Thank you for the input. I was wondering who you were, as I saw your username on the annoucement here. I wasn`t putting Venice down & I don`t mean to imply you did. Personally I love Venice & it`s history of activism. I very possibley did not understand her theme , but given I was around some people who I thought were rude, just a few missed words can change the whole premise. I had just spent the day in Venice on "Electric" ave, & on "Palm".
After talking about the Haliburtons of religion, the Haliburtons of Israel, the Haliburtons of special interests & yes the Haliburtons of oil, I took it to mean it the way I mentioned, seeing as McGovern & Johnson had already mentioned much more than "Just Haliburton" in the talk up to that point.
As a matter of fact, I was telling my wife last night on the way home, that I hope "Venice" chimes in so I could see the meeting through other eyes.
I liked when Mr. McGovern stepped over to get the glasses that someone lent him in Crawford when he was there with Cindy Shehan.
He talked about the metaphore of seeing things through other people eyes, or glasses in this case.
I also appreciate that you were able to explain the relationship between the different camps regarding 911 & the radio station.
When I talked about a very Mixed crowd as was present especially because it was in Venice, I meant that as a very positive thing. I don`t think the same speakers, in a different place, like a farming community in a very red area, & of very like minded people would be as effective as one with such a diversity of people. I`ll compare it to people from southern California, seeing a show on TV where we know the streets & geography, laugh at the lack of continuity of the show as a character goes from one scene to another with three lines but actually we know he`s already miles away because we know the geography here.
Many people might have no clue about what Venice is about , so it was a way to express the diversity.
Nice meeting you. And hey , YEAH VENICE.
I`ll be back in Venice tomorrow doing a photoshoot.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.