Does that mean the polar ice caps started melting with the dawning of the Age of Aquarius?

This shaky climate-astrology theory, that actually passed the House with Noem's help, made the state a national laughing stock, prompting The New Republic to nominate South Dakota for "dumbest state in the nation."

I wouldn't go so far as to say that might make Noem, who now serves in the South Dakota House, the dumbest congresswoman in the nation, were she to beat incumbent Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in their race for a U.S. House seat. But this certainly wouldn't heighten her credibility in the halls of Congress.

South Dakota can thank its lucky stars that this was a non-binding resolution and that the final version approved by the South Dakota House and Senate was quite different from the original version.

The resolution was stripped of the astrological reference and other ignorant language after it made national news and embarrassed the state. But there in the public record for all to see is Noem's affirmative vote on the original version.

Alot of people, especially Noem's supporters, will give her a pass on that, since so many bills cross lawmakers' desks, they couldn't possible keep tabs on all of them.