>> our inspiration is a great blue heron. it was the site itself that attracted us. this is an incredibly beautiful outdoor room. we did a bit of reverse engineering once we knew we wanted to work here. which animals live here? the great blue heron jumped out at us. we walked around, and quickly, you get into another pace. you slow

>> our inspiration is a great blue heron. it was the site itself that attracted us. this is an incredibly beautiful outdoor room. we did a bit of reverse engineering once we knew we wanted to work here. which animals live here? the great blue heron jumped out at us. we walked around, and quickly, you get into another pace. you slow down, leave the city behind you. you can feel the wind and the breeze. in our increasingly frenetic, fast-paced, connected life, the chance to be of here and slow down a bit was part of the agenda. as part of the installation, it was suggested that this would be deliberately not mowed because it would allow the sustaining of insects, plants, that would graduate -- that would gravitate to the area. >> that is right. i think you quickly notice that. >> thank you for being here. presidio habitat is an exhibition at the presidio trust. it will be in san francisco through may 2011. we hope you will come out to experience this amazing exhibition and great natural treasure. >> to learn more about the other habitats installations in the presidio,

>> our inspiration is a great blue heron. it was the site itself that attracted us. this is an incredibly beautiful outdoor room. we did a bit of reverse engineering once we knew we wanted to work here. which animal

one of the most difficult parts of the election night was actually tom perillo's district and phil heron's district in michigan where they ran on the agenda and it was a much tougher way to go from them. but when it's all said and done it's not as though people are going to believe that somehow you're a closet republican when you have a d after your name and you're running away from the things that your party did. >> it is absolutely not the case that the filibuster has always worked this way. and the question you raise is very important. the filibuster is in danger of paralyzing the political system. when i was a kid growing up in dc, it was used almost exclusively on racial matters. then it moved gradually to be used more and more and now there is no piece of legislation of any significance. whatever you say about the filibuster, my good friend, nobody of the framers expected that there would be no movement on legislation, whatsoever. and i mean you can get unanimous consent on something trivial but the filibuster has become almost a one-man item. so the whole notion, you know, after the