Funny, ascerbic, absorbing and ultimately depressing, this expose on just how deep the tentacles of Wall Street and big money have dug into Washington is a must read for everyone. As Taibbi says, it isn't Red Vs Blue or Liberal vs Conservative, or even Democrat vs Republican - it's the big money guys (and it's almost all guys) raping our country, sucking it dry while they can, vs everyone else. They just don't care, as long as they keep cashing the ginormous paychecks. The only drawback to the book? He never offers up any solutions and, despite his protests, I wish he'd have some ideas, because it is just so damned depressing otherwise. We elect someone based on "change" and yet the same bloodsuckers and vampire squids either stay in charge or are put in charge.

Shoot me now.