California Nonsense
From cataloging bees as fish so that the state could regulate them, to building a train to nowhere at ten times its promised cost, California has a huge collection of nonsense projects, all fostered by government. Submit your entry to this growing list here; we’ll select a winner at the end of the year.
Federal Tea Board, Popcorn Board, Mushroom Council and Others
Although this page is devoted to Nonsense at the level of state and local government in California, these recent examples of Nonsense at the federal level were too good to pass up!