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Counterplans on the TopicThe Honorable James R. Stevenson, Ph.D, J.D., M.D., Th.D., A.F., A.D.N.
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Private actor CPs•Free market vs. federal funding and
direction▫Contract private organizations▫“Prizes” CP▫Private actor fiat
•Great solvency evidence both ways▫Bureaucracy/NASA sucks sometimes▫So do private companies
•NB: politics, spending (budget tradeoff)
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Agent & Process CPs•Do the plan through another agent or
legislative process▫XO▫NASA▫DOD▫Delegation▫Commission▫Courts
•NB: Politics•Sketchiness rating: 2-3/5
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Process CPs, cont.•Crucial blocks:
▫AT: Perms▫AT: Links to politics▫AT: Rollback▫Theory
•Spreading out the 1AR is key
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Aff vs Process CPs•Solvency deficits—funding, rollback,
credibility•Offense on the NB•CP links to politics•Perm/competition tricks (do the CP)•Theory
▫Includes all of the plan▫Reduces debate to politics
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International actor CPs• Do the plan through another country—test “US
key” warrant▫India▫China▫Japan▫UN▫EU
• NB: Politics, other DAs to America• Sketchiness: 2/5 – but coop w/ x country is worse
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Int’l actor CPs, cont.•Crucial blocks:
▫Solvency front + backlines▫Heg bad▫Generic DA answers—UQ tricks▫Theory
•The debate will probably come down to US leadership vs your net benefit and a solvency deficit
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Aff vs Int’l Actor CPs•US key warrants***
▫Leadership▫Economy▫Available tech/funding▫Relations advantages/DAs
•Country-specific DAs•Answer the NB•Theory
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Consult CPs•Consult another country/entity over the
plan + relations NB▫NATO▫Japan▫China▫EU▫Russia
•Sketchiness rating: 5/5▫Make that like 10/5
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Consult CPs, cont.• Consult is a game of its own• Crucial blocks
▫Perm: do both▫Perm: do plan and consult (on something else)▫Perm: do CP▫Lie perm▫Rollback perm▫Consult isn’t normal means▫Delay▫Functional > textual competition
• You really need to be block heavy/spread the 1AR
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Answering consult CPs•See previous page—go perm-crazy•Answer the NB—it probably sucks (esp.
UQ)•Theory is very viable. Very, very viable.•The block will try to spread out the 1AR—
so either go all in on one or two args or flow really well
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Advantage CPs•Solves an advantage or impact—stacked
together to solve as much of the 1AC as possible
•NB: Politics, case/impact turns•Often requires only a few solvency cards
and a politics link shield block•Sketchiness: 1/5 (worse if each plank is conditional)
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Advantage CPs, cont.•Common advantage CPs:
▫Global warming—RPS, adaptation▫Competitiveness—education/fix NCLB▫Hegemony—end strength, nuke carriers*▫Terrorism—multilateral terror prevention▫Economy—stimulus/investment**
*less effective on this year’s topic**less effective in current economic environment
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Answering Advantage CPs•Don’t read generic advantages/impacts!•Solvency deficits•Perm•CP links to net benefit (ptx)•DAs to CP
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Word PICs•PIC out of a certain word in the
resolution/plan•Often critical in nature•“Manned”/“Unmanned”•“Development”•Old classics: “Should” “The USFG”
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Answering word PICs•Don’t say stupid words in your plan text,
e.g. “manned” or “unmanned”•Theory, theory, theory
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Other random, stupid CPs•Condition CP•Sunset CP•Delay CP