Archive for December, 2009

What is the Copenhagen summit all about? Why is there so much debate about it? How did it originate?

What do you think about the situation?
The libs see a novel way to gouge more taxes out of working people. It is all moot now that China told Obama that he is full of s h i t. His GW plans are nasty, useless, and only apply to idiots. Another fantasy by [...]

What is debate team (high school) ?

What do you do in it? Is it actually like debating ? I’m really interesting in joining my school’s debate team because I love debating but usually clubs aren’t what you think they are, if your on a debate team (high school) what do you guys do? do you guys actually debate? thanks!
ok so you [...]

Who won the presidential debate?

Who do you think will win the vice presidential debate?
I feel that Obama won the debate. He was strong and much more presidential than McCain. He was able to look McCain in the eyes. McCain kept looking down, and he would not talk directly to Obama. I don’t know if that is because it is [...]

What are the dangers of introducing culture into debates on security?

In a debate on European security we are defending the position that "Culture is not a security issue in Europe today", and I am looking in particualr at the dangers of introducing culture into debates on security. Any ideas?
yes,if it looks like a duck,walks like a duck,quacks like a duck,then god damn -it is a [...]

What latest debate topics can we have in our Economics subject?

I NEED IT.
1) american banks going bankrupt.
2) asian countries facing recession better than western countries.
3) how to spend and save in times of recession.
4) is recession really over?
5) wars effect economy – why can’t people responsible forsee this!!!

What would be a good topic for a persuasive speech to debate on?

I’m a sophomore and giving a persuasive speech is my task this unit. One problem… I can’t think of a topic I would like to debate about! My English teacher gave us a whole lot of topics we can do, but it still hasn’t come to me. HELP!
To ensure your success, the absolute BEST topic [...]

What would be a good introduction for my debate on political correctness?

I’m doing a debate on whether Political correctness is more important than free speech.Of course not! but the problem is i have all my info and i can’t come up with an introductory paragraph before i go right into my debate.What do i say? what should i talk about in the introductory paragraph? i really [...]

How do you explain very low ratings of the Republican debate?

The Thrilla in Vanilla was barely watched by anyone… I mean I started watching it and then I switched to golf channel just to see some good weather instead… What do you think?
nobody likes seeing politicians pulling answers outta their asses ! republicans are looked at in disgust for the corruption and intolerance of [...]

Princeton Classic LD debate rules?

This is really regarding the Princeton Classic, but also in general… are LD’ers allowed to tub? As in are they allowed to, as policy debaters do, bring in tubs of evidence, and are they allowed to ask "do you have a card on that?" in a round? Also, am I allowed to bring up new [...]

How likely is the fragile coalition of votes for health care going to fall apart when the debate begins?

Does anyone think that Lieberman will support the health care plan at the end of the day. After Lieberman backed McCain not Obama in the presidential election.
I’m guess its going to break out into a full blown fillibuster.
I find it funny that in order to secure his vote PubO had to be removed. He [...]