Have people heard this? I've read accounts of it several places:

The limits of misinformation

One California columnist has a great story that's getting attention around the blogosphere now -- an account of his trip to the office of Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif. The columnist, Dick Spotswood, writes:

While a social moderate, Sonny Bono's widow is a solid conservative. Talked to her about Obama's $780 billion stimulus legislation. She's outraged that the plan has "$1 billion wasted on a magnetic-levitation train from L.A. to Sin City" - all at Nevada Sen. Harry Reid's doing.

After expressing my doubt that the Las Vegas line was actually in the bill's language, Bono Mack directs her staff to "get him the bill, it's right there, show him." A few minutes later, a staffer emerges with a copy and quietly says "it's not in the bill."

This is the kind of thing that would be an interesting if not all that informative if it were not emblematic of a larger issue. It's now gospel in Republican circles that this train project was in the stimulus bill, no matter what the facts are, and unless one columnist visits every GOP congressional office and pulls this off, the story's unlikely to die.

Dude. Boy really likes you.

I know! My place is MUCH messier than his.

Should not be finding big bugs in the supposedly perfunctory sign-off testing. No, no and NO.

Two angry camels in a car

A small-ish sedan. I'd think that if you were going to put camels in your vehicle, you'd want an SUV, or at least a station wagon....

See, now, that Iceland-elves thing, well.

Beliefs that are honestly held are beliefs that are honestly held. In the US, projects on federal land that might affect sites sacred to Native Americans must be evaluated the same way. The federal government doesn't have to accept the reality of native religious beliefs in order to avoid offending those beliefs.

So, on the one hand, a funny story. On the other, a real effort to avoid trampling on cultural practices that go back thousands of years.

Timelies all!

The fail!tie amused me a lot.

In the US, projects on federal land that might affect sites sacred to Native Americans must be evaluated the same way. The federal government doesn't have to accept the reality of native religious beliefs in order to avoid offending those beliefs.

Yeah, the blog post that directed me to to the elf thing went on to point this out.

I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all Iclanders, including any Iclandic elves that may exist.

Sorry to come over all humorless-environmentalist on your funny story, Tommyrot.

All weather men should wear green ties. That was great!

Sorry to come over all humorless-environmentalist on your funny story, Tommyrot.

Oh no, I didn't think you were all humorless-environmentalist. I thought that was a good point. Also, I was joking in my apology. Iclanders can go fuck themselves.

OK, not really (on the fucking themselves thing).