Stephen+F.+Austin+RB+-+Dan+Rowe+&+Eli+Bacon+neg

=Round 1 TOC v. Brophy MM= South Africa do the aff HEg Bad OSPEC T-PHA = Disease

Stephen F. Austin RB – Negative

THE T shell A) Interpretation—A topical affirmative must increase US-provided public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa. First, Public denotes government provision. Dictionary.com, 2007 Second, Its modifies USfg. Dictionary.com, 2007("its”Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 06 Dec. 2007. .)] Third, To means Direct, OED 99 And, Public health assistance is the provision of public health services to the population.

Hyde, 95 (Henry, US Senator, text of a bill introduced in the Senate, 3/22, [|http://www.eff.org/Legislation/Bills_by_number/hr1292_95.bill)]

T—Increase A) Interpretation—Increase implies pre-existing Words and Phrases 59 [p384, ddi06]

LOST DISAD 1. Law of the Sea Treaty will pass now. Ian Williams, Guardian Unlimited, December 1, 2007 http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ian_williams/2007/12/anarchy_on_the_high_seas.html 2. Plan drains Bush’s political capital Carol Lancaster 2000, “Transforming Foreign Aid: United States Assistance in the 21st Century” http://www.iie.com/publications/chapters_preview/321/3iie2911.pdf pg12. [Bhattacharjee] 3. Bush polcap key to LOST Krause in 2007 (Don, VP, Citizens for Global Solutions, [|http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4286)] 4. The Law of the Sea treaty is crucial to United States’ environmental leadership and preventing the destruction of the oceans Schlickeisen in 2007 (Rodger, Newsblaze News, [|http://newsblaze.com/story/20070925135019tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html)] 5. Ocean collapse causes planetary extinction Craig 03, Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Law [Robin Kundis, “Taking Steps Toward Marine Wilderness Protection”, McGeorge Law Review, Winter, 34 McGeorge L. Rev. 155, p. 264-266, LN] OIL 1nC 1. Uniqueness and internal link--Financial markets have survived the August credit shock, but highly-leveraged hedge funds are still at risk of implosion if their strategies go bad. Another severe shock to hedge funds could evaporate liquidity across global financial markets and collapse the global economy.

Rocker 9/17 – retired hedge fund manager

[David, “Wall Street Borrows, Main Street Pays,” Barron’s, Sept 17, 2007, http://online.barrons.com/article/SB118981089018628145.html?mod=googlenews_barrons]

OIL 1nC 2. These hedge funds have placed large bets on high oil prices in an attempt to capitalize on the instability premium over Iran’s nuclear program.

Mufson 9/22 – (Washington Post staff writer [|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092102126.html)] 3. Plan Increases foreign investment in African Oil Dr. Carol Lancaster, distinguished professor at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service and has been active in the U.S. government, “Economic development and investment in sub-Saharan Africa”, Law and Policy in International Business. Volume: 30. Issue: 4. Publication Year: 1999

3. This drives down oil prices. John Ghazvinian, Washington Post, 4/3/07, “Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil”, l/n 4. Nuclear war Walter Mead, NPQ's Board of Advisors, New Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 1992, p.30