Wisconsin man shoots TV, holds police at bay for 15 hours over Bristol's "dancing".

[Webster Green]

Allegedly set off by Bristol Palin’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars,” a rural Black Earth man kept police at bay outside his home for 15 hours Monday and Tuesday before he surrendered to police.

Steven N. Cowan, 66, railed at the television as the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared on the ABC program, his wife told police Monday after she fled from the town of Vermont house, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

According to the complaint, Cowan and his wife were watching “Dancing with the Stars” when Cowan jumped up and swore as Bristol Palin appeared, saying something about “the (expletive) politics.” Cowan was upset that a political figure’s daughter was on the show when he didn’t think she was a good dancer, the complaint states.

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[slackmaster]

1. I don't watch that kind of TV, but I can't understand how anyone can get that upset...

...over something on the tube.

You always have the option of simply changing the channel, or turning the stupid thing off.

[Webster Green]

2. I listed my TV on craigslist freebies..

It was out of my space very quickly. Problem solved.

[ixion]

4. That was merely the precipitating event

I'm sure there is something much more substantial beneath the surface.

[slackmaster]

7. I hope you are right. I have often thought that people who obsess over stuff on TV have "issues".

If not, we are in deep shit.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Like seeing a Palin everywhere he turns?

Hell, just seeing the ads for Sarah Palin's Alaska is enough to make me want to shoot my TV.

But changing channels is cheaper.

[madinmaryland]

3. Apparently he has not grasped the concept of using a remote control to

change the channel.

Moran.

[Webster Green]

5. He used the Elvis method instead.

Perhaps he's a big fan?

[nc4bo]

6. Friday the 13th, Season of the Witch, 2010 verson.

Heads be just a poppin' when Bristol appears on the teevee.

Clearly that man was already on the edge. Wonder how many more like him are out there waiting to be set off?

[catbyte]

8. Hmmm, a Second Amendment remedy for bad dancing...

I know I shouldn't, but :rofl:

Diane
Anishnabe in MI

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. waste of otherwise perfectly good ammo... n/t

[Blue_Tires]

10. I having a hard time choosing which is best:

1. Shooting out your TV screen (An American tradition that never gets old)
2. The fact that he lives in "rural" Black Earth, Wis.
3. The fact that he went upstairs to get a shotgun after his daughter confiscated his handguns
4. His universal backlash against: A. Shitty TV programs; B. Shitty REALITY TV programs; C. The politicizing of shitty reality TV programs


This upstanding citizen deserves The Presidential Medal of Freedom (and a mental health examination):patriot:

Hell, if I had any guns, I'd need about 30 TVs in the house, especially when the Mets are playing...

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. Now that's a guy who takes his television seriously. nt

[jberryhill]

13. I hope they keep him away from the TV at the mental health facility

...before he puts on the Brad Pitt in Twelve Monkeys routine.

[marshall]

14. I hope they keep him locked up until after the finals!

He'll go ballistic if she wins.