a bear trap

Flint it's not even remotely connected to the debate, or at least it lacks anything that supports what you meant with it. I tak it as a deliberate and senseless attack on the EU and/or its organisation. If you provoke, you can't expect a better treatment in any way, that should be clear by now.

Devendra Banhart - Now that I know

I agree.
George Michael is the sexiest man of them both as well.

"But I think there's a simple solution. We convince Flint of the flemish nationalist cause and put him into the negotiation room with 1 instruction"

I support that idea!
The N-VA is defenatly facing a defeat on the next elections. They'll either have to make great concessions to the PS (wich I hope), and a part of their supporters will be disappointed. Or, they don't make great concessions and they lose votes cause they don't want to make deals..
And Elio Di Rupo would make a fab premier. He can't be called imageless like Herman Van Rompuy..

"But Primo is not a man...."

He has a penis though. I saw its head once, it looked exactly like this(nsfw obviously):
http://www.ic-gallery.com/displayimage.php?pid=1473

I hate exams on saturday. I have to get up at 5:30 in the morning to make sure I'm there on time..

Don't dismiss this breakthrough Arocalex!

"With the situation as it is now, they won't be able to. I'm not talking about in 10 years or maybe even 20, but as it is now."

I'm talking about the present as well. For the past 3 years, they're experiencing a rather good economic revival. They manage to attract quite some companies, unemployment numbers are going down etc. Besides, Flanders thrived because of Walloon investments in Flanders for about a whole century (19th till more or less WWII), it's only fair that we support them in their economic low tides (wich only started in the '70s). Things are changing, support it and pick the fruits of it later.

"The seperatist movement in Flanders is actually growing. People there must start to get fed up with having to pay for Wallonia."

No, the separatist movement is declining: the VB party is dying. N-VA is thriving, wich clearly shows people aren't fed up with Wallonia itself, but with the immoblism of the last 3 years. A sign the Walloons understood. With the coming state reform and the solving of BHV, those frustrations will go away.

"so what's the complaint about trumpets? Those airhorns are a lot louder"

A single vuvuzela produces 130dB, enough to instantly cause hearing damage. This sound goes on for about 2 hours non-stop. I can understand there's some commotion about it.

"That's sickening. So much regulations created by faceless eurocrates with zero accountability, bah!"

You didn't even know it before and you weren't bothered. Why would it be a bad thing?

And Chris, it's not possible anymore. The Belgian borders are set in the First Treaty of Maastricht (note: this is not the famous one). Besides, the Flemish parlaiment is within that reach of 8 miles.
Reducing Belgium to the Brussels region to take its debt is torpedoing Flanders and Wallonia as well. A significant part of our BNP is generated through Brussels and its position it has in the EU.