Who is politicizing the science?

Recently it was Utah trying to use the political arena to bludgeon climate science using the same old debunked denialist nonsense. Now South Dakota has upped the ante. Besides the expected idiocy as in Utah's resolution, the South Dakota House passed a resolution that included (presumably, though that may be giving too much credit) basic errors in wording - even simply being wrong they got wrong!

Plenty of people are getting good laughs about the use of "astrological" when "astronomical" may have been meant, and "thermological" when, uh, not sure what they meant. It is funny to see someone who gets the science quite wrong, trumpets errors that are trivial in the big picture, and declares, "[g]lobal warming alarmism is politics, not science" turn around and defend the SD legislature's action.

Naming names in the SD House:

Based on the roll call, it can be assumed:

* Jim Bolin has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Thomas J Brunner has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Lance Carson has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Kristin A Conzet has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* R Blake Curd has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Joni M Cutler has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Brian G Gosch has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Brock L Greenfield has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Noel Hamiel has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Charles B Hoffman has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Roger W Hunt has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Phil Jensen has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Kent Juhnke has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Mark Kirkeby has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Don Kopp has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Gerald Lange has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Dan Lederman has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Nick G Moser has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Kristi Noem has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* David Novstrup has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Eldon E Nygaard has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Betty Olson has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Ryan P Olson has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Carol A Pitts has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Val Rausch has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Timothy A Rave has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Fred W Romkema has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Tim Rounds has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Lance S Russell has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Todd Schlekeway has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Jacqueline Sly has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Roger D Solum has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Manny Steele has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
Kim Vanneman has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Mike Verchio has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.
* Dean Wink has demonstrated ignorance of climate science.

* denotes bonus points for also introducing the bill.

It is not surprising some sponsors did not vote at all on the bill, but curiously some sponsors voted nay.

The amended Senate version dropped the most absurd portions but was still ridiculous. Those who voted for it are not off the hook, especially those who were co-sponsors on the original.