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• Position: Letters to the Editor - Cartoon

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN FIX AN ITTY BITTY OIL WELL LEAK A MILE BELOW THE OCEAN.

OOH, TOP KILL DIDN'T WORK!

WHAT NEXT!

WE'RE HELPLESS!

CAN YOU IMAGINE EARLIER BADASS GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS BEING SO PATHETIC?

1930S

WHICH OF YOU MUGS WANTS WORK?

RIGHT HERE, SISTER.

OUT-OF-WORK IMMIGRANT IRON WORKERS WOULD'VE CONSTRUCTED AN UPSIDE DOWN EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN A WEEK ...

THEN THEY'D BUILD AN UNDERWATER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. A BUNCH OF ITALIAN WELDERS WOULD SWIM DOWN THE REST OF THE WAY ...

TOUCHING OUT THE BENDS

THEY'D PATCH UP THE HOLES TO BE EVEN STRONGER THAN BEFORE THE EXPLOSION--AND DO IT ALL IN DECO STYLE.

BUT...