Posted on 02/21/2009 6:02:42 AM PST by Emile
SAN FRANCISCO – It's safe to say Stephen Fowler probably wishes he never appeared on "Wife Swap."
Fowler's stint on the ABC reality show last month, in which he called a rural Missouri woman spending two weeks in his San Francisco home stupid and simple, has made him famous in the worst way.
His performance has inspired a Web site, StephenFowlerSucks.com, a Facebook group, "I Can not Stand Stephen Fowler from `Wife Swap,'" and public condemnation by his own wife, who on her blog urged him to get professional help.
What has generated such wrath is Fowler's condescending treatment...
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Wife Swap is a show we have never watched, it is also a show we will never watch. Fowler, an elistist jerk, represents much of what is wrong with this country.
My neighbor is a British elitist snob and sounds exactly like this guy, no camera needed. The more people exposing these people’s true attitudes to the world, the better IMO.
Isn’t it funny how they berate this country, yet refuse to live in Not-so-Great Britain?
Another liberal trasplant showing his true colors. This city is full of the same type of jerks as this guy, I don't need to watch TV to see it I just have to walk outside my front door. Most of the whiny, self-rightous snobs who make up the "liberal elite" of this city are not native San Franciscans. Not that I have anything against people who relocate - my best friend is originally from Philly - but the majority of people I meet who move here are cut from the same cloth and I wouldn't use that cloth to wipe my butt.
So this guy behaves like a complete boor and horse's ass on TV and the Chronicle doesn't report it for two weeks. And then, when it does report it, the Chronicle....you guessed it....defends the guy. Just hamming up, that's all. Nothing to see here...move along. To me, this guy represents what I call the "Entitlement Class". He is a limey, over here in the U.S. living of the fat of the land, and benefitting from the U.S. government (more on that in a moment). Yet, he has the arrogance to criticize the very country and system that are making him enormously wealthy. Being a venture capitalist, most of his income is in the form of carried interest, i.e. a share of the investment gains from the companies his VC firm invests in. Amazingly, these gains are taxed at capital gains rates, not ordinary income rates. So, while the rest of us poor bastards have to pay 35% taxes on our income, this guy is paying something like 15%. If that's not a handout, I don't know what is.
I’m sorry, those are from http://blog.stephenfowlersucks.com/
It is bizarre. He has thrived under capitalism yet hates it.
I watched all of the segments of this take on early colonial life.
Thought it was a hoot! — didn’t come off very well — especially the end, when they all went shopping for the first time in a drug store.
What wimps!
“Nonprofit = parasite.:
What an absurd statement. There are a lot of non-profit organizations that do wonderful things.
What an absurd statement. There are a lot of non-profit organizations that do wonderful things.
The vast majority of non-profit organizations are "in business" to beat the tax man. If a few dollars get spent on "wonderful things" that is a side benefit, not the objective.
Blue Cross/Shield are non-profits, set up to take advantage of tax laws.
Most non-profits {other than religious ones} use about 30-35% for the "cause" with the majority going for administrative expenses and other "wonderful things".
Disagree. It just normalizes the crap.
We have become a nation of voyeurs who enjoy peeking through the window at the lives of others.
What a waste of good time.
Why watch someone make a jerk out of themselves when you can go outside and make a jerk of yourself, film it and send it in to “America’s Funniest Videos?”
Seriously folks, how many FReepers have read or are reading The Federalist Papers? http://www.americanaphonic.com And when was the last time you read The Constitution & Bill o’ Rights?
re: Stupid show never should have been on in the first place
Can’t you just see them all gathered around a table during a brain storming session to come up with an idea for a new show? Someone says let’s go with one that has husbands and wives swapping out for a time! The producer responds, “What could possibly go wrong?”
The rest is history.
I'm just being cantankerous today.
Cheers!
Idiocracy is right here, today.
Tree hugging D-Bag.
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