I really do like the melody of this song and moreover the lyrics are a perfect fit. Seven Devils being what I would assume to be the seven deadly sins. It's great wordplay and it shows that their is a strong sense of despair in the air--maybe this person has lost their battle (with these Devils--but, very much will make sure they burn--if that's the last thing they do) and like it says tonight/today they'll die by their own hand or perhaps someone wanting revenge. Ultimately this is someone expecting the worse, but no matter what they seek redemption in some form I think.

@NetRunner

Who is the best candidate? How do we fix this broken political system?

How do we get: Timothy Geithner out of the Treasury? Lloyd Blankfein on trial for the biggest white collar racket in history? Troops recalled from quagmires of death boredom and despair?

You got any solutions, bro?

Or just more fallacious arguments?

Between this and Neocons demanding to hear what they like, rather than what's true, I despair for American politics and by extension, Western politics and beyond.

How do you debate with people who just plain don't care about reality? How can a country elect any kind of worthwhile politicians when a section of the voters, too large to be ignored, seem to have no idea about how things are now and have no idea about what either party stands for?

They want another Reagan, yet what they want is nothing like what Reagan did. They want tax cuts, but no cuts on defence, medical aid or the other big federal expenses. They demand the government stay out of health care, yet demand that Medicare and Medicaid aren't cut. They want the government to bring in less money, spent about as much (cutting insignificantly small bits here and there) - yet somehow stop operating on a deficit.

There are so many contradictory demands and demands made on fantasy. And they won't compromise, no, because compromise is for people who are wrong.

I'm starting to think that the answer is Glenn Beck and his ilk. The solution may be for people like Glenn Beck who, intentionally or otherwise, radicalise and mislead these nutters so much that they become more isolated and increasingly irrelevant. Then this lunatic fringe might see their numbers dwindle from just being so ridiculous. When they won't listen to anyone who speaks about reality, what else is there?

You know a situation is FUBAR when Glenn Beck is the answer!

Not only have 1% got the money. 1% have the brains too. I despair at the utter stupidity of humans. The sooner genetic engineering filters out these mongs the better.

It fills me with despair to see clowns like this still able to peddle their bronze age nonsense whilst the great Christopher Hitchens has gone.

>> ^Enzoblue:

Shame she's a methodist, otherwise I'm on board.


Let's hope that is a purely political association, rather than a cognitive pit of despair!

The utter gullability and stupidity of our species, fills me with despair.

I have a horrible sinking feeling that this is not a parody or a joke.

I despair. I despair.

I wish for this brave young girl ALL that she wishes for herself. Sadly though, for some, it doesn't get better, and they see "checking out" as their only option. A friend, after several attempts, took that option. No amount of help -professional, family or friends- could dissuade him. A tragic loss, but, i guess, nobody truly knew the root cause of his despair. Advice? Who knows? I just try to enjoy each and every day as if it were my last because, surely, one day it will be.

My pleasure! If I were to be honest about the situation I would have to claim the same resigned guilt myself.

Ah well, I'm off to bust some corporate heads. : )

In reply to this comment by alien_concept:
>> ^MrConrads:

not "your" as in Alien_concept. colon space right parentheses.


Hahaha, no you sound like my best mate, who's occupying and protesting left and right and despairs at my apathy. But it's not real apathy, it's just being resigned. Anyway THANK YOU and good to see you again MrC! :

>> ^MrConrads:

not "your" as in Alien_concept. colon space right parentheses.


Hahaha, no you sound like my best mate, who's occupying and protesting left and right and despairs at my apathy. But it's not real apathy, it's just being resigned. Anyway THANK YOU and good to see you again MrC!

How can this "tea party" be the same thing that OWS people are standing up for?

For a start, this tea party as far as i can tell only exists in america (at the very least i have no idea of it in britain).. occupy wall street was just the start of a wealth of feeling that has been building for years, world-wide. In britain, the amount of people turning up to vote each year has been decreasing to the point where in early 2000's if all the non-voters and ballot spoilers had decided to show up and vote for one person, they'd have won by a landslide. That's a pretty significant point in a democracy if you ask me. The majority were silent and united in their dissatisfaction and perhaps that's why they've decided to stop being silent now. But they know you can't beat them at politics because THEY INVENTED THE GAME. They have the money, the rules, the experience. It is not just wall street that is being occupied anymore, the world is involved.

I'd say it's an internet-made phenomenon and we owe a big deal to the internet for providing us with the truth, but also a melting pot for all of us to express our unhappiness together. It networks intelligent people from around the world - meaning the intelligent people who understand politics/economics get to team up with intelligent people who know how to express things clearly; resulting in wonderfully succinct and expressive videos such as this one.

I think you may have missed the point if you think that occupying WALL STREET is the wrong target. This is not as narrow as you think it is. You've looked at OWS and taken from it that which you are most familiar. But as the guy in this video said; it is the perfect choice of target. It is a target that everyone can get behind, it doesn't count anyone out - it is exactly as broad as it needs to be to get everyone to realise we're after the same thing and on the same side. The politicians know that they are as much in the firing line as occupy wall street, believe me. They may even try to distract people by attacking wall street themselves at some point, or offer us a compromise that doesn't affect the status quo.

The best thing you can do is redouble your effort to understand why people are doing what they're doing, because i don't think you've quite got it. And if you still can't get it, then (again) as the guy says; you aren't MEANT to get it.

Politics has made me sick throughout my life, from a relatively young age i was intelligent enough to understand that i was being lied to every term. Later, i learned how money is dictating cancerous policies, standing in the way of human progress. I've despaired that the world is stagnant - we have no aim, no goal, our education system has been weakened and watered down, businesses that once were started by a person like me or you turned into heartless machines. We're stuck on a rock floating in a void and we're spending our time shitting on each other, blinkered to the common goals that we might set our sights upon if only we could stop looking down at the person just below us on the ladder, fighting to stay above them.

I'm still relatively young and i've spent my young life getting angry about these things (and plenty more, believe me), and Occupy Everywhere is broad enough to snag my interest.

As far as a lot of young, angry people are concerned, this is finally a cause that interests them.

Edit:
The tea party, to me, looks like the middle generation's equivalent to Occupy. The major concerns of yesteryear for the people of yesteryear who didn't, in their youth, stand up and make themselves heard. Only had a quick look, though. It seems to be about tax, government spending and laws and such. Not good enough anymore. The new generation have realised that it's not just the policies and intricacies that are broken, the entire system of putting those things in place is broken.

In a world of death and despair, where nothing much is pretty, I love calming things.

a person squanders a unique ability because of his own selfish pity and despair... yea i got it alright .. well done

*back of hand to forehead* Oh yes, thank you kind sir.
(LOVE documentaries, you rock.)

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http://videosift.com/video/Bloody-Mary-Tudor

A second helping of despair my dear.