Come on Illinois! Are you serious?

Illinois has just re-statused (not a real word, I don't think) Pluto to be a planet!

READ IT here, from the Illinois Senate's site.

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that as Pluto passes overhead through Illinois’ night skies, that it be reestablished with full planetary status, and that March 13, 2009 be declared “Pluto Day” in the State of Illinois in honor of the date its discovery was announced in 1930.
WHEREAS, Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, was born on a farm near the Illinois community of Streator
I'm proud that a fellow Illinoisan discovered a planet! That's awesome and it was known as the ninth in our solar system...that's awesome! And I'm proud that I know where Streator, IL actually is too.

The legislation goes on to say one very ridiculous statment:
WHEREAS, Dr. Tombaugh is so far the only Illinoisan and only American to ever discover a planet; and
 It's awesome that he's from American and from IL, but he's not the only American to have discovered a planet! Come on Illinois!

The legislation does make one good point, atleast according to my uneducated perspective.
WHEREAS, Pluto was unfairly downgraded to a "dwarf" planet in a vote in which only 4 percent of the International Astronomical Union's 10,000 scientists participated; and WHEREAS, Many respected astronomers believe Pluto's full planetary status should be restored; therefore, be it

Only 4% of the scientists voted on this. Granted, I don't know how many normally vote, but if there is a good contingency of scientists who still believe Pluto should be a planet and only 4% voted it shouldn't be - there is a reason to gripe!

I also don't think a state senate should be legislating science!

Illinois went on to do something else great:
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that as Pluto passes overhead through Illinois' night skies, that it be
reestablished with full planetary status, and that March 13, 2009 be declared "Pluto Day" in the State of Illinois in honor of the date its discovery was announced in 1930.
They made March 13th "PLUTO DAY" in Illinois! I'm sorry future students of the Illinois public school system!

As one blogger put it, Illinois is making
an obvious attempt to distract America from Blagojevich’s hair...
Haha...if you've seen his hair, you know exactly what's being talked about. If you haven't seen his hair, scroll down to my post on "Things Not to Do"

March 13, 2009 shall be called the day of THE GREAT DISTRACTION.