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King Juan Carlos breaks a hip hunting elephants in Botswana
Spain News ^ | April 14, 2012

Posted on 04/14/2012 11:53:23 AM PDT by billorites

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To: daler
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Juan Carlos has even less actual political power than you do.

21 posted on 04/14/2012 12:37:32 PM PDT by jonascord (Any Democrat. Classic examples of the Downing Effect.)
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To: jonascord

“Juan Carlos has even less actual political power than you do.”

I don’t think so, I’m a Republican in Massachusetts.


22 posted on 04/14/2012 12:46:40 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: billorites
good for him...
23 posted on 04/14/2012 1:22:59 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: billorites

I wonder if the elephant-sympathizers have any clue that much of the $50k to cull one elephant goes to fund anti-poaching efforts that protect far more creatures, and a healthy population.

Elephants aren’t endangered, any more than white-tailed deer.

And they can be pests that need to be manged and culled.


24 posted on 04/14/2012 1:29:17 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Hold My Beer and Watch This!)
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To: billorites

It serves the idiot Juan Carlos jolly good for shooting elephants. That is so ugly and heartless.


25 posted on 04/14/2012 1:38:36 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: billorites

It looks like idiot Juan Carlos is going to be in a wheelchair of a long time and then on a walker for the rest of his meaningless life.

The elephant got its revenge. I rather have had the elephant unharmed and alive.


26 posted on 04/14/2012 1:50:07 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
Mrs. Juan Carlos: "Look dear, there's an elephant over there."

The King: "Yes, he's a regal beast. A magnificent specimen. And to show how much I love and care for him, I'm going to blow a big hole in his head. It's for his own good, don't you know."

Mrs. Juan Carlos: "Oh, your majesty, you're such a humanitarian!"
27 posted on 04/14/2012 1:52:04 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

Why is an elephant big, grey and wrinkly?


28 posted on 04/14/2012 1:58:32 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites

Also, he won’t be out there shooting more elephants.

He is finished.

That is great news.


29 posted on 04/14/2012 2:00:09 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: billorites

“Why is an elephant big, grey and wrinkly?”

Please help me. I give up!


30 posted on 04/14/2012 2:02:25 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: dfwgator

LOL! Actually, he’s been a pretty good king... a sort of inoffensive figurehead who seems to stay out of things. Lately, the husband of one of the infantas (princesses) has gotten into big trouble because he was peddling influence.

Juan Carlos himself makes a lot of money through what we would call lobbying, and the family is very wealthy. He was brought up in England, speaks Spanish with a faint English accent, and his wife, la Reina Sofia, is Greek.

They could be a lot worse. The problem, actually, is that he’s probably more conservative than the recent leaders of the country but is too chicken to say so. And he’s a constitutional monarch, so nothing he says matters anyway.


31 posted on 04/14/2012 2:07:18 PM PDT by livius
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To: clashfan
I don’t feel sorry for him in the least. There is nothing good in killing a pachyderm.

While I agree that hunting animals for mere sport is deplorable, the fees for taking these animals provide for funding game cops to stop poaching. The elephant population is on the rise in the countries where strictly managed hunts are allowed.
32 posted on 04/14/2012 2:11:50 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
“Why is an elephant big, grey and wrinkly?”

Because if it was small, white and hard it would be an aspirin.

33 posted on 04/14/2012 2:14:17 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: livius
LOL! Actually, he’s been a pretty good king

Actually, he has been a damn good king. If if were not for his calming influence the crackerjack Spanish military would have been shooting Socialist MFs Willy-Nilly a long time ago. He has also had a somewhat moderating influence on the socialist MFs who think THEY run spaion. If you think our Left is loony, the Spanish Left makes Jane Fonda look like Martha Washington..

He is a wonderful sportsman and is reputed to have boffed Lady Di. !Viva Borbon!

34 posted on 04/14/2012 2:16:14 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (So, Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts can't figure out if Obama is a Natural Born Citizen?)
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To: Don Corleone
Me neither for a monarch/ruler/dictator/president who goes off vacationing while his country is going through financial meltdown.

Hey!!! You better get ready for a visit from the SS of FBI for talking about 0 bummer like that. Oh wait, never mind.

35 posted on 04/14/2012 2:16:22 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

And the answer is? ???


36 posted on 04/14/2012 2:16:28 PM PDT by codder too
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

“why was an elephant in my pajamsa?” ba dum


37 posted on 04/14/2012 2:19:48 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
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To: livius
"And he’s a constitutional monarch, so nothing he says matters anyway."

Sometimes what he's had to say matters very much.


38 posted on 04/14/2012 2:28:04 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites

Oh good grief!!!!

Thank you.


39 posted on 04/14/2012 2:29:39 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: clashfan

Elephants are sacred, sentient beings. Absolutely no reason to kill one. I had always liked this king - now I hope he is painfully crippled for the rest of his miserable life.


40 posted on 04/14/2012 2:34:24 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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