Thanks redtrek.

If its not one thing then its another. I exported my blinking text as a .vob file and imported it into another scene.  The problem now is that I don't want to blinking to begin until about 20 seconds into the video but it starts blinking at the begining of the video because its looped.  Anyone know of a way I can control a looped animation's start time? I tried importing the object 20 seconds into the video but I still don't really want it to start until a certain other object in the movie does stomething.  I tried moving the keyframes over to the 20 second area but that did not do it.  I wish there were a an animation start and end time line for each animated object, not just the whole scene.  Is there?