Broken pledges from State Representative Dylan Jordan. He promised he’d shoot down planes, and just ends up asking for more government

I was starting this post to talk about the bill that was not introduced, if you remember my post a week or so ago.  I was just starting to pull prior images from my website to talk about Dylan Jordan’s broken promises …and it must be because I’m slightly psychic because guess what was introduced today? House Bill 1181 – A bill to ban weather modification activities (Add this to the freedom caucus list of goofiness delaying serious bills).

House Bill 1181 – Introduced by: Representative Andera (also sponsored by Dylan Jordan – pp)

An Act to prohibit weather and climate modification activities and provide a penalty therefor.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34A-1:

There is created in the state treasury the weather and climate modification monitoring fund. This fund consists of fines received pursuant to section 2 of this Act and all other moneys designated for deposit in the fund.

The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall administer the fund. The purpose of the fund is to defray expenses associated with monitoring for prohibited weather modification activities, investigating complaints, assessing civil penalties, and monitoring for compliance. The department may use one-half of the moneys received pursuant to section 2 of this Act to defray the expenses of activities associated with administering sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this Act. The department shall provide one-half of the moneys received pursuant to section 2 of this Act to the Department of Transportation to defray any expenses associated with administering sections 5 to 8, inclusive, of this Act.

Interest on moneys credited to the fund must remain in the fund.

Expenditures from the fund must be budgeted through the general appropriation bill.

Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34A-1:

No person may inject, release, or disperse, by any means, any amount of a chemical, a chemical compound, or a substance, which is known to cause negative health impacts in toxic amounts, into the atmosphere, for the express purpose of modifying atmosphere, intensity of sunlight, temperature, or weather.

No person may inject, release, or disperse, by any means, any amount of aluminum barium, chaff containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, strontium, or sulfur dioxide, into the atmosphere for the express purpose of modifying atmosphere, intensity of sunlight, temperature, or weather.

The department must assess a civil penalty of not less than one hundred thousand dollars for a violation of this section, plus ten thousand dollars per day for each day the violation continues.

The department shall deposit any moneys collected pursuant to this section in the weather and climate modification monitoring fund created in section 1 of this Act.

Etcetera… Read and follow the bill for made-up Internet paranoia here.

But as you read it, both you and I should notice it’s missing an important component. There’s no language about shooting down or – as the sponsoring facebook page edited it to when people noticed it was batsh*t crazy – “taking military action” against planes:

But, wait a minute.. Looking at the actual bill, there’s nothing about “shooting down” or even “authoriz(ing) the National Guard to take military action against aircraft” as was stated on their pledge?

As Rep. Jordan follows along, lets Rep. Andera take the lead and Rep. Manhart is nowhere in sight, after promises to shoot down planes that leave jet contrails in the sky, they propose fines, a reporting form, and rule promulgation?  What about the part of the pledge where they promise they will “sponsor or co-sponsor legislation to enforce this ban and ensure it remains strong, without dilution or compromise.”

And by not being part of it, Rep. Manhart definitely seems to be going Chemtrails? I’m not with them. 

Instead, Jordan signs on as a co-sponsor to propose a fine and set up some rule promulgation? Why doesn’t instead, Rep. Jordan co-sponsor a summer study?  So much for that pledge where these jokers were going to come to session without dilution or compromise.

Looks to me like one is cowing like a scolded retriever, looking for someone to pet his head, and the other is going I don’t know those guys.

That’s the problem with signing pledges for crazy conspiracy-minded nonsense. When a legislator makes a promise, or a pledge, it’s expected that they’re going to follow through. Because a man’s word is his bond.

Except when they come to the realization that what they’re promising is “Outrageously wrong, kooky and dangerous.” Especially when election year rolls around.