By Katrina Broner

Trina From St. Olaf, Nice To Meet You!

The craziness of Rose Nylund has actually begun to make sense and we would be Besties for life living in this country right now. Rose is a character from the old tv show Golden Girls and she was always a little off and sincerely nostalgic about the strange, but wonderful town she’s from, St. Olaf. Life was simple and there were still good hardworking people there like “The Amazing Shapiro” who is an OB/MAG, an obstetrician magician. They had the strangest happiest holidays like Day of the Princess Pig and the Day of Wheat when everyone dresses up as sandwiches. Apparently, if you forgot to put “a piece of cheese” between you and your mate you end up pregnant! Rose even fell in love and married Charlie, an insurance salesman that believed a trip to the bank was always more fun if you wear a ski mask.

It was easy to fallout laughing at her nonsense until Jan 20, 2017. Reality, though not perfect, was entirely and horribly interrupted by something called Trump. Now whenever I turn on the TV, there are variations of the thought “This shit ain’t funny anymore.” and “He’s gonna get us all killed!” If you voted for and lived through the Obama years you might as well be considered a former resident of St. Olaf, like Rose. The current resident of the White House is doing his best to cause people to lose their humanity and what sanity is left.

Our wonderful holidays to drink and be merry are a little harder to get through because we fear a big bad buzz kill. We never know if it will be tainted by fake news and strange lies. As Rose would say, “Back in St. Olaf…” the president hosted a late night talk show, said heartfelt thank you’s and there was at least a push to bring our military sons and daughters home. Some say our soldiers blindly fight a rich man’s war for oil and land but whether it’s for that or a football player that takes a knee to protest systematic racism, a person that wants to live as the opposite gender they were born or people that don’t want to be told who they’re allowed to marry; most people would rather believe our soldiers fight for every freedom and every person that wants to live it. We pray they make it home alive to enjoy that freedom as well but at the moment there’s a war loving child playing Risk and Battleship with their lives.

So far he who holds the bigly Presidential Pen makes the rules via Twitter tantrums that no one is taking seriously at this point unless someone’s job is on the line. The vehement and immediate actions taken to erase the 44th President are going as planned and anything that makes the average American think they can is being replaced with the thought “This can’t be happening.” As parts of the administration team comes to their senses for fear of being raked across the coals, it’s now considered a vote for immediate termination and getting verbally stabbed for fun by a big bully. When it was Bye Bye Bannon and Smooches Mooch, I was thankful for small miracles but wondered where is Obama when you need him? At this point, Obama is much like Rose’s husband Charlie, silent but we know he’s not dead because there are stories and vacation pictures that make God wish he could take a break. But I don’t blame Barack for kicking back with a beer in sexy silence about this whole debacle because he’s already told the American people how to deal with all these complaints.

No matter how much anyone thinks he did or didn’t do for any group at least he led with the idea that the only way America becomes great is to come together. Clearly, he has the award for Biggest I Told You So Moment Ever. It has always been up to us to teach one another about how the government of this land should operate. If you can teach, make sure it includes our basic rights and especially voting rights on a local, state and national level. If your passion is protesting until things change for the better, get all your Facebook friends and tell them to get all their friends and go be great!

One thing is for sure, the current administration is designed to tear us apart as a country but I have recently seen proof that we are one and we have the potential to be on one accord. Charlottesville triggered so many different issues but the ripple effect for change is in motion. The bigger event that brought us together was the solar eclipse that happened just a few days ago. I laughed with devilish hope as the barely competent leader of the free world looked up into the the sun without protective gear and Melania’s face could only be read as “Don’t look up you idiot!”

My thought was don’t stop him, let the sun blind him bigly so nobody can be more blinded by the sun than him. Meanwhile, hundreds and thousands of Americans flocked to the path of totality for the Great American Eclipse. You could be from St. Olaf or an immigrant from Syria and no one would care because for that day it only mattered that you were a fellow human being about to witness something spectacular! There were people concerned for one another’s safety, helping each other build viewers and sharing glasses or special telescopes so everyone could enjoy the event of a lifetime, together. We certainly have issues to be dealt with but most real Americans share, build, look out for each other and have a good time, Together. But there’s always that one big dummy (and his ignorant followers) that just can’t help but try to ruin it for the rest of us.

Back in St. Olaf inventing giant squeaky chew toys for cows was as great as killing Bin Laden and a sitting president singing Lets Stay Together by Al Green, dancing with his gorgeous goddess of a wife was as happy an occasion as crowning the Princess Pig. It’s OK to hold on to memories from a less nerve wracking time but it’s taking action to be better and change the current reality that counts. Things are definitely different now but “It’s like the old Scandinavian saying: You can let 2 angry mackerel fight it out in a nice purse but don’t ever plan on carrying that purse to a formal affair!”

It’s gonna be covfefe…

Until Next Time, Stay Awesome.

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