Maybe things aren't so bad

Sometimes I get down when I think about the state of things. Strictly from a policy perspective, it's frustrating to watch sound policy consistently refected by legislators in favor of ideological crap. But now I have hope. if Heath Shuler is running for Congress, then maybe things can work out. If you don't know, Heath Shuler was one of the all-time great quarterbacks at the University of Tennessee. Before Peyton, there was Heath. Shuler was a horrible flop for the Washington Redskins in the NFL, but that's beside the point. College football is inherently better than professional football. Accomplishments in your late teens and early twenties are clearly more important than anything else in life. My only hope is that there are plenty of Tennessee fans in western North Carolina. Asheville is close to Knoxville, so that may provide him the edge that he needs to beat the incumbent.