A Curse of Unknown Savagery By: O'Neal Rodges

It's three in the morning, and I can't sleep, as usual. This shit sucks. I hate having insomnia. It seems like I'm stuck with this shit though, doesn't seem to be because of stress anymore. At least the ball game is on even though they keep moving the game ahead so you never get to see the Rangers bat. That shit pisses me off. Fuck Boston, yeah I said it. If you're going to replay a game you should at least replay the whole god damn thing. The Rangers pitching is really fucking sucking right now, but hopefully all that will change soon. With Nolan Ryan as the new President of the club, I'm going to expect nothing but the best. It is, after all, Nolan fucking Ryan. Nobody can talk shit on him because everybody knows he was the shit back in his day. Well, lets all cross our fingers and hope Mr. Ryan can get these boys to give it the old college try. He better, because the way the pitching is looking now, the rest of the team has to work extra hard scoring runs because the pitching isn't holding them off. That's why the team has a great batting, ERA, and still can't place first, not even in the wild card. Well, it seems, the Rangers might have a curse set upon them. Maybe by George Bush. I bet as long as there is a Republican in the White House the Rangers don't win shit. We'll see if Obama gets elected and the Rangers sweep the series. Who knows? The brutal truth of the matter is that no one does. But those are at least two things that would make me happy, even if it makes the rest of the world cringe in fear or disgust. Some people don't like the Rangers, much less a Republican or a Democrat, but, the simple fact of the matter is that they must like something. Times are strange and only getting stranger. It's the kind of world that would make any man of good morals and decency want to leave it all. At least thats my feeling. Thinking of all the things Bush has done, mainly the U.S. PATRIOT Act, makes me wonder how many years he has set back our democracy. I'm sure it will take our government years to right that wrong, if they even consider it in the first place. Lets just say that the federal government gets its kicks by suspending citizens rights in the pursuit of peace , justice and the American way. I still cant help but think about what history will think of my generation. I think we might actually be the generation they got to. Maybe its from living in the Bible belt in Texas. The only thing I hope is that we are not regarded as the generation that decided to roll over and let the rest of society tell us what the right way to live is. I hope there are people like me out there, that are thinking the same thoughts of freedom. I only hope to find it, because most people don't, and others spend the rest of their lives looking for it, whatever it may be. I've actually tried to research us to see if we do repeat our history. If you haven't noticed, we still live in the Gilded Age. For those unfamiliar with the subject the Gilded Age was a time in American history, about the 1870 somethings, where America looked like the land of promise, privilege, and wealth only if one decided to live there. Only upon the arrival of starving immigrants from Eastern Europe could the complete and utter squaller be seen. Making it a Gilded Age, one that looked golden on the outside but only after having scratched the surface could one see the lead. Things aren't much different than what they were and if history has taught us anything its that there has and always will be a class society. The only way to deal with it is to rise above it....