The King, the governor of Florida, Botswana an the elephant

[FRANCHO]

[msemporda]

I agree - what an embarrassment... reminds me of the Prince Phillip stumbles and
walk on air attitude...

What about his Son-in-Law???

Roll them out and shut them up...

Cheers

[FRANCHO]

Some people is urging the king, give up his presidency of the Spanish brans of the WWF. Ironic
One proverb said: with kids who go to bed, gets up pissed.
I wake up pissed each morning, with the news. This gets from bad to worse.
Why I tkink, nobody will ever take us seriously?
We need a deep brainwash; the world is changing an we still stuck in the past century. I don´t know whether it is a mental diarrhea or calcifications of the meninges, but this..........u!!!!!!!

[msemporda]

To instill change IMO you need to reflect not just lament - part of the process
is to acknowledge the value that has been created in order to find a way to
motivate to move forward with courage and pride...

Spain and the MED countries facing difficulties and hardship need to realize what
has made them unique and valuable as a nation and culture so they can focus
on the hard work to regain their standing and hold their head up in front of
their peers...

Only with hard choices and hard work will this crisis be solved, I agree, and change
is needed.

Cheers

[FRANCHO]

King removed from WWF post
Ecologists vote overwhelmingly to remove monarch after Botswana hunting trip
EL PAÍS Madrid 22 JUL 2012 - 19:43 CET

King Juan Carlos poses during his Botswana safari. / RANN SAFARIS (EL PAÍS)
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The Spanish branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF España) decided at an extraordinary assembly on Saturday to remove the position of honorary president from its organization, which King Juan Carlos had occupied since its foundation in Spain in 1968.

The king has been the subject of fierce criticism after an elephant hunting trip to Botswana made headlines in April. Until the monarch fell and broke his hip, the expedition had not been made public.

WWF España said in a statement that it had taken into account the complaints of its members and society at large, both in Spain and abroad, over the king's Botswana jaunt. "Although this type of hunting is legal and regulated, it is considered incompatible by many of its members, with the honorary presidency of an international organization that defends nature and the environment like the WWF," the statement read.

In the vote over the removal of the honorary presidency, 94 percent of WWF members cast their ballots in favor. In order to eliminate the post, the NGO's statute requires the backing of two-thirds of members present at the vote, which numbered several dozen, to which are added email ballots.