Yellowstone National Golf Resort

This doubles back to become satire again... and then keeps going.

America's finest news source reports on a senate bill introduced as a joke by George Allen (R-VA) that, to his chagrin, actually became law.

S. 1718, also known as the Preservation Of Public Lands Of America Act, authorized a shift of $138 billion from the federal Medicare fund to a massive landscaping effort that, over the next five years, will transform Yellowstone National Park into a luxury private golf estate.

"I thought it was pretty damn funny when I read over the draft of the thing," said Allen, who said he struggled to keep a straight face when he introduced the law. "Especially the part about how it would create over 10,000 caddy and drink-girl jobs. But I guess it went over people's heads."

The bill passed with a vote of 63-37.

Now, imagine this was reported by the AP instead of The Onion. Would it seem so unlikely? It would be outrageous, sure, but unlikely?