hayek Society Journal Vol. 9 http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/Hayek-Society-Journal-Griswold.pdf Accessed 6/30/12 BJM Our more globalized world has also yielded a “peace dividend.” It may not be obvious when our … by civil conflict and war.

**1AC – Hegemony** **Contention 3 is hegemony –**

**Commercial port infrastructure is necessary for a surge deployment – congestion reduces rapid response** **DOTMA 5** (U.S. department of transportation maritime administration “REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PORTS AND THE INTERMODAL SYSTEM” http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Rpt_to_Congress-Perf_Ports_Intermodal_Sys-June2005.pdf)JC The addition of military… funded improvement programs.

**Independently lack of dredging severely limits naval operations** **DOTMA 5** (U.S. department of transportation maritime administration “REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PORTS AND THE INTERMODAL SYSTEM” http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Rpt_to_Congress-Perf_Ports_Intermodal_Sys-June2005.pdf)JC Lack of attention to …commercial cargo.

**This is key to overall deterrence and conflict de-escalation – we control ceiling on all war impacts** **Hickins 09** (COLONEL KENNETH, United States Army, March 30, 2009, “STRATEGIC MOBILITY: FORGOTTEN CRITICAL REQUIREMENT OF THE CONTEMPORARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT”, http://www.dtic.mil.proxy.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA494718///TS)// // As I stated at the beginning of the paper… for any operational and strategic success. //

// **Hegemony solves conflict---your defense doesn’t apply** // // **Kagan** 12 2/11, *Robert Kagan: Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe for The New Republic, “Why the World Needs America,” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203646004577213262856669448.html, AJ // // History shows that world orders, including our own, are transient…—which is what the world looked like right before the American order came into being. //

// **1AC – Plan** //

// **The United States federal government should substantially increase its** // // **expedited** //// **investment in port transportation infrastructure projects in the United States, including transportation infrastructure surrounding ports.** //

// **1AC – Solvency** //

// **Contention 4 is solvency** //

// **The federal government is key – port infrastructure is under federal jurisdiction and federal action is vital to leadership** // // **AAPA, 11** - AAPA represents 160 of the leading seaport authorities in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean and more than 300 sustaining and associate members, firms and individuals with an interest in seaports (American Association of Port Authorities, “The U.S. Government’s Historic Role in Developing and Maintaining Landside and Waterside Connections to Seaports”, March 2011, http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/Transportation%20and%20the%20Constitution1.pdf) //GP Over time these constitutional responsibilities …, and global competitiveness, be recognized and prioritized.

**Federal leadership is vital to expediting new projects and coordinating federal agencies – it creates faster infrastructure development** **Woodley Jr. 8**— Chairman – PIANC (Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses) USA (John Paul, “Dredging key to keeping nation’s economy afloat”, Seaports Magazine, http://www.aapaseaports.com/pdf_issues/AAPASeaports_Summer2008.pdf, Summer) EL Like many nations, …to come.

**Dredging helps the environment—other uses for the material** **Woodley Jr. 08**— Chairman – PIANC (Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses) USA (John Paul, “Dredging key to keeping nation’s economy afloat”, Seaports Magazine, http://www.aapaseaports.com/pdf_issues/AAPASeaports_Summer2008.pdf, Summer) EL Our dredging work also …cost of a project afloat.

=negative= cp -- states da -- politics -- jackson vanik
 * vs. mass transit --** **sahar merchant** and **joyce tang**

cp -- alaska does the plan da -- federalism da -- politics -- jackson vanik -- not as offense, but as a sq solves aff argument
 * vs. bering strait -- the one where you actually do something -- morgan murphy** and **marlene anderson**

cp -- states -- compact da -- politics -- jackson vanik
 * vs. ccs -- miranda ryshawy** and **eigen aoki**

cp -- states da -- politics -- jackson vanik
 * vs. port security -- katie duval** and **marc odermatt**

cp -- states da -- politics jackson vanik
 * vs. title xi -- dillon hall** and **kevin pucci**

aspec? da -- oil *yep i made ali jamal go for something other than politics in the 1nr. case
 * vs. dredging -- kim hill** and **roman kezios**

cp -- states (yep) da -- federalism da -- politics -- jackson vanik? da -- coercion?
 * vs. new orleans -- colin gahungu** and **marlene anderson**

da -- oil case
 * vs. gaaaaas taaaaaax -- morgan murphy** and **christian rodriguez**

da -- politics -- jackson vanik case conditionality is good
 * vs. ccs -- miranda ryshawy** and **eigen aoki**

cp -- advantage (sealift, restoring america's future, maritime domain awareness) da -- oil case
 * vs. title xi -- sahar merchant** and **joyce tang**


 * CAMP TOURNAMENT**

cp -- offsets pic da -- politics -- cybersecurity case
 * vs. gaaaaaas taaaaaax -- cfjp jarele/connor**

cp -- states da -- politics -- cybersecurity
 * vs. port security -- hybrid erik/katie**

da -- politics -- cybsersecurity case
 * vs. gaaaaaas taaaaaax -- cfjp greg/**(steven)

cp -- regulations aka dheidt's child stimulus bad
 * vs. ccs -- fran/mgd**