Some of the things they shut are ridiculous. The National Mall is closed and it's illegal to go and look at the memorials or even walk across the grass. I'm not talking about going in anything just walking around outside. Same goes for the National parks, I understand the shutting down of services but you are not permitted to enter and use the stuff that doesn't require any. They are taking a big chance with this after all the doom and gloom hype as they did with the sequester, most people will be unaffected and they might just begin to see we don't need such a big government. If they continue and they don't reach some sort of agreement before the 17 and everything crashes I feel everyone will blame the Tea Party with their no compromise bullshit and rightly so.