>> ^Crooksandliars:

Leading demands for a revised strategy, French Socialist Francois Hollande, a reader of Krugman, tops President Nicolas Sarkozy in the polls with the warning that putting debt-cutting over expansion is “bringing desperation to people.” Elsewhere, Greeks are turning to anti-austerity parties, recession-wracked Spain and Italy are relaxing deficit targets, the Dutch government is splintering and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is calling for a “growth compact.”
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This attitude strikes me as totally bogus. We think the European voters are voting on macro-economic policy? They're throwing out governments because they're unhappy, and they're installing people who promise them higher spending because they like having the government that spends money on them. Italy and Spain aren't revising their deficit targets because of some new found economic enlightenment, they simply lack the willpower or competence to live within their means.

Maybe stimulative policies are better than austerity. I'm not an economist, so I don't know. What I do know is that voters and politicians haven't stopped being short-sighted.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^Reefie:
Improv Everywhere just got upstaged big time!
@Yogi Just the French portion of the Belgians then? Nothing to say about the considerable Dutch and German speaking segments of Belgium then?
There's a reason Belgium is central to European politics. Anyhow, I just wanted to pull you up about your racist comment and point out that French-speaking Belgians only account for a portion of overal Belgian society

Fine, how about I called them "Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards!"


You are in good company sir and/or madam!

>> ^Reefie:

Improv Everywhere just got upstaged big time!
@Yogi Just the French portion of the Belgians then? Nothing to say about the considerable Dutch and German speaking segments of Belgium then?
There's a reason Belgium is central to European politics. Anyhow, I just wanted to pull you up about your racist comment and point out that French-speaking Belgians only account for a portion of overal Belgian society


Fine, how about I called them "Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards!"

Improv Everywhere just got upstaged big time!

@Yogi Just the French portion of the Belgians then? Nothing to say about the considerable Dutch and German speaking segments of Belgium then?

There's a reason Belgium is central to European politics. Anyhow, I just wanted to pull you up about your racist comment and point out that French-speaking Belgians only account for a portion of overal Belgian society

oh i know it was in fact real, and not edited. the only edit made were the joining of the many videos of each angle we took of the dog working the ropes, the music, and the titles. the video is pixelated because it has been compressed. i know this because i am the dude in the video holding the ropes for little geronimo come to dollywood this summer to see the action in person, and see for yourself.


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The dog is clearly talented and may perhaps be able to skip a couple passes of the rope (though that's questionable) but the extended video of the dog jumping up and down is clearly edited*. The exact same sequence of the dog jumping up and down is used multiple times in each new camera angle. In one of them, at about 0:50, you can see some fade artifacting from the editing process. I'd love to see the original footage if it exists, but I think it probably doesn't...

*I can tell because of some of the pixels. (;



actually dog is jumping rope perfectly. no editing of the dog jumping rope at all. i should know. its my video and my dog. took me 5 straight weeks to complete the trick. no camera tricks here.

In reply to this comment by iaui:
The dog is clearly talented and may perhaps be able to skip a couple passes of the rope (though that's questionable) but the extended video of the dog jumping up and down is clearly edited*. The exact same sequence of the dog jumping up and down is used multiple times in each new camera angle. In one of them, at about 0:50, you can see some fade artifacting from the editing process. I'd love to see the original footage if it exists, but I think it probably doesn't...

*I can tell because of some of the pixels. (;



actually dog is jumping rope perfectly. no editing of the dog jumping rope at all. i should know. its my video and my dog. took me 5 straight weeks to complete the trick. no camera tricks here.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'VW, Golf, roll, Volkswagen, Sas, Dutch' to 'VW, Golf, roll, Volkswagen, Sas, Dutch, mastermilo82' - edited by xxovercastxx

Tags for this video have been changed from 'dog, double dutch, skipping' to 'dog, double dutch, skipping, jump rope' - edited by calvados

I didn't realize dutch people came in redneck.

Is it Quadruple Dutch if the jumper has four legs?

>> ^dag:

I'd like to see a cat do that.>> ^pumkinandstorm:
>> ^jazzy77:
Wow, what kind of mind would even think to teach a dog to jump rope! AMAZING!!

I would love to know HOW they trained the dog to do it!



So would I!

>> ^jazzy77:

Wow, what kind of mind would even think to teach a dog to jump rope! AMAZING!!


One that's tired of walking the dog?

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I'd like to see a cat do that.>> ^pumkinandstorm:

>> ^jazzy77:
Wow, what kind of mind would even think to teach a dog to jump rope! AMAZING!!

I would love to know HOW they trained the dog to do it!

Thanks so much for promoting my double dutch dog video...and also putting it in music and hip hop. I didn't think of that before! Have a great weekend!

>> ^jazzy77:

Wow, what kind of mind would even think to teach a dog to jump rope! AMAZING!!


I would love to know HOW they trained the dog to do it!