A woman from Los Angeles , who was a tree hugger, a liberal Democrat,

and an anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timberland near Colville , WA .

There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract. She

wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land, so she started to

climb the big tree. As she neared the top she encountered a spotted owl

that attacked her. In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree

to the ground and got many splinters in her crotch. In considerable

pain, she hurried to a local ER to see a doctor.

She told him she was an environmentalist, a democrat, and an

anti-hunter and how she came to get all the splinters. The doctor

listened to her story with great patience and then told her to go wait

in the examining room and he would see if he could help her.

She sat and waited three hours before the doctor reappeared. The angry

woman demanded, “What took you so long?" He smiled and then told

her,

"Well, I had to get permits from the Environmental Protection Agency,

the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management before I could

remove old-growth timber from a "recreational area" so close to a

waste treatment facility. I'm sorry, but due to ObamaCare they turned

me down.