Whatever. As we saw today with the averages getting hit hard in the morning, only to recover later in the day. Dow only falling just 59 points. Remember, how ugly it was in the morning . And the nasdaq climbing 0. 08 . You would need a microscope to see that decline. By the way, did you notice anything special about todays close . Me neither. All right. You saw the whole kit and caboodle this morning. The whole frightening specter to ecke stat exuberance firsthand. I love squawk. If you didnt hear it, today you missed a virtuoso performance from Erskine Bowles of Simpson Bowles fame. Bowles was real calm when discussing the Government Shutdown. Basically waxing philosophical like the rest of us this political, kabuki. I pondered how resigned he was about it. Pretty much like the rest of us, right . This shutdown has become business as usual. Even as two million workers are faced with all kinds of sacrifice and the Ripple Effect will hurt the economy, without the insurance money flowing