I want to see who was the first place winner.....if this was the runner up

[Mira]

A video that was submitted in a contest by a 20 year
old.The contest was Titled
"u @ 50"
This video won
second place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was
awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause.So simple and
yet so brilliant.

TAKE A BRIEF MINUTE
and watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
edited to say: watch her read to the end and then see the little brilliant miracle happen

[pinto]

1. WOW. That's a great piece of work. Thanks for putting it up here.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: from a boomer and AARP member.

[eleny]

2. Aw jeez, now you did it...

...got me a little choked up here.

It was very nice to hear her speaking.

[lamp_shade]

3. Oh man... goosebumps.

[Dragonfli]

4. Brilliant! NT

[angrycarpenter]

5. Absolutely brilliant.

:applause:

[lazyriver]

6. This is worth two minutes of anyone's time. Watch it. K&R

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Very well done.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Clever and powerful at the same time. Often the two words are mutually exclusive.

[sandyj999]

9. Totally Fantastic! n/t

[LNM]

10. That was fabulous!

Thanks for that and passing it on.

[Voice for Peace]

11. thank you -- this is excellent

k&R

[azmouse]

12. Well done.

Interesting to read the comments. So easy to see who the asshole Reps are with their negative, nasty words.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Thank you for posting that! Bravo! k+r, n/t

[Fleshdancer]

14. wow! thank you for posting this

:applause:

[NanceGreggs]

15. Beyond brilliant!!!

:kick: & REC'D!!!

[pacalo]

16. Genius. What a good mind who thought of that.

[FirstLight]

17. BRILLIANT!

I think I will send this to some friends, who could use a boost...
I totally got goosebumps when the little miracle happened!

as writer, I find this truly creative and a wonderful message to boot!

[pansypoo53219]

18. so i can haz hope?

i hope.

[Mira]

19. I'm glad it is striking a chord. It first started sinking and then I realized

people did not listen to the point where it gets "interesting".
I was a bit demoralized and then said to myself in my mother's favorite phrase: "This is not allowed to be true" and kept on.
I'm glad I added the edit so more would hear it.

[elleng]

36. Great for your mother!

BRAVO!

[rasputin1952]

20. The youth of this nation are not lost...

and I am thankful they will take over and change things for the better...:)

[mia]

21. Thank you! K&R

:kick:

[myrna minx]

22. K&R n/t

[AwakeAtLast]

23. That's a KEEPER!!!

:applause:

Thanks for posting!

[FedUpWithIt All]

24. Incredible.

:applause:

[progressoid]

25. The first place winner is kind of boring. Here tis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgbPwHBK7Ag

Or here: http://www.youtube.com/Uat50

Nobody else seems to like it.

[bertman]

26. Thanks, Mira. That is inspiring.

[blonndee]

27. Wow! That was really...well, neat.

Thanks for posting. I love it.

[chill_wind]

28. Wow!! That is one very special and talented young mind. Love it.

K & R.

[Barack_America]

29. That was really spectacular and moving.

Thanks.

[Bette Noir]

30. Sweet.

[sasquatch]

31. Outstanding work

[Uzybone]

32. Awesome, thanks for posting

[rockymountaindem]

33. Sweet

Thanks for posting.

[dmr]

34. Awesome! It gave me goosebumps

Tell ya what ... the young ones today are truly inspiring. I credit them for helping to make President Obama possible. We could not have done it without them. Thank you!

[beac]

35. K&R and dugg! (digg link inside)

http://digg.com/educational/Lost_Generation_6

[Broken_Hero]

37. Very, very good

:thumbsup: It would be interesting to see who was first

[Kitty Herder]

38. Beautiful! It made me cry. nt

[bowens43]

39. Absolutely brilliant!! nt

[rtassi]

40. Thank you for posting this. I just played this for my 12 year old boy... nt

[Jim__]

41. Wow! Thanks for posting - n/t

[Orrex]

42. My first thought was 'I hate when the voiceover just reads the text that's onscreen'

My second thought was: god damn, that's cool.

:applause:

[byrok]

43. Excellent video. k&r nt

[Spazito]

44. Wow! Very powerful and imaginative!

Thanks for posting this, it is much appreciated.

Recommended.

[gblady]

45. that is.....

very cool!

[eyepaddle]

46. Wow, that was great!

Thanks for the tip-off.

[pmorlan1]

47. Best Superbowl Ad

She did a great job! What a shame this wasn't shown during the Super Bowl instead of some of the lame corporate commercials.

I hope the media pick this video up and run it. In fact, I hope everyone sends the video link to all of the national media outlets.

[NM Independent]

48. That was pure genius. What an inspiring vid. n/t

[surrealAmerican]

49. Simple, elegant, and moving.

k&r

[handmade34]

50. Wow!

I checked out the winner and it doesn't have the impact...

[lynnertic]

51. V. Nice. BTW This is based on a Venezuelan political ad

and I really wish that people would give the titles of their YouTube links.

I hate following blind links.

[Mira]

52. Thanks for the alert to how it could have been posted more complete.

Next time I won't miss that.

[SpookyCat]

53. Thank you so much for posting this!

I would have missed it completely if you hadn't, and I gotta say, it made me catch my breath, and I'm a cynic! LOL!

Sending this puppy on to all my friends.

:hi:

[DrZeeLit]

54. As a fellow writer -- whoa! Tip of the Hat!! Isn't POV all? Very cool! Bravo!

[ItNerd4life]

55. Made my day, Thank you for posting this! nt

[rucky]

56. I haven't seen a new thing with language like this in years!

very clever

[islandmkl]

57. thanks for posting this...it is as powerful a piece of work as i have ever heard...

the link is going into an email of my complete address book...and i am 'advising' all my contacts to READ ALL THE COMMENTS...and figure out which side of the comments they fall...and why...

[tomg]

58. That was awesome. Thanks so much. nt

[BlueMTexpat]

59. WOW!

Just WOW!

Thanks for posting this.

[Raine1967]

60. When I'm 50...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgbPwHBK7Ag

This was the winner... I like the runner up better.

[Mamacrat]

61. All the winners.

This page will show you the AARP challenge and lists all the winners. The grand prize winner was not as good as the 2nd prize winner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fam1aYkO76o&feature=related

[W_HAMILTON]

62. That was pretty cool.

Never seen anything like that before.

Really creative.

:thumbsup:

[alphafemale]

63. kick