WEBB CITY, Mo. -- A man angry about the shut-off of his cable-television service and subsequent inability to convert his analog TV to pick up DTV signals shot his television set Wednesday afternoon, scaring his wife out of the house and holding off a SWAT team in a two-hour standoff.

That's nice, here's the video. Now the video is nice, and you'll want to take note of the flags flying from the front of the house. Why? Because this bonehead is his state Rep. That's right, Mr. "War of Northern Aggression."

It all makes so much sense now. Sometimes comedy is easy, sometimes all it takes is one extra connection...

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