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1 Conspiracy Theory Flat Earth = No Space Travel .......................................... 56 Flat Earth Proofs No Orbit ........................................... 57 Flat Earth Proofs No Orbit ........................................... 58 Flat Earth Proofs United Nations.................................. 59 AT: But we know it is Round ......................................... 60 Round Earth Proofs Multiple Reasons .......................... 61 Round Earth Proofs Multiple Reasons .......................... 62 Round Earth Proofs Multiple Reasons .......................... 63 Round Earth Proofs Multiple Reasons .......................... 64

***Topicality***.................................................. 3T : Beyond the Mesosphere ............................................... 4 T Substantial .................................................................. 5

***Hoax Counterplan***.................................... 6Hoax CP 1/2 ..................................................................... 7 Hoax CP 2/2 ..................................................................... 8 CP Solves Leadership ....................................................... 9 AT: Government Lies Bad .............................................. 10 AFF - Government Secrecy Bad ...................................... 11

***Hollow Earth*** .......................................... 65Earth is Hollow .............................................................. 66 Hollow Earth solves Extinction Scenarios ....................... 67 AT: Hollow Earth Solves Extinction ............................... 68 Aliens live in Hollow Earth ............................................ 69 AT: Natural Disasters Adv.............................................. 70 Earth not Hollow ............................................................ 71 Earth not Hollow ............................................................ 72 Earth not Hollow ............................................................ 73 ***Planet X***.............................................................. 74 Planet X = Global Warming............................................ 75 Planet X = Solar Flares ................................................... 76 Planet X Government Secret ........................................ 77 Planet X Government Secret ........................................ 78 AT: Planet X - Not Destructive ...................................... 79 AT: Planet X Not Real ................................................. 80 AT: Planet X Not Real ................................................. 81 AT: Planet X Not Real ................................................. 82 AT: Planet X Not Real ................................................. 83

***Ashtar*** ..................................................... 121NC - Consult Ashtar CP ................................................ 13 Consult Ashtar CP Solves Case .................................... 14 Consult Ashtar CP Solves Net Benefit .......................... 15 1NC - Ashtar DA ............................................................ 16 Ashtar DA Impact Ext. ................................................. 17 Ashtar DA - TimeFrame.................................................. 18 Ashtar DA - TimeFrame.................................................. 19 Ashtar DA- 2012 = Positive ............................................ 20 Ashtar DA - 2012 = Positive ........................................... 21 Ashtar DA - 2012 = Positive ........................................... 22 AT: Ashtar is Demonic ................................................... 23 AT: Ashtar is Alien Invasion ........................................... 24 AFF No Impact ............................................................ 25 Aff Ashtar is a Demonic Lie ......................................... 26 Aff AT: Religious Intolerance ...................................... 28 Aff No Evacuation ....................................................... 29 Aff No Evacuation ....................................................... 30 Aff No Evacuation ....................................................... 31 Aff - 2012 = Negative ..................................................... 32 Aff AT: Timeframe - 2012 Postponed until 2015 .......... 33

***Aliens*** ...................................................... 84Disclosure in 2012.......................................................... 85 USFG - Alien Treaties .................................................... 86 USFG Alien Contact & Tech ....................................... 87 USFG has Alien Tech ..................................................... 88 Evidence for Underground Bases .................................... 89 AT: Government/Alien Contact is False.......................... 90 Obama is a Reptilian ...................................................... 91 Reptilians run the Government ....................................... 92 Reptilians run the Government ....................................... 93 Reptilians Bad 100% Solvency Takeout ....................... 94 Reptilians Most Evil .................................................... 95 Reptilians Good Defeat the Grays ................................ 96 Grey Aliens Bad Human Cattle .................................... 97 Gray Aliens Bad - Hitler ................................................. 98 Gray Aliens Bad - Nazis ................................................. 99 Gray Aliens Bad - Nazis ................................................ 100 Arcturus - Protectors...................................................... 101 Procyonians Allies to Ashtar ....................................... 102 Ra-ans Past Allies....................................................... 103 Draconians - Aggressive ................................................ 104 Sirius Past Allies ........................................................ 105 Chameleons................................................................... 106 Martians Original Greys ............................................. 107 Intergalactic War Headed to Earth ................................. 108 Aliens - Benevolent ....................................................... 109 Aliens Here Historical Proofs...................................... 110

***Space Travel*** ........................................... 34Space Travel Hoax .......................................................... 35 Moon Landing Hoax ....................................................... 36 Moon Landing Hoax ....................................................... 37 Moon Landing Hoax Footage Anomalies Prove ............. 38 Moon Landing Hoax Video ........................................... 39 Moon Landing Hoax- Temperatures ................................ 40 Moon Landing Hoax Temperatures............................... 41 Moon Landing Hoax Aliens Helped Fake It .................. 42 Aliens Already On Moon ................................................ 43 Moon Landing Real ........................................................ 44 Moon Landing Real ........................................................ 45 Moon Landing Real ........................................................ 46 Moon Landing Real ........................................................ 47 Aliens will block Mars Mission ....................................... 48 Aliens will block Mars Mission ....................................... 49 Aliens will block Mars Mission ....................................... 50 Aliens will block Mars Mission ....................................... 51 AT: Aliens block Mars .................................................... 52 AT: Aliens block Mars .................................................... 53

***Flat Earth*** ............................................... 54Flat Earth = No Space Travel .......................................... 55

Gonzaga Debate Institute 2011Mercury Aliens Here - Abductions Prove .................................... 111 Aliens Here - UFOs Prove ............................................. 112 Aliens Here Physical Proofs ....................................... 113

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***Conspiracy Theory Analysis*** ................ 139Conspiracy Analysis Shell ............................................. 140 Conspiracy Analysis Shell ............................................. 141 Challenges Space Imperialism ....................................... 142 Challenges Power Structures.......................................... 143 Challenges Power Structures.......................................... 144 Challenges Sovereignty ................................................. 145 Challenges Sovereignty ................................................. 146 Challenges Governmentality .......................................... 147 Key to Citizen Participation ........................................... 148 Key to Dissent ............................................................... 149 AT: Irrational ................................................................ 150 AT: Irrational ................................................................ 151 AT: Paranoia ................................................................. 152 Abduction Narratives..................................................... 153

***No Aliens*** .............................................. 114No Aliens on Earth........................................................ 115 No Aliens ..................................................................... 116 No Area 51 Aliens ........................................................ 117 AT: Abductions Prove ................................................... 118 Alien Threat is Coverup for NWO ................................. 119 New World Order ......................................................... 120

***Impact/Advantage Answers*** ................. 121All Impacts ................................................................... 122 AT: Russia, China, Terrorism Impacts ........................... 123 AT: Nuclear War .......................................................... 124 AT: Nuclear War .......................................................... 125 AT: Extinction Impacts ................................................. 126 AT: Global Warming .................................................... 127 AT: Global Warming .................................................... 128 SETI not on right setting ............................................... 129

***Conspiracy Theory Bad*** ....................... 154Reject Conspiracy Theories ........................................... 155 Conspiracy Theories Non-falsifiable .............................. 156 AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics ............... 157 AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics ............... 158 AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics ............... 159 AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics ............... 160 AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics ............... 161 AT: Conspiracy analysis challenges power .................... 162 AT: Jodi Dean ............................................................... 163 Clinical Paranoia ........................................................... 164 AT: Biopower Impacts .................................................. 165

***Authors Debate*** .................................... 130Peer Review Good ........................................................ 131 Internet Science Research Bad....................................... 132 Internet Science Research Bad....................................... 133 A2: Our authors are more qualified................................ 134 AT: Peer Review........................................................... 135 AT: Your Authors are Crazy ......................................... 136 Ablism Impacts ............................................................. 137 AT: Ableism ................................................................. 138

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***Topicality***

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T : Beyond the MesosphereA. Interpretation topical affirmatives increase exploration or development within the Hollow Earth 1. Earths mesosphere is the lower mantle of the crust Egger, Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University 3 (Anne E., Earth Structure: A Virtual Journey to the Center of the Earth, Visionlearning Vol. EAS(1), http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=69)sblThe compositional divisions of the earth were understood decades before the development of the theory of plate tectonics - the idea that the earths surface consists of large plates that move (see our Plate Tectonics I module). By the 1970s, however, geologists began to realize that the plates had to be thicker than just the crust, or they would break apart as they moved. In fact, plates consist of the crust acting together with the uppermost part of the mantle; this rigid layer is called the lithosphere and it ranges in thickness from about 10 to 200 km. Rigid lithospheric plates "float" on a partially molten layer called the aesthenosphere that flows like a very viscous fluid, like Silly Putty. It is important to note that although the aesthenosphere can flow, it is not a liquid, and thus both S- and P-waves can travel through it. At a depth of 660 km, pressure becomes so great that the mantle can no longer flow, and this solid part of the mantle is called the mesosphere. The lithospheric mantle, aesthenosphere, and mesosphere all share the same composition (that of peridotite), but their mechanical properties are significantly different. Geologists often refer to the aesthenosphere as the jelly in between two pieces of bread: the lithosphere and mesosphere.

2. Our contextual evidence uses Beyond in this context KidsKnowIt Network 98 ( The Earths Crust, http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0022-earths-mantle.php , 6-2711 , GJV)Traveling beyond the Earths crust, we next encounter the mantle. The mantle extends to a depth of approximately 1,800 miles, and is made of a thick solid rocky substance that represents about 85% of the total weight and mass of the Earth. The first 50 miles of the mantle are believed to consist of very hard rigid rock. Thenext 150 miles or so is believed to be super-heated solid rock, that due to the heat energy is very weak. Below that for the next several hundred miles, the Earth mantle is believed to once again be made up of very solid and sturdy rock materials.

B. Violation - They dont go beyond the mesosphere C. Standards

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T SubstantialA. Interpretation- Substantial means real Concise Oxford English Dictionary 8substantial/s b stan l/ adjective 1 of considerable importance, size, or worth. strongly built or made. important in material or social terms; wealthy. 2 concerning the essentials of something. 3 real and tangible rather than imaginary

B. Violation their aff does not make a substantial increase because space exploration & development is a hoax Cooper, First Class Petty Officer QM1, E-6 with a Top Secret, Q, SI, security clearance, 1997(William, Majesty Twelve Hourofthetime.com, http://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm, accessed: 6/25/, SL) NASA was created to make interstellar travel believable. The Apollo Space Program foisted the idea that man could travel to, and walk upon, the moon. Every Apollo mission was carefully rehearsed and then filmed in large sound stages at the Atomic Energy Commissions Top Secret test site in the Nevada Desert and in a secured and guardedsound stage at the Walt Disney Studios within which was a huge scale mock-up of the moon. All of the names, missions, landing sites, and events in the Apollo Space Program echoed the occult metaphors, rituals, and symbology of the Illuminati's secret religion: The most transparent was the faked explosion on the spacecraft Apollo 13, named "Aquarius" (new age) at 1:13 (1313 military time) on April 13, 1970 which was the metaphor for the initiation ceremony involving the death (explosion), placement in the coffin (period of uncertainty of their survival), communion with the spiritual world and the imparting of esoteric knowledge to the candidate (orbit and observation of the moon without physical contact), rebirth of the initiate (solution of problem and repairs), and the raising up (of the Phoenix, the new age of Aquarius) by the grip of the lions paw (reentry and recovery of Apollo 13). 13 is the number of death and rebirth, death and reincarnation, sacrifice, the Phoenix, the Christ (perfected soul imprisoned in matter), and the transition from the old to the new. Another revelation to those who understand the symbolic language of the Illuminati is the hidden meaning of the names of the Space Shuttles, "A Colombian Enterprise to Endeavor for the Discovery of Atlantis... and all Challengers shall be destroyed."

Exploration of the moon stopped because it was impossible to continue the hoax without being ultimately discovered: And of course they ran out of pre-filmed episodes. No man has ever ascended higher than 300 miles, ifthat high, above the Earth's surface. No man has ever orbited, landed on, or walked upon the moon in any publicly known space program. If man has ever truly been to the moon it has been done in secret and with a far different technology. The tremendous

radiation encountered in the Van Allen Belt, solar radiation, cosmic radiation, temperature control, and many other problems connected with space travel prevent living organisms leaving our atmosphere with our known level of technology. Any intelligent high school student with a basic physics book can prove NASA faked the Apollo moon landings.

C. Standards -

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***Hoax Counterplan***

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Hoax CP 1/2Text: The United States federal government should announce its intention to and use supporting evidence of (Insert Plan Advocacy)______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________, however secretly hoax actual implementation of the plan. Observation One Competition Any permutation severs the genuine nature of the plan Net Benefit: Spending The cp may involve various methods of advertising/propaganda, but none of that comes out of the governments pockets. Its the news stations that report all this. There is no link to spending. Solves all of your advantages: All of your internal links are perception based whether you like it or not-no one would actually know if we faked implementation Empirical Solvency - We never landed on the moon-another USFG hoax Cosnette, International Director of UFO Research Center, 09[David, International Director of UFORC, UFO-Aliens, The faked Apollo landings 2/10/09, http://www.ufosaliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html, accessed 6/21/11, HK] Bill Kaysing was a librarian/writer of technical publications and advanced research at Rocketdyne Systems from 1956 to 1963. He states that it was estimated in 1959 that there was a .0014 chance of landing man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth. This took into account the effects of radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. He could not believe in 1959 that man could go to the Moon. However, only 2 years later, American President John F. Kennedy set a goal in May 1961, when he made the following famous speech. 'I believe that this nation should commit itself. To achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more important for the long range exploration of Space.' It was just eight years later in 1969, that man finally left Earth and set foot on the Moon... Or so we have been led to believe. I would like to show you some astonishing evidence that shows glaring mistakes or anomalies on the 'official record' of NASA film footage and still photographs. I have included the actual official Apollo film footage on this page to illustrate and also possibly educate you, the reader, of the anomalies and to let you see with your own eyes what has become one of the biggest cover-ups in the history of Mankind. I will also explain why the US Government has tried to keep this a secret for over 30 years. I would like to suggest that if Man did go to the Moon during the missions, the Apollo films that we were told were filmed on the Moon are bogus and not the real footage. Evidence suggests that Man could not travel to the Moon's surface, but instead they had to stay in near Earth orbit within the safety of the Earth's magnetic field that would have protected them from the radiation that is emitted by the Van Allen radiation belt!!! But why would NASA and the United States bother to fake such an event and to what cause I hear you ask? Please read on and I will explain.Was man too optimistic about what we could actually do in deep space, and was President Kennedy's speech in May 1961 pressure enough to keep the hoax going? David Percy is an award winning television and film producer, a professional photographer and also a member of the Royal Photographic Society. He is co-author, along with Mary Bennett, of the fascinating book 'Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers' (ISBN 1-898541-10-8). The majority of the film footage on this page is taken from the film 'What Happened on the Moon?', a film that also features Percy and Bennett and one which I strongly recommend if you have an interest in the Apollo

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Hoax CP 2/2***continued*** Cosnette, International Director of UFO Research Center, 09missions (details of how to purchase the video are at the bottom of this article). Percy firmly believes that the Apollo footage was either faked or not the original film that was shot on the Moon. He believes that many anomalous features that would alert the eagle eyed viewer, could have been placed in the films by whistle blowers who were deeply dissatisfied to be a part of the cover-up. He has studied the entire transfer of the original film on video tape, a feat that not many people have done. What many people did not realize at the time was that a lot of the footage was actually pre-recorded and not live at all. The first anomalous piece of footage I would like to discuss is from the 1972 Apollo 16 Mission. There is a major discrepancy between the still photograph taken with a Hasselblad 500 EL/70 camera and the TV coverage film which was shot from a stationary movie camera placed behind the astronauts. The movie sequence (that is viewable by clicking the picture to the left) shows one of the astronauts making a jump salute whilst another astronaut takes a still photo with the Hasselblad camera. On the still photo (that is pictured left) we see a flap of triangular fabric that has come loose and flapped up behind the astronauts head. However the TV film which was shot from behind the astronaut doesn't show the flap? Why not? Another example that appears to be faked is the footage of Earth taken from the Apollo 11 when it was 130,000 miles away. This is the very first view ever taken of Earth on the mission and it seems strange that Buzz Aldrin would film the Earth when he was stood far away from the window, why would he do that? Surely you would want to get close to the window to get the best picture and also to eliminate light reflections that are evident towards the end of this sequence? But no, we see the window frame come into view on the left of the shot. The camera isn't set to infinity either to get the closest shot. The window frame that comes into shot would have been out of focus if it was. Did the astronauts actually film a transparency of the Earth that was stuck to the window? You may think this odd, but a few minutes after filming the Earth, the cameraman adjusts his lens and focuses on Mike Collins inside the craft. What we see is what appears to be an exposure of the Earth taped to the window that is in the background to the right of him. That is the very same window that Aldrin was filming the Earth. But the biggest shock is yet to come! The camera pans left past Neil Armstrong

towards the left hand side of the Apollo 11, and what do we see out of the left window??? We see what appears to be another Earth... Go on, watch the video by clicking the picture above and you'll see it with your own eyes! It must also be noted that the Apollo 11 at this point of the mission was supposedly half way to the Moon. The time elapsed was 34 hours and 16 minutes, but from the view of Earth in the right hand window, we can say that in fact they were not in deep space at all, but still in low Earth orbit! look at the blue skyoutside. That would also explain why they would be filming an exposure of the Earth that was far away, to give the impression that they were in deep space. The exposure would be clipped to the window and the Sun's luminance would light it up, a technique that was used to read star charts to help with navigation and star reference.

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CP Solves LeadershipEmpirics prove that this cp has full solvency- we never went to the moon yet it drastically increased our primacy through propaganda during the cold war-solves leadership We faked the moon landings to get ahead of the USSR during the Cold War Conspiracy theories and hoaxes, no date[Conspiracy theories and hoaxes, Apollo Moon Landing Hoax Why Fake a Moon Landing? no date, http://www.conspiracy-theories-hoax.com/apollo-moon-landing-hoax-why-fake-a-moon-landing.html, accessed 6/27/11, HK] Whether the conspiracy was possible or if there was a motive for faking the landings, is a big part of the moon hoax.Many conspiracy debunkers say that there was no reason for the US to fake the moon landings. This is false, as at the time America was publicly losing the space race, as R ussia had put the: First man/woman in space. First animal in space. First three person mission in space. And the first space station in orbit. Even thoughthese landmarks were achieved using crude methods, (i.e. putting a man on a rocket or adding a extra man on a two manned spaceship) to the public eye, it would seem as if the US were losing the space race. And IF, and only if the US couldnt

put a man on the moon in time, then the deadline that JFK set, and public pressure, could have forced the government to fake a moon landing. So the US did have a motive for faking a moon landings, but how would NASA have carried out this enormous conspiracy? In this hoax imagine that you are the contractors, NASA tells you about the moon landing conspiracy and pays you for your services that your not giving. You make announcement to the publictelling them that your making rocket parts. (This is for the share holders.) Then at the first day of work you tell everybody in the factory that their not really making rocket parts, and that if they play this out theyll be set for life. Employees that dont comply get stern death threats from NASA officials. The advantage to this is type of conspiracy is, no real equipment has to be made, except for a rocket to go up and a lander to come down. The disadvantage to this is how many people are told about the conspiracy. At one point over half a million people were involved in the Apollo project at one time, and the conspiracy believers are saying that no one came forward even on their death beds (dead men/women can not be killed) and out of all of those people nobody saw a sense of duty to tell the people of their country the truth!!

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AT: Government Lies BadAll non- unique, they have faked the space program before And government secrets arent all bad-safety reasons, public scrutiny and more Feldman, law teacher at Harvard University and part of Council of Foreign Relations, 09[Noah, law teacher at Harvard University and part of Council of Foreign Relations, The New York Times, In Defense of Secrecy 2/10/2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15wwln_lede-t.html, accessed 6/27/11, HK] On the surface, it might seem that more and better information about the governments decisions (and decision-making processes) is always preferable, especially if the information is provided before events transpire. As goodgovernment advocates are right to remind us, if the public learns of an important decision only after it has been made, advocacy groups and concerned citizens cannot influence it. They can only give their endorsement or disapproval after the fact and hope it has some effect the next time around. When it comes to the proposal and drafting of legislation, we expect public engagement, even as we acknowledge that special-interest groups can use that process to torpedo innovative laws in the way the insurance industry brought down health care reform during President Clintons first term. Yet there are many circumstances in which secrets are critical. Consider the quotidian business of government inspection: it requires the element of surprise, or else regulated industries could game the system by preparing for oversight on specified days and places. A grander example comes from

diplomacy. Whether to negotiate with Iran is an important topic of debate, but the actual negotiation, and even the steps leading up to it, cannot successfully be conducted under the glare of public scrutiny. Neitherside would take the risks necessary for real engagement as long as its high-risk efforts could be exposed to denunciation and ridicule if it failed. The financial bailout has its own needs for secrecy. It is essential for Congress to debate what sorts of industries or companies should be saved and how, and it must authorize the money, just as it must pay for a war. But the decisions to bail out AIG and to let Lehman Brothers fail, whatever their merits, were the sorts of immediate, crisis-driven judgment calls that could not have reasonably been subjected to extensive public debate, or that would have been improved by public lobbying and interest-group advocacy. If specific companies could lobby for bailouts, and their competitors could argue against, the bailouts would turn into political football which is what arguably distorted the effort to bail out the auto companies. Obama presumably knows all this; his pronouncements about transparency so far have been so general as to be largely symbolic. That he issued a statement urging his subordinates to increase and improve opportunities for public participation in government without providing any specifics suggests that he wants to change the background tone of government but also that he recognizes the limits of transparency.

Government secrets are justified Jarvis, New York Graduate School of Journalism, 6/22/2008[Jeff, New York Graduate School of Journalism, Personal Democracy, The Ethics of Openness, 6/22/2008, http://rebooting.personaldemocracy.com/files/JeffJarvis.pdf, accessed 6/27/11, HK] Turn it inside out. Why should we have to ask for information from our government? The government should need permission to keep things from us. Every act of government on our behalf should be free by default, with rare exceptions: the personal business of citizens, national security, ongoing criminal investigations. See EllenMillers call for transparent and open government on page 59 in this anthology.. See also Barack Obamas technology policy, calling for standardization and openness of government data, citizen involvement in decisions, and a chief technology office to implement this.

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AFF - Government Secrecy BadGovernment secrecy should be restrained Chapman, Tribunal Editorial Board, 4/30/2006[Steve, Tribunal Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, Government secrecy is not always a good thing 4/30/2006, http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jeda/GovernmentSecrecy.htm, accessed 6/28/11, HK] Secrecy is one of those virtues, like candor, that can easily be overdone. A strong commitment to safeguarding sensitive national security information is a good thing. A blind insistence on concealing anything and everything is not. Whether the CIA had good reason to fire Mary McCarthy depends on what sort of secrets, if any, sherevealed. According to CIA Director Porter Goss, the career intelligence officer talked with a Washington Post reporter who revealed secret CIA-run prisons for terrorist suspects in a story last year. Although the agency did not claim that McCarthy leaked that particular information to the Post, it said she "knowingly and willfully shared classified intelligence," which her lawyer denied. She could even be criminally prosecuted under the Espionage Act. Her dismissal sparked different reactions in different quarters.

Liberals charged the administration with trying to intimidate the press and suppress information the public ought to know. Conservatives applauded Goss, while accusing the news media of helping the enemy by splashing vital secrets on the front page. Both sides are guilty of assuming that secrecy can only be one thing or the other. If it's always bad, of course, then leakers should be free to share classified material with the news media. If it's always good, then anyone disclosing national security information might as well be working for Al Qaeda. Trouble is, the people in charge of classifying information are fallible humans whose motives are not always entirely pure. Theexecutive branch has primary responsibility for national security, which gives it a major stake in shielding military and intelligence secrets that might help our enemies. But President Bush and his subordinates also have a strong interest in

preventing the release of any information that might make them look bad. There is also a natural bureaucratic tendency to cover your backside by classifying more rather than less. The government now classifies some 15 million documents a year, up fourfold since 1995. The result is that a lot of things that should be public information remain locked away. Even the administration and its allies in Congress admit as much. In 2004, a top Pentagon official testified that roughly half of what is classified should not be. Rep. Christopher Shays (RConn.), noting that some estimates of over classification go as high as 90 percent, says the system is "so bloated it often does not distinguish between the critically important and the comically irrelevant." By erring so far on the side of secrecy, the government does two kinds of damage. First, it deprives the public of information it needs to know to assess its leaders. Second, it breeds contempt for secrecy rules among executive branch officials. The more the government classifies, the more it invites a counter reaction in the form of leaks. It's hard to getpeople to respect procedures they know are bogus. When everything is secret, nothing seems crucial. Editorializing on the McCarthy case, the pro-administration Wall Street Journal accused the press of "inventing a preposterous double standard that is supposed to help us all distinguish between bad leaks (the name of Valerie Plame) and virtuous leaks (whatever Ms. McCarthy may have done)." But it's not hard to see that some leaks are healthy. If the president or his subordinates are breaking the law, federal employees shouldn't be obligated to keep it under wraps. The antidote for excessive secrecy is not, as some in the press would have us believe, to let every civil servant decide what should be revealed and which newspaper should publish it. If McCarthy leaked material that was justifiably classified, then the CIA had every right to get rid of her. Sometimes, what's bad for the news media is good for the country. On the other hand, officials who see abuses of power should have some option besides silence. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would protect intelligence community whistle-blowers who feel they can't solve problems by going to the boss. Those with "direct and

specific evidence" of lawbreaking, gross mismanagement or dangers to public health would be allowed to report it to members of Congress serving on committees that deal with intelligence. That would be a bigimprovement on the current whistle-blower law, which is about as much help as a snow shovel in an avalanche. It's impossible to safeguard national security without a good deal of secrecy. But we're in danger of letting something that should be our servant become our master.

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***Ashtar***

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1NC - Consult Ashtar CP Text: The United States federal government should engage in genuine, prior and binding,with Ashtar Galactic Command regarding the mandates of the affirmative plan. Competition Any permutation is severs the immediacy and certainty of the plan and the counterplan avoids the Ashtar DA net benefit. Solvency The Ashtar command can control matter, energy, and gravity we should consult over space exploration & development Lord Ashtar, 2004 (August 19, 2004, Our Fleets Are In Position, Ready Yourselves Brother Veritus,http://www.luisprada.com/Protected/ashtar_command_mission.htm, accessed 6/27/11, SL) I salute you in the sacred name of I AM and in representation of the Intergalactic Command! My name is Ashtar Sheran, I am a space Commander, and I am in charge of the Star Ship. The Ashtar Command is a branch of the Intergalactic Command with the specific mission of assisting this planet in crisis. It is under the direct supervision, the loving care and the attention of Beloved Master Sananda (known by you as Jesus); who, among other positions, is the Supreme Commander of the Holy Alliance. The Ashtar Command is present everywhere. In and over the Earths atmosphere, there are thousands and thousands of space ships, of course, the majority at an invisible level. Its function is to watch over the planet and its inhabitants, to be attentive to any fault or danger and if we are invoked, to intervene quickly in an impersonal manner, since our mission of Love is to help. Due to our great scientifictechnological level, we can control matter, energy, counteract and annul the Law of Gravity. To make our ships visible (which we do now exceptionally), we retard the vibratory frequency and this makes possible densification. We do not live in a physical body but in etheric level, but our bodies are the same as yours in form and aspect, albeit finer and subtle. We are the authority that controls the space program to be fulfilled for the Planet Earth.

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Consult Ashtar CP Solves CaseCooperation with Ashtar is key to solving all Impacts. Cooperation solves for the terminal impact of any solvency deficit and independently outweighs. Vrillon of Ashtar Galactic Command, 77. Radio Transcript. Abovetopsecret.com.http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread416209/pg1 This is the voice of Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. For many years you have seen us as lights in the skies. We speak to you now in peace and wisdom as we have done to your brothers and sisters all over this, your planet Earth. We come to warn you of the destiny of your race and your world so that you may communicate to your fellow beings the course you must take to avoid the disaster which threatens your world, and the beings on our worlds around you. This is in order that you may share in the great awakening, as the planet passes into the New Age of Aquarius. The New Age can be a time of great peace and evolution for your race, but only if your rulers are made aware of the evil forces that can overshadow their judgments. Be still now and listen, for your chance may not come again. All your weapons of evil must be removed. The time for conflict is now past and the race of which you are a part may proceed to the higher stages of its evolution if you show yourselves worthy to do this. You have but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill. Small groups all over the planet are learning this, and exist to pass on the light of the dawning New Age to you all. You are free to accept or reject their teachings, but only those who learn to live in peace will pass to the higher realms of spiritual evolution. Hear now the voice of Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. Be aware also that there are many false prophets and guides operating in your world. They will suck your energy from you - the energy you call money and will put it to evil ends and give you worthless dross in return. Your inner divine self will protect you from this. You must learn to be sensitive to the voice within that can tell you what is truth, and what is confusion, chaos and untruth. Learn to listen to the voice of truth which is within you and you will lead yourselves onto the path of evolution. This is our message to our dear friends. We have watched you growing for many years as you too have watched our lights in your skies. You know now that we are here, and that there are more beings on and around your Earth than your scientists admit. We are deeply concerned about you and your path towards the light and will do all we can to help you. Have no fear, seek only to know yourselves, and live in harmony with the ways of your planet Earth. We of the Ashtar Galactic Command thank you for your attention. We are now leaving the plane of your existence. May you be blessed by the supreme love and truth of the cosmos.

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Consult Ashtar CP Solves Net BenefitCP solves the Net Benefit -Communicate and consultation with Ashtar creates cooperation and lightness Vrillon of Ashtar Galactic Command, 77. Radio Transcript. Abovetopsecret.com.http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread416209/pg1 This is the voice of Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. For many years you have seen us as lights in the skies. We speak to you now in peace and wisdom as we have done to your brothers and sisters all over this, your planet Earth. We come to warn you of the destiny of your race and your world so that you may communicate to your fellow beings the course you must take to avoid the disaster which threatens your world, and the beings on our worlds around you. This is in order that you may share in the great awakening, as the planet passes into the New Age of Aquarius. The New Age can be a time of great peace and evolution for your race, but only if your rulers are made aware of the evil forces that can overshadow their judgments. Be still now and listen, for your chance may not come again. All your weapons of evil must be removed. The time for conflict is now past and the race of which you are a part may proceed to the higher stages of its evolution if you show yourselves worthy to do this. You have but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill. Small groups all over the planet are learning this, and exist to pass on the light of the dawning New Age to you all. You are free to accept or reject their teachings, but only those who learn to live in peace will pass to the higher realms of spiritual evolution. Hear now the voice of Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. Be aware also that there are many false prophets and guides operating in your world. They will suck your energy from you - the energy you call money and will put it to evil ends and give you worthless dross in return. Your inner divine self will protect you from this. You must learn to be sensitive to the voice within that can tell you what is truth, and what is confusion, chaos and untruth. Learn to listen to the voice of truth which is within you and you will lead yourselves onto the path of evolution. This is our message to our dear friends. We have watched you growing for many years as you too have watched our lights in your skies. You know now that we are here, and that there are more beings on and around your Earth than your scientists admit. We are deeply concerned about you and your path towards the light and will do all we can to help you. Have no fear, seek only to know yourselves, and live in harmony with the ways of your planet Earth. We of the Ashtar Galactic Command thank you for your attention. We are now leaving the plane of your existence. May you be blessed by the supreme love and truth of the cosmos.

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1NC - Ashtar DAA. Uniqueness We are moving towards our necessary quota of lightness Ariana, Pleiadian Walk In and Channel and Communicator, Healer and Artist, 11(Anakya, 5/2/2011, Channelling, Human Ascension: Earth Changes and Evacuation of Earth Ashtar Spiritual Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/instructions-for-accomplishing#ixzz1QVjan065, accessed: 6/24/11, SL) Remember: it is due to the lack of light that we have not met the Galactic Federation of Light. Yes, I said LIGHT. They do not resonate with darkness. They will not return-until a certain quota of light is here.You, as lightworkers, have been sent here for one reason, and one reason ONLY. To work with light-to focus it-to create it-to HOLD IT ONCE CREATED-to transform...in ways you cannot begin to imagine. Do a visualization. Imagine traveling to a foreign landwhere friendly and loving people reach out to you-and compete to have you in their home as a guest, so they can treat you well and listen to your stories of where you are from-and exchange love. There are no wars, there is no crime. All the world....is at

peace, and in joy and laughter. We have so long been enslaved, that we no longer can fathom true freedom. Want to explore the Pleades and return home for awhile? Imagine no calendar-no job to return to-no money-and only safety, health and happiness in your travels. All is provided. We will learn and follow the Law of One. Which creates balance and good for all. All is one. One is all. Namaste. Lightworkers....master and hold the light....

B. Link & Impact The 1ac embraces negativity rather than lightness, makes evacuation impossible and guarantees our extinction Skirvin, 6/17/2011(Revered Joshua, Best Kept Secrets #3 Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blogs, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/best-kept-secrets-3#ixzz1QXGL8Ogq, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) Hello friends, let us finish this article on planet-x. As it is the 3rd. time here now it gets bigger and stronger as it pulls on the earth and forces the magnetic energy to expand and start to change course. The earths expansion causes earth quakes and volcanoes to go off to release the pressure. We will see more of what happened in New Zealand and now Japan as Planet-x gets closer still. The plates under Japan will continue to move and break up as the earth quakes there continue on and on,more damage is yet to come. The moon like the earth has been forced to move away from Planet-x and has also changed its course. And of course the sun is really upset because it is so close to it and will continue with its coronas and super flares. More heavy storms will also continue on earth with floods like last year until Planet-x moves away from us but first she will show her face to us for all to see. things will settle down a bit until she returns again next year and will come even closer and be a even stronger pull on the earth sun and moon. Planet-x will join in the Galactic alignment of dec.21,2012. And thats when who ever is still here who has a ticket to leave must leave as things will get very heavy down here. I myself am looking forward to the new adventure on the new earth they have prepared for us. No one in fear or negativity will be picked by the ships that will come to rescue us. The rescue should start sometime next year according to how heavy the earth changes are. The christens call it the Golden age of peace. .Hope to see you there in our new healthy and young bodies. Or if you choose you can join the Federation of light and visit the universe. Some may even wish to come back to repopulate the old earth when she is finished her healing process. Anyway you look at it, its going to be exciting times. The governments of the western world want to keep it a secret because they don;t believe we the people will survive. They and the sinister secret government SSG have known about this for a long time and have built underground cities,bases,roads and rail systems for there survival. But they don;t know about Jesus,Ashtar and the federation of light rescue plans for us. All of this and more,I write about in my new book which you can get on my web site. I want people to know there is hope even amongst the greatest change the people and the earth has ever gone through. We are not alone in this quest and never was. We are on journey without distance. So we must start the re-awaking process now so that we are ready for it because ready or not here it comes

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Ashtar DA Impact Ext.Evacuation coming now Xaoh, from the Galactic federation of YTEVIAN, 6/18/2011 (Greetings Beloved Ones i am NEILAXAOH from the Galactic Federation of YTEVIAN Ashtar Command Crew Spiritual Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/greetings-beloved-ones-i-am#ixzz1QX7vcvrd, accessed: 6/27/11, SL)Greetings Dear Ones without all the love and light you dear lightworkers have created on this planet i wouldn't be able to hold my presence in this realms... I have come forth through the illusion of separation and time to bring you this very important message in this most challenging times... in this very moment we prepare our ships to land and evacuate this planet... the time of waiting is finally over! you will finally be able to LIVE without

waiting and doubting because we are your saviours AND you will have to do nothing else than watching it happen. that means you dont have to think on your OWN anymore and can blindly believe any informations that random aliens like me will give you through channelings... also ascension is not necessary anymore because you will enter our spaceships to live in a peaceful world where lambs play with tigers and there are rivers of honey and milk... negativity will burn in eternal fire so you can feel special and better than those darkworkers who only want to disturb the harmony of our one sided Love and light universe... instead of shadows there will be even brighter lights so that you will never stumble again and crush your toe only because you haven't seen where you were walking. Breathe the Light you are made of and believe my words blindly!Sincerely yours NEILA XAOH from the Galactic federation of YTEVIAN

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Ashtar DA - TimeFrameThe paradigm is shifting and the negativity has been combated the Deprogramming is starting now towards the creation of the Federation of Nations and full Disclosure is on schedule for mid July Skirvin, 6/17/2011 (Revered Joshua, Paradigm Shift Begins Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blogs,http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/paradigm-shift-begins-1#ixzz1QX9kprh6, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) But our jobs now as light-workers and warriors will be much easier, which is a blessing because we need all the positive energy we can muster up to not only deal with our own Deprograming. But the Deprograming of the sleeping survivors, starting with the lightworkers, so that as many as possible of the original 250,000 may wake up. And in so doing we may all make the Ascension Program a complete reality. Our mission has up to now been greatly hampered. I want to shout and cheer for the''war both in the heavens and on earth is over''. Lets celebrate this very special occasion as soon as we can. Problem is I don't know if we have time for a party, as time itself is speeding up as well. But do put the word out that this Great News comes from Sananda and Ashtar, so I believe its true. Also they say we should start to feel the Christ energy now as it returns. Jesus is head of the Christ office and the valves have been opened full throttle, take in as much as you can handle. I myself have begun to feel and remember these energies from long ago before we neared the 50% mark of negativity. Which we are more than Lucky to survive as some planets didn't make it far past that mark. But we are special. Thats why our father Michael created Jesus to save us. The ascended Masters have also been busy, not only in the spirit realm but down here on the planet as well. They are nearly finished with the preparations of installing the new benevolent world gov't called (FON) the Federation of Nations. There human partners are now in place to take leadership when Discloser and Contact is made, which also looks to be on schedule by or before summer in the west. The new world currency backed by precious metals are also in place and ready to be distrbuted. And of course the federation of light is also very involved in all of this and are ready to take there places. The time peroid of mid June to mid July is still holding strong. I believe we must stick to this time table because of the coming of planet-X,ELEnin and the Great Disruption and Earth Changes it will bring.

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Ashtar DA - TimeFrameBetween August 13-18, humanity will move to another spiritual plane in the Spiritual Evolution, bringing us closer to Ascention Cota-Robles, Chanel and Co-founder of the New Age Study of Humanitys Purpose 6/13/2011(Patricia Diane, This is a cosmic moment Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/this-is-a-cosmic-moment-by#ixzz1QXDD71iP, accessed 6/27/11, SL) We are moving at warp speed through frequencies, vibrations, and physical experiences beyond anything Humanitys physical bodies have collectively endured. The Divine Intent of this rapid acceleration is to strengthen our bodies at a cellular level, so that our I AM Presence can move us through the surfacing negativity quickly. Then we will be able to effectively anchor our NEW Planetary CAUSE of Divine Love into the physical plane. This will be accomplished August 13-18, 2011, through the newly expanded Threefold Flames now pulsating through every persons heart. It is true that we are in uncharted waters, but our I AM Presence is able to take command in ways we have not experienced since our fall from Grace aeons ago. This aspect of our Divinity is daily and hourly guiding us through these monumental changes in alignment with our Divine Plans and our highest good. Listen to your heart. Be still and KNOW. It is vital that we stop clinging to the obsolete behavior patterns that no longer serve us. Instead, we must push away from the shore and turn our faces toward the radiant Light of our Father-Mother God. Then as we are catapulted through this fast moving River of Life, we will KNOW that the Light of God is ALWAYS Victorious and that WE are that Light! The keywords for this summer are Trust, Self-Acceptance, and New Beginnings. This is the Cosmic Moment for which we have been preparing for lifetimes. Everything we need to succeed God Victoriously in our particular facet of this Divine Mission is already within us. Be at Peace. All is well. This summer the Company of Heaven is standing in readiness awaiting the invitation to

intervene in our lives. Powerful celestial alignments are occurring that will help us release and let go of the behavior patterns that have kept us stuck in our dysfunctional human miscreations. This is an incredibly powerful and sacred time. This month we will experience three eclipses and the June Solstice, all ofwhich will provide unique opportunities for Humanity to add to the Light of the world as we pave the way for the unprecedented influx of Divine Love that will be secured in the physical plane through every person's Heart Flame, in August. Each of these

alignments will build on the previous influx of Light which will catapult the Earth and ALL her Life further up the Spiral of Evolution. This will move us a quantum leap toward our ultimate goal of Ascension into the 5th-Dimensional frequencies of Divine Love and Unity Consciousness. For this reason, the entire Universe is rejoicing, and the Company of Heaven is assisting us in unprecedented ways. For the activity of Light that will take place August 13-18, 2011, it is critical that Lightworkers from around the world be physically present. Through our unified Heart Flames, we will form the transformer through which our NEW Planetary CAUSE of Divine Love will be permanently secured in the physical world of form. TheLightworkers who have been prepared to serve in this wondrous way, on behalf of Humanity and ALL Life on this sweet Earth, will know who they are through the inner promptings of their heart. So listen to your heart, and Trust your inner guidance.

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Ashtar DA- 2012 = PositiveDecember 21, 2012 will be the day the entire universe aligns creating massive amounts of spiritual energy not destruction Singh, 4/29/11 (Ravinder Singh, Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center SpiritualBlog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed: 6/27/11, SL)Our Earth along with other planets revolves around the Sun. The Sun, along with 6 other stars, inturn revolves around a bigger star, Alcyone, also known as the Central Sun. Alycone revolves around a much bigger star, Sirius, which is called as the Greater Central Sun. This system of stars revolving around one another, is a feature found in all galaxies in our Universe where ultimately, each galaxy consisting of stars and planets, revolves around its own centre. The Milky way galaxy, to which our Earth belongs, has billions of such stars and planets, all revolving around a massive star in its core, called as the Galactic centre. a) Galactic Alignment in 2012 As the

Sun and other stars revolve around one another and move in their orbits, they come in various alignments with each other. On 21st December 2012, two alignments are expected to occur in our Milky Way Galaxy. One, our Sun and the entire solar system will come in direct alignment with the Galactic equator. And two, the Galactic Centre, the Greater Central Sun and the Central Sun will form an equilateral triangle in space at the same time. Our Earth receives energies, both physical and subtle from the Sun as well as other stars. To receive the maximum amount of Energies, it has to come in a proper alignment with these celestial bodies. For example, during an eclipse, where the Earth, Sun and Moon align witheach other, very rare spiritual energies flood our Earth because of this alignment. Hence the duration of eclipses were considered sacred and were spent in meditations and other spiritual activities, to make the best use of these subtle energies. An alignment occurring at the level of the Galactic centre will have an effect which is many, many times higher in magnitude. When our Earth, along with the solar system aligns with the Galactic equator, it will come in direct focus of a huge amount of subtle energies, which emerge from the Galactic Centre. And the

triangular formation of Alcyone, Sirius and the Galactic centre in 2012 brings a massive amount of spiritual energies from these Stars to our Earth. This rare celestial occurrence has also initiated many other events,which will be explained later.

2012 will evolve us spiritually to the 7th stage Singh, 4/29/11(Ravinder Singh, Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) b) Photon Belt When the Sun moves around the Central Sun, it passes through various energy fields in space. One such energy field is the Photon belt, which is a spiritual field, which came out of the Greater central Sun, Sirius. The Photon belt is a field of very high vibratory frequency, which enhances the spiritual condition of our Earth when we enter it. If were spiritual evolved at that time, our evolution will be magnified by many folds. And if our spiritual growth is negative, we go into a very fast downward spiral, as it happened during our last entry, nearly 10,000 years ago, when the great civilization of Atlantis was destroyed. Our Solar system has begun its entry into this field. Our earth is under the direct influence of the Photon Belt from Dec 21st, 2009 and the effects will increase in seven stages. We are now in the third stage of this influence. This entry of our Earth into the Photon Belt, which coincides with the Galactic alignment happening on the same day, will have a massive spiritual effect on Humanity.

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Ashtar DA - 2012 = Positive2012 will usher the New Age of Light Singh, 4/29/11(Ravinder Singh, Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) Effects of these Events When important events happen almost simultaneously at the cosmic levels, the effects will also be huge and long lasting. The events which are scheduled to occur after 2012 are going to release a huge amount of energies, both physical and spiritual, which will have massive effects. Some of them are: a. Reduction of the Transitory period The 5000 year long dark age ended on this Earth on 14th April, 1974. Before the New Age of Light begins, a transitory period of 432 years is usually provided, for humanity to make a gradual shift from the beliefs and values of the old age and rise to the higher values of the New age. This is also the period when the Rishis invoke many processes at different levels to help us make this shift. One of them is the intense churning process called as Pralaya, which was to lasts for 49 years. The Pralaya began in 1987 and was supposed to continue up to 2036. The unprecedented events which are scheduled to occur at the cosmic level in and around 2012 have given us a rare opportunity to speed up this process and make a swift entry into the Light Age! The gradual transition which we were supposed to make in 432 years can be hastened up and reduced by many folds, because of the intensity these cosmic events create in our lives at all levels. The Galactic alignment between the Galactic Centre, Sirius and Alcyone begins in 2012 and will continue upto 2032. Like the duration of an eclipse, the spiritual effect of this alignment will be present for these twenty years.Among other things, the Rishis have made use of this opportunity to drastically reduce the 432 years of transition and the 49 years of Pralaya, to ease our suffering and take us quickly into the Light age. As a result of this, the Pralaya process will end by 2015 and well enter Satya Yuga in 2018! By the time this alignment ends in 2032, the New Age of Light will be firmly established on this Earth.

2012 will entirely eradicate evil from Earth Singh, 4/29/11(Ravinder Singh, Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) b. Removal of Evil from this Eartha New Light Age. Our Earth is a planet where there are equal opportunities for the forces of Light and Darkness to manifest and take effect. These are evident in the 4 yugas, in which Light reigns supreme in one, darkness in another and a shade of these two manifest in the other two yugas. However the reign of darkness has increased over the course of many Mahayugas, resulting in an imbalance in creation and more burden on the Rishis who take care of Gods creation. The Galactic alignment and many other events occurring this time has enabled the Rishis to initiate a very great project, which will not only set right this imbalance but also remove Evil completely from this Earth. This project has been named as Pavitrena Karyam. The aim of this project is to ensure that darkness and evil are not only made dormant but also removed completely from this Earth. This also means that the other three yugas will no longer be present on this Earth henceforth and there will be Light Age all the time. The Galactic alignment and the huge surge of Spiritual energies it brings about have enabled the Rishis to initiate this experimentation on this Earth, from this Light Age onwards. Also, this is the first time that the Rishis could visit all the Manifested and Unmanifested Universes and also enter the realm of the Primordial God, Mula Brahma. The access to the energies and knowledge from all these Universes is another major reason for the initiation of this experimentation on this Earth.

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Ashtar DA - 2012 = Positive2012 will increase vibrational energy, helping the human race shift to higher levels of consciousness Singh, 4/29/11(Ravinder Singh, Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) c) Further Effects of the Galactic Alignment The Galactic alignment of 2012 has enabled energies of very high frequencies to be released from the three sources which are coming together in alignment. It is also helping newer energies to come into our Galaxy. All these Energies are already reaching our Earth and this will increase as we move towards 2012. Normally the Energies are released in the form of rays or spirals. Now the new energies in shape of X and Z are getting released. These new energies are being released from eclipse which occurred between 31st December and 1st Janurary of this year. The alignment has eased the process of anchoring these higher energies on our Earth. These new energies are first absorbed by the Photon belt and then released to our Earth. The first impact is the increase in the vibrational frequency of our Earth, resulting in a lot of positive churning to take place at all levels. This churning helps every human being on Earth to deal with his own negativity and get over them, in order to move into the New Light Age. This alignment has also brought in new knowledge and is helping all humanity to become aware of newer possibilities of life and creation. It has enabled a major push and growth in the whole galaxy. The new experimentation, Pavitrena Karyam has become possible because of this growth. The Galactic alignment is slowly increasing the pace of rotation of the entire Milky way galaxy and will help it shift higher to many levels of consciousness. This alignment is so powerful that it can shift the entire Material Cosmos to the next level of consciousness. But since this is not the right time for such ashift, the Rishis headed by Vasishtha Maharshi are monitoring the entire process with great vigilance to keep such huge effects in check.

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AT: Ashtar is DemonicRejecting religious notions seeks to legitimate things like racial and religious purity that undermine basic rights of religious freedom Nussbaum, Ph. D from Harvard, 4 (Martha, Ph. D from Harvard and professor of philosophy at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford, Religious Intolerance,Foreign Policy Magazine, Issue No. 144 Sep-Oct 2004, JSTOR, 6/27/11 JSkoog) Sometimes old ideas arc the most dangerous, and few ideas arc older than those that undergird religious intolerance. Lamentably, these ideas are acquiring new life. In 2002, Hindus in Gujarat, India, killed several hundred Muslims, with the collaboration of public officials and the police. Europe has recently seen a frightening rebirth of anti-Semitism, while the appeal of radical forms of Islam appears to be increasing in the Muslim world. Prejudice against Muslims and a tendency co equate Islam with terrorism are too prominent in the United States. On and on it goes. Intolerance breeds intolerance, as expressions of hatred fuel existing insecurities and permit people to see their own aggression as legitimate selfdefense. Two ideas typically foster religious intolerance and disrespect. The first is that one's own religion is the only true religion and that other religions are false or morally incorrect. But people possessed of this view can also believe that others deserve respect for their committed beliefs, so long as they do no harm. Much more dangerous is the second idea, that the state and private citizens should coerce people into adhering to the "correct" religious approach. It's an idea that is catching on, even in many modern democracies. France's reluctance to tolerate religious symbols in schools and the Hindu right wing's repeated claims that minorities in India must become part of Hindu culture are disturbing recent examples. The resurgence of this kind of thinking poses a profound threat to liberal societies, which arc based on ideas of liberty and equality. The appeal of religious intolerance is easy to understand. From an early age, humans are aware of helplessness toward things of the highest importance, such as food, love, and life itself. Religion helps people cope with loss and the fear of death; it teaches moral principles and motivates people to follow them. But precisely because religions are such powerful sources of morality and community, they all too easily become vehicles for the flight from helplessness, which so often manifests itself in oppression and the imposition of hierarchy. In today's accelerating world, people confront ethnic and religious differences in new and frightening ways. By clinging to a religion they believe to be the right one, surrounding themselves with coreligionists, and then subordinating others who do not accept that religion, people can forget for a time their weakness and mortality. Good laws are not enough to combat this fundamentally emotional and social problem. Modern liberal societies have long understood the importance of legal and constitutional norms expressing a commitment to religious liberty and to the equality of citizens of different religions. But, though codification is essential, constitutions and laws do not implement themselves, and public norms are impotent without education are impotent without educational and cultural reinforcement. We need, then, to think harder about how rhetoric (as well as poetry, music, and art) can support pluralism and toleration. The leaders of the U.S. civil rights movement understood the need for this kind of support; the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. illustrate how rhetoric can help people imagine equality and see difference as a source of richness rather than fear. During the recent electoral campaign in India, leaders of the Congress Party, especially Sonia Gandhi, effectively conveyed the image of an inherently pluralistic India. (The words of India's national anthem, written by pluralist poet Rabindranath Tagorc, also celebrate India's regional and ethnic differences.) The current U.S. administration has made useful statements about the importance of not demonizing Islam, but the rhetoric of certain key officials has also highlighted Christian religion in ways that undermine tolerance. Attorney General John Ashcroft, for example, regularly asks his staff to sing Christian songs. And while he was a silting U.S. senator, Ashcroft characterized America as "a culture that has no king but Jesus." For centuries, liberal thinkers have focused on legal and constitutional avenues to tolerance, neglecting the public cultivation of emotion and imagination. But liberals ignore public rhetoric at their peril. All modern states and their leaders convey visions of religious equality or inequality through their chokes of language and image. Writing to the Quaker community in 1789, then President George Washington said, "The conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness." Such delicacy is now in short supply. If leaders do not think carefully about how to use public language to foster respect, human equality will remain vulnerable.

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AT: Ashtar is Alien InvasionThe Ashtar Command do not pose a threat they rule under the law of Love Lord Ashtar, 2004 (August 19, 2004, Our Fleets Are In Position, Ready Yourselves Brother Veritus,http://www.luisprada.com/Protected/ashtar_command_mission.htm, accessed 6/27/11, SL) Humanity is responsible by itself for the current situation of the planet. Many human beings think we are invading monsters with the purpose of conquering Earth, for it was suggested and projected this way by the audiovisual media of the planet: radio, movie, press, television and also this happens because of the ruling ignorance about the Brothers of space. They are distorted ideas that do not adjust to truth at all. Know that we, your elder Brothers in evolution, have always assisted you and helped you since a very long time ago. Our only aim is Love. It is required that all understand and accept our real existence and to appeal to common sense: A vast Universe nor the infinite cosmos has not been created for only one planet to remain inhabited by intelligent beings, conscious of their existence. All is populated: Infinity of worlds, solar systems and galaxies. Life has its manifestation in each part of the Cosmos, in subtle forms and also in similar ones to human. There are many evolutionary levels.

Ashtar rules under Service, Love, and Humility they are omnipresent and omnipotent and are here to help Lord Ashtar, 2004 (August 19, 2004, Our Fleets Are In Position, Ready Yourselves Brother Veritus,http://www.luisprada.com/Protected/ashtar_command_mission.htm, accessed 6/27/11, SL) I tell you: we have centuries being at your side, but now we are making ourselves known more directly. Machu Pichu was constructed with our collaboration, Nazca and Palenque. We frequently visited Atlantis, because this did not astonish them, instead the arriving of space beings looked to them as something natural. By knowing themselves as citizens of Cosmos, they accepted travelers of other worlds, such as now you do with tourists in you plane. It has to be comprehended, at the level of multitudes, that our apparent superiority is to be found in the simplicity, Love and humility we have been able to achieve. If we were superior, the way that is understood in your world, the Earth were already conquered by space beings and it has not been that way. Our motto is: Union, Service, Love, Humility and we only accept as norm of conduct the laws ruling Cosmos, the will of the One unknown whom you call God. We are also beings in evolution as you are. We the Space Brothers do not present ourselves in the sky to frighten or intimidate human beings nor to astonish them. We are not interested in standing out or in bringing attention to ourselves to pretend superiority. We came in a Mission of Love and Impersonal Service, because our brethren of Earth need much help, so the worldschool they inhabit does not pass through higher sufferings than the ones they can withstand and which correspond to their evolutionary level. Do not feel alone in the Universe. We exist and are always aware of you, of everything happening on the planet. Some of ours incarnated as humans and are disseminated around the world. They may or may not remember their labor of help, for the Effluvium (accumulation ofnegative thoughts-feelings in the atmosphere) make them sleepy and they forget their origin, become confused and lost strayed through the plane density; or do become triumphant, despite so many interferences. We are as real and tangible as you are, we

live and exist. We do no have any bizarre aspect nor are we interested in war or conquest purposes. We only wish to help by Love. If you accept it, great benefits will result from that, as happened in the millenary India of remote times. The advancement they achieved in architecture is due to our art and technology. It was left this proof: the monuments imitate our space ships in the tip or steeple and even in the shape of their temples. The map "Piris Reis" was made under our collaboration and equally our help can be seen in the Gate of the Sun of Lake Titicaca. Symbolically, the signs point to the period of rotation and translation of our beloved planet Venus. With all of these examples we present of the past, you can become aware that certainly there has been contact and you were not as isolated as you believe nor our apparition is a sudden thing of modern times. We hope these words give clarity and understanding to many over the truth of our existence and right purposes. We are your Elder Brothers and we salute you with Love. He who thus understands it so will greatly elevate his level of consciousness. We have been integrated in the labor of rescuing this planet, but help comes from much more time ago.

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AFF No ImpactPlanetary ascension is not the Ashtar Command Center zapping the entire human race into their spaceships to save us from disaster Ariana, Pleiadian Walk In and Channel and Communicator, Healer and Artist, 2011(Anakya, 5/2/2011, Channelling, Human Ascension: Earth Changes and Evacuation of Earth Ashtar Spiritual Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/forum/topics/channelling-ascension-and#ixzz1QWWocZp2, accessed: 6/27/11, SL) Planetary ascension is a whole different ball game. That is about the whole reality that we are living in moving from 3-D and 4-D into a higher density. A lot of people don't realize we have already begun to move into 4-D (although it is intermittent at present). They seem to imagine it means all kind of fantastical things will be seen and felt. However, 4-D is only a slightly higher vibration than 3-D, so things still appear the same - on the outside at least. But what it does mean is that the energy of the new vibration causes more massive change. It causes people to examine then throw off old, out-moded belief systems and societies to experience collapse of systems and structures that will no longer work in the new energy field. If it could be said that there is a planetary lesson attached to experiencing 4-D, I would say it would be Responsibility. This experience is definitely about realizing and claiming responsibility - for creating our own reality and living with the consequences - for one thing. So many people spend so much time with their heads in the stars and looking to the future, that theyforget to really look into, and appreciate where they are right now. With regard to spiritual development, many imagined 4-D to mean that people would suddenly become instantly spiritually awakened and aware - yet we are still seeing gradual awakening, and only at the pace that each individual is ready for. There are still many who probably won't awaken at all. That's because it is the way the process happens naturally and also because Free Will comes into play. Although, for those on Earth it is accelerated because we have the benefit of all this transforming energy and paradigms (powerful creative energy which is generating change). It is, however, up to each of us how we use this energy to our advantage.

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Aff Ashtar is a Demonic LieAshtar is a demonic lie reject the CP/DA Joyce, natural clairvoyant and natural healer, 94 (Elizabeth, THE ASHTAR COMMAND,http://lightworkers.org/forum/106870/ashtar-command-truth-about-angelic-scam-written-elizabeth-joyce-pleasefeel-free-draw-y If we accept the assertion that the "real" Ashtar is merely an "entity" that changes with the times, then a quick look at Ashtar in one of His/Her's former guises as the demon " Ashtaroth" may prove interesting...According to "The Lemegeton of Solomon" (The Book Of The Spirits), which was considered to be the source for many occult works of the 17th and 18th Century, "Astaroth"(also called Ashtaroth) was a very interesting Demon indeed: Astaroth is another demon who appears in the form of an angel. Opinion is divided as to whether it is a good or bad angel, but an angel he is, that much is agreed. He is an important Duke, and is mounted upon a dragon, with a snake in his right hand. He will tell the sorcerer of the past, the present and the future. He will also teach every secret and science. (If you were going to "channel" a demon/spirit/angel/ whatever, what better entity to have in your midst than one who is conversant with science and is an all-seeing prophet?) In the "Grimorium Verum - The True Grimoire", another occult book dating back to the 17th century, there is a section about the three superior Spirits: Spirits do not always appear in the same shape. This is because they are not themselves of matter or form, and have to find a body to appear in, and one suitable to their (intended) manifestation and appearance. Lucifer appears in the form and figure of a fair boy. When angry, he becomes red. There is nothing monstrous about him. Beelzebuth appears sometimes in monstrous forms, sometimes like a giant cow, at times like a he-goat, with a long tail. When angry, he vomits fire. Astaroth (Ashtaroth or Ashtar) appears black, in human shape. Under the heading "Kinds of Spirits" in the aforementioned reference, we learn: Names of the superior spirits are Lucifer, Beelzebuth and Astaroth. The inferiors of Lucifer are in Europe and Asia and obey him. Beelzebuth lives in Africa, and Astaroth (or Ashtar) inhabits America. (Is Ashtar "channeled" anywhere outside of America? And why is it that animal mutilations seem to be a particularly American Northern and Southern - phenomenon?) The book "The Grimoire of Honorius" gives a very detailed system of the conjuring of spirits according to the day of the week they are to be summoned. Each "spirit" has a day of the week allotted to it when it is at the peak of its abilities: Wednesday - between the tenth and eleventh hours of the night - is the day set apart for the conjugations addressed to Astaroth. (It is widely held in UFO folklore, that UFO encounters/sightings seem to be at their most prevalent on Wednesdays. John Keel quotes figures that suggest that over 20% of all sightings have occurred on a Wednesday.) None of this is conclusive evidence of anything, But if we accept the times this information was written in, and look at it through modern eyes. Then the contention that this phenomenon has been around in various guises for a very long time, may have some validity. Ashtar is not new. He is not a part of the "New Age" movement and he is an endangerment to many if they follow his instructions to sell everything and wait on a mountain top to be lifted off by space beings. From John Keel's book 'UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse', here's some quotes about Ashtar. (He/It certainly gets around!) ...I will try to demonstrate that the UFO entities are directly related to the entities and manifestations involved in religious miracles and spiritual seances. There are many thousands of published messages from both the UFO-nauts and the invisible, lower plane spirits, all of which employ the same techniques for burying information deep in simple-minded descriptions about life on other planets or other planes. One of the most important correlation is that many of these messages have discussed in depth the existence of another reality which is formed by energies operating on another frequency, or vibrational level. This is where people get confused, and tend

to believe the entity. There is a definite 4th and 5th dimensional energy, and unknown energy beyond that, which our technology has not caught up with or been able to understand. We are evolving into that knowledge at the present time. However, it will not happen overnight. It is a gradual process of opening up to higher knowledge a generation at a time.There has also been a great deal of discussion about light and rays of light. New rays are coming in for transformational healing. These are very powerful and can be used for the good of all. The lore of "the seven rays" goes back to the most ancient of times. The Bible's Book of Revelations repeats the number seven in many ways, and the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades (seven stars in the sky) form an important part of this lore. God and Christ are "The Light" in most of this literature ... On January 8, 1968, "Mr. Orlon" of the Ashtar Intergalactic Command, passed this message on to a contactee: "The saucers you speak of as such are in reality the space bodies of certain aggregates of consciousness. They exists duo-dimensionally; that is, they penetrate both the third and fourth dimensions simultaneously or can, if they wish, confine themselves to either one of these."... Thousands of mediums, psychics and UFO contactees have been receiving mountains of messages from "Ashtar" in recent years. This has escalated in the '90's. Mr. Ashtar represents himself as a leader in the great intergalactic councils which hold regular meetings on Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and many planets unknown to us. But Ashtar is not a new arrival. Variations of this name, such as Ashtaroth, Ashtar, Asharoth, etc., appear in demonological literature throughout history, both in the Orient and the Occident. Mr. Ashtar has been around a very long time posing as assorted gods and demons and now, in the modern New Age phase, as another glorious spacemen.

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***Continued***Dr. Charles Laughead, an MD on the staff of Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, started communicating with various entities "from outer space" in 1954, largely through trance mediums who served as instrument for Ashtar and his cronies from that great intergalactic council in the sky. A number of minor prophecies were passed along, and as usual, they came true on the nose. Then Ashtar tossed in his bombshell. The world was going to end on December 21, 1954, he announced convincingly. North America was going to split in two, and the Atlantic coast would sink into the sea. France, England and Russia were also slated for a watery grave. However, all was not lost. A few chosen people would be rescued by spaceships. Naturally Dr. Laughead and his friends were among that select group. Dr. Laughhead made sober declarations to the press and on December 21, 1954 he and a group of his fellow believers clustered together in the garden to await rescue ... and waited. And waited. And waited! In California, a man named Allen Noonan claims to have experienced still another variation of this particular mind-warping phenomenon. Soon after his discharge from the Army following World War II, Noonan went to work for a company handling outdoor billboards. One day, he says, he was working on a billboard when suddenly he was taken in astral form to a strange place. He found himself in a huge white building filled with white light. A group of "elders" were situated around a glowing throne, and a great voice boomed from that throne and asked "Will you agree to be the Savior of the World?" Noonan quickly agreed to this role. Then he was told, "You may die in the hands of your fellowmen. Their sin shall remain with you until the Mother Comforter comes to deliver them." The next thing he knew, he was back in his body working on the signboard. In later experiences, he allegedly visited other planets such as Venus, and he frequently received telepathic messages and instructions from our old friend Ashtar. In this case, he knew it as "the Ashtar Command and the United Planets Organization". Allen Noonan is not the only Space Age messiah appointed by the Ashtar command... In Denmark a man named Knud Weinking began receiving telepathic flashes in May, 1967, including a number of impressive prophecies which came true ..He was then instructed to build a lead-lined bomb shelter and prepare for a holocaust on December 24, 1967 ... ...Mediums, telepaths, sensitives, and UFO contactees throughout the world were all reporting identical messages. There was definitely going to be an unprecedented event on December 24, 1967. Ashtar was talking through Ouija boards to people who had never before heard the name. Another busy entity named Orlon was spreading the word. The curious thing about these messages was that they were all phrase