Our two party system is a joke. As Taibbi points out, it's just one money grabbing group or the other in charge of a big ol' checkbook we all pay for.

Nothing is that different in policies. Democrats are not always good guys, and Republicans not always bad guys, and the truth is, we are all pretty much in the middle.

And we'd rather think that there is a vast conspiracy created by right to end our way of life- all that personal liberty, justice and fairness. As the right think the same thing.

What if, as Taibbi suggests at the end of the book, we're really not all that different? We're really in the same boat, with the same general needs- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, say. What if we focused on cleaning up the corruption instead of voting with our passions? Or what ends up being cooked up as us vs. them?

It would make for very boring television, that's for sure.

Are we really a bunch of stupid ass sheep that sit in front of our televisions waiting for the next piece of news? And I include myself in that- maybe I don't watch TV but I certainly take in my fair share of mainstream media on a daily basis.

When I'm far away from it, I wonder... is the wedge in our country, left vs. right, real or created for prime time entertainment?