you know, we'll cut the earnings of our staff and make sure they -- you know, they have to pay for all their insurance and -- and can't get the subsidies anybody else gets. and we'll handcuff the president and the secretary of the treasury. so they can't manage the money. so we have become more likely to -- i mean, it's just ridiculous. and you know, i fear that we're on -- it always gets darkest before it goes completely black. >> yeah -- john, ted cruz reportedly skipped the gop luncheon today. but that's okay, last night he organized a group of tea party house members to meet at a mexican restaurant in washington. the purpose, of course, was to plot ways of keeping the government closed. >> right. >> now, it seems this coup d'etat con questionso is succeeding. he's keeping it closed. >> for this moment. it looks a little bit like a younger version of joe mccarthy,