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Talk:Conservative hysteria

2007-11-01T18:15:00Z

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why should it be deleted, you have a page on [[liberal hysteria]], whats good for the goose is good for the gander --[[User:Ronpaulvandamn|Ronpaulvandamn]] 14:09, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

Pleistocene

2007-11-01T18:14:43Z

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The '''Pleistocene''' [[epoch (geology)|epoch]] is an epoch which took place between 1.8 million years ago and 12,000 years ago.
It is part of the [[Neogene]] period.
The Pleistocene is preceded by the [[Pliocene]] epoch and followed by the [[Holocene]] epoch.

Under the dates assigned by [[uniformitarian]] geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 1.8 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago.<ref>Gradstein and Ogg, 2004</ref><ref>Anon. (UCMP)</ref>

Creationists reject the [[uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, so they reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]).
Biblical geologists generally consider Pleistocene deposits to be post-[[Great Flood|flood]] deposits.<ref>Batten, 2007, p.211</ref>

It is during this period that modern man [[Theory of evolution|evolved]].
The Pleistocene is also believed by secular geologists to have experienced frequent glaciations.
Biblical geologists put the [[Ice Age]] in Pleistocene sediments.

Many large [[animal]]s went extinct at the time of deposition of the later Pleistocene sediments, including [[sabre toothed tiger]]s and woolly [[mammoth]]s.
Secular geologists believe that the Pleistocene [[ice age]] is still ongoing and that we are merely in an interglacial period, although [[global warming]] may result in a superinterglacial.
According to this idea, global warming will delay or prevent us from going into another ice age.

== Pleistocene extinctions ==

[[Flora]] and [[Fauna]] found in Pleistocene sediments are very similar to those found today.
Many of the same species of [[mollusk]]s, [[bird]]s, [[mammal]]s, and [[insect]]s still exist.
However, Pleistocene sediments also contain many large mammals which are now extinct. These include [[giant sloth]]s, [[woolly mammoth]]s, and [[sabre toothed cat]]s.
[[Horse]]s and [[camel]]s once galloped across the North American plains and giant birds with 25 foot wingspans stalked prey.
[[Scientist]]s state that these extinctions may have been caused by a combination of changing climate, disease, and overhunting by [[human]]s.

== Bibliography ==
* Anon., [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/quaternary/ple.html The Pleistocene] University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP).
*Batten, Don., et. al., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter17.pdf How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia?] Chapter 17, Creation Answers Book, Creation Ministries International, 2007.</ref>
* Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]

==References==
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[[Category:Geologic systems]]
[[Category:Geological time periods]]

Neoliberalism

2007-11-01T16:18:19Z

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'''Neoliberalism''' is a new form of extreme, unregulated [[capitalism]] that was laid out in [[Adam Smith]]'s famous capitalist manifesto, ''The Wealth of Nations'', soon after the [[Industrial Revolution]]. Neoliberals believe regulation should not be an impediment to manufacturing or commerce, and that high tariffs can be harmful. These ideas were ''liberal'' in the sense of advocating loose controls. In neoliberalism, profits are sought by lowering costs through improvements in the productive powers of labor. There should be reduced costly and unnecessary government regulation without sacrificing environmental protection and job safety.

However, opponents of neoliberalism argue that unregulated [[market]]s can allow unfair advantages to large, well established corporations who can monopolize the market. They also argue that rampant privitization can take away essential services from the poor such as [[healthcare]], education, and access to utilities. These are services that they would be unable to afford under normal conditions. Also with less government regulation, opponents argue that there is no incentive for companies to engage in environmental regulation or to pay a decent wage to its workers. Good wages and environment protection cost money and it would not be in a company's interest to engage in these practices if it did not have too. Leftists and some Centrists blame neoliberalism for contributing to [[poverty]] worldwide and for causing many jobs in America to be outsourced to third world countries. Even some social conservatives such as [[Pat Buchanan]] are critical of extreme capitalism/neoliberalism.

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