 c mon man john boehner winston churchill is my favorite historical political figure his tenacity in the face of hardship is legendary and his famous quote says it all we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be we shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the landing grounds we shall fight in the fields and in the streets we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender who does this remind you of in modern day politics if you said john boehner you have been taking too much of the for medical purposes only marijuana you know the kind where you can find a shop selling it or paraphenlia for it on every corner mr boehner is the antichurchill when faced with an intractable enemy determined to destroy prosperity and freedom the speaker of the house third in line for the presidency took the courageous decision to give in  but just a little so far boehner on friday offered 1 trillion in higher tax revenue over 10 years and an increase in the top tax rate on people making more than 1 million a year the house speaker is also offering a large enough extension in the government s borrowing cap to fund the government for one year before the issue must be revisited mdash conditioned on obama s agreeing to the 1 trillion in cuts awesome show of hands who thinks that jb will take a firm stand on that tax hike for people earning over 1 million dollar a year and not eventually completely cave on the 250000 number that obama wants and who thinks that when the democrats roll over jb that they will completely ignore any promises for spending cuts let s be honest a tax hike on people making 1 million a year or 250000 a year is meaningless symbolism and will not stop not even slow down a teeny tiny bit our trip to financial oblivion any solution besides massive changes in our welfare entitlement programs is absolute folly and utterly than useless so to jb for choosing golf dates with the president over principals and common sense c mon man  