The legend lives on...

Well, today is the 30th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. I don't know when I was a kid that I realized it was a real incident...all I knew was that it was this really cool, haunting song. Even now, there are times when I can't listen to it at all. But I will today.

This is a link to a page with photos of the ship, the names of her crew, and the song lyrics.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
in the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral."
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee."
"Superior," they said, "never gives up her dead
when the gales of November come early!"

So this post is in memory of all 29 crew members and their families, as well as all the brave men & women who have died working to earn a living. What is remembered, lives.

Stupid, or fed up?

One of these stories was pointed out to me by a cow-orker, I found the other two while researching the first on Google News.

In this week's elections, THREE 18 year old young men were elected as mayor of their respective tiny towns:

‘Go-getter,' 18, ousts mayor in Michigan

18-year-old becomes mayor of Roland [IA]

Teenager wins mayor's race in small Pa. town

My cow-orker points to this as a sign of the stupidity of the residents of these towns. "18 year olds don't know anything! Why would anyone elect one?" (Paraphrased)

What I'm thinking is that this is a positive step both for the country & a sign of dissatisfaction in the status quo. I feel it's positive because I think it's great that these kids are interested in running for ANY elected office and are willing to be involved in politics - something this country sorely needs. I also think it's possible that these gentlemen got elected because the people in their communities are dissatisfied with the way things were being done.

What do you think? Positive, stupid, or both?