Why is the American public outraged at Stephen Fowler?

Well, Mr. Stephen Fowler and his family participated in a reality TV show called "Wife Swap". No, it's not what you think, this is not a show about swingers but simply two wives who spend two weeks in the other family's house. For lots of money of course. Most participants are either narcissistic or just need the money.
So here comes Mr. Stephen Fowler with his wife Renee and they both display an astonishing amount of arrogance on national TV. Here are the worst displays of arrogance:

“I think the worst thing that James (his son) could do is to tell me that he wants to move to Missouri. What is wrong with the United States — people in the middle of the country frankly (laughs) are just like you. It’s amazing - uneducated, simple and without a clue about what’s going on in the world. You’re undereducated; over opinionated and you’re overweight. It’s not a good combination Gayla. (In response to Gayla criticizing Stephen and questioning how much time he actually spends with his children. Gayla was also implying that the they push their children too hard and it’s more about the parents than the kids. Gayla’s direct question was what would Stephen do if James told him he does not want to go to college.)

“Yeah, [tomorrow is] rule change. That means starting tomorrow we have the pleasure of pretending we live in some Podunk town in Missouri. That will be interesting, won’t it?” (At the dinner table in front of the kids, in response to Juliette’s question if Gayla is doing the rule change the next day)

Gayla says, “You keep degrading me in front of your kids.” Stephen laughs and says, “That’s easy.” Gayla says, “You think you’re so much better than me”? Stephen says, “I probably earn more in one week than you do in a year.” He walks upstairs and point his finger at Gayla and says “You’re not invited up to the office.”

“You read that so well. Congratulations. I didn’t know that you could read.” (At the rule change ceremony.)

“Agenda? That’s a big word for you. Clearly your two languages appear to be bad English, and redneck.” (At the rule change ceremony.)

“She’s a very rude lady, isn’t she? But that’s okay, she just doesn’t have an education.” (Stephen says this to the kids during the rules change ceremony after Gayla had told him to “shut the hell up” in response to the quote above.)

“Unlike most Americans, I chose to become a citizen and I did this because I wanted more of a voice on helping influence the direction of this country because I really care about it.” (In response to refusing to follow one of Gayla’s rules - singing the national anthem.Stephen felt that this rule was designed to humiliate.)

“Look you dumb redneck, I’ve already told you once.” (In response to Gayla asking him if he would bring the kids gokarting again. Gayla had already asked Stephen this question several times and Stephen had ignored it – at least that’s what we saw on camera.)

I’ll tell you my net take on this [paintballing] – fascistic, militaristic . . For a lower class family like yourselves that has young boys, perhaps with aspirations to join the army, if that’s the extent of your ambition as a young man in your family I can see how this is a perfect fit. We need folks like your family to feed it, so you’re a perfect fit.” 

Stephen Fowler says: I’ve said that you’re underachieving, under educated, over opinionated and overweight.” “Have a nice life. Don’t send any kids after me with a shotgun. Alan asks what Stephen means by his comment and Stephen says, “That’s just a final insult.”

The fact that Mr. Stephen Fowler says words like this to a national TV audience shows me that he is truly above what he thinks is the riff-raff of America. It's the same attitude that all those bankers, investment fonds managers, CEOs, and other wallstreet types have when they first destroyed the nation's economy and then wasted our tax money in the form of bailouts. The difference between those guys and Mr. Stephen Fowler is that he is so aloof that he speaks out what many think.

It is amazing to see how much internet traffic this episode of wife swap generated. Mr. Stephen Fowler made the top 50 google search words on Saturday. Websites affiliated with him had to be shut down or altered. People are emailing and calling companies that have Mr. Stephen Fowler listed in their webpages. And his wife's business (Mind for Body in San Francisco) and one of his employers (pacific environment) is getting rave reviews on google maps from people all over the country. 

For your information here are a few other websites where people are venting their anger. ABC is heavily censoring their forum.

http://www.blogs.com/2009/02/13/everybody-hates-stephen-fowler.html

http://www.theinsider.com/news/1717046_Stephen_Fowler_Most_Hated_Man_on_Wife_Swap_Ever

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29308285/

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/20/us/AP-Hated-Husband.html?_r=1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/21/stephen-foster-san-franci_n_168787.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/DDTL15T2OH.DTL

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/02/21/sf-chronicle-sanitizes-stephen-fowler-hateful-elitism-wife-swap

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/husbands-behaving-badly--120

http://loraleeslooneytunes.com/2009/01/31/stephen-fowler-from-wife-swap/

http://realityrollcall.com/index.php/2009/01/30/the-long-family-meets-the-stephens-fowler-clan-on-wife-swap/

http://sfist.com/2009/02/08/stephen_fowler_the_worst_husband_in.php

http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/02/the-paintball-l.html

http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1047068.html

http://elizabethprata.blogspot.com/2009/01/wife-swap-long-fowler-family.html

http://clayperry.blogspot.com/2009/02/stephen-fowler-on-wife-swap.html

http://valleywag.gawker.com/5148821/wife-swap-star-apologizes-for-having-worst-husband-in-world#viewcomments

http://patriotslament.com/?q=node/2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2176464/posts

http://flipdingo.com/2009/02/01/stephen-fowler-wife-swap-victim/

http://fxn2.com/post/Stephen-Fowler-is-everything-wrong-with-the-elitist-Eurotrash-Ttransplants.aspx

http://www.topix.com/forum/sf/TS7OFU17KHVASDHJS

http://fav.or.it/post/1064249/p10#lastcomment

http://arcticchicken.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/steven-fowler/

http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2009/01/30/wife-swap-fat-kids-and-mean-men/#more-25038

http://swapofhorrors.com/wife-swap/stephen-fowler-in-top-50-google-searches

http://digg.com/television/Outrageous_WIFE_SWAP_Episode_Public_Outcry_at_Stephen_Fowler

http://simplymeally.blogspot.com/2009/01/wife-swap-longstephens-fowler.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1439606/renee_stephens_on_wife_swap.html

http://charlieandsarahblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/british-american-couple-on-wife-swap.html

http://fxn2.com/post/A-Stephen-Fowler-website-has-pop-up-stephenfowlersuckscom.aspx

http://teevho.blogspot.com/2009/02/stephen-fowler-of-wife-swap-nazi-or.html

http://vcsandangels.com/blog/index.php?s=fowler

http://minx.cc/?post=282597

http://www.jamz.net/content/wifeswap-stephen-fowler

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/399231_theinsider09.html

http://glosslip.com/2009/02/10/wife-swaps-stephen-fowler-finds-foul-behavior-not-such-a-great-idea/

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/living_embodiment_of_all_horri.php

http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/watch-the-san-francisco-obama-crowd-in-action/

http://imseekingbalance.com/the-year-of-the-ass-stephen-fowler/

http://valleywag.gawker.com/5151553/wife-swap-stars-censored-confession

http://celebgalz.com/stephen-fowler-wife-swap-fowler-backlash-photo/

http://www.sbindependent.org/node/2788

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/32118135.html

http://noevalleysf.blogspot.com/

http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/2006/March/index.shtml

http://videogum.com/archives/reality-tv/stephen-fowler-is-about-to-get_052302.html

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/32653_stephen-fowler-american-lets-unite-and-choose-to-be-different

http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=144511&t=01003170753131551554

http://www.sharkjumping.com/2009/02/stephen-fowler-on-wife-swap-an-internet-lynch-mob-case-study-.html

http://orochiyamazaki.livejournal.com/143855.html

http://cantarasnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-stephen-fowler-vale-vale-san.html

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=8270

http://mcnorman.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/famous-san-franciscan-stephen-fowler-worst-husband-evah/

http://www.sacbee.com/977/story/1641345.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4743304/US-Wife-Swap-Briton-becomes-hate-figure-after-calling-woman-redneck.html

http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/1047068.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/21/INNN15VECM.DTL

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/stephen_fowler.php

http://www.watcherofweasels.org/weekend-week-san-francisco-liberal-stephen-fowler/

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/162598.asp

http://earthfirst.com/smug-self-important-san-francisco-stereotype-springs-to-life/

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/guy-adams-one-englishman-the-us-doesnt-like-1632283.html

http://www.insidebayarea.com/tv/ci_11782700

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7014295963

and of course craigslist in San Francisco : http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/rnr?query=fowler

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  • 2/2/2009 2:05 AM sf guy who is pissed wrote:
    Just to let all know, his home in SF currently has 24 hour security. Give it a week, buy some eggs, pass out some mailers to neighbors, or picket his home. And if anyone can compile the "Worse of" moments onto a ideo, it would be great to pass around. My co workers and friends do not know why I am so pissed at this guy, i need some clips to show them
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    1. 2/17/2009 10:49 AM pissed DC chick wrote:
      I just saw this ass for the first time today! I cannot believe the arrogance, and sociopathic behavior! I have more degrees than he does, and Im from Washington DC (not the midwest), and I wish I could shoot him in the temple with a paintball!! What a prick!

      I hope he's embarrassed his wife and children enough that they've left him. He may turn his kids into one of him, if they don't get out!!!
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    2. 2/20/2009 7:48 PM Bettina wrote:
      This Fowler creep is foul--beyond belief, no doubt. But, don't you think you need to rein in your own impulse for bad behavior?  I know, there is such an infuriating quality to this Fowler, it's because he is sick and sadistic. It's tempting to give him a piece of your mind in some way, and perhaps tempting to want him to feel humilated in the way he humilated that woman Gayla. But, talking about finding his house, let alone egging his house, is beyond juvenile, and crosses a line of how to treat others that you ironically seem to want to punish him for. Not only that, but even though our fury with this sadist is real, we should draw a line at wanting to harrass him in his real life because to do so would be an indication of our own mental and behavioral limitations (not to mention that it would be illegal). This Fowler is obviously experiencing consequences, and it's not up to us to judge how much he needs to be punished, and we don't need bullying vigilantes harassing folks, even the though their fury might be completely understandable.
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  • 2/2/2009 8:49 AM Sherri wrote:
    Well, perhaps this worldly character should write and attempt to publish a book on "How to Destroy a Career in Less Than Sixty Minutes". Of course, he had to know that he was also going to destroy his wife's career. It is amazing to me that this pompous jerk actually held a little viewing party. Guess he doesn't see himself the way most sane people do.
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    1. 2/11/2009 5:22 PM christine wrote:
      hehehehe..i think the reason why he held that party is that he thought his friends would also enjoy the royal spectacle he performed..
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    2. 2/21/2009 7:14 AM Ted wrote:
      Ted wrote:
      Mr Fowler's ego got the better of him. The TV cameras were like a truth drug. He thought he would be a hit, but like a smart-ass kid in school he was blind to what he really was doing - revealing his own insecurities and prejudices.

      He demonstrated the utter chasm between education and wisdom. If you educate a prejudiced simpleton, you end up with an educated prejudiced simpleton.

      I feel sorry for his wife, the certified Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified Life Coach, Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Certified Destination Coach. She says her husband should seek professional help. Perhaps he should book a few sessions with his wife! She seems to have the answers to everything!

      Here in Australia we escaped from the poms over a century ago - thank you Lord!
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  • 2/2/2009 11:13 AM Robyn wrote:
    We need to request that he makes a public apology... and perhaps sing the national anthem.!

    But, seriously, we are a forgiving country... if he is willing to apologize and regrets his actions I think we should give him the chance to make a public statement. What do you think?
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    1. 2/9/2009 8:24 AM ShanH wrote:
      First of all, to the person who created this site: the unfortunate thing is you are really no better than what you are claiming Stephen to be - by the very creation of this site. How very sad to spend so much time bad-mouthing someone else, don't you think?
      Additionally Stephen did post a very nice apology on ABC which the site quickly removed. That apology is still posted on Renee's blog where you so quickly noticed that she loves bacon (good for her!).
      www.personallifemedia.com/renee
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      1. 2/11/2009 4:52 PM Matt wrote:
        A very nice apology, huh. The only reason is because he is already feeling and seeing the backlash in his personal life, that is the only reason. He is a narcissist prick that deserves all of this. And no, I guess I'm just a dumb redneck with a Master's Degree and enjoy bashing pompous idiots like him. I took a break from looking at UFO's and building a porch on my double-wide to post this message! It is childish, but its better than flying out there and beating the shit out of him for offending the thousands of veterans who never returned home. Fuck him.
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        1. 2/11/2009 6:29 PM Jim A wrote:
          I guess I'm a dumb redneck with two masters degrees. Well said, sir.
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          1. 2/11/2009 7:52 PM kamama wrote:
            Im also a 'dumb' redneck with a masters degree from Texas A&M!
            Fowler better neve come down here to Texas. We'll snatch off his junk and feed it to our redbones.
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            1. 2/19/2009 8:24 AM James wrote:
              Hey, I'm another redneck with a Masters too, what a small world! I am even a retired Marine Colonel who's really pissed off at this English jerk. Didn't we kick their asses already?
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        2. 2/11/2009 7:42 PM Jo wrote:
          AMEN!
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        3. 2/11/2009 8:59 PM Abby wrote:
          I totally agree with you, my father and grandfather served this country. Stephen Fowler is a fucking idiot that needs to have his citizenship revoked and kick him out of the country.
          I also believe that he wanted to show what a true ass he really is and I hope that his company does go belly up. Also shame on him for teaching his children an awful way to live.
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          1. 2/12/2009 5:31 AM Peter Fulham wrote:
            Yeah! But we Brits don't want a twat like that back here, you signed him up you keep him.

            If it wasn't for our Grandparents and family members fighting in WWII he wouldn't have te riches and freedom he has now? no strike that he'd be one of Hitlers elite wouldn't he.
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            1. 2/14/2009 10:15 AM Cleo wrote:
              Perhaps we should just ship him to France then, since you have to good sense not to want him either. XD
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      2. 2/11/2009 5:26 PM AMIE wrote:
        Shanh-
        You are obviously a friend of his. Dare I say that by YOU posting here ,you are doing what you accuse the creator of this site.You are judging like I am judging you.The brit is a foul mouthed crumb.He should hop the first one way flight back to his motherland.How can you defend a foreign pig who berates our country?Both he and his wife need a good long hard look in the mirror..provided it doesn't break!
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      3. 2/11/2009 8:34 PM DK wrote:
        Oh, I don't think anyone could sink LOWER than SF. I think he is simply getting his due.

        signed, a redneck, combat veteran [who speaks 4 languages, has an ivy league degree, and a masters degree, and an even higher IQ than SF, and a world traveler (35 countries) - hee hee]... even really smart people think this guy is THE WORST.
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        1. 2/11/2009 9:57 PM Karen wrote:
          How 'bout me, I have a grad degree from UC Berkeley and I live in NEBRASKA now. You're missing the larger point. This guy did not crawl out from under a rock. How many other Europeans or US urbanites feel the same way? I'm not from the Midwest but stereotypes are a sign of ignorance no matter who is spouting them. People here are salt of the earth. And help to feed the earth, by the way, with their lowly farms.
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      4. 2/12/2009 12:45 AM William wrote:
        Ms ShanH. I don't think it's a waste of time creating site for this special man. it's just that these people need outlet to express their anger to this wonderful man who has overinflated ego accidentally blew up in front of his face.Stephen Fowler needs to apologize to the whole nation.A nation he took oath as a citizen then he started insulting.everybody will agree creator of this site is far far far better than stephen fowler Ms ShanH
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      5. 2/12/2009 2:57 AM Anonymous wrote:
        It is sad that you would support shuch a hateful persn. I am all about forgivness however this man did all these things with ONLY the intention to hurt others. I'm sure after the public backlash he had no choice but to say he was sorry to try to salvage his reputation but it was nothing more than a formality. Surely not heartfelt and with regret.
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      6. 2/12/2009 4:45 AM elle wrote:
        You must be a friend of Stephens from the tone of your comment. Stephen's apology is obviously not heartfelt and meant to do damage control. His wife is just as bad as he is. This man deserves what is happening to him. The fact that he has had to resign from 2 board of director positions and possibly lose his job is totally appropriate. If you or I displayed this type of conduct we would lose our jobs as well.
        He agreed to do the show Wife Swap and knew that it would be televised all over the country. Instead of being gracious and using it as a learning experience he degraded a poor woman and many other people in the process. He and his wife should be embarassed and anyone who stands up for them is just as bad as they are.
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    2. 2/12/2009 9:25 AM Annod wrote:
      Why is Steven Fowler even in this country? I agree he needs to take his little family and return to England. Even the Royal Family would not treat people as he did. Had I been Gayle I would have kicked his whimpy non-royal ass. Then to turn his kids against their psuedo Mom was the icing on the cake. I don't see them doing well in public and even worse in jail when they act out on the antisocial behaviors. Go back to England you twits. My husband would have shoved his foot so far up his ass it would have come out of his mouth. I am just so sick of people coming to this country and trying to change our beliefs in God and Country.
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      1. 2/19/2009 12:46 PM Chad Johnson wrote:
        I think we should all find a way to have his citizenship revoked...just kidding. hello everyone. WHERE DO WE LIVE? you all have got use to bush's new rules. you are all unamerican for wanting his citizenship revoked. my point is this right here is whats so great about our nation. freedom of speech and he has his right to talk down to us and we have the very right to bash that asshole here on this FINE NON PROFIT FORUM. BY THE WAY IT MUST BE NON PROFIT TO CONTINUE TO BASH HIM. fuck him, fuck his business, fuck his wife and i feel sorry for the kids. so you bush lovers must love obamas plan for arresting people that are thought to maybe commit a crime and be held 3 months while the government builds a case against you. wasn't that a movie with tom cruise? while we have a corrupt government and corrupt politicians that should never be a law. steven..lol im a dumb yankee. i wont even right your name write<-----lmao stevie did i get those backwards? you asshole.
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  • 2/2/2009 12:09 PM Baffled wrote:
    So let me get this straight. This a-hole, who is a Partner at Fulcrum Fund (google www.fulcrumfund.com/manage and look at the cached page), who in turn(partly) own MagicWheels (http://www.fulcrumfund.com/portfolio/), want veterans to buy wheelchairs from them? No, you aren't even a proud American, and worse yet, shit on those who answered the call to serve. Now you want us to do business with you? Who's the stupid one?

    – A T T E N T I O N V E T E R A N S –
    MagicWheels 2-gear wheelchair drives are now available though the Veterans Administration under Federal Supply Services Contract V797P-3144M. Your local VA can now order MagicWheels 2-gear drives on the General Services Administration(GSA)web site. Please contact your local VA therapist, or call us at 1-866-MAGICWHeels (1-866-624-4294) if you have questions or would like our informative flyer and free DVD.
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    1. 2/3/2009 10:42 AM Thor wrote:
      The first link has an public apology from the company. lol. I guess they got a lot of hate mail from the public and probably some clients.
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  • 2/2/2009 5:26 PM Disgusted wrote:
    If you want to see other comments, go to the weblog of Stephen Fowlers friend who was at his house during the airing: Hollis Polk, and to the site of Loralee's Looney Tunes...tons of comments in there!
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  • 2/2/2009 6:23 PM NOVAvirginia wrote:
    I would like to follow up to the message you sent in which you raised concerns about Stephen Fowler's behavior on the show "Wife Swap."

    Stephen Fowler has resigned from Pacific Environment's Board of Directors and is no longer associated with the organization in any way.
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  • 2/2/2009 6:41 PM Disgusted wrote:
    This is what Renee posted in her Yahoo group:

    #

    NOVAvirginia says:

    From Renee’s yahoo group. (the spin begins)



    I just wanted to express my deepest heartfelt gratitude to all of you for
    your support after the show last night. I can hardly express how much it
    means to me.

    I would like to offer some behind the scenes information that might help as
    well. We had not seen the episode before Friday and had no idea how it would
    be edited.

    First and foremost, my husband very much regrets how he behaved during the
    swap. He is sorry for how he treated Gayla, he is sorry for insulting
    middle America, and sorry about the whole thing.

    He did not want to do the show but did it only to support me, but the stress
    of it all got to be too much for him, and he had some extremely bad moments,
    and all on film. So, it’s like having your worst faults, and your worst
    behavior at your weakest moments put together into a show and all of the
    redeeming bits excluded from that show. For the record, he is a dedicated,
    loving, caring father and husband, has a great self-depricating sense of
    humor. He never laughs so hard as when he is laughing at himself. None of
    this made it to the the show.

    Also, I could say nothing on TV. The last thing on earth I would do was go
    on film criticizing my husband, life partner, and father of my children in
    front of millions of people, especially when the ONLY reason he was there
    was to support me. That’s not who I am. If I had something to say, I would
    say it in private.

    Regarding the proud to be an American conversation. That was highly edited.
    For the record, I am proud of things that I have done, not things over which
    I had no control. I was extremely fortunate to be born American, but I
    didn’t chose it, it’s just how it happened. I do, however, greatly respect
    and identify with many American values, and love the way of life. I have
    lived in many countries and I chose to live in the US because I think it’s
    the best place in the world for me to live. I LOVE living here. The
    opportunities here are amazing. The culture respects finding and pursuing
    your dreams, which to me is one of the most rewarding things in life. And
    free speech has it’s upside too, most of the time!

    My husband feels the same way about wanting to live in the US. That’s why he
    chose to become an American citizen.

    Know, as I think you do, that I have deep compassion for those stuggling
    with their weight. I struggled, and have dedicated my life to ending that
    struggle. With your support I can continue to do that. I hope that it’s
    possible.

    I am not checking email at the moment, but please know how much your support
    means to me. It is a great treasure that I am surrounding myself with right
    now.

    With Love and Light,

    Renee

    and then she adds….

    Hi All Again,

    Again, thank you so much for your compassion and for giving me the
    benefit of the doubt.

    I forgot to mention that my husband sent a letter of apology to Gayla
    shortly after filming ended on the m
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    1. 2/2/2009 8:19 PM Sherri wrote:
      "With Love and Light,"???????

      There was NOTHING loving and the hearts of both of these people are dark. I feel that Renee is probably abused by the gargoyle she married, but she obviously chooses the life of privilege, so thinks it is important enough to tolerate this little creep. I think their days of "privilege" may be on hold for quite some time.
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    2. 2/3/2009 12:45 AM Sage wrote:
      This letter from Renee makes me want to puke! What a self-serving piece of crap... her ugly little weasel of a husband is not worth the time it took her to type it... and ohmygod she misspelled a word! Does that make her illiterate like Gayla was accused of? hmmmm....
      Peace!
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    3. 2/3/2009 10:17 AM Roberta wrote:
      I tried to sign up for her group and I did get rejected. Maybe because I told her that I am appalled by her and her husbands behavior. Maybe she rejected me because she did not like my spanish last name. Who knows.
      She says her husband went on wife swap only for her and that's why we should forgive his abusive language. Renee, was this the first time ever you heard him talk like this? I highly doubt it. I bet you that every time one of your clients left the house he makes fun of their weight or whatever other life issues they have.
      I have seen wife swap before and the husbands always get irritated when the new wives state the new rules. So far all of them went along more or less, after all, $20,000 for two weeks beats most jobs (this is probably much less than what your husband makes in this time frame). Gayla must have been an evil tyrant to make Steve utter all those abusive words. With this tremendous pressure on him he could not help but be verbally abusive.
      You had your chance at the follow up meeting but you simply smiled and stated for everyone to hear that you learned nothing from this.
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    4. 2/11/2009 5:27 PM Discombobulated wrote:
      Oh dear, for someone who is married to a man who values education or a higher form of education, she has a sophomoric manner of expressing herself in written form. There is surely no love and light about her nor her husband, and sadly her children too. They live in America because they found out that this is the only country where they can truly be mean-spirited and vile toward their fellow citizens and still be able to walk the streets (safely). They can not hack it anywhere else.
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    5. 2/11/2009 7:13 PM susan wrote:
      BACKPEDAL.

      "Also, I could say nothing on TV. The last thing on earth I would do was go
      on film criticizing my husband". If my husband said anything negative or critical to another human being, be it alone with me or on national television....I would certainly correct him. But I wouldn't need to, because I married a person with a good heart.

      "First and foremost, my husband very much regrets how he behaved during the
      swap. He is sorry for how he treated Gayla," Too late. What is done is done. He does not regret it. He regrets the backlash.

      "redeeming bits excluded from that show" the bad bits outweigh the redeeming bits.

      "I LOVE living here." You better. Otherwise leave. Don't let the door hit you on the ass. You said you are not proud to be American. Then go live somewhere else where you would be proud to be a citizen. Good luck finding someplace as fantastic as our country.

      "your support means to me". Hmm..did you miss something? Nobody supports you.

      "With Love and Light," There is no love in her heart or household and no light in her soul. Sorry.

      A public backpedal to prevent loss of every single one of her sucker clients will not be believed by us dumb Americans.

      How fucking dumb do you think we are?
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    6. 2/12/2009 11:05 AM Linda wrote:
      I am sorry, I would like to give the Fowlers the benefit of the doubt but, I just can't get myself to believe that they mean what they are saying now. I think it "Damage control". The Fowlers need to leave the US with revoked citizenship. They can go to UK and Europe where they don't have to mingle with "dumb rednecks". America is for proud Americans.
      If the Fowlers really feel sorry then they need to get on TV apologize publicly and sing the national anthem. It is as simple as that!
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      1. 2/12/2009 1:03 PM kamama wrote:
        Not only that, but they need to apologize to the Longs personally and on television. Then apologize to all of us.
        Then pack their stuff and get out.
        If you want to read my opinion, you're invited to read my blog.
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  • 2/2/2009 6:43 PM Disgusted wrote:
    I still maintain it is completely out of line for anyone to physically threaten the Fowlers, no matter how repulsively they acted.

    Her letter is ok, with one exception. In only one scene, in the hallway when he wanted to meet with producers, did he show ’stress’. The rest of the time he was laughing in disdain of the rather simplistic suggestions Mrs. Long had. What did she suggest that was so horribly stressful? Hell, she even moved out to a hotel?

    The man is a jerk, plain and simple. I doubt he laughs at himself, I’m sorry but I truly don’t believe it. I figured they may try to play this off as a colossal joke and that too, was hinted at in Renee’s letter.

    I dunno. I am sure they hurting, but is a lesson learned? I guess time will tell.
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  • 2/2/2009 7:13 PM Lila wrote:
    Perhaps his motive was to get his wife and children to move to England. They are ruined professionally, so why not go back to his homeland.
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  • 2/2/2009 7:19 PM Disgusted wrote:
    Another 'friend' stands up for Stephen. He demands we give him the quote, he will explain why it's not as it seems. I took the liberty of cutting and pasting the quotes you so kindly posted and put them on Hollis Polk's website. We shall see how he explains each and every comment:

    Blogger Damo Kawasaki said...

    I applaud you, Hollis, for standing up to the mob. I know Stephen (the whole person) and the abc editors chose to show him in the worst light. He was baited to the point of exasperation.

    And as for the deluge of sanctimony, what an atrocious spectacle, far worse than a few injudicious comments made by Stephen under duress and highlighted by ratings-whores.
    Insulting people to their faces isn't good behavior and Stephen duly apologized but of course that would lessen the shock value and so the editors cynically cut it out.

    As for the mob, spewing mean-spiritedness disguised as piety, I'll defend what he said:- give me a direct quote, tell me what you don't like about it and I'll explain why it isn't as bad as it appears.

    Peace!
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    1. 2/2/2009 7:29 PM Vet without a leg wrote:
      well, Damo Kawasaki, how about this one: Stephen says to Gayla:  "I’ll tell you my net take on this [paintballing] – fascistic, militaristic . . For a lower class family like yourselves that has young boys, perhaps with aspirations to join the army, if that’s the extent of your ambition as a young man in your family I can see how this is a perfect fit. We need folks like your family to feed it, so you’re a perfect fit."

      Can you spin that for us? Of course Stephen is now trying to defuse his words, we hear he was acting, under stress, annoyed, not his real self, whatever. When he was spewing his insults on TV he looked pretty controlled to me. As man of his education and social status (upper class) he certainly would not lose his temper because of a lower class person.

      Telling the nation that as a "lower class family" they are needed to feed it [the military]. Come on, spin-meister, show us what you've got!

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      1. 2/11/2009 5:53 PM angela wrote:
        I say we trade Stephen Fowler for the next victim who falls captive to our enemies. I bet we would see him crying for some quote "redneck" to save his sorry ass.
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  • 2/2/2009 8:30 PM Disgusted wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fkFWV8lh3E

    Some Stephen Fowler clips from Friday Nights Wife Swap
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  • 2/2/2009 9:45 PM JJ wrote:
    What a total loser!!!!
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  • 2/2/2009 9:50 PM Stephen Fowler Wife Swap wrote:
    Please rate Renee Stephens (Stephen Fowler) podcast "Inside Out Weight Loss" on iTunes...


    http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=264747378.

    Wife Swap
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    1. 2/3/2009 12:21 AM Sage wrote:
      i posted this on the ABC site like 5 times and it was deleted... this phony woman is just too much! can you even imagine getting hypnotized by her???? LOL
      peace!
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  • 2/2/2009 10:27 PM Loralee wrote:
    Thanks so much for the link love.

    It has been QUITE an adventure over at my place for certain, and it looks like the same can be said here.

    Man, you know you have really hit a nerve when there is an entire blog about you!
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  • 2/2/2009 10:43 PM Disgusted wrote:
    You know, come to think of it, the usual life course of a scandal is short, given the amount of information and communication there is out there these days.

    I was sitting here wondering why this still matters to me, and I just realized what is bothering me. The fact that no media outlet has addressed what happened! ABC, nor any other network, cable or written media has covered this almost unprecedented ground swell of opposition to the arrogance of this man.

    Why hasn’t it been talked about? Give me a break! He was in the top 50 most Googled search terms last Friday, and that show came on at 8pm East Coast time! That means in a few short hours he riled up enough people to set Google’s search engine on fire…think about that! God knows how many signed on to the ABC message boards, but I know I posted a comment somewhere around ten pm Friday night and within 12 hours I had over 3600 people view it! That’s huge people…yet we hear a deafening silence from the media….shows their bias, doesn’t it?
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  • 2/2/2009 11:20 PM Serenity wrote:
    I’d like to know why Stephen Fowler isn’t man enough to write his own apology letter!!! Renee writing a letter making excuses for him doesn’t cut it at all.
    Many people are under tremendous stress and they are emotionally mature enough to know how to reign in their emotions and their tongue in times of pressure. It is a sign of emotional immaturity for an adult to lambast an innocent person and the country he lives in just be cause he was “under stress”. Give me a Break!
    He is definitely a Malignant Narcissist. I know the signs well as my father is one and it was hell growing up and living under pressure, constantly being put down and verbally abused as my poor mother was. This personality type can be amazingly charming on the outside. Many people would remark and still do as to how lucky I am to have such a wonderful father, or how lucky my mother was to have such a good husband. If they only knew! Stephen was showing his true self and he needs to know that he has to reap the consequences of his actions(nothing harmful though). I doubt it has sunk in as his wife is trying to mop up his mess. I don’t buy it.
    I’d like to see a show where they drop Fowler in a place like New Guinea and let him learn that his “intelligence” is useless and that those undereducated tribes are the only way he would survive. He’d need them to build a shelter, find food, know medicinal plants, etc. They are intelligent in the way they need to be.
    Will Rogers said, “Everyone is Ignorant, only on different subjects”
    The Bible says, “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks”
    I think that Renee and all her dippy psychic friends need to get his Chakras back in place. They need to move the head chakra back to where it belongs as the ass chakra had moved up to where the head is
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  • 2/2/2009 11:59 PM Laura wrote:
    Regarding Renee's email -- I'm glad to hear (if it's true) that her husband wrote a letter of apology to Gayla. But I have to ask: so far we've seen friends of Stephen's, "friends of friends" of his, and now his wife, posting online and defending him. Where is he? Why can't he speak for himself? A private apology to Gayla isn't good enough. He humiliated her publicly, and he should apologize publicly. (Preferably, an apology that doesn't instantly shift the blame to the "editing" or anything else.)
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  • 2/3/2009 12:12 AM Lantz wrote:
    WOW!
    My wife & I just love your site!!!
    Good for you!!!
    We will be posting on here soon. Just bookmarked your page.
    Lantz
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  • 2/3/2009 12:19 AM Sage wrote:
    i am so stoked you put up this site... i am loving it!
    i hate this guy!
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  • 2/3/2009 6:14 AM Jimmy B wrote:
    Renee stated above, "For the record, I am proud of things that I have done, not things over which
    I had no control. I was extremely fortunate to be born American, but I
    didn’t chose it, it’s just how it happened. I do, however, greatly respect
    and identify with many American values, and love the way of life. I have
    lived in many countries and I chose to live in the US because I think it’s
    the best place in the world for me to live. I LOVE living here. The
    opportunities here are amazing. The culture respects finding and pursuing
    your dreams, which to me is one of the most rewarding things in life. And
    free speech has it’s upside too, most of the time!"

    Not proud of things over which I had no control? Fortunate to be American? Best place for me to live? I choose to live here? I love living here? The opportunities here are amazing?

    Is it just me, or does it seem like Stephen and Renee specifically avoid saying that they love this country? Why can't they utter the words, "proud to be American?" For the record, I didn't choose the family to which I was born, but I am sure proud of them!

    It sounds utterly selfish to live here due to the opportunities we provide, but aren't proud of the fact of their citizenship. I think we are dealing with a bigger problem than previous imagined. Scary.
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  • 2/3/2009 6:52 AM Bernard wrote:
    I was contacted by magic-wheels by Jeff Nye a representative for the company. He wrote Fowler has done minimal work for them, and hasn't been associated with them in 2 years.
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  • 2/3/2009 9:23 AM kaseypink1234 wrote:
    Thank you for this blog. I was searching for more sites on Steven Fowler and I ran across yours. ABC is prohibiting me from posting--shame on them. The American Broadcasting Company must have forgotten that freedom of speech is a part of what makes America great.

    Anyways, when I finished watching this show I was livid. I had no idea what about that show made me so angry until it sunk in that she had been abused without anyone there to intervene and help her. What if this hadn't have been a tv show? Americans caught a glimpse of what it is like to be abused. How unremorseful and emotionally repulsive he was!!

    I consider myself liberal, educated, and very concerned about the environment. I have a deep love for learning and will always value education. The search for wisdom and unconditional love is important to me and always will be.

    It was like someone slapped me in the face every time Steven stung Gayla with his words. I wanted him to apologize and not hurt her anymore. However, he kept on degrading her and right up to the very end he abused her.

    I still value all of the things I listed above. BUT...I now no longer hold the fantasy belief that positive people, education, life experiences, love for the Earth, or a reasonable spouse will combat evil. Finding something, ANYTHING, that will discourage the advancement of immorality is obviously NONE of the things I had hoped it may be.

    Now I understand a little more why this episode of a show I rarely watch had the ability to tick me off to the point it did and shake my foundation. This show changed me and I am not saying that it was a negative. Now I must learn what to do with all this that I have learned.....???

    It still has my mind running around in circles.
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  • 2/3/2009 9:53 AM Jc wrote:
    I really don't care if 2 weeks of filming was edited into 22 minutes of bad behavior! The simple fact that the man even thought these things he spewed from his mouth tells you that he is a horrid person and his wife now making excuses for it and her lack of saying anything at the table meeting further shows the Fowlers will never get what they did wrong or why. Poor excuses for humans they are.
    Treating others, much less a guest in your home in such a way proves this guy did not even learn the basic golden rules in kindergarten. What kind of mother is Renee? Not only does she put up with her husbands attitude in front of the kids, she here self said "If I spend too much time with the kids I get grouchy, it does not suit my personality" Those poor kids do not have a chance of learning basic human interaction and compassion with such parents. How truly sad.
    As the old saying goes, do 0nto others as you would want done onto yourself....
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    1. 2/12/2009 8:38 AM "O" wrote:
      I have to agree with you overall those poor kids are the real victims in this whole thing. I don't care about what a over educated brit has to say if he don't like a lot of things in this country then go back!! The mother also is a looser I truly hope that everything goes wrong for those two! so they can truly see how horrible they are
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  • 2/3/2009 11:41 AM JJ wrote:
    Did anyone catch when Renee says,"After I drop them off at school, I don't see them (her kids) until about 5:30. If I'm too much with the kids it doesn't suit my personality and then I start getting grumpy." I will point out that both Stephen and Renee work out of their home. They spend a good portion of the day exercising and napping rather than seeing their kids. The degree of self absorption these two display is absolutely staggering. Have they ever heard of the concept of putting their kids before themselves???!!! "Doesn't suit my personality?" Is THAT WHAT SHE ACTUALLY SAID??!!!! I am speechless.
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    1. 2/11/2009 5:47 PM Discombobulated wrote:
      I couldn't believe my ears as well!!! They are absolutely horrid people with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She paints herself as this 'well-to-do' person but I am very sure that both Stephen and his wife Renee are damned insecure and suffering from a major inferiority complex--to EVEN DARE think they are better than anyone!! I pity their children! ($20 or pizza that either of these people grew up poor!)
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    2. 2/11/2009 8:19 PM Jenny wrote:
      I just pray that these parents realize what a treasure their children are before it's too late. I know that as a single mom, I need a break now and then....well tough. I don't always get it. But I take a breath and thank God for healthy kids and then hug the goodness out of them reguardless of if I'm getting grumpy or not. If kids don't suit your personality...DON"T HAVE THEM!
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  • 2/3/2009 5:43 PM feewaybill wrote:
    Below is the apology letter from (purportedly) Stephen Fowler that just went up on the Wife Swap message boards. Although I don't buy it as sincere for a minute, I think it is a desperate attempt to salvage his financial situation and his social reputation rather than any true remorse. And he mentions nothing about the affect he has had on his children by modeling and encouraging verbal and emotional abuse.:

    hope you will take this as a sincere and unequivocal apology. I have been completely taken aback by the response my behavior generated and it has taken a while for me to figure out what to say. I’m not doing this to try and redeem myself. Rather I’m trying to try and undo some of the hurt that people have obviously felt as a result of my comments.

    Clearly I behaved like a complete jerk and I am deeply sorry for all the offense I have caused. I’m not going to hide behind excuses, I showed an extraordinary level of stupidity and arrogance. I will do my best to address most of the criticism directed at me. If I miss something out, however, it is not because I do not deem it important, it is just that there is rather a lot to cover.

    First off, let me say I am deeply sorry for the terribly insulting way I treated Gayla during the show. She is a very pleasant person and clearly did not deserve to be treated that way. In fact, no one deserves to be treated that way. I was a bully, and it was just plain unacceptable. Once again, I offer my sincere apologies to Gayla, Alan, and their boys.

    Some of my remarks obviously made me appear unpatriotic. Well that was just dumb. I chose to become a US citizen because I deeply respect the values upon which this great country is based. For the record, I think the US is an amazing country and I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather live. And while I do not happen to believe the Iraq war is a good idea, I do have a huge amount of respect for all the personnel who serve in the US military. They have the toughest job in the world and I am truly grateful for the sacrifices that they make to protect this country.

    I used gross generalizations about Midwesterners and I am deeply sorry for any hurt I caused with these statements. My comments were just stupid and made me look like the one who is undereducated. Some of my best friends are Midwesterners, which shows how truly dumb my comments were.

    I also deeply regret that my actions reflected badly on the environmental organizations with which I am affiliated, and were of disservice to the environmental movement as a whole. I’ve resigned both my nonprofit board positions and would ask you to not judge these organizations by my actions. I offer my sincere apologies to all the staff and board members.

    Further, I regret that my remarks made me come across as a person who disrespects overweight people.  I do not disrespect anyone for being overweight and I deeply regret that my remarks suggested I do.  My wife has devoted her career to helping people and my comments reflect poorly on her and her heart-felt work.  I apologize for my extreme insensitivity to her clients and her mission.  Please don’t judge Renee by my actions.

    I also want to apologize to my family and friends and thank them for their support, which I scarcely deserve.  I believe we can all grow from experiences and I will work to ensure this experience teaches me to become a better, more compassionate person.

    Finally I want to be clear that these are my words and I have received no input from anyone else, not even my wife.  I hope this apology will be taken in the true spirit it was given. 


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    1. 2/3/2009 5:58 PM dlbordelon1969 wrote:
      Sometimes the words spoken in anger shows the true feelings of the individual. The words you spoke in anger shows your true feelings. I'd like to ask that you look into yourself as to why you used those words and those points of attack on Mrs. Long (including your feelings towards midwesterners and the US military). Are these things you and your friends say amongst each other and laugh or nod in agreement? Things said so often that it's use has become common place? Think back on past conversations you've had with your peers regarding the US military and people of lower income or from small towns across the country. Choosing to live here does not always mean you enjoy this country. There have been people from your country who moved here simply to get away from the excessive taxes of the UK. One last thing,...how did you, your wife, and your friends react to the initial viewing of the episode? According to Hollis Polk, it was a party and the guest were laughing at how your boss handled the people calling your cell phone to complain about your behavior. If what she said is true then none of you saw any problem with your behavior until this uproar happened. If this is true, then both you, your wife, and your friends need to re-evaluate your general nature in how you look upon others and how others look upon you. If you don't want people to view you as an anti-american, anti-military, elitist snob then don't act like that. Telling people you're not is a waste of time. You show them you're not by how you live and interact with others on a daily basis.
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    2. 2/11/2009 7:34 PM Sherry wrote:
      "Rather a lot to be covered"? He owes it Gayla and the rest of the world that had the misfortune to witness his foul behavior to answer EVERY SINGLE ONE.

      His wife is no better, acting as innocent and ignorant - just like nothing happened at all. Stephen Fowler holds no true regret for what he has done. He is a wicked, sadistic being that doesn't know his own place, though he so badly berates others for it.

      What right does he have to critisize someone that has obviously endured struggles of her own as well. Yes, the woman isn't as educated as Fowler, but does that mean that her total worth is less than his? By all means, by what has come out of his mouth, edited or not, he is the lowest of the low; even the dirt beneath his feet holds more merit than him.

      If I were his child, and I could very well be as a 15-year-old teenager, I would be so DISGUSTED and ASHAMED of him. It would feel so obstructing in my mouth to call him 'Dad'.
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  • 2/3/2009 6:36 PM ChuckieZ wrote:
    I just want to say that it is Tuesday, four days after the show and I'm still angry. That show made me the most upset I have every been. So much that I had to email ABC, local ABC, and Pacific Environment.

    Good news - Fowler is removed from the board of Pacific. Pacific Environment does have a pretty good web site. Thanks David Gordon for doing the right thing.

    Top Google hits Sat Jan 31.
    22 Wife swap
    50 Stephen Fowler
    77 Stephen Fowler wife swap

    top Google hits for same day
    2 Bill Hicks
    7 Bill Hicks David Letterman

    Here is my comparison.
    Fowler shows how much of a jerk he is. Letterman shows how human he is.

    The same night of wife swap, Letterman had Bill Hicks' mom on the show. Dave played a segment of Bill that never made the show 15 years ago. Bill was a struggling comic that Dave liked. Bill had been on Letterman many times, but Dave cut the last taping. I think Bill made jokes of killing Billie Ray Cyrus. Shortly after that Bill was diagnosed with cancer and died within 2 years. This was the 15th anniversary of Bill's death and Dave wanted to make things right. Bill's mom was charming, Bill was funny, and Dave was humble.

    I'm a Letterman fan. Dave's CBS show was a stark contrast of the vile I witnessed on ABC, and I let ABC know that.

    At least my faith in the people of America to stand up for what is right has been renewed.

    Keep the faith.
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  • 2/3/2009 6:43 PM Undereducated wrote:
    "I used gross generalizations about Midwesterners and I am deeply sorry for any hurt I caused with these statements. My comments were just stupid and made me look like the one who is undereducated. Some of my best friends are Midwesterners, which shows how truly dumb my comments were."

    I just don't understand his hang-up with education. Don't get me wrong, I believe education is a good thing, but it isn't everything. Perhaps one day he will be able to look past a person's education (or lack thereof) and appreciate people for the talents, compassion, and love which they offer.

    Perhaps... but I doubt it.
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  • 2/4/2009 3:08 AM NOVAvirginia wrote:
    For many reasons, including grammar, vocabulary and punctuation, I do not think the "letter of apology" that was on the ABC Message board was written by a Brit who attended Cambridge.
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  • 2/4/2009 3:09 AM Novavirginia wrote:
    Thank you for your message and for sharing your concerns about Stephen Fowler's appearance on Wife Swap. At ForestEthics our job is to protect endangered forests and wild places for the people and wildlife that depend upon them. In the last 8 years we have been able to move 65 million acres of wilderness toward protection, partnered with First Nations communities to ensure their rights are respected, and changed the buying behaviors of some of the largest corporations in the world. We will allow nothing to become a distraction from that work. Stephen Fowler’s appearance on Wife Swap threatens to become a distraction and the statements made by Stephen on the show do not reflect ForestEthics’ values. Stephen and I have agreed that the best thing for ForestEthics is that he resign from the Board of Directors. Stephen’s resignation is effective immediately.


    Todd
    --
    Todd Paglia
    Executive Director


    Because protecting forests is everyone’s business.
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  • 2/4/2009 7:42 AM Thor wrote:
    Here is a link to all the episodes (broken down in parts) on Youtube. They also have it in "high quality"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG2GwSpO7tc&feature=related
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  • 2/4/2009 8:18 AM Rob wrote:
    Fantastic Site! I am loving the outpouring of all these Fowler haters.
    I guess he never thought there would be ten times as many people that hate him as much as he hates midwesterners.
    I wrote to all the companies he is assoicated with an I am glad they are disassociating themselves from the Fowler.
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  • 2/4/2009 11:47 AM amontross wrote:
    Dear Mr. Fowler (as well as any ancillary persons reading this e-mail at your place of employment),

    I recently viewed an episode of ABC's 'Wife Swap', a show with which I am none too familiar. My wife stole my attention and implored me to watch the show with her. She said that I would find you amazing, and she was entirely correct.

    Let me tell you about myself rather quickly. I am an educated man myself, and my IQ has been tested in the same range as yours (if I'm being entirely honest, I've only tested around 145... not quite the impressive 158 that you boast. Kudos sir.) Professionally, I am quite successful. I am the Director of Marketing for a large real estate firm in New York. Also like you, I consider myself to be well traveled and worldly, having spent much time abroad and having had the opportunity to visit most of Europe. Living in New York I am proud to call myself a progressive liberal, and believe that my political leanings stand as a testament to the nature of my Renaissance spirit. I tell you these things about myself lest you mistake me for a "po-dunk redneck", because God forbid that you classify me among "those people."

    Having recently finished a viewing of the program I must applaud you sir for your bravery. It must not have been easy for you to take such a righteous stance. You have demonstrated a high level of courage. You dispensed with any good will that could have been shown to you had you made your views known with poise and dignity. Rather, you decided to walk to road less traveled and demonstrated your views through naked aggression and ruthless verbal battery. Well done. You took someone who you found to be a lesser human being than you and methodically and cunningly destroyed her entire value system. Incredible job. It is readily apparent that you had full understanding that doing so would alienate your entire family (including your small children) and possibly put your career and reputation at risk... but you paid no mind to these meaningless detours. You walked a hard line because you believed in it. Outstanding. You recognized that this woman was part of the uneducated masses that make up the entire middle part of this horrible disgusting country that we call America. Some may say that this is an unfair and ignorant categorization of a entire geographically located and socio-economic grouping of people... perhaps even citing that over 1.4 million people from this woman's home state recently voted for Barack Obama. Some might equate this to an American who classifies most Brits as obnoxious alcoholic football hooligans with obvious traces of centuries of inbreeding and a tradition of substandard hygiene. But not me sir, no.

    I also watched and applauded as you demonstrated what can only be described as a coldly scientific approach to parenting. You value education above all other things, and when you recognized that this value was not shared by this woman, you attacked her for cerebral shortcomings.
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    1. 2/4/2009 2:17 PM Retro wrote:
      amontross

      This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. I thought this might be my husband posting until I re-read it and saw Director of Marketing.

      We both have what they call "higher degrees" and would have loved to have wrote this letter to him. I'm still not certain that his information on the GRE is accurate. My husband scored 100% and still missed 8 questions.

      What is really sad is I believe in some of the same things this couple does. I value education, taking care of the earth, and think taking care of your body is important. However, no one will ever listen to you if you are pompous and condescending and show that you don't care about people. I am pleased that the oldest son is trying to get healthy and is concentrating on his education. That good did come from the show.

      Thanks for the laugh! That letter made me laugh out loud.
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    2. 2/6/2009 12:03 PM ChristopherAnn wrote:
      Brilliantly written.

      I laughed out loud at this bit: "Some might equate this to an American who classifies most Brits as obnoxious alcoholic football hooligans with obvious traces of centuries of inbreeding and a tradition of substandard hygiene. But not me sir, no."

      Ah yes, sweeping generalizations and bigotry. Gotta love it.

      And, by the way, I noticed Stephen's dismissal of paintball as being militaristic. Like fencing isn't.
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    3. 2/6/2009 8:18 PM feewaybill wrote:
      part two of the letter from a montross:
      You even went so far as to whisper into the ears of your children how awful and stupid this woman would be, and your daughter (being the perfect little mime) replicated these thoughts. It is apparent that she will grow to be just like her parents... extremely well educated and devoid of any compassion or modesty. You can surely be proud of this as compassion and modesty are over rated and traits that only the weak applaud... even if they are principle tenants shared by nearly every major religion in the world. I say how dare this woman not value education above all else, including familial love and childhood joy. Take your son for instance. You have obviously showed him the true meaning of education by forcing him to engage in activities that he obviously has zero interest in and at times removing any feelings of paternal love and support. It would appear that, like your daughter, he will grow to be an intelligent and successful adult... even if it comes at the cost of normal socialization skills and basic human decency. Bravo!

      I worry for you sir. Not from physical harm mind you, but simply from the public relations backlash and community ostracizing that will surely be coming your way. I wonder if some of your comments, the ones in which you seemed to paint American and Americans with a broad brush, will come back to haunt you. I should surely hope not. Take for instance your obvious and unabashed dislike for America. I wonder if an injured veteran who had once assisted your British brethren in wartime in say Germany, or Iraq might take these comments. But if you think about it this injured Soldier or Sailor is most likely uneducated and likely had no other options available but military service, so what difference would their opinions be? I suppose though that there are individuals such as Academy Graduates and ROTC students who excelled in school who could have voluntarily chose to serve America... but they probably wouldn't have a problem with you, and if they did who would care again... they're "less than you" for having decided to serve such a wretched country.

      You are obviously a very wealthy man, and you are not very modest about your riches, and why should you be? You come across as patently elitist and snobbish, and there is nary a moment that goes by in your life where you are not sizing up and categorizing what class a person belongs in. I say good on you for that... you've earned that right haven't you? To the victor goes the spoils as they say. You laugh in the face of a deep recession because you are smarter than everyone else. I fear though, that your wife might receive some of the backlash though. She is what again? Oh, I recall. She is a "Certified Life Coach" and "Weight Loss Counselor". In such an economy where trivial endeavors and purchases are the first thing that people dispense with, this career path will surely be steady. But wait... wouldn't that make most of her clients t
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    4. 2/6/2009 8:23 PM feewaybill wrote:
      part two of the letter from a montross:

      You even went so far as to whisper into the ears of your children how awful and stupid this woman would be, and your daughter (being the perfect little mime) replicated these thoughts. It is apparent that she will grow to be just like her parents... extremely well educated and devoid of any compassion or modesty. You can surely be proud of this as compassion and modesty are over rated and traits that only the weak applaud... even if they are principle tenants shared by nearly every major religion in the world. I say how dare this woman not value education above all else, including familial love and childhood joy. Take your son for instance. You have obviously showed him the true meaning of education by forcing him to engage in activities that he obviously has zero interest in and at times removing any feelings of paternal love and support. It would appear that, like your daughter, he will grow to be an intelligent and successful adult... even if it comes at the cost of normal socialization skills and basic human decency. Bravo!

      I worry for you sir. Not from physical harm mind you, but simply from the public relations backlash and community ostracizing that will surely be coming your way. I wonder if some of your comments, the ones in which you seemed to paint American and Americans with a broad brush, will come back to haunt you. I should surely hope not. Take for instance your obvious and unabashed dislike for America. I wonder if an injured veteran who had once assisted your British brethren in wartime in say Germany, or Iraq might take these comments. But if you think about it this injured Soldier or Sailor is most likely uneducated and likely had no other options available but military service, so what difference would their opinions be? I suppose though that there are individuals such as Academy Graduates and ROTC students who excelled in school who could have voluntarily chose to serve America... but they probably wouldn't have a problem with you, and if they did who would care again... they're "less than you" for having decided to serve such a wretched country.

      You are obviously a very wealthy man, and you are not very modest about your riches, and why should you be? You come across as patently elitist and snobbish, and there is nary a moment that goes by in your life where you are not sizing up and categorizing what class a person belongs in. I say good on you for that... you've earned that right haven't you? To the victor goes the spoils as they say. You laugh in the face of a deep recession because you are smarter than everyone else. I fear though, that your wife might receive some of the backlash though. She is what again? Oh, I recall. She is a "Certified Life Coach" and "Weight Loss Counselor". In such an economy where trivial endeavors and purchases are the first thing that people dispense with, this career path will surely be steady. But wait... wouldn't that make most of her clients
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  • 2/4/2009 12:57 PM White Trash Bodhisattva wrote:
    Stephen's Company/Associates:
    http://www.aglandinvest.com/
    Email them to let them know what you think of Stephen Fowler.

    Apparently, TERRANOVA operates from within this company's physical location.
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  • 2/4/2009 12:59 PM White Trash Bodhisattva wrote:
    This might go without saying, but THANK YOU SO MUCH for the time and effort that you put into creating this website. So many people appreciate it, not the least of which, I am sure, are the LONGs from the show. I could *kiss* you.
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  • 2/4/2009 1:46 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
    EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR STEPHEN'S ASSOCIATES:

    agland@aglandinvest.com

    wmott@aglandinvest.com

    wscott@aglandinvest.com
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  • 2/4/2009 3:02 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
    Somebody needs to hurry up real quick and buy www.reneestephenssucks.com

    Admin, how can I contact you?


    [editor]

    I would not recommend wasting time and money on this. while renee did not come across in a positive light on wife swap, she did not verbally abuse anyone the way stephen did.

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    1. 2/5/2009 5:04 PM grand pappy joe wrote:
      Understood. Thanks.
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  • 2/4/2009 7:31 PM Nonny wrote:
    The "apology" as posted on ABC was quickly deleted. This normally happens when an email address used to verify the account is not valid. This "apology" may or may not actually be from Mr. Fowler himself.
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  • 2/4/2009 10:47 PM Disgusted wrote:
    I posted this on another site, but want it posted here too please.

    Hey everyone! I was gone on a family emergency, but I had my daughter record all the usual shows that cover this type of thing ordinarily.

    Does anyone else not find it odd that there is NOTHING on ANY show? At least no show I have watched, and I recorded quite a few. I scanned them tonight.

    Anyone else see any media on this? I saw plenty on Christian Bale or Vale or whatever the hell his name is, and his outburst to an employee, but not one word about this.

    I am really pissed off. This is a phenomenon I have never seen before, and somehow ABC has totally shushed it up? Not to beat a dead horse here, but I think there should be a mass letter writing campaign. This is B.S. that the last place I will look to will the The Soup on E! If there is nothing on there, then I will KNOW there has been a coverup, because they usually cover the show.

    Think about it! Lost positions, 24 hour security, public apologies on line, thousands of new ABC board members signing on just to comment, he made top 50 most Googled searches on Friday nite, and the show aired in the nighttime, websites going up, websites coming down, letters, calls, emails. Something is fishy here people and I don’t think it should be allowed to burn out like this!

    ABC blocked some of the video I posted. I removed all the videos, don't need the headache. You can still view them on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG2GwSpO7tc&feature=related

    That is someone elses copy.

    I DO have to say though, since ABC left us no outlet and has managed to make sure most of this was swept neatly under a carpet, I felt quite justified posting those videos. There are MANY other wife swap episodes on line, and they have never come after those. Just goes to show the depth of this coverup!
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  • 2/4/2009 10:52 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
    SHUT UP!
    If Mrs. Long had been black and he had called her a n*****, this thing would be all over the media like Imus. If Stephen was gay and Mrs. Long called him a faggot, then this would have the ACLU in an uproar. But because he called her fat and redneck, it seems that it's not *as bad* and that there is some kind of time table as to when our outrage should be "let go".
    This lame attempt at "Damage Control" is so transparent, Renee. Again, you are placing the blame, ultimately, on the Director who asked you "direct" and "probing" questions as to what level of education you thought the people in the home had. And YOU responded in a judgemental and elitist way with giggle and, "I'm betting they don't have 'advanced' degrees." (Like YOU do? Come on, a few cheap as dirt 'certifications' in neurolinguistic psycho-babble and "life coaching". Please.)
    Then, you go on to place the blame on the editors. Those unfair editors who made it look like you said what you said, the way you said it.
    We can see right through you, dear. You and your husband are reptilian elitists who use wordy prose to deceive and manipulate well-meaning people. According to your own friends, you were all "laughing hysterically" when the calls started coming in the night of the airing of the show with people wanting to know why Stephen was so mean. You're just sorry you got caught.
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  • 2/5/2009 9:16 AM jjcul wrote:
    SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
    Like many of you, I was outraged by Stephen Fowler's behavior on Wife Swap on 1/30/09. As a result, I have e-mailed anyone who would listen, and blogged as much as I can stand. So here's my question: Clearly we have gotten Stephen and Renee's attention. They are well aware of our complaints and have been forced to pay some heed. Now what? Quite frankly, if our objective was to make the Fowlers as miserable as possible, for as long as possible, well, then I think we're being as bad as him. Personally, I don't think that was the goal of the thousands of people who have responded, like myself, with e-mails to employers, blog entries, and word of mouth. My impression is that all of us who were outraged, reacted in that way because of our sense of empathy for Gayla Long and her family, our sense of pride in our country and our military, and our general disgust and indignation with the arrogant, pompous, holier-than-thou attitude of a real jackass. All of those emotions and reactions were rolled into one tidal wave of response, triggered by Stephen "Butthead" Fowler. Again, my question is, now that we've caught his attention, where do we go from here?
    Here's my idea: We make three demands (which can be arrived at by open discussion and a vote) which demands are then posted on this blog (StephenFowlerSucks.com). All other known blogs which have addressed this issue will contain a link to this blog, so that this particular blog will be a sort of "central registry" of input. We can even snail mail a hard copy of the 3 demands to Fowler in case he's not reviewing this blog. Once we communicate our set of 3 demands to Fowler, if he agrees to them, and complies with them, we call a truce. If not, the war of words rages on. My suggestion is that we open the floor to suggestions for 3 demands until Midnight, Friday, Feb 13th (the two week anniversary of the famous show). Then, some designated individual (perhaps the webmaster of this sight, if she/he agrees) reviews the various proposals, and gleans the top three. Those three are then communicated to Fowler. He then has 3 days to reject or accept. Once an accord has been reached, we suspend the "attack". In 30 days, on March 13, we confirm that he has followed through. If yes, it's all over. If not, we strike up the band again. If this procedure seems reasonable (or unreasonable) to the masses out there, please voice your opinions here. Here are MY three proposed demands: (1) Fowler issues a WRITTEN apology addressed to Gayla Long, her family, the U.S. Military, the inhabitants of Missouri, the U.S. as a whole, and his own two kids. (2) Stephen Fowler make a verbal apology to Gayla and her family, in person, which is video taped and distributed. His own family should also be present. (3) He seeks professional counseling to address his attitudes regarding the treatment of others whom he considers "lesser beings."

    Feedback on the procedure or the 3 demands?
    Sincerely,
    jjcul
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    1. 2/5/2009 4:24 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
      I think that is a brilliant idea and I thank you for taking the time to think about it and post.
      We are all forgiving people, right? Of course we are! We wouldn't be so outraged if we weren't so morally apt! However, it seems that the people here, like myself, are not into giving away forgiveness blindly and freely just to "be free" within ourselves. I view forgiveness in a different way. I believe that forgivness is very, VERY necessary to ones soul and for the good of society - WHEN and, and only when, TRUE REPENTANCE is made. I can't forgive the unrepentant. I can temporarily move on to other things in my life, but there is never a "letting go" of a wrong that is not made right.
      This is why I think it is a good idea to do what you suggested. Give the man an honest attempt at FULL redemption which involves DOING something to correct his mistake, then it's over. If he doesn't repent and make a 180 towards TRUE LOVE AND LIGHT (Renee's words), then I agree with you (and I like the way you put it), STRIKE UP THE BAND! Sabbotage, through all legal means, his life and work, until he either humbles himself OR is run out of the country.
      Life I said before in a recent blog post, if Gayal had been black and he called her an uneducated N****, or if Stephen had been gay and Gayla called him a Faggot, the ACLU would be in an uproar and you'd have the Rainbow Coalition and Al Sharpton all over this mess. But because he tore into mid-American, middle class, hard working, patiotic, white folk and military - that's okay??? Surely the ACLU is for white, middle class America, too, right? What Stephen spewed was nothing short of Hate Speach. If it's punishable for one type, it should be punishable for all types.
      I'm in!
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    2. 2/5/2009 4:31 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
      What do you think about making him sing the national anthem? Or at least reciting it?
      Maybe he can't sing.
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    3. 2/7/2009 12:09 AM JAWJ wrote:
      A PUBLIC APOLOGY, IN PERSON, IS A GOOD IDEA.

      PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING NEEDS A BIT MORE SPECIFICS --PSYCHOTHERAPY. HIS WIFE'S 2ND LETTER SAID SHE'D "ASKED HIM TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP" WHICH WAS PRETTY MEANINGLESS -- IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER OWN HYNOTHERAPY OR A LAWYER FOR ALL WE KNOW. IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT THAT IF HIS APOLOGY WAS REAL (WHICH I DOUBT) IT DIDN'T SAY HE INTENDED TO DO ANYTHING IN THIS WAY. HE IS DEEPLY DISTURBED, AND NEEDS SERIOUS LONG-TERM HELP, UNLIKE TAHT INCIDENT WHEN THE WALL ST HUSBAND STUCK WITH A NON-TROPHY WIFE SNAPPED AT HER FOR SERVING PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY SANDWICHES FOR DINNER, AND LATER MADE AMENDS BY GOING ON OPRAH AND OFFERING TO CHOP WOOD FOR HER. HE WAS BASICALLY NORMAL WHICH STEPHEN IS NOT.

      THIRD WOULD BE GO BACK TO THE UK OR ENTER THE PEACE CORPS OR SOME PROGRAM FOR HELPING PEOPLE IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES FOR A FEW YEARS.
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  • 2/5/2009 11:15 AM Disgusted wrote:
    IT APPEARS THE FOWLERS ARE GOING TO SUE!

    Renee Fowler has taken down the apologies they wrote off her website.

    That smells like the start of a lawsuit to me.
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    1. 2/5/2009 11:41 AM stephenfowlersucks wrote:
      if they are going to sue then this will get worse. if they are smart they wait until tomorrows wife swap episode and it will eventually fade away. sueing will drag it into main stream media.
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    2. 2/5/2009 4:33 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
      Hmmm...you're right. Smells lawsuity....but who would they sue? ABC? Aren't there releases? Would they sue ... hmm...just thinking.
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    3. 2/5/2009 4:55 PM Grand Pappy Joe wrote:
      RENEE'S NEW STATEMENT:
      February 4, 2009 at 9:18 am · Filed under Uncategorized

      I must remove these posts for reasons I can’t disclose, but please know that the sentiments continue to be genuine. I can however leave the comments up. I thank you so much for your heartfelt perspectives, whatever they are. I appreciate you speaking up for what you believe in and wanting to make the world a better place. I am especially grateful to those of you who have expressed your kindness and compassion.

      I hope that we can all move our focus back to ending the weight struggle and devolping and sharing our soul’s gifts.

      Love and Light,

      Renee

      (It's the word 'disclose' that leads me to believe that it might have something to do with a potential law suit. 'Disclose' is very lawsuity.)
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      1. 2/6/2009 12:24 PM KathyT wrote:
        I think that ABC threatened the Fowler's for blaming editing and producers for the way they came across. I am sure they had to sign something that they would not blame ABC for their own actions on the show.
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    4. 2/7/2009 10:42 PM Irritated wrote:
      It'd be great if they sued and wound up with a judge like the one who just sentenced OJ. She could sit there and tear him a new one and he'd have to listen in respectful silence.

      One can hope...
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  • 2/5/2009 12:56 PM Vacaville wrote:
    Sorry I couln't resist....The sticker shop down the street just made me a Bumper Sticker that reads:

    Stephen Fowler is a Tool!
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  • 2/5/2009 5:19 PM grand pappy joe wrote:
    NEW CONTACT INFO:

    Physical Location that appears on google maps for TERRANOVA BIOENERGY (Stephen Fowler's Company, of which he is a Partner).

    agland@aglandinvest.com
    Agland Investment Services, Inc.
    900 Larkspur Landing Circle,
    Suite 205
    Larkspur, CA 94939
    Tel : 415.461.5820
    Fax : 415.461.5821


    William P. Mott :
    wmott@aglandinvest.com

    William E. Scott :
    wscott@aglandinvest.com

    Pat McDonnell
    Partner
    pmcdonnell@terranovabio.com
    415.254.5721 Phone


    Copy and paste this in ya'lls email for future reference.
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    1. 2/11/2009 5:22 PM Jenessa wrote:
      Why can't you just dislike someone? TO go out and post their address... you are JUST, if not worse, than them. Shame on you.
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  • 2/5/2009 5:43 PM whitetrashbodhisattva wrote:
    What about *my* heartfelt perspective, Renee? Or are you only grateful for the heartfelt perspectives that kiss your behind and salute you with high fives?
    Do you think that I am a bad person, Renee? You think that I just go around harassing people on the internet for no good reason? I don’t harass people. I love people.
    My feedback on your site is because of my heartfelt desire to see a wrong made right. I genuinely think you are a fraud and a con. I honestly believe that your clients and yahoo group members are being manipulated into thinking that you have their best interests at heart, rather than your own. Do you respect *this* heartfelt perspective? I doubt you do, for the reasons I just named.
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  • 2/5/2009 6:07 PM whitetrashbodhisattva wrote:
    WEIGHT WATCHERS' STATEMENT ABOUT RENEE STEPHENS:

    Response from Weight Watchers disclaiming any current affiliation with Renee Stephens despite the claims on her website of being a current consultant with them:

    Thank you for contacting us. We want to assure you that Weight Watchers adheres to a philosophy that provides a supportive and encouraging environment for all its members and subscribers. Please note that Ms. Renee Stephens Fowler has never been a Weight Watchers employee or spokesperson and although she was used as a consultant in early 2008 for a limited project, she no longer has any relationship with the company in any capacity. We do not, nor have we ever, endorsed her services or business.



    Sincerely, Vicki Taylor Vicki Taylor
    Corporate Affairs Representative
    Weight Watchers International, Inc.
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  • 2/5/2009 8:12 PM whitetrashbodhisattva wrote:
    WHERE IS THE ACLU????????????????????

    WE NEED CONTACT INFO FOR:

    ACLU (AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION)
    ACLJ (AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE)
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  • 2/5/2009 10:05 PM whitetrashbodhisattva wrote:
    GOOGLE MAPS
    AGLAND INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC

    Go here to post your comments on Stephen Fowler for his Agland Associates to see.

    What I wrote:

    The company, Terranova Bioenergy, apparently operates within Agland Investement Services Inc. The address given on the Terranova website lists the address of Agland, with the same suite number.
    Stephen Fowler is co-founder of Terranova Bioenergy. Stephen Fowler appeared on the Jan 30, 2009 episode of Wife Swap (ABC RDFUSA). Stephen Fowler showed himself to be an inhumane bigot and verbal and emotional abuser. The internet is now filled with outrage over this person and how he treated the wife and his children.
    tags: stephen fowler renee stephens wife swap mindforbody san francisco
    His wife is Renee Stephens and is listed by google maps under
    Mind for Body san fancisco
    For more information, to to
    www.stephenfowlersucks.com
    or type in a search engine using any of the tag words above.
    I suggest that if you want to do business with Agland, you mention what you have learned of this Stephen Fowler and ask if he represents Agland's vision, purpose, and attitudes towards society.
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  • 2/6/2009 11:06 AM whitetrashbodhisattva wrote:
    You can also review Renee Stephens here:

    http://www.rateitall.com/item.aspx...
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  • 2/6/2009 5:14 PM reg wrote:
    I was surprised that they did not have a blurb on the intro of tonight's wife swap regarding this tool.

    Very odd the network is being so quiet about this.

    I guess they don't subscribe to the PT Barnum school..
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  • 2/6/2009 11:37 PM Mr Z wrote:
    Sir Paul McCartney wrote in the song The End, "The love you take is equal to the love you make".

    So true with Mr. Fowler. His life is unravelling in a beautifully poetic way right now.

    America is "loving" Mr. Fowler back.
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  • 2/7/2009 9:38 PM Gloria wrote:
    “You think you’re so much better than me”? Stephen says, “I probably earn more in one week than you do in a year.”

    What Stephen says here very directly is that a person's worth = the amount of money he has/earns. Since Stephen believes the person who earns the most is a better person, then Bernie Madoff is a better man than most people in the world and Kevin Federline is better than every teacher in the US because he earns more cash.

    What's most disturbing about this comment and others made by Fowler is that what he says accurately reflects what many people believe. The Long/Fowler swap has exposed the growing class divide in our country where people are judged by image, not character or substance.

    The worst part about the show, was that I myself in both families. I saw my insecure need to feel better than someone else bolstered by the fact I have advanced degrees. I'm 20 pounds overweight and felt personally diminished by Stephen's comments because weight is becoming a class, social and employment issue in our country. I was raised in a family of wealth and privilege and as the result of a family member's health problem that started 6 years ago, we experienced bankruptcy and I imagine all the Fowler's I grew up sitting in judgment, not knowing the facts. And because I grew up in a family where appearances dictated behavior, I related to the kids as well. Stephen's love for his children seemed dependent upon performance. And while the Long family needs to improve their health habits, it's clear they love their children unconditionally. Priceless...

    But most surprising of all,was that the well-educated couple who pride themselves on learning were completely close-minded because they erroneously disregarded the messenger based on appearances and learned nothing because they arrogantly don't understand you can learn from every person you meet. The Longs proved their superior intelligence by ignoring the messenger and learning from the experience to benefit their family.
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  • 2/7/2009 10:39 PM Irritated wrote:
    I say ship his lousy, ungrateful ass back to England. We have more than enough American-born citizens who need attitude adjustments without having to import some.

    Can you imagine what it must be like for the people who have to work for this idiot? I can see him belittling every "little person" in the office who doesn't have an MBA.

    He is the Leona Helmsley of reality TV.
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  • 2/9/2009 2:04 PM Disgusted wrote:
    YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Finally someone listened...I wrote to Valleywag, a local publication in SF and Owen wrote me back, at first like Duh, reality TV, no big surprise there, then he wrote again saying I take that back, it IS ghastly....

    Then he did an article! Owen ROCKS!

    http://sfist.com/2009/02/08/stephen_fowler_the_worst_husband_in.php#comments
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    1. 2/9/2009 2:41 PM Aimee wrote:
      Congrats!!!!
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  • 2/9/2009 7:43 PM Kelly Kinsel wrote:
    Thank you for making this website! I am so glad to see the giant response from the american public to this dirtbag named Fowler. Please keep us updated on the Fowler debacle.
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  • 2/10/2009 2:21 AM Dreamer wrote:
    I think he is an elitist who ridicules those who cling to their guns and religion. No small wonder he lives in Mrs. Pelosi's congressional district. This is the current ruling class in America, and he was less clever than the politicians about concealing his contempt for his "inferiors". The upswelling of outrage has partly to do with our deep fear that our current government and media share this deep hate for many americans. The kind of hate that leads to oppression.

    This show touched an exposed wire in the American psyche. In sociology we discuss ethnicity, religion, race, class and gender. It's about class. Many people are worried about their job and how this country will emerge from this economic crisis. Here comes this 'top percentile' Brit to teach us backward colonists a lesson. His oppressive attitude is precisely what our immigrant ancestors sought to escape. His ideology is exclusive and elitist. It's also the stuff that incites unrest in the oppressed.

    This story won't be picked up by MSM because it exposes these attitudes that are creating a widening gulf in this country. I'm sure most of his friends implicitly agreed with Stephen Fowler and didn't find his comments so very offensive.

    I'm afraid this show was like a modern "Uncle Tom's Cabin," story. Stephen Fowler stars as Simon Legree.

    A fast test of character is how a person treats their waitress or the landscaper. It is no test when one is among superiors or peers the facade is exercised to maintain social standing. How one treats those with less money, power, education and opportunities is most telling.

    BTW I am an educated Californian who has lived abroad with my European spouse. Because I've lived in an extremely liberal Euro country, many elitists believe I share their views. (Kinda like I 'pass' for white and overhear racism) I've heard Mr. Fowlers snide attitude before, and I believe that he truly thinks that most intelligent people share his opinions.
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    1. 2/10/2009 1:27 PM BowlingIsHealthful wrote:
      I think you hit the nail right on the head, in regards to "our deep fear that our current gov't...share[s] this deep hate for many Americans." There, of course, are other, more obvious reasons for such public outcry, but this seems to be the main reason, at least for me. It feels like the government is trying to pull the wool over our eyes (and we are LETTING them!), and lashing out at this guy is easier and more accessible than lashing out at our government for ACTUAL change. Maybe someone should take this idea to Campaign for Liberty. Though it isn't the type of story they usually do, this definitely seems to be something to explore further.
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    2. 2/10/2009 5:50 PM Ninety-nine wrote:
      This is brilliant. An exposed wire indeed -- the show is emblematic of so much more... I'm with you 99.99%, as it were, except for your water/waitress litmus test. They get equal contempt from the lower and upper class, and courtesy from the middle -- which is of doubtful merit imho, springing as it does from a middle-class fear of conflict in any form.
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    3. 2/11/2009 4:13 PM Doug wrote:
      Great comments ! All you West Coast folks aren't bad after all !

      "East coast" American !!!
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  • 2/10/2009 2:11 PM Ninety-nine point nine wrote:
    By the way, how creepy is it for a guy in his mid-forties to brag about taking a test four years earlier that's designed for college seniors? The guy is so proud, NINETY-NINE point NINE NINE percentile!!! Can you imagine being a college student and having that creepy old Brit sit down next to you? What induced him to take it in the first place?
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    1. 2/11/2009 8:07 AM Aimee wrote:
      what's wrong with old people going back to school? make fun of stephen, sure, but there is nothing creepy about old folks getting an education. Geeze. You're narrow-minded, too. I had a 70 year old man in my beginning spanish class. I admire that. He may have worked hard all his life in a paper mill and now that he is retired or what ever, he still wants to be educated.

      and some people aspire towards graduate school. I don't like the comments that "graduate school is nothing now-a-days".. well, to some people it is. and for people to poo-poo graduate school as nothing to be proud of now days b/c it takes so much 'more' ....that's being elitist as well. It's not what stephen has under his belt or not that makes him less of a person. what makes him lowly is his arrogance and bigotry ...and I am seeing so much of that same bigotry in some of y'alls comments about him.

      We should all be proud of ourselves and each other when we do our best, whatever that best is. Let's just remember what the evil is.. narrow-minded bigotry and ego.
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  • 2/11/2009 12:55 PM Taana Peterson wrote:
    Stephen Fowler "A Modern Day Eco-Fascist" (written to Everyone from 46yo-30 year vegetarian in Seattle)

    'Hello Everyone'- I am an Educated working-class professional from Seattle. I am also a vegetarian for around 30 years. As millions did , I viewed Stephen Fowler's APPALLING Statements and Behavior on Wife Swap. Stephen Fowler is the Poster Boy of Elitist-Eco-fascism. There are many in Seattle(and the west coast) that I have met through the years with this Elitist Eco-Fascist attitude. They have such a Superiority complex. Believe me, I have met several males similar to Stephen Fowler.

    Also, ALL the viewers were exposed to REALISTIC Verbal and Emotional violence. We don't know if Stephen is ALSO physically violent toward/with women. Although I am certain of this. It is frightening to watch. During the program I continued to alay myself that Gayla was ONLY visiting for 2 weeks- that she could leave and return home- serve delicious vegetables to her family and have her wonderful sons and husband ASSIST HER with the laundry. They were OPEN to this new reality. Stephen Fowler's I.Q would prevent him from understanding the learning of new 'commoner' skills -since he used his 'education credentials' as a WEAPON against other humans.
    I lived with two males that also used the sociopathic tactics that Stephen exhibits on Wife Swap. The FEAR paralyzes you. There is No reasoning with the sociopathic type. Renee will hopefully leave him and live independently-not dependent on 'his' elitist income to survive.

    I think that it is important that ABC NEVER Edit this program -A WINDOW to the reality that some humans live in.
    I have experienced and witnessed the NONCHALANCE of Society in regards to Sociopathic behavior and Elitist behavior. Wife swap was a WINDOW to expose the Stephen Fowlers of our planet.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:05 PM USAF veteran wrote:
    Mr Fowler,
    I don't usually watch reality TV(my GF does) she watches wife swap.Its mildly amusing to say the least.I saw the episode with your pencil neck azz on it. You insulted the Military and their families,as a USAF vet I challenge you to this you pinhead.I'll wager my weekly paycheck to yours in a ONE round fight,whoever loses will donate their check to charity of the winners choice. You can berate a woman and a group of honorable people on TV lets see if you can do it in person. Post a message to get ahold of me if you are man enough. can hardy wait to break your feeble body in half.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:10 PM wtf wrote:
    He seems like my kind of guy! And what would prompt a person to take all this time and set up a web site for this? Are you a fucking idiot?
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  • 2/11/2009 4:10 PM Doug wrote:
    If this guy hates America so much and what it stands for, Why doesn't he take his vegetarian Bull ass and move back to England where he came from? Apparently we American's are good enough to supply him with a decent income. I hope all that can will boycott his business as well as his wife's !
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    1. 2/12/2009 5:58 AM Peter Fulham wrote:
      Hey Doug,
      I'm sorry you accepted him, you got him and we sure as hell don't want him back. Afterall we weren't good enough for him in the first place
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  • 2/11/2009 4:17 PM josh boyer wrote:
    wow what can i say. this guy is a total dirtbag. he said he isnt pround to be an american? ok so fine send his ass back to britain. The midwest is the heart and soul of america. who cares about what a forigner thinks. no offense to you happy to be here but that guy is just wrong. my dad, both my cousins, and my brother are in the military and serving in Iraq. this man to say that what they are doing is wrong is completly unapproiate. If i ever saw this man on the street i would go out of my way to make his life a living hell. I would not physcally harm him, but rather follow him and make him know that just because i may not be as smart as he, i at least have a sense of common curtisy.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:19 PM Allen wrote:
    Fowler sucks big dick, I hope he fucking dies.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:19 PM none wrote:
    It seems to me somewhat odd that a family of such "prestige" would even participate in such a program. I thik it says soo much about them as people. They watch and participate in a show called WIFE SWAP, what did they think was going to happen? The Stephen guy just seems like an overall prick and i am honestly not surprised. I thought the producers of the show would have done a little better job of choosing these families before actually making them live together.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:20 PM john adams wrote:
    looks like run of the mill bean tooth euro trash to me. ante up fowler exit stage left cross the pond to the queen. you need to go back. g'bye mate
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  • 2/11/2009 4:21 PM Low Class American Military wrote:
    I is sowry you dont lik Amerika 'n our poor selvs. But hey...at least we can fight 'n liberated your pussy ass kuntry 'n kep it from spekin GERMAN!!! PISS OFF and learn to lick Muslim ASS (because that's where England is headed...) Guess we'll have to liberate you intellectuals AGAIN!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:23 PM Riggins wrote:
    typical arrogant British looking down on Americans. They are snobs. When I was in high school in the 80's we had 4 exchange students from all over the world including one from England. He was the most arrogant snob in the whole school. I hate to stereotype but I am going to as every Brit I met or been around has a superiority complex over Americans. Go back to England if you will be that way! This guy is yet another example.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:23 PM Justin wrote:
    Someone needs to beat the hell out of that son of a bitch. I would like to get my hands on him. Send the bastard back to Britain.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:26 PM James Robertson wrote:
    Mr. Fowler's offensive behavior reflects more on himself and the groups he associates himself with. As for his opinions, he has the right to be as big an ass as wants. Of course those rights are bought and paid for by the members of the military of which he feels so superior. He is but just one more example of an idiot who let his alligator mouth overload his hummingbird ass.
    James Robertson
    U.S. Army (retired)
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  • 2/11/2009 4:26 PM duh wrote:
    He and his wife seems like to tell people they are educated but they are damn illiterate people I have ever known!! Go back to where you came from!!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:26 PM Eric in San Diego wrote:
    This guy was an ass. I hate to pull the American card - but he needs to go back to England. We escaped tyranny from them once before, and I think Gayla should mount a revolution on his anglo-butt. Send him out on a paintball course and pummel the snot out of him.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:26 PM Rose wrote:
    Mr. Fowler was just fowl but to make a website and make the fowlers more important is just wrong. If you look at the guy he looks like a fowl and the name suits him fowler and fowler if you are so annoyed with the country why would you even live here. Why did you leave the stiff upper lip country to come here. Was it too fowl for you?
    He is an absolute stupid fowl man who feels he is better but his name tells me all about his personality- it is fowl.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:30 PM Johnny D wrote:
    I just saw and read about the dumb ass Stephen Fowler. If we are so backward in the US why did he ever bring his happy ass over here. The Brits probably could stand him and asked him to leave. I say we all take up a collection and send them all to the Amazon wher they can hug all the trees in the world and see how far they get.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:30 PM Maria wrote:
    Do you suppose there's some way the State Dept. could review his citizenship application and reject it based on his inherent character flaws and obvious severe mental deficiencies? He can go back to Britain; we have no use for him here. That is, if his home country would take him back...?
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  • 2/11/2009 4:32 PM JWeir wrote:
    Wow. this guy is a complete douche bag and if i met him i'd just have to say karma is a fucking bitch. both of them seem like the most out of touch with the world people i've ever seen. life coach? LOL!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:33 PM eric wrote:
    this guy is a royal wanker!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:33 PM Max wrote:
    This man is a peice of work. I am a retired Naval Aviator and to know how many years I defended and willingly risked My life almost every day for this country and for all in it makes Me 100% sick to My stomach knowing that this tool is one of them.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:33 PM AM wrote:
    Apparently, all the years of schooling and traveling did nothing to broaden this man's dense mind. As a person with a doctorate level education, I will be the first to tell you that education is not everything. It is your compassion for human kind as well as your acceptance and respect for everyone (and not just those with degrees or money) that matter the most and you don't need to go to college to learn that. These simple values are what this man needs to be teaching his children instead of making an a-- out of himself on national television. I truly believe that this man's unjustified lack of respect for this woman is a reflection of who he is inside and how he feels about himself. I bet that he has gone through all the "education", traveling and upscale social functions, to somehow to compensate for the empty person that he really is inside. I truly feel sorry that having had the fortune of experiencing all that he has or claims he has, he has learned absolutely nothing about life or the living. But, more than him I feel sorry and ashamed for his wife and poor children.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:38 PM Killroy wrote:
    He just says out loud what all the elitist, A-holes think. I knew a guy who wouldn't even look at you or shake your hand at the office. He would always say how many pay levels above people he was. He was a clown with a Harvard degree. What good is money if your kids hate you... and they will. As do most people. Oh, he is getting sued for some of his comments directed toward women in the office. Good for them.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:38 PM Jason Adair wrote:
    I would love a few minutes time with Mr. Fowler. Trust me, it wouldn't be a pleasant time for him.

    Fowler, you are a despicable example of a man, poor excuse of a father and the worst husband any woman to dare have. I truly feel sorry for your children with you as the example they have in their lives.

    I posted my name, please respond if you'd like to have an in person "friendly" conversation.

    You're trash Fowler. No matter how much is in your bank account, you're clearly lacking in brains, humility and common courtesy. I'd love the opportunity to teach them to you.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:38 PM wardrobemom wrote:
    thank you for your website....
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  • 2/11/2009 4:40 PM Matt wrote:
    I really do like the commentary that is being proudly displayed on this website. It very accurately portrays an individual that has no regard for human life, outside his measly existence. I was outraged at the network for broadcasting this show as I am an ex-Military Officer, and fought, and led Brave Soldiers in protection of our way of life. This individual definitley exhibits the dried arrogance of some English people. The fact is if we had not been there in World War 2 he and his bretheren would be speaking German today. The only reason they did not stay a conquered people is because the USA was stsnding by them in their time of need. I felt sick to my stomach as this peep-squeek insulted the USA, and that poor woman's lifestyle. I am a little dissapointed that her burly husband sat still as he openly insulted his wife in front of him. I can honestly say that if were me he would know very quickly what it is like to be a conquered people. Dissapointed from Texas.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:40 PM Howler wrote:
    Steven was angry at her. The reason, who knows? Maybe something off-camera. But if you've even watched the show, you would know things like this go on every time.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:41 PM erik wrote:
    If someone has done so already, contact the limited partners for his venture fund so they pull their cash out immediately. No one ever said venture capitalists were smart.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:42 PM showmemo. wrote:
    i wish he would come to mo. we will "show him" how people like him are treated. what i dick...saw the whole show that night. i got more "common sense ans street smarts" in my pinky finger than he has in is BIG head. people like him don't belong in US. GO BACK ACROSS THE POND YOU LIMEY FUCKER.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:44 PM Aimee wrote:
    GO TO YAHOO.COM

    FOWLER TAKES FRONT PAGE. PIC AND ALL.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:45 PM Seattlelite wrote:
    Your blog is mentioned with a link in the Yahoo article, which is now on the home page. Nicely done!

    Even if this guy were nice as can be, it is hilarious that he wore those t-shirts living in that huge carbon footprint he calls a house. And his wife is "certified" in all those things; by whom? Perhaps she meant to say that she is certifiable.

    Fowler himself probably had to leave Jolly Old England where they were ready to beat his scrawny pompous ass for being such a douche. He truly is an oxygen thief and the best thing he could do for the planet is to bury himself in the ground and be used for fertilizer.

    Everyone gets their 15 seconds of fame. Fowler got so much more and will live in infamy. Poor kids, but I hope dear old dad gets all deserves and then some.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:46 PM Richard wrote:
    Come on people, wise up. The contestants are TOLD to act like rude, obnoxious morons. This guy did an absolutely outstanding job! He did what he was paid to do, and it created a huge buzz. Maybe it created more of a buzz that the producers had wanted, but now this guy is taking a battering for doing what the show, AND the audience wanted to see. All these shows do the same thing, otherwise they would be BORING and not last long. Unfortunately, sometimes the audience reaction is a little worse than hoped for.
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    1. 2/12/2009 5:18 AM Karen wrote:
      Yes, I'm sure he excuted an Oscar worthy preformance. HE REALLY FEELS THAT WAY. wtf are u thinking?
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      1. 2/12/2009 10:03 AM Richard wrote:
        What I'm thinking is that you, and most Americans, are incredibly naive. This guy might be a dick in real life, but he simply behaved the way the shows producers wanted him to behave and paid him to behave. All these shows run on drama and this shitty show was in the toilet before his appearance. Now he's garnered massive public attention for the show and more importantly, the network, because SO MANY people get their panties in a bunch through not being able to recognize when they're being manipulated. ALL of these so-called reality programs, are scripted to some degree or the other.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:47 PM Barbwire7 wrote:
    To the person who asked "who else this gentlemen? may have offended", I add, "The entire human race".
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  • 2/11/2009 4:47 PM fkhim wrote:
    Nothing wrong with this idiot that could not be solved with a sniper rifle
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  • 2/11/2009 4:48 PM Tiffer wrote:
    Stephen sucked a$*! for u to be so iggnornat and closed minded. Your children will grow up to be just self centered as your are. Your wife is an idiot, with the lowest self esteem Ive ever seen in a women. You are a disgrace. DO us all a favor and get the f$*k out of MY country. GOD bless all the troops that risk their lives for me and my family and jacka$*es such as Stephen. f$*k off dude!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:48 PM Matt wrote:
    Mr. Fowler,

    Wow, 99.99%. That and a $1 will get you a crappy cup of coffee. As an active duty Army soldier, your best bet is to stay in that pathetic protected city of yours. By the way, I hold a Master's Degree and too scored well on the GRE. It's really not that hard, douchebag. If you would have bragged about the MCAT or LSAT, you might have gotten a little better response. Then again, probably not. Who gives a flying fuck what you scored on a test? I dream and pray for you to run into a veteran whom you offended and hope he pounds your broke dick looking ass into the ground. I would gladly do it but know that you would never attepmt to come to towns where the real working class Americans are striving to keep this country afloat. You have no fucking idea what it's like to serve a country that gives back so much to those who don't lift a finger in its defense. Every dog has his day, and yours is coming, trust me. I hope daughter marries a soldier, and your son a hard working girl next door from the south. Because that would be the end of your materialistic world. You are a sorry excuse for a citizen, and unfortunately you fucks in California and and the Northeast cannot see that YOU are the ones bringing this country down. You are just arrogant enough to think that you are good for this country. Everyone should be educated pricks with expensive cars and homes. Material things really tell a lot about a person, it shows what's important in life. All you need is a good old fashioned southern ass-whooping. And if you want to come on down to south Louisiana, I will show you the best southern hospitality beatdown your English ass has ever seen. I pray your wife's fake ass job tanks, and you go broke and have to send your kids to public school! Oh no, what a travesty that would be. So, from all the Armed Forces, FUCK YOU and stay aware of your surroundings, because there's a whole lot of us, but only one 150 pound, AIDS looking, crooked tooth having mother fucker like you.
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    1. 2/11/2009 5:17 PM J. Warmuth wrote:
      Well put!!! For me not being born in the US myself, but living here since 11 years, have difficulties to understand how can one completely ignore American values. I may not agree with everything, or even if I agree with anything, but it does not matter, we are guests here! We have chosen to live here. If Fowl, Fowler, or whatnot dislikes his presence here so much - Go home to you island! If one likes paint ball, pancakes, quads, etc. well let her, or them. If one calls the people in the south rednecks, hicks, stupid, well the only thing it shows is that they are an ignorant bunch of jerks. So the reason he came to the US is money, what a real value... You are right, he has no idea how to serve a country, or even his own, he ran, or in this case took a plane to get out of his country (where everything is better) to be here, sorry Fowly, you showed you are an idiot.

      BTW, I do have a master degree in engineering, and are able to enjoy a boat ride, snow-mobiling, drive an import car, but also have a V8 truck, like cold beer and German beer. I also served in the military, love my country and love the country I am living in right here in the south!
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    2. 2/11/2009 5:40 PM kat wrote:
      I spent most of my life in the Northeast and we wre not all like Mr.Fowler and those like him. my husband and I were always lower middle class to middle class. We raised 2 boys went into debt to help them through college. We remeber those days we lived paycheck to paycheck. No one should be blanketed with everyone else. I will never forget paying utilitiy bills the day before it was to be shut off (waiting for paycheck) I remember having the phone turned off while I was on it. But we got passed it today we are not living in the Northeast and are considered middle class. Yes we struggled and neither of us as of today have a 4 year degree. I have a 2 year. We don't judge anyone and our freinds are of many diffrent classes. Maybe its because our parents taught us that we should never look down or up on anyone. As for our life right now my husband is a blue collar worker (truck Driver) i am in middle management. We respect everyone who gives us the same respect. We may not always agree with decisions made by our government, but we would never want to live antwhere else. Mr Fowler needs to rethink his priorities.
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      1. 2/12/2009 3:52 PM Anonymous wrote:
        Kat,

        You're whats right with America. I don't want to see his name next to an outstanding American's like yours. Fuck Fowler. He deserves everything he is getting and everything that is coming.
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    3. 2/12/2009 7:23 AM BowlingIsHealthful wrote:
      Stephen Fowler is not FROM California, and most of the people here that suck are not FROM California either. I am a proud Californian, fourth generation born and raised. For the most part, you could not distinguish my blue-collar family from one of the Mid-West. It is the greedy white-collar yuppies from all over the US that are bringing this country down (and bringing CA down), not West-Coasters in general. For quite some time now, I've been of the mind that CA should close its EAST border and quit letting people from other states move here and ruin it. Coming and going for vacation is fine, but not to live. It's getting TOO CROWDED. The liberals, the yuppies, the people striving to be like yuppies, are almost always from somewhere else, and now they are giving my state a horrible name and ruining it's beauty! You want to be eco-conscious? Then quit moving here and building these ugly, monstrous housing tracts where a small farm house once stood, or a marsh, or a beautiful rolling hillside! Also, it'd be nice to go camping at the coast for once and not be surrounded by hiddeous Prius'. Don't you think the energy used making that brand new car cancels out what you save in gas?!? And what are you going to do with the battery once it's done? Do you think driving that thing gives you a free pass to do whatever the hell you want? Funny how you have that "Think Peace" bumper sticker and then drive like such an a-hole. And what are you doing living in such a huge house with only 4 people? How much energy does it use to heat all those rooms you don't even use?
      Phew, sorry. I could keep going on, as this all has been pent up for so long, but I've veered from the topic enough. Moral of the story: A TRUE Californian is NOTHING like this D-bag.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:49 PM Jimmy wrote:
    If this world ever went back to survival of the fittest he would be eaten alive.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:49 PM Jimbo wrote:
    You know, if you are going to bust on this Folwer dude (who is an arrogant jerk) you got to give some equal time to the Missouri Dad as well. I mean, he is arrogant in his own way. The absolute outrage that he expresses that his type 2 diabetes soon to be having children should have to go for a walk instead of driving an ATV or that "if snack cakes were unhealthy the EPA would have made them illegal"....its just as irritating.
    Both of these guys are 1) arrogant 2) absolutely convinced that they have the only correct way. They are BOTH A-holes in my book.
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    1. 2/12/2009 10:59 AM Linda wrote:
      But you got to give Mr. Long credit my friend. He was arrogant at the beginning and I was thinking to myself why can't we have something in the middle instead of these two extremes. But as time passed by, Mr. Long changed. He participated in housework and he worked with his family so the kids can get more education. I think the last part of the show stated it all. The Longs were willing to change for the better. The Fowlers were back to their old life and rejected all the thoughts they were offered. The Longs get all my respect and support, the Fowlers get my wish of having them move out of the US with revoked US citizenship!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:50 PM Tdog wrote:
    Are people for real? It is a FAKE TV show. He is getting paid to perform. I bet you are all the kind of people that boo and hiss at the villain in your soap operas when he does/says something mean.

    Unbelievable. You're mad at a fictional character.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:52 PM Jake Eastwood wrote:
    He gives the HUMAN RACE a bad name. I would rather have HITLER over for a BBQ than have lunch with that EUROTRASH asshole.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:52 PM JM wrote:
    If he is so smart why do something so stupid?
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  • 2/11/2009 4:53 PM danielle wrote:
    this guy is crealy ignorant. I do not know what he works for but he should be unemployed next week and fall back to level with America. He is untoleratable and my question to him. How do you look in the mirror knowing everyone in America Hates you? Even your wife and kids now im sure!! You owe her an apology SCUM BAG!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:54 PM brittaney wrote:
    me personally...im not interested in the show but this particular episode caught my eye. he is a complete jerk and an asshole...she should have whooped his ass!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:54 PM Robyn wrote:
    Being an overweight redneck myelf, I can honestly say that if I ever come in contact with this bloddy limey who thinks he is better than everyone, watch out mister, cuz you ain't seen nothin yet. I feel sorry for you and for your wife, but more for your kids and the people who have to deal with you, and your poor parwnts, who are probably now in seclusion. You should be ashamed of yourself treating people the way you do, you pompis ass. And I certainly hope that you ar NOT a US citizen. We don't want your kind here. Take your limey ass and go back to Brittain where they can deal with your holier than tho attitude.
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  • 2/11/2009 4:57 PM Ravshan wrote:
    Fowler, I hope Immigration Naturalization Service deports you back to where you came from. You disgust American people. You are not part of this country. You don't deserve to be a US citizen. You need to leave.

    Citizens of free world- Fowler must leave this country.

    Please join if you agree!
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  • 2/11/2009 4:59 PM Sweet Image wrote:
    I find this creep to be one of the worst examples of a human being I have seen on television in many years...GO BACK to your native country, the likes of you aren't wanted or needed here..Americans are noted for their compassion and feeling...you obviously have neither..I pity your wife, and most especially your poor kids...they deserve more....just about anything would be more than you--pity the show didn't toss you when they could have instead of letting your slime air.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:01 PM Amanda wrote:
    This Stephen Fowler has no right to criticize Americans or the people who serve our country in the military. If it weren't for those people who are serving in our military he wouldn't have a safe environment or home life to brag about. As for "Podunk town in Missouri" I am from Missouri and at least we don't live in the gay capital of the world and raising our children in it.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:02 PM JIM wrote:
    What a waste! You people have nothing better to do? No wonder this country is going to HELL!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:02 PM Anonymous wrote:
    Stephen Fowler why are you even in this country. You became a citizen to help us? And you scored in the top 99.99th percentile of some test on your intelligence. HA! i highly doubt that, you don't deserve to exist. I also like how yous sit here and mock america, but may i remind you that we saved Europe in WWI and WWII. Wasn't AMerica that loaned at least a third of Europe's countries millions even billions of dollars. And i do believe we loand England the most. I can't believe you pompous asshole. I fully understand how one may feel more superior than another but to completely and utterly taunt and degrade someone when they have done absolutely nothing to you. Obviously you learned no respect or tolerence growing up. And for a high school student to say this to you means alot. So take yourself your brain washed wife and shove it up uyour ass you dumb fucking asshole. I really hope your kids do better than you or your wife ever do. Because when they look back they'll resent you and hopefully throw both your asses to the street. FUCK you!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:03 PM Leslie Johnson wrote:
    It's heartening to know that viewers are not hardened to the likes of such a despicable creature. The saddest part of all is he's a father! Yikes, I hope for the sake of the children, they will not follow in his footsteps.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:04 PM Loves wrote:
    I don't watch "reality" tv, I have enough reality in my every day life but I saw this on the news & I have to comment.. I have served MY country, my future husband has been in the U.S. Army for 17 years, he leaves home for more than a year at a time, goes days without sleep, the man has been through hell for this country & it's people (loose use of the term) like you who make me want to vomit. You bash the very same men & women who make it possible for you to exercise the right to run your mouth.. so do America a favor, board the next plane back to England because we do not want you here.. You do not deserve to be in MY country .. you can have all the money in the world Mr. Fowler but you would never be worthy enough to dust the sand off my man's boots !!! Hooah!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:05 PM wendy wrote:
    ok, well he insults people to meke him feel better but i make more money then he does in a week, so please shut up! because your waistin time
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  • 2/11/2009 5:07 PM Guesst wrote:
    Isn't it interesting that Foul-er is hooked up with a company that makes its money from uneducated poor?

    Exploitating the underclass, so his children can attend an expensive, exclusive school--how chic.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:08 PM Julie wrote:
    I'm an American teaching English in South Korea. I have British friends and I can say that this guy would be hated by his own people! He is NOT the quintessential Brit. Most Brits that I know are laid back, live and let live types of people. He's just self-righteous and has a lot to learn about humility. I'm not into paint ball, but I think it sounds like fun and I'd be willing to try it. This man thinks that he is the barameter of perfection in the universe and anyone else's ideas are irrelevant! He wouldn't be my choice of husband, that's for sure!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:09 PM KC wrote:
    The man was completely offensive. He had absolutely no reason … much less a right - to treat Gayla in such a cruel and demeaning manner. He was even more outrageous to me – being a CITIZEN of the United States, speaking like he did of our military men and women. He certainly re-emphasized my feeling that in order to become a citizen – you should have to serve in our military = in order to enjoy our freedoms.
    I do not care how much he publishes apologies or what – he is a small minded, completely contemptuous, callous and self serving SOB. What he said were not slips of the tongue – each and every comment was an intentional verbal assault, with the direct intention of inflicting as much shock, humiliation and pain as he could.
    My heart went out to Gayla with each breath that sick man drew. SHE is a far better person than he could EVER BE.
    God only knows how he treats his wife and kids.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:10 PM Kellie Anne wrote:
    I cannot help but think of President Jefferson and what became known as "The Merry Affair" as I am reading this.

    I especially think of this when reading the new adjective associated with his name "Fowler"

    "The Fowler Affair" could certainly be an international affair, just as the Merry Affair but this time I doubt it will achieve the international bru-haha of that by My Jefferson and his associate V.P Madison.

    UMMM... The Fowler Affair.... it just rolls off your tongue.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:12 PM Michael wrote:
    Be careful folks, as Mr. Stephen Fowler has PLANTED/posted several websites loaded with Trojan Horeses and other lovely viruses. SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN GOOGLING HIS NAME! Make sure that the site is safe before opening it.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:13 PM April wrote:
    Comming from a "Podunk" town in "MidWest America" and a "High School education" I have never been so pissed before. Who the hell does this Brittish Asshole think he is? Is he so unhappy with his only life that he has to rip other people apart in order for him to feel like a man? I come from a "Low-class Family" and had a wonderful childhood. I went to public school in Arkansas, and then went to college. I graduated Nursing School in 2003. I am a single mother and an RN who supports my daughter all own my own. All thanks to this "podunk town" and its "redneck education". I have no clue how this man has not had the shit beat out of him. His wife, how the HELL does she live with him? I would have died, if my husband acted the way he did on nation television. I feel the sorriest though for the children. They will never know any different.
    I have always been proud to be from America, and I have always been proud to be from the south. Am I a redneck? Hell yea!! Im a 5'8, 134 lbs, redneck who loves to go ridding 4 wheelers, goin mudding (thats where you are either in a truck or on an ATV and go off driving through hugh mud puddles, just incase Mr. Fowler doesnt understand that whith his 158IQ)fishing, going to the lake, going to bonfires, and drinking beer. So hell yea, I am a redneck and I am DAMN PROUD of it. For him to sit there and put down thousands of people is just crazy. I try to understand, but I just cant. I give some MAJOR KUDDOS to the poor "redneck" woman that had to go stay with this family. How you didnt beat the shit out of him, and go all crazy white girl on him, I will never know!!!!! KUDDOS HUNNIE!!!! Mr. Fowler, if you are so unhappy here, nothing is good enough for you and your family, just go back to England. Would that solve everything and make you happy? If not, who care, atleast you be out of America, the land that you hate so much.....
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  • 2/11/2009 5:14 PM Eric wrote:
    It's obvious that this little nerd was picked on his whole life and has chosen women and children to take out his revenge towards society. He most likely was touched by a creepy uncle, which would explain his overuse of the word redneck, plus it would explain why he himself looks so much like a child molester. It is also obvious he is still a virgin because who would sleep with a guy who looks and talks like that. Also, if he wants his kids to be french, why don't they move to france and wait for another war so they can come beg us for help again?
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  • 2/11/2009 5:14 PM Nora wrote:
    as a veteran of the US ARMY, i was so enraged by this ignorant man. I believe that if a person is not proud to be American, that person should go elsewhere. he looks to be the ignorant person by putting down a woman in that matter.my husband and i are both from hispanic backgrounds and veterans;we are proud to be American.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:14 PM AARON wrote:
    Pompous individuals like you hide behind there money thinking it has power. The first mistake you made was being British in America...didn't the Revolutionary War teach you blokes anything? Your second mistake is having your children learn French. The French cannot defend. If it was not for blue collar Americans to defend your turf and that of the French you would be speaking German. Having character and moral fiber is what is taught in America's schools, public or private. Advantaged children have and advantage but unpriveleged have a chance. Children that make something out of nothing have a story to tell. Children that have everything given to them and that hide behind there wealth are best described as "help less". What would a man do without money and power. The Army's moto is: This well defend; we have been Independent for 233 strong years. God Bless the U.S.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:15 PM Sarah W wrote:
    I think the guy does genuinely care for the U.S. and felt that lady somehow was adding to our downfall. Attacking her was NOT the way to go about bringing change. He has delusions of grandeur and hopefully the public will bring him down a couple notches.
    Having a high IQ does not make him better than anyone and obviously his brain power took away for him compassion for humankind. Shame on him!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:15 PM Gavin Newsom wrote:
    Useful Information if you would like:

    Stephen Fowler
    Please contact and voice your "over opinion" as he so delicately put it.

    TEL: x415.648.4811 (office)
    x415.648.0808 (cell)

    EMAIL:
    stephenfowler@yahoo.com (personal)
    sfowler@terranovabio.com (work)
    work:
    Terranova Bioenergy
    900 Larkspur Landing Circle,#205
    Larkspur. CA 94939
    Stephen Fowler has more than twenty years of experience in a variety of sectors including private equity, strategy consulting and energy development.
    Previously Fowler was the founder of BoardSeat, a San Francisco-based strategy consulting firm. Before this, Fowler was a General Partner with Aspen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley and before that a Senior Vice President with Berkeley International Capital, a later-stage venture fund based in San Francisco. Previously, Fowler was CEO of Chubb Parsi, an engineering firm based in Barcelona, Spain.
    He has served on a number of corporate boards and currently serves as Chairman of ForestEthics, a San Francisco-based nonprofit environmental group, and Treasurer and Secretary of Pacific Environment, an international nonprofit environmental group.
    Fowler holds graduate degrees from Cambridge University and London Business School. He is married with two children and resides in San Francisco. He speaks fluent Spanish and passable French.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:16 PM HUGGY wrote:
    I TOO WATCHED THIS SHOW, I LIKE THE SHOW FOR A LOT OF REASONS. BUT THIS EPISODE WAS HORRIBLE!!! WHAT KIND OF MALE CAN CALL HIMSELF A MAN & A GOOD FATHER AFTER BEHAVING THIS WAY WITH A WOMAN?
    THIS MAN FELT HE IS OR WAS BETTER THEN EVERYONE ELSE, NOT JUST THE WOMAN THAT WAS ON THE SHOW...BUT EVERYONE!!!
    HE DEGRADED THIS WOMAN IN FRONT OF HIS CHILDREN...TO THINK THIS IS HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED TO ACT WHEN THEY GROW UP. I REALLY PRAY FOR HIS CHILDREN, EVEN MANSON HAD TO BE A BETTER FATHER THEN THIS MAN HERE!!!
    HOW COULD YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF OR LOVE YOURSELF & TREAT OTHERS AS HE DID? I WAS APPALLED BY HIM & HIS WIFE'S BEHAVIOR. I FEEL HE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY HE IS FROM WHERE I AM SURE HE IS NOT ALONE IN HIS THOUGHTS & ACTIONS. & YES HIS WIFE IS RIGHT HE NEEDS SOME HELP!!! A LOT OF HELP. & I PRAY HE GETS IT FOR HIS KIDS SAKE!!!
    GOOD LUCK WITH THAT...TO THE ARROGANT MAN THAT HE IS!!! "BLKIRISHQUEEN"
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  • 2/11/2009 5:18 PM Daniel wrote:
    Just a thought, after the help your wife wants you to get, how about singing the National Anthem on the way to the air port for the flight back to your homeland or the rock your educated ass came from. People like you need not be in my country and I am sure I do not want you here either. Please do us all a favor move back to Great Britain.
    You acted like a total ass and did not follow the rules, it was just a week but you could not stand to see your children have fun for they may have turned against your way of life.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:19 PM Puanani Ray wrote:
    It saddened me to watch this episode and think that someone like him exists. He needs to go to confession, commit himself for psychiatric care, rewind, and learn to love, forgive, be humble, and move forward. Mr. Fowler, I'll pray for you. There is a power much stronger than you.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:19 PM Texan wrote:
    Mr. Fowler, you are a shining example of everything an "educated man" shouldn't be. Your self-centered, arrogant, and tactless comments are more than enough evidence that for all your "intelligence", you are nothing more than a mindless twit. Anyone, with any sort of brain function whatsoever, can at LEAST treat another human with common decency and respect. Your arrogance can, and apparently already has been your downfall. I wish you nothing but the worst.

    Just to piss you off, I'm a military member from Texas who drives a V8 car, and has nothing more than a high school education. Somehow though, I feel I'm a hell of a lot smarter than you.

    Carson Armstrong Cook (by all means, Mr. Fowler, look me up)
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  • 2/11/2009 5:19 PM sirius wrote:
    I don't watch this show but read about this character online. Truly a horrid troll and very dissatisfied in his life. I sympathize with his children and his wife seems to be verbally abused and lord knows what else. He's hideous and disgusting to look at. His words meant nothing because he is nothing I.Q./education/status etc. Whomever employs this character needs to send it back to England asap. Like yesterday. But I'm betting his own country don't want his sorry u-know-what back.
    LOSER GO HOME!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:19 PM Maggie wrote:
    Usefulness of French?

    I am assuming whoever wrote that lives in California or the southwest. If you have been to the east coast and any other very educated part of the country, MANY people know French. I am also assuming you think Spanish is useful since we have so many immigrants who have not learned English and it is helpful to know their language. Have you ever considered that our friendly neighbors up north, speak...French!?

    Also, people send their children to private schools not just because they can properly learn another language because they are better! I am sure you could try to rant for hours and hours on how this sounds snobbish, but sorry, private schools are better. They attract the best teachers and typically get prepare their students for the best colleges. I can bet you if you had a lot of money, you would want your child to get the best education you could afford.

    However, it is very simple minded of you to think that just because public schools are free and have lots of immigrants, they are better.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:20 PM larry wrote:
    this little guy is a is a joke to the human race
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  • 2/11/2009 5:20 PM mike wrote:
    This guy is just a french fried faggot (french is intentonally not capitalized). I would like to get this pussy alone behind the barracks and show him how American Army combatives training would give him just the attutude adjustment he needs.
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    1. 2/11/2009 5:25 PM Jenessa wrote:
      Wow, Mike. You make people like Fowler look down on low class trash like you. Did you really just call him a french faggot?
      Wow. You sound really educated. If you are in the army, you just gave them an even worse name.
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    2. 2/11/2009 5:28 PM Jenessa wrote:
      Wow, Mike. You make people like Fowler (and millions of others) look down on low class people like you. Did you really just call him a "french faggot?"
      Wow. You sound really educated . If you are in the army, you just gave them an even worse name.
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      1. 2/20/2009 8:50 PM Dena wrote:
        Hey Jenessa
        When Mr. Slimey Limey Fowler gets run out of this great country, why don't you pack your bags and take your sorry ass with him??
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  • 2/11/2009 5:23 PM Ju Ju Eyeball wrote:
    Gee, how great are the English?

    1. Went to war to force the Chinese to buy their opium.
    2. Is responsible for the entire Middle East problem because of the way they partitioned it after World War One.
    3. Lost the American Revolutionary War, and they were fighting a bunch of rednecks.
    4. Needed to be bailed out of 2 World Wars.

    England is NOT better than America!
    And Steve, you may have a lot of money, and a great education, but you are an uncouth, rude, ill-mannered boorish jerk. All your money and education will never make you someone that is better than me. Please return to your country of origin. We do not want you here.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:23 PM pamela wrote:
    Wife swap is one of my favorite shows. However, after seeing the episode with Stephen Fowler I became angry and decided that maybe I had seen enough reality t.v. to last me for a while. What a PIG! I have a nephew who left his pregnant wife and 2 year old daughter to defend our great nation. He needs a reality check, and his butt kicked redneck style.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:23 PM Phillip wrote:
    Who in the HELL CARES?! Everyone has their own opinions and it is free will to express them. I know for a fact that so much worse has been said on TV. Seriously, it made for a great episode and I thought it was hilarious.

    Basically, people just need to get a life. What about all the religious nutheads who think that they can convert people all the time? It seems like the crusades all over again.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:24 PM Ravinia wrote:
    You would think some paint balling, ATVing Mom could kick this guy's ass. How did this happen? My only conclusion can be that it was all some fake reality TV setup.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:27 PM jeff wrote:
    cancer to your ball mister fowler as we say in french '' Mange ta merde sale con''
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  • 2/11/2009 5:27 PM dawn wrote:
    This jackass and his wife both knocked the United States. If you don't Love it Get the ____ out!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:27 PM I'm like Fowler wrote:
    I'm like Fowler in many ways. I avoided the military. I love the urban scene with its theater, museums, and more globally minded view of the world.

    At the same time, I have admiration and respect for our armed forces volunteers, for the primary reason that if they didn't volunteer, I would have been sent-- front and center. I'd like to think that I would fight hard and die a good warrior death, if that's how it panned out. Fowler doesn't think about the cost of democracy and the cost of his comfortable, pseudo-intellectual views. He's a petty, hateful, elitist; and has a delusion of grandeur that stands on fragile, hypocritical legs. I would be less afraid of the enemy than I would be sharing a fox-hole with Fowler.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:27 PM Mechelle wrote:
    This comes from an educated female American. Has anyone stopped to think that this pompous, narcissist, IGNORANT ass had to leave his "home country?" Seriously - who wants him? I know we certainly do not want his spineless, unfortunate-to-have-been-born-on-America-soil-because-nobody-asked-her sorry human being wife. Hey, who knows? Maybe they are creating the next Roger Waters....the cold british way of life and soulless mother did do wonders for the musician, didn't they? Look, America, maybe we should consider building that fence around the Fowler house....or let his sorry hide secede from the Union and fend for himself. He moved to America to have more of a voice. Maybe he is exactly what bloody old England is afraid of.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:29 PM jonathan goncher wrote:
    he is really mean
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  • 2/11/2009 5:30 PM Joseph wrote:
    Mr. Fowler is a disgusting pig. As a native and 3rd generation San Franciscan I'm so sad someone like this lives in my city. They must have kicked this asshole out of Europe and unfortunately he landed in S.F.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:30 PM Mechelle wrote:
    This comes from an educated female American. Has anyone stopped to think that this pompous, narcissist, IGNORANT ass had to leave his "home country?" Seriously - who wants him? I know we certainly do not want his spineless, unfortunate-to-have-been-born-on-American-soil-because-nobody-asked-her sorry human being wife. Hey, who knows? Maybe they are creating the next Roger Waters....the cold british way of life and soulless mother did do wonders for the musician, didn't they? Look, America, maybe we should consider building that fence around the Fowler house....or let his sorry hide secede from the Union and fend for himself. He moved to America to have more of a voice. Maybe he is exactly what bloody old England is afraid of.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:30 PM Mark wrote:
    Unbelievable...This Steven Fowler guy is just the biggest @sshole I have ever seen. It just goes to show you that educated doesn't equate to good manners. The best part was him refusing to take a college entrance exam...the Missouri gal from the "Show Me" State called his bluff in perfect form. So much for her being a bumpkin...pretty clever if you ask me!!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:33 PM Abby wrote:
    I didn't see this episode on T.V., but I did read a Yahoo! article explaining the public outrage.

    I am actually from Northern Missouri, and so I take his comments a bit personally. This man displays a strong prejudice against those who are different from him and I can't imagine how much his children resent him. If not now, then they will eventually.

    It never ceases to amaze me how humans can be so critical of each other without offering a second thought on the matter. This boy (I call him boy because of his maturity level) must be so insecure inside. To judge another on such trivial things, such as region or appearance, truly shows the mental instability in one's head.

    This guy should seek counseling. Because of his poor decisions, he will face the consequences and his entire family will suffer from them.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:33 PM tootsie wrote:
    As I Midwestern, obese, college educated woman I say thank you to Fowler for showing us rednecks what a "real" pompous ass looks like! I would say go home to London but they would turn you away for the embarrassment you've caused them.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:33 PM Aimee wrote:
    This was the most hateful thing I have ever watched. I wonder about Stphen's wife too- my grandmother always said "you are the company you keep". I would be ashamed to have any association with this man. He has zero tollerance for anyone, why would he agree to be on the show? Maybe to shock us? Well done, you are a small minded biggot.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:34 PM Chele wrote:
    He is the ridiculous excuse for a human being I have ever seen! He just needs to go back to England! My redneck, paintball loving, middle-income, fast food loving, AIRBORNE ARMY 19 year old son does NOT need to defend this piece of trash!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:34 PM onigigi wrote:
    The country is falling apart economically,our values have become a joke and you people are viewing realty television and espousing your moral superiority over this tactless amoral legal alien?Anyone hear the line before you can remove the splinter from someones eye you must remove the log from your own eye?I've never seen the program nor will i in the future.The reason why our country is in the position it's in right now is our disassociation from true realty.The media is dictating our perception of what"reality"is.It's time for we as a nation to finally truly awaken
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  • 2/11/2009 5:36 PM John wrote:
    This Fowler guy is pathetic to say the least. What a Douche !!! If he offends pretty much anything that is American, he can send hi dumbass back to wherever he came from !!! If i see this guy crossing the street, I would go as far as stealing the biggest vehicle i can find and run his ass over and over and over !
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  • 2/11/2009 5:37 PM Johnndee wrote:
    And she is a life coach???. Well her team is losing!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:38 PM Frank wrote:
    As a San Franciscan I am sincerely ashamed to have Mr.Fowler live in my city(although I by no means believe in collective guilt).He is eloquent proof of the hyprocrisy of the left,that has it's "humanistic" agenda,but no true respect for tolerance,decency the non elite mainstream.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:39 PM Michael Richardson wrote:
    I would like to point out that Fowler here is beneeth Prince Harry who among the rest of is family is above the Fowlers in status and have a long proud history of serving in the military.

    Stephen, if you love my country teach your kids the National Anthem and go home. We don't want you here. Enjoy the peace you sleep in that I Provide. Marines are on duty 24/7 just wishing that we were turned loose on over opinionated arrogance. You seen to fit the bill, so why don't you use some of your position in life to petition San Fran to allow us to truly secure our perimiter. I appologize, a third class citizen such as yourself has nothing worth saying.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:39 PM Dirk Digler wrote:
    I think this limy scum bag forgets that if it were not for the po dunk people in middle America that him and his kind would be goose stepping and speaking German at this time.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:39 PM Martine wrote:
    I am one on the list he offended. More than you think. I am a french born, so excuse my bad english, I am married to a military officer. He has 2 master degrees form really good schools in the US. HE has a PE licence and he probably has he higher IQ than this moron. I teach french in a private international school oversea and we just moved from the bay area. I was looking for school in the bay area 3 years ago when we moved there,I looked at that school, even military people can afford it, the price they said isn't real, but the school wasn't that good anyway! so our kids went to public school and learned french at home( we only talk in french at home) I didn't see the show, but you know what, don't get too offended he may need to get a job in the military soon if the economy stay this way then he will be sorry, you need idiot like that to make the reast of us feel good, I am not offended, I see him as a looser a moron and we need those idiots to make us feel better about ourself like we say in french" gros epais, va te cacher dans ton trou" get your "frenchy" kids to translate that one Mr Fowler!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:40 PM AJ wrote:
    I watched the "Wife Swap" with the Fowler's and felt so sorry for Gayla. She bravely tried to fight back but the boy of a man Stephen was such a creep. I admired the Brits for sticking with us after 9-11 and am positive the U.K. is disgusted with Stephen as we all are here in the U.S.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:40 PM Frank wrote:
    What is sad is that I am an native San Franciscan, and the ultra environmentalist elitist RICH left acts like this all the time in San Francisco. Wow, they sure picked a doozy when the producers picked THIS LOSER. But sadly he is indicative of his fellow elitist pals in the City by the Bay. Though I was born in San Francisco, I don' recognize the city any more. Too many idiots like this poison the City's once good name.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:41 PM Alistair wrote:
    Fowler is a petty arriviste. He deserves all the criticism he's getting.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:41 PM kelly wrote:
    first i want to say i'm from the south and dam proud. i am also married to a soldier in the US army, who has been deployed 4 times in less than 6 years. perhaps you sound smart or talk with that snotty accent, but i promise you could never mentally endure what my husband, brother, father and grandfather have lived through as soldiers, serving in every war since WWII. you could never be a soldier, you would cry and beg for mommy in less than 24 hours. its a shame my family has sacraficed so much for someone like you. also you wife is a fake. what the hell is a "certified life coach?" i am a mother which automatically makes me a "certified life coach." i just don't walk around making up titles for myself, trying to take other people's money for it. if i saw a lady jumping around a room "releasing energy," i'd call her COO COO for COCO PUFFS. the lady from missouri acted with more class and dignity than either you or your weirdo wife. i also think being on a reality show is stupid, and it seems that someone who believes themselves to be so elite would scoff the idea as well. if this country is so po-dunk and simple for you, get the hell out. i believe you came on your own free will, so then why do you stay? your a wimp and a loser. i could not have been your wife swap, cuz i'd of slap the taste out your mouth. yea like i said i'm from the south and AMERICA. the country you choose to stay and live in - asshole.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:44 PM ex military wrote:
    You can suck my ex military dick you little faggot , worthless limey fuck
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  • 2/11/2009 5:44 PM Andrew T. wrote:
    Having a 150+ IQ and a fat bank account doesn't mean you have class.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:45 PM John Doe wrote:
    SUPER ASSWHOLE! He will probly go to hell. And more than likley real soon.

    I heard that he was a homosexual and sucked male penis. I'm sure it's true. Bastard ass fag.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:47 PM JohnnyX350 wrote:
    I believe this guy just wanted attention has a disturbing upbringing from childhood. I pity him.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:49 PM angela wrote:
    I wonder if Stephen Fowler is aware that Jessica Simpson's IQ is higher than his?
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  • 2/11/2009 5:49 PM Frank wrote:
    This guy needs a good old fashioned ass whoppin! Makes me sad, makes me wonder why God would allow a man like this to live such a great well at least a life of Money. A life without a lot of the struggles and worries other people have or face on a daily basis. Makes me wonder why God has not taken it all away from him. What a loser this guy is
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  • 2/11/2009 5:50 PM AJ wrote:
    I watched the "Wife Swap" with the Fowler's and felt so sorry for Gayla. She bravely tried to fight back but the boy of a man Stephen was such a creep. To bad Renee wasn't born in Afghanistan.

    I admired the Brits for sticking with us after 9-11 and am positive the U.K. is disgusted with Stephen as we all are here in the U.S.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:50 PM Patty wrote:
    Obviously Mr. Fowler is a very frightened and insecure person.Otherwise he would have allowed another persons opinion in and not ran and hid to protect himself. His wife was obviously embarrassed to find out how he treated the other wife.By the way Mr. Fowler,my husbands IQ is 197.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:51 PM Rory wrote:
    What's it like to be offended at someone from a television show?
    Which channel does you'r babysitter live on? And how many of you are fat lazy idiot americans who have nothing better to do but waste time talking about what happend on REALITY TELEVISION! I hope you all suffer a heart attack at exactly the same moment, so I can pin point the moment America became a better, smarter, happier and less fat place to live.
    Go F*@k yourselves, you pieces of Sh*t.
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    1. 2/11/2009 7:25 PM Unsilent Majority wrote:
      Hey Rory I hope that you get off a plane and your family is greeting you as you come down the steps getting off the plane and the engine sucks you in and blows your guts and blood all over them. Moron, way to make fun of people for watching tv and commenting on it. Which is exactly what you did.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:51 PM Gone to the donut hole wrote:
    You all are much too hard on Mr. Fowler...

    I spent 20 years living in San Francisco, involved in a host of business and community affairs at several levels.

    What you heard from Mr. Fowler was simple the public verbalizing of what a very large majority (70%+) of San Franciscans think of themselves and of those who are not "smart" or "lucky" enough to be themselves.

    The haughty, superior-minded, anti-American, anti-military hate-filled vitriol that Mr. Fowler filled the airwaves with is exactly how most San Franciscans speak when they think they are amongst their own. It is in their daily conversations.

    This poor guy got caught on tape, that's all. He probably still can't figure it how anyone can disagree with him.

    Can a liberal be called "out of touch?"
    Naw.
    Impossible.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:51 PM belcher wrote:
    Your little bony ... Needs to back where ever you came from ...You piece of S..t
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  • 2/11/2009 5:51 PM Dawn wrote:
    OMG who the hell does this man think he is? He is an ASS.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:53 PM tom wrote:
    loooooooooooser
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  • 2/11/2009 5:54 PM Mary_Florida - its a Southern State Mr. Fowler! wrote:
    Stephen Fowlers wife is just as bad as he is, she made rude insensitive remarks and her behavior is just like his, watch her behavior, she hides in shame but does not speak up to him, shes a follower not a leader like she wants everyone to believe. Both Stephen and his wife are similar. Both share the beliefs that Stephen spat out. How could anyone believe and follow these two jerks, I feel sorry for the women who believed in Mrs. Fowler. I hope they seek out someone who cares about them. Mr. Fowlers employers will hopefully hire a Midwestern person to replace the ass or send him to the Midwest. maybe they will save their reputation for hiring such a dumb ass. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler should loose their wealth, home and be cast right smack in the middle of the US and struggle to get somewhere like the rest of us working Americans. in todays economy Mr. Fowler you cannot take advantage of Americans anymore, they see you as you are. Can you imagine Mrs. Fowler working as a waitress serving apple pie and hot dogs? or Mr. Fowler as a gas station attendant? WOW - what asses! I guess their AMERICAN DREAM just ended. whose to blame? they are. Send the Fowlers someplace, but not America, not sure of where they would fit in anymore since they dislike so much.
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    1. 2/11/2009 6:11 PM pacificdove63 wrote:
      like they say, IGNORANCE and RACISTS begin at home. Those poor children are going to grow up like their parents. WHAT A SHAME......
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  • 2/11/2009 5:54 PM lobby wrote:
    Gavin Newsom wrote:
    Useful Information if you would like:

    Stephen Fowler
    Please contact and voice your "over opinion" as he so delicately put it.

    TEL: x415.648.4811 (office)
    x415.648.0808 (cell)

    EMAIL:
    stephenfowler@yahoo.com (personal)
    sfowler@terranovabio.com (work)
    work:
    Terranova Bioenergy
    900 Larkspur Landing Circle,#205
    Larkspur. CA 94939

    Stephen Fowler has more than twenty years of experience in a variety of sectors including private equity, strategy consulting and energy development.
    Previously Fowler was the founder of BoardSeat, a San Francisco-based strategy consulting firm. Before this, Fowler was a General Partner with Aspen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley and before that a Senior Vice President with Berkeley International Capital, a later-stage venture fund based in San Francisco. Previously, Fowler was CEO of Chubb Parsi, an engineering firm based in Barcelona, Spain.

    He has served on a number of corporate boards and currently serves as Chairman of ForestEthics, a San Francisco-based nonprofit environmental group, and Treasurer and Secretary of Pacific Environment, an international nonprofit environmental group.

    Fowler holds graduate degrees from Cambridge University and London Business School. He is married with two children and resides in San Francisco. He speaks fluent Spanish and passable French.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:54 PM Sean wrote:
    Being of Irish descent, I know all too well the extreme arrogance and ruthlessly cold snobbery of the British. From personal experience of having co-workers who were from Britain, I can say that they are the most self-righteous arrogant bastards in the world, and often it is without justification or foundation. Their hygeine leaves much to be desired, and I would guess they only bathe one every 3 or 4 days. Dental hygeine is atrocious, and until I met a Pommie I thought green teeth was just an exaggeration. The only redeeming quality any British native has is that they make good test subjects for IRA weapons and bombs. By the way, I hear the queen loves buggery!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:55 PM Scott Riley wrote:
    Why didn't the husband reach across the table and punch Stephan in the face. Stephan probably would not have gotten out two words before I beat him bloody if that was my wife he was talking too. The money that show paid would not have been enough to stop the average husband from breaking Stephan's head wide open. I am very disappointed in the husband but I have to respect the fact that he ulitized a ton of restrain. My hat is off to the husband. If the husband ever reads this, your wife is a great lady and represents people that live and love this country well. She is absolutely a class act in my book.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:56 PM Terry Yaki wrote:
    I must admit that I did not watch the show, just the highlights on YouTube. In my opinion, he is by far the biggest ass I have seen or heard in decades. For someone who is supposedly educated, he has a surprisingly small mind.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:56 PM Jeff wrote:
    I really dont have a problem with Stephen maybe because he has seen what i have in these reality shows a case of misconseptions that the women is God when it come to children and that is shown all the time in thee reality show but in reality its not true. The most common fact is opposite what you see on television. The Dad is in fact the nurturing , caring , and comfort providing parent and the network t.v stations don't have the guts to show the truth for fear of retrobution from all the men hating women out there and there are plenty to go around. Long story short i raised my own children as a stay at home dad and i am sick of the reality show portrayals of dads not to mention t.v. commercials , movies news interviews you name it. when it comes to the media the dad is portrayed as a second class citizen or a walking wallet for that matter. I for one am sick of it.A mother is shown countless
    times in movies and commercials kissing and hugging a child while the dad never
    is given this moment of closeness with a child. there is seriously something wrong when a society behaves the way this one does in these respects. Plain and simply, it's discusting.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:57 PM delilah wrote:
    what annoys me the must about stephen fowler is that we is always making himself seem as though he knows about the whole world, but he obviously doesn't as he showed in this episode of wife swap. one, if you are a so called "smart educated person" you don't need to show it off to person, you can tell a truely intelligent person from a regular person because they don't have to brag about how smart they are, people know from their actions. Mr. Fowlers actions do not show me he is smart and educated, it shows me he is stuck up and a jerk. He could careless about hurting peoples feelings so what makes me think that he cares about the enviroment. Mrs. Fowlers actions too also suggested the same thing as she laughed at his comments towards Gayla. I would like to comment Gayla on how well she reacted to what Stepten had to say. What also annoys me is the fact that both Stephen and Renee could survive with out a housemaid. Wow, you guys are deffinatly "educated" because i know 11 years old that know how to use a washer. oh and Bill Gates, Lance Armstrong, Alexander Gram bell, Thomas Edison, etc are dumb Americans because that is basically what you said during wifeswap. Worldly people do not judge people by what they look like or their education they judge by who they are and their heart, but in the end Mr. Fowler us American are not being hurt by this, so next time i would consider watching what you saying about the people you work for one t.v.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:58 PM Bill wrote:
    Hello Mr. Dickhead of the year!!!! or should i say LIFETIME!!!!!You need to pack your shit(like what comes out of your mind and mouth)up and take a one way flight to IRAN,Pakistan (with the Taliban & Bin laden),North Korea,ETC... with the rest of the worlds freaks who are harmful to people and the good of society period.You don't fit in San francisco and parts of its peoples screwed up beliefs,ideas,etc.....Hell Nancey Pelosi is so far to the left and screwed up and yet she has morals, values,loves children,family,her country ,but you don't even belong in the good old USA either. I am a successful businessman,father ,a patriotic countryman that supports the American way of life,values,morals,and how our country was founded!!!!!!! Sir, you need to take your screwed up ,illogical,stinky piece of shit ass and go straight to wherever!!!.... Myself, my fellow countrymen,soldiers serving and have served our great country, and 99.9% of people agree you are a disgrace and need to go the fuck away!!!!!!
    P.S. Leave your children here,we will show them what love is all about!!!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 5:58 PM patrick wrote:
    Call Americans names if you like, but maybe you should move. If I see your all too famous face in public, you're wealthy schooling will be a waste. You can "help" us if you're in a coma.
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  • 2/11/2009 5:58 PM Tina wrote:
    I usually watch this show, but must've missed this doozy. I can ONLY imagine this guy's behavior.....we live in the foothills above Sacramento and ALL kinds of RUDE San Francisco Bay area type people have moved here, and display the same sort of "I'm better than you" kind of attitude here. It has totally ruined the friendly atmosphere here.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:00 PM delilah wrote:
    what annoys me the must about stephen fowler is that we is always making himself seem as though he knows about the whole world, but he obviously doesn't as he showed in this episode of wife swap. one, if you are a so called "smart educated person" you don't need to show it off to person, you can tell a truely intelligent person from a regular person because they don't have to brag about how smart they are, people know from their actions. Mr. Fowlers actions do not show me he is smart and educated, it shows me he is stuck up and a jerk. He could careless about hurting peoples feelings so what makes me think that he cares about the enviroment. Mrs. Fowlers actions too also suggested the same thing as she laughed at his comments towards Gayla. I would like to comment Gayla on how well she reacted to what Stepten had to say. What also annoys me is the fact that both Stephen and Renee could survive with out a housemaid. Wow, you guys are deffinatly "educated" because i know 11 years old that know how to use a washer. oh and Bill Gates, Lance Armstrong, Alexander Gram bell, Thomas Edison, etc are dumb Americans because that is basically what you said during wifeswap. Worldly people do not judge people by what they look like or their education they judge by who they are and their heart, but in the end Mr. Fowler us American are not being hurt by this, so next time i would consider watching what you say to the people you work for one t.v.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:03 PM Nick wrote:
    I am a proud American who will defend my country as the best country on the planet. I do not agree with Mr. Fowler's rude comments, but, I also do not appreciate the other husband stereotyping American as basically being the way he is. He clearly does not realize the importance of health and eating foods NOT full of hydrogenated fats. Education is important. Mr Fowler does have some points, but, he could have kept them to himself or tried to say them is a respectful way. Also, the other husband seemed to be slightly on the edge of anger with the "how dare you " comments. It's a show, you suck it up for a week and try to experience a new perspective, not shoot off you mouth and act like a child. Both men were at fault. Cocky British guy and angry mid-american dad. Wow is all I can say.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:03 PM Marine Vet. wrote:
    I AM A MILITARY VET IF I EVER SEE HIM IN THE STREET IM GONNA BEAT THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF HIM. I DONT CARE IF I GOT TO JAIL I LOVE MY COUNTRY IL DRIVE OVER THERE MYSELF AND PUNCH HIM RIGHT IN THE MOUTH FOR TALKING AND THAT BULL. I BEEN SHOT IN IRAQ I AINT SCARED OF NO PUNK BRIT BITCH OR NO LAWSUIT. IM GONNA FUCK YOU UP!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:09 PM Alan wrote:
    I say we pack this loser up and send his ass back to the Queen in a box. Poor stupid little queer bastard. Come on out to the Midwest, and we will kick you silly little ass. Your old lady can get the F$%#@ out of America too. Take those little inbred kids too. British piece of crap. I would rather hang out with pure white trash, than a bunch of you snooty bastards. I am kicking the shit out of every British speaking prick I meet for the next year, and tell them Stephen got that for them.
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    1. 2/11/2009 6:23 PM Matt wrote:
      Holy shit now that's funny! I can just see some poor English bastard picking himself off the ground holding his jaw wondering, "What the fuck was that for, and who the hell is Stephen?" Classic.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:11 PM john wrote:
    Wow, this guy really pissed me off! I may not be worldly or well read or even well educated for that matter, BUT I managed to make a good life in this GREAT country for my family and myself. I've worked hard and have become quite successful in business despite my lack of formal education. You want to know why FOWLER? Heart,compassion,empathy,sympathy. These are foreign concepts to persons of your ilk. Self righteous pricks like you make me sick. I've traveled all over the south and mid west on my Harley and have met some of the most salt of the earth people on the planet and was never once judged by my weight or intellect. It goes to heart asshole and that's all that really matters in his life!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:12 PM Colorado Kid wrote:
    Does his wife know he is gay yet? Typical liberal puss.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:12 PM James wrote:
    I am a Scot living in Texas(one of the middle American podunk redneck etc states) I am so tired of east west coast elitism so handily shown by Mr.Fowler. I don't know if people truly understand the other cross he has to bear, he is English, and with that comes generations of inbreeding and kow towing to nobles that he feels is "civilised" his haughtiness and extreme jingoism has only been made worse by living on the west coast where people believe that middle America is "flyover country" unlike Fowler I do not claim to understand America, it is too wide and complex a country with wisdom and spirit that comes from the oddest of places. When it comes down to it not surprised by an English "man's" attitude but will say that it has been exacerbated by the elitism shown by those not living in "flyover "country
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  • 2/11/2009 6:14 PM Podunk Ohio wrote:
    Howdy Y'all My name Jed! Me not no hoe to type or spell. My 6 year ode sis is heping me! Dat Fowler dude is dum not dum as me dough. I kick his ass!

    Well anyway, enough of that mid-western generalization of, if you ask me, the most down-to-earth people in America. My name is Rob, even though Stephen would probably prefer I be called Robert. I may not be intellectual and sophisticated, but I can tell you one thing, I love my family and I work hard every day trying to provide for them. I did not graduate college, but I did complete one year. My family could not afford to send me to college, therefore I had to get student loans and I received a scholarship. I am an artist, but due to my own choices in my life, I had a family instead of going on to become the great artist. I, like many others, had dreams and aspirations. People always say they would change things in their past if they knew what they know now, but I would not change a thing. I have had a hard way to go due to my own choices and that is my own fault. Is that not what life is all about? You make your own way and you make your own choices in life and live with the consequences of those decisions. Most of my family is from that hill-billy state of Kentucky and that is where I was born. I would rather be born in hill-billy country than in good old snobby Europe. Steve, Stephen for you snobs, you are my friend truly illiterate when it comes to compassion! Education and monetary wealth does not make a person. You proudly pronounce your stance on important issues, yet you know not the most important issue of all, the respect and compassion for another human being; if you are indeed a human. I tell you one thing my friend, I would rather ride ATVs, have cook-outs, go camping, go fishing, have bond-fires at night, roast hot dogs and make smores on a campfire, tell ghost stories at night, ride bikes, shoot the shit, laugh, love, be happy with family and friends, and be with others of my own kind, than to ever spend on solitary minute in the presence of a lowly evolved spirit as yourself my friend!!! You have much work to do internally, not only with your mind, but with that little voice inside that you obviously do not listen to. My advice to you is to look up COMPASSION in the dictionary and use some of that useless IQ you boast about to find the true meaning of life! Only when you learn compassion for another human being will you rise above your shortcomings. I would gladly hang out, as I call it, with Gayla's family than your family any day of the week. They know how to have fun and to truly be a family. Oh, by the way, please don't feel insulted by my punctuation and my ability to write the English language, I wasn't born in Europe. THANK GOD!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:15 PM Christopher wrote:
    What an absolute PIG of a man. Revoke his citizenship and deport him!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:16 PM Greg wrote:
    Well he is not American and cut the people that makes America great he should be sent back to where he came from if it wasn't for us this country wouldn't be here that was to abusive.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:17 PM susan wrote:
    All I can say is WOW. I mean, REALLY?

    I had not seen the original show and stumbled upon this website from a yahoo link. This guy is something else! Please tell me Stephen's behavior was all an act for a tv show, and that this person is not really this vile and low class. Where did he learn his social skills? Obviously that expensive schooling he got didn't work, and the extensive travel didn't open his mind or widen his ability to appreciate everything outside his own limited realm.

    I do not support all of the USA's policies and positions, but I am nonetheless a proud American.
    If Stephen, his wife, or anyone else, is not proud to be here, please leave. Please. How sad for this couple to be living in a country they do not love.

    Look, I am willing to bet my IQ is higher than his (4.0, #1 in my university, full scholarship). Yet, my high-school diploma mother has a higher IQ than Stephen and I combined. I've met some absolutely freaking brillant folks with no college degree. I am also willing to bet I've been to more countries than him. I am also willing to bet we make more money that they do. These three criteria seem to be his qualifications for superiority. Yet, never for a moment do I consider myself better than anyone. I've travelled enough, met enough people, and experienced enough to be humbled and to realize that ego is a manifestation of insecurity or limited social experience.

    I feel so sorry for those children. Both their role models are deplorable. I guarantee they will grow up vile and full of hate and negativity as well.

    And I don't want to hear from anyone that it took some reality show on tv to open his wife's eyes to his black soul. Please. She is just the same as him.

    The producers did a great job and found 2 real asses to liven up their show.

    WOW.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:18 PM cassandra wrote:
    This guy sounds like a real jackass as far as I can tell he doesn't know what the hell hes talking about. I didn't see that episode but from what i've heard he's pretty much making fun of the whole United States of America what a NEEDLE DICK . At leas we all know of one person who's going to HELL .
    As far as im concerned he sounds like and over confident two year old trying to act older and smart for once . I hope he gets his ass kicked off that pedestal he got his big ass on and if no one does it call me bitch . YOUR IN AMERICA LOVE IT OR GET THE FUCK OUT !!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:21 PM Janet wrote:
    PLEASE send this man home!!!!!!!!!! My husband and I were both outraged by him.I am overweight and my husband loves every pound of me. Why can't people love each other the way they are. God put us here to love and live with each other.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:21 PM proud marine wrote:
    stephen fowler is a weak individual.
    he lives under an umbrella of protection provided by brave young soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.

    he is so scared, he is almost peeing his pants,,,,,

    what a sissy.

    his children should be ashamed to have such a lame dad.
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    1. 2/11/2009 6:24 PM john wrote:
      Thanks for your service to our country
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    2. 2/11/2009 6:30 PM john wrote:
      Hey proud Marine, Thanks for your service to our country
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    3. 2/11/2009 7:03 PM middle class single mom wrote:
      Thank You for choosing to protect your fellow man and for honoring our wonderful country with your service. You couldn't be more correct on the character of that "fowl" individual. I can't bring myself to call him a man, for real men and women don't act in such a way. He is such a coward!
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    4. 2/11/2009 7:30 PM kathy wrote:
      AMEN... as the proud mother of 3 airmen i am appaled by this man's lack of pride and thankfulness to be allowed to live and thrive in this wonderful country. if he dosen't appreciate the riches this country and it's citizens have given him and the rights our service men and women provide him he should GO HOME!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:22 PM Lynn wrote:
    I guess I have been too busy running my Midwest family business to have had the time to tune in to this. What a freakin asshole. I'm not sure why the "best letter on the internet" writer even bothered!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:25 PM Dawn wrote:
    It is obvious that Fowler is SO out of touch with reality. That someone is that arrogant is just beyond me. YOU GO Gayla! As a fellow Midwesterner I am astonished at the treatment you endured. I just always try to remember... what goes around, comes around. One day he will get what he truly deserves!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:26 PM Ryan wrote:
    I live near S.F., and I can guarentee that if me or any of my friends see this guy, we will not hesitate to beat the shit out of him and duct tape tape him naked to an american flag pole with his balls castrated.
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    1. 2/12/2009 3:50 PM R wrote:
      All talk. All talk. So many people have said they are going to do something to this guy. No one is going to do anything. He may have spent time at Cambridge etc....but he is not an educated man. He knows nothing about humanity and he knows nothing about fashion either. Buy some new shirts you pathetic loser. If there were an eBay auction to pump this guy full of lead and then get a Presidential pardon, how high do you think the bidding would go? $10,000,000 or more?
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  • 2/11/2009 6:28 PM dave wrote:
    I think Mr Fowler is a very unhappy man who has no self esteem. He obviously hates America and Americans and feels a need too slam everything he sees because of his loss of self worth. Anyone who would not step up to the plate in front of their children and be a better person is a huge loser. H e probably was run out of England short of being tared and feathered. I hope I didn't misspell any words as Mr Fowler might not think much of me! LOL
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  • 2/11/2009 6:28 PM CPT Rob wrote:
    Mr. Fowler, I doubt that you will read this since a man of your obvious intelligence has nothing to learn from average Americans. Just in case though I felt a need to express my disgust with the fact that you are allowed to desecrate the ground my forefathers fought and died for. I am a product of the American public school system. I also have a doctorate and am a United States Army captain. You remember the United States Army...the ones that kicked the English off this continent. A century and a half later they also bailed England out so that you and your kind didn't have to grow up as products of the German public school system. It is unfortunate that income is not a more accurate measure of intelligence, class or character. Clearly, in your case there is an inverse relationship on all three counts.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:31 PM Chase wrote:
    I just stumbled onto this train wreck via the link in Yahoo! I've seen Wife Swap before, though thankfully not this particular episode - the show always leaves me feeling vaguely disgusted...

    From all I've gathered, this guy is a real piece of work; the irony is that everyone probably has someone like him in their lives. People like Stephen Fowler use their "accomplishments" (wealth, intelligence, status) as a smoke screen for deep seated insecurity. The only reason for Fowler to lash out at this "inferior" (his definition, not mine) woman with such ferocity is because in some odd way he was threatened by her. He went out of his way to prove his "superiority", and became increasingly aggressive when she didn't seem to be acknowledging the point. Why would he continue to attempt to prove his dominance to someone who's opinion he supposedly doesn't respect? It looked to me that she was unwittingly touching some very raw nerves. Makes you wonder what happened in this guy's past to make him so overtly elitist...

    And unfortunately, we all know ABC is secretly loving all the publicity - I'm sure ratings for Wife Swap are WAY up. Didn't I read in one of these posts that they're scheduled for a reappearance next season?
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  • 2/11/2009 6:37 PM anna wrote:
    For someone who hates "America" so much, he obviously is living off the land of the free...send his stinky, no personality having, sorry excuse for a human back to Britain...and by the way? Is he a citizen? Did anyone check their citizenship?
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  • 2/11/2009 6:42 PM Anonymous wrote:
    What a poor pathetic little man you are Stephen Fowler! This comes from an overweight, over opinionated redneck from GA, who by the way is eduacated!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:43 PM Jackie wrote:
    Stephen Fowler, Wow where can I begin! I was almost brought to tears when I saw how cruel he was to Gayla. She has more heart and soul than Stephen will ever have! I really don't understand why Renee even married him, he truly doesn't respect woman when he insults them like he did on 'Wife Swap'. He is an insensitive person who deserves a slap in the face; LITERALLY!!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:46 PM Trace wrote:
    I once worked for a character like Stephen at a corporate banking headquarters. Our boss Larry couldn't stand the variety of people he had to manage and took every opportunity to quash any ounce of joy. Fortunately he died of a heart-attack at 50---we probably bothered him to death.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:46 PM James wrote:
    I'm sorry to say that I never watched the Wife Swap episode that everyone is lamenting, however I am sorry to say that I have run into the types of Euro trash liberals in my travels in Europe, and unfortunately here in the U.S.

    I only have the following opinion for Mr. Fowler and his ilk who inhabit, and unfortunately breath the same air that others would probably due better with. Leave America. Simple, go somewhere else. You speak of Americans as if we were the lowest of peoples, yet you live among us.. and refuse to sing the American Anthem.. I say, go home, go away, do us ALL a favor and disappear.... and they say Republicans are militaristic...HA!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:48 PM Sid wrote:
    Wow...that guy just needs an ass kicking. But I'm sure afterwards he'll claim that those who aren't smart enough to solve their disputes with words, use violence. I feel sorry for his kids. The only good thing is they might grow up and blow his head off at Thanksgiving dinner or something.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:50 PM Tom wrote:
    I have nothing to say about his opinions in regards to education or even his position on the state of that womens health. The one issue that angers me is his slam on the military. Lets see this weak ass little man spend even five minutes in basic training, and further more if that was my wife I would have been beating his head on the table at the face to face. If he's gonna stereotype them anyway the guy might as well beat his ass!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:52 PM kat wrote:
    Am I the only one questioning the wellbeing of his children?

    This home should be investiaged, the abuse may not be visible, that doesn't mean its not there!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 6:53 PM brooke wrote:
    Aye, the letter written to Fowler, the one that states the lad writing it has a 145 IQ, that should be posted to the front of Fowlers door for the rest of his life and should be read repeatedly to him, his wife and his kith. It was wonderfully written and the honest word. Bravo New York Man, BRAVO!!! - Lass in maryland.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:54 PM Margaret Mock wrote:
    I am a redneck. I enjoy country music. I like paintball and I am honored to let you know, Mr. Fowler, that I have served my country in a time of need. I will also let you know that you can take your butt right back to England as I don't think any good American invited you to be in our country...and take your wife with you. Bye.
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  • 2/11/2009 6:54 PM Marcus wrote:
    I do not watch the show, because I must agree with another poster, that the show is just a sick way of getting ratings. The one time I watched it last year it was with some psycho mother that just screamed alot.
    Anyway, being a proud Army veteran I would love to meet Steven F. in a dark alley and see how far his upper level education took him in a good 'ol fashioned American ASS WHIPPIN!

    As for the mom he insulted, she was twice his weight and probably twice as strong (not meant to insult her at all). She should have kicked his ass on national "tele"
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  • 2/11/2009 6:55 PM JD wrote:
    I saw this guy. I thought he was a total pompus, know it all, anti-American idiot. Go back to England.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:00 PM tom wrote:
    why go to all this fuss.. fuck'em, who cares what fowler has to say?
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  • 2/11/2009 7:01 PM Guzzi wrote:
    While I cannot condone Fowler's statements or opinions, the reactions of so many people amaze me. You must be incredibly insecure about yourselves to spend so much time counter-bashing him. A person with any sense of self-worth would merely dismiss such behaviour as the ravings of an unbalanced person. Who really cares whom he insults? Did he insult groups that I am in? Sure, now so what? With over 300 million people in this country you are going to obsess over the opinions of one? Anyone with any mental strength wouldn't give the matter a moment of thought. I think Fowler struck a nerve, and I think anyone who only knows him from the tv show, and who spends so much time worrying about him must really have something wrong with them. In other words, if you are obsessing over Fowler, then Fowler was at least partially right about you.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:02 PM lisa wrote:
    I think this is so sad....How can one person be so mean.... I hope that he gets the help he needs.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:03 PM Stephen Fowlers Anus wrote:
    I would really appreciate if midwestern rednecks would stop putting their hunting boots up here.

    Thank you
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  • 2/11/2009 7:04 PM Bob wrote:
    I can't beleve people spend their time worrying about stuff like this, and thinking TV is real. Amazing.
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    1. 2/11/2009 7:08 PM Anonymous wrote:
      Bob why are you on this site if you dont care? Let me guess you are a friend of the Fowler's?
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  • 2/11/2009 7:06 PM Linda wrote:
    This man has no common sense at all. She, the wife must be covering up scars from his verbal and emotional abuse he surly dishes out to her. He is nothing but a pig and she a sow. How's that for a miswest description? ha ha ha
    Most importantly, this pig of a man thinks he's an american? He has no idea!!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:07 PM Anonymous 1 wrote:
    This entire episode is a huge learning experience for EVERYONE, regarding the -- dare I say -- FLAWED -- structure of society ... a lesson for the Fowlers especially. I don't even watch TV and I haven't seen the episode at all, I've just read about it on this this web page -- however this is about more than just a TV show. This is a microcosm for things that are currently happening in our country and in the world and I find it fascinating. Hopefully we see it as more than just one person putting another down (which, don't get me wrong, is awful enough in itself), but as the learning experience that it actually is.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:08 PM Melissa wrote:
    I have watched many of these, Wife Swaps, I missed this one. Had to watch on line. What an ASS. I hope after all this the ass and his family leave the USA!!!! If the US is so bad, you wouldn't be here, and wouldn't be getting the best of education. Go back where you came from. I hope the big figures stop and you both end up working at Jack In the Box. Hell Jack wouldn't even hire you. I would love to see what becomes of those poor kids. I bet the girl becomes pregnant and the boy gets into drugs, hell a drug dealer. A father like that would make anyone do drugs or worse. It would be interesting to find out what the years become with such a cold family. I hope those kids learn a valuable lesson from all of this, dent judge, some day it may be you that is Just middle class,(or worse) and you have to bust your ass to just get bye. Education is great and can take you a long way, but what about all those people who have GREAT EDUCATIONS and are having a hard time finding jobs in these times. Member that those men & women fighting for our country and Dying everyday is standing up for our freedom and rights, (our you would not be here) ,because we give a shit and we are a good good country we help others. If we didn't everyone else in this world would suffer. Remember were you are, if you don't like it you can leave, The USA has that freedom!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:09 PM Johnny wrote:
    hahaha, oh my god, who cares? You make a website about someone because they're a dick? Why don't you make a website talking about how much a convicted child molester or wife abuser sucks? Get your priorities straight...
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  • 2/11/2009 7:10 PM Juan wrote:
    I didn't watch that episode but from what i read about you i think you are downright rude and a very disrespectful person that needs to not participate in wife swap again because of your belligerent attitude
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  • 2/11/2009 7:16 PM penny wrote:
    He gives new meaning to the phrase
    'dumbass'.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:17 PM Dusty Cassidy wrote:
    Mr. Fowler,
    I can almost bet you that I earn more in a year than you do. To top that off I am a firefighter who likes to get his hands dirty and EARN my living and a pretty damn good one too. Your egotistical ways are outdated so you need to apologize. Also you know what you are nothing more than a silver spoon born sissy that cries when your hands get dirty. You send your kids to a french based school sheesh the exact cowards who run out on war when the U.S Steps in and you want your children to be cowards to I guess. They probably have silver spoons hanging around their necks and when they get old enough to drive you'll probably buy em a BMW for their 16th birthday on the T.V series My sweet 16. Brats thats all they will ever be when they grow up crying just like you " I don't want to play this game anymore" WAAAAAAAAAAAh you damn crybaby. I'd like to meet you face to face so I can kick your a-- and take your lunch money which I guess happened to you alot in school huh. Your a waste of good air, leave the country so somebody else can breathe that air maybe to france butthole they might except a sissy like you there.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:18 PM kelley wrote:
    i just want to say that steven has the right to run his mouth because of the military and their families. and if he dont like america or americans then get the hell out the country!!!!!!! o and if you dont stand behind our troops fell FREE to stand in front of them
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  • 2/11/2009 7:18 PM Skip wrote:
    WOW what an ass, if anyone can find it try and pull the Southpark episode where Kyle moves to SF and everybody is so full of themselves they love to smell their own farts....They need to remake it and include this asshole!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:18 PM Tam wrote:
    Who let Stephen Fowler into this country?? He and others like him should be banned. Just leave the country...really... his issues are not that hard to resolve. His wife is a sickened version of himself. With that being said, her IQ couldn't possibly be very high either. I addition, if that show is any indication of how he chooses to use his "high IQ”, then he's a waste of space here on Earth.

    Again, apparently he didn’t get the memo… Stephen… Please take you and your family and leave this country. America will be better off for it… and should you find that “oh-so-perfect” country (because apparently you left your very own country to come here for SOME reason) Please don’t stay. Don’t even get off then plane. The first hint of anything that’s related to you would just mess it up.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:18 PM Paul wrote:
    I am 42 year old male who has lived in the UK for on and off for over ten years. The amazing thing to me is how these looser Brits are able to come to America and behave this way and Americans allow it, when in the UK, these guys who be laughed out of town.

    First of all, the UK has more trashy people per square foot than the US could ever. And those beautiful people from the mid-west which this guy called trash would be very middle-class in England.. farmers.

    The next thing is that this idiot trashed the family's military aspiration. The military is so prestigious in the UK that people keep their title, even in civilian life... Hence so many 'Captain John Spencers' in England. So Mr. Fowler is actually adopting an American elitist mentality here, in looking down on the military.

    Stephen Fowler is an anachronism of time. His behavior is not even today's England. He is playing something of the 19th century which does not even exist today but in a real small sector of English life. And those folks would never be caught dead emigrating to America and living in a townhouse in San Francisco with an invented wife.

    So, in a sense, he might be correct. Who but the inferior and the underclass, could watch this guy on television and not petition Congress to revoke his nationality? The answer is the same people who have watched week in week out, that other insecure a-hole of a Brit and end up making American Idol a success story.

    Let's face it. Americans loved to be insulted and humiliated. Jerry Springer(another Brit) discovered that and got rich from showing it. I could never bring myself to watch Idol because the Simon guy gets paid to be uselessly cruel. And such a premise debases the very humanity in society.

    Stephen Fowler is no Oxbridge (Oxford/Cambridge) educated guy. As a matter of fact, his accent is anything but British upper class. Yet, the geniuses at ABC would not know that. Would they!! And the rest of us have been made the worst for having met both he and his god-awful family.

    The funny thing about it is that as an east-coaster from NY, I tended to think some of the same things about people from middle America (overweight and simple minded) just because they don't go to the opera. I thank Mr Fowler for showing me the beauty of that midwest family, especially the wife, who had more grace and class in her pinky than Mr Fowler's air-head of a wife could ever envision. You go girl!!

    As a single father, I am mortified that such a narcissist could believe that he has the right to be a parent

    Spare us ABC.. Shame on you for not interrupting taping and then to introduce this tortured moron to us. Send his but back to his jolly England so he can go join his xenophobic right wing fascist BPP party. Maybe there he can actually fulfill his ultimate fantasy and raise his bilingual kids to grow up to invade France one day.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:20 PM Lon wrote:
    It sounds like he needs to move either to Mexico, Canada, Iraq or Russia. But it really sound like the old French, who bitch about every thing, but will not life a finger to do any thing about it. If it was not for this English speaking country that has defended not just this country, but anyone that wanted or need our help. Just my thoughts.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:22 PM disapproving wrote:
    http://bethspotswood.blogspot.com/2009/02/10-to-1-his-kid-turns-tranny.html
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  • 2/11/2009 7:22 PM Corey wrote:
    This was the first episode of the show that I actually took the time to watch from beginning to end. I only did this because this guy was such an idiotic jerk. Not only was he disrespectful to the other mans wife, but he was very disrespectful to his wife and threw out some harsh comments about Americans and our veterans.

    Being that I am a veteran, I take great pride of my military and my country. The fact is that this tool lives and reaps the rewards of America. The same America that whose veterans have fought for the exact same rights that he and his family enjoy.

    Not only do I think this man is a tool. I strongly believe that his wife sets a bad example for woman. No woman, no human being deserves to be treated like I witness on that show.

    If I were the other mans husband, I would have decked him the second he popped of about my wife as he did during the ending. I'd also recommend that the clowns wife smack the crap out of him.

    I'm still a bit confused as to how this man can say such disrespectful things about American and our citizens! Why is he here? Why doesn't he pack up and move his family and himself to his own homeland? Why hasn't someone beat the hell out of him?

    However, it goes to show how shallow one individual can be. Not only that, it shows you the exact reason why America and our "common" people have prospered so well.

    The guy is a joke and his wife is a weak and pitiful woman to say the least. I feel sorry for her and for her children. Not only will those children grow up to be as shallow and disrespectful as their tool of a father, but I'm sure they are lacking in friends.

    If I were this guy, I'd move because one day some big "common" redneck will recognize him and if we're lucky mop the floor with him.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:25 PM Babra wrote:
    This SOB was obviously seeking attention from his behaviour and now you are all making him feel important by giving him just that. Please STOP. He'll curl up and die when we stop giving him attention.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:28 PM ihatehim wrote:
    does anyone have this bastards address? so tht we can kick his tiny ass.
    Stephen, let me tell u one thing,
    btw i feel sry for ur mom who is a bitch for giving birth to a bastard like u.
    you may think ur very cool n all but deep down ur a mother fucking asshole who has no respect whtsoever.
    go fuck ur self, ya prick
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  • 2/11/2009 7:28 PM Violet wrote:
    Here via Yahoo's front page...
    What an ill-bred, sad, scared little poseur. (That's French, you know. I am s-m-r-t.)
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  • 2/11/2009 7:29 PM Alex Pronove wrote:
    I don't watch TV and, until I read the Yahoo article that led me to this site, I had never heard of Wife Swap.

    So Mr. Fowler, you have indeed aroused the ire of your fellow men and women. How interesting. You must have behaved in a particularly fowl (pun intended) way.

    I shall return to this site and try to give you an impartial opinion. In the meantime Steve (may I call you Steve?), you would do well to remember that pride begets arrogance and that arrogance is a trait that is universally disliked. (Didn't you know that before you joined the show?)
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  • 2/11/2009 7:30 PM ZyanaTzin wrote:
    After reviewing the episode for myself on YouTube...

    I am absolutely apalled by Fowler's behavior. GO BACK TO BRITAIN AND STAY THERE! There are two types of education/smarts in this world, and you can have all you want of the first type, yet it won't do you a bit of good without a firm grasp on the second:

    Type 1: Formal Education. I have 3 college degrees, all in different fields including an engineering degree, am fluent in two languages and speak a smattering of many more. For those who do no know what my email address means, it happens to be Zapotec, and sometimes I use a smattering of Nahuatl when I find my screen name used. Yes, I also play the piano, but only because I was forced to learn and hate it to this day that I was forced.

    Type 2: REAL WORLD PEOPLE SMARTS. If, unlike my brother and a neighbor, who have no more than a High School education yet run their own business with a dozen employees (at least) working for each of their respective businesses, then you are free to attain all of Type 1 education that you want, yet I guarantee that you will go nowhere in life without, at the very least, a fair sized grasp on this type of education. My brother, who would be considered considerably ignorant, Type 1 education wise compared to me, is a total genuis when it comes to reading people and picking up on what is unsaid. A go-getter, able to convince Inuit (eskimoes) to buy snow cones, so great is his skill... I would never be able to handle the running of his business, let alone hope to attain his skill at working with people.

    Furthermore, under NO grounds, is it acceptable to initiate rude and condescending comments, such as Mr. Fowler did, let alone laugh off and condescendingly comment on the angered response that is only natural. Overall, I find his behavior totally unacceptable.

    I have known plenty of 'rednecks' in my life, no offense with use of the term intended. What I have learned, among many other things, is that if this world somehow collapsed and became primarily focused on local levels, my life would be in the hands of their knowledge, passed down from generation to generation from the founding of this country, before there was even electricity. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that even basic Neolithic skills, by which one can live fairly comfortably, have been retained. We go far only because we stand on the shoulders of knowledge attained prior. Cut the power, and my skills count for nothing.

    Please LEAVE this country, Mr. Fowler. Don't forget to pack your attitude along with you. DON'T come back. You shame the British people that I know and talk to overseas - as I am a child of the world too, having been born and raised on most continents in this world.

    Sincerely,

    ZyanaTzin (No, Mr. Fowler, I will not do you the favor of translating that Nahuatl/Zapotec handle for you, nor will I even tell you which part consists of which language. If you're so smart, figure it out for yourself.)
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  • 2/11/2009 7:31 PM S K S wrote:
    Silly little fool he is. If Mr. Fowler is such an intelligent and superior being then he would have forseen the consequences for such behavior on national TV! Man, he talked crap about rednecks and military? Does he think that San Francisco is devoid of those types? I'm one of the aforementioned! He has regrettably ruined the quality of his family's life and that is something that no amount of money can change.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:31 PM Darlene wrote:
    First of all, this is America and we are free to express ourselves; have the freedom to believe in God, Jesus, or any other 'religion'. We are free to educate our children the way each of us see fit. With that being said, we will be held accountable for our actions and words. The way that Stephen Fowler treats this woman was uncalled for. He is the type of person who will by any means belittle anyone, including his own children to have control. He is jealous because he isn't a true American, he is a scared misfit and in his cold heart he knows this. He is a verbally abusive human and we know this due to his behavior. He clearly was never taught compassion and was probably never loved for who he was, accepted or held as a child and is putting up a front to seem very cold so that he doesn't have to admit that he is wrong. I for one love our children and I see to it that they have a broad range of education and experience; personal growth and once in a lifetime chances. I home school our six children and we take many trips and experience many different cultures including learning other languages. I/we love spending time with my/our children and they do change my/our personality (for the better). I am a strong woman and color, creed, how many degrees I may or may not have, religion, or age has nothing to do with the fact that I LOVE AMERICA and all it has to offer. I would never stoop to putting someone down simply because I don't understand their culture or background. If anything, I have always taught my children: "Treat others as you want to be treated"; "Never treat others badly because they are different in the way they talk, smell, look or believe than you", and "You never know when you are entertaining angels". I happen to come from a small Southern town and I am not nor will I ever be ashamed that though I didn't choose to be born in the USA, I (like millions of others)am so proud that I was! Why are so many lashing out against this seemingly evil so called man? Because we are AMERICANS and we have dignity and morals because we come from small towns, big cities, rural areas, rich, poor, farms, doctors, lawyers, blue collar, business minded, home school, public, and private school, all walks of beliefs and religion, black, white, red, yellow, and brown skinned, and let's not forget military families. This is what makes us AMERICA; the strong, proud, and loving country that we are! I am different than anyone I know and that makes me who I am just you being different makes you who you are. We should all learn to openly accept those around us and try to learn from them things that will enrich our lives and the lives of our children. Some people seem to be lost cases, but prayer can change them too. I am sure of myself, my beliefs and my family's love and closeness. I will leave out saying this to Steven Fowler: "Love, compassion, and friendliness never hurt anyone. Try it, who knows, you may learn to like yourself!" =) Darlene F. from Perry, FL
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  • 2/11/2009 7:32 PM Bryson Hall wrote:
    This man obviously has that attitude to try and cover up why he's so small(hint) lol. In my mind he is not a man. Any man that can sit there and down talk to a woman like that yet alone have the nerve to talk about people in the military and overweight people, is a B****. Yes, I said it I want him to do something. Not gonna happen. Anyways, someone needs to give this man a SERIOUS reality check and whoever his wife is, her I.Q. must be really low or she has really low standards or very very very very VERY low self-esteem or it could be a deadly combination of all 3. But I degrease, but yea he's a weenie and I'm out. Hit thee myspace.. myspace.com/aijuswnnasing
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  • 2/11/2009 7:32 PM lukie lou wrote:
    wow foul-er ur a jerkface and i am a little on the chubby side so go eat a carrot u health nutty brain and stop letting ur children drink wine u retard srry excuse my ENGLISH heheheheh not to affend anyone but fouler and his family the wine drinking health nuts wine is not healthy for kids
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  • 2/11/2009 7:34 PM Andrew wrote:
    Stephen you are a sad little man. Your insecurities have gotten the best of you. Did you come from a simple family and feel that you have to bash the less educated because you are ashamed of your family tree? I would consider myself to be educated. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of science in Aviation Leadership and Management. I have less than half to go on my Master's Degree in Strategic Leadership in which I currently have a 3.8 gpa. You my friend may be educated but your education is conventional and conventional wisdom is not necessarily true. You are ignorant to new theories, explanations, and so as an obstacle that must be overcome by such revisionism. You may be an expert in your field, but I am an expert in dealing with people. You fail to take into account that there are so many other kinds of talents and that the right talents, more than experience, more than brainpower and more than willpower alone, alone are the prerequisites for excellence in all roles---talents such a as a writer's ability to form opinions, empathy in a nurse, assertiveness in salespeople, or in managers, the ability to individualize. I'll bet that you would believe that the only way a person can be taught something is through training to do a job and that there is no room for talent for you yourself have none. The lady that you treated so badly in your home has something that you will never have and that makes you jealous, she has character. You may not think that character is of importance, but I don't expect you to. If you really love America like you say that you do then you should come spend time seeing it. Are you so little minded that you think that the only educated people are either in New York or California. I'll assure you that they aren't, for I myself am form a Podunk town in West Tennessee and proud of it. There are people here who know more than you ever could about life and they have never been inside of a university. You may have money but that doesn't make you rich.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:34 PM lucas wrote:
    he affended all americans he should pay by saying the anthem or making a public apology
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    1. 2/11/2009 8:16 PM Amused wrote:
      "Saying" the anthem? Hehehe......
      This is amusing-a show sparks a debate about stupidity and everyone is offended. Stephen Fowler is an ass - he could have exposed that dumb woman's faults in so many more subtle ways, but then again there wouldn't be the outrage, 'cause you all wouldn't really have caught on to it then, would ya?

      I feel bad for her (Gayla or whatever her name is) the way she was insulted, but I fully agree with Stephen's intentions and views... it's people like those in Missouri that fucked up the world, by voting for Bush in 2000 and 2004.

      Whatever....all should be who they want to be, but this show was amusing as shit!
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    2. 2/12/2009 1:01 AM Amused wrote:
      "Saying" the anthem? Hehehe......
      This is amusing-a show sparks a debate about stupidity and everyone is offended. Stephen Fowler is an ass - he could have exposed that dumb woman's faults in so many more subtle ways, but then again there wouldn't be the outrage, 'cause you all wouldn't really have caught on to it then, would ya?

      I feel bad for her (Gayla or whatever her name is) the way she was insulted, but I fully agree with Stephen's intentions and views... it's people like those in Missouri that fucked up the world, by voting for Bush in 2000 and 2004.

      Whatever....all should be who they want to be, but this show was amusing as shit!
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      1. 2/12/2009 11:36 PM irocksquared wrote:
        The show didn't just "spark a debate about stupidity" you idiot. What was displayed (on national television) was degrading, pompous, belittling, judgmental verbal assault. People are obviously bothered by what happened, because there was no justice done at the end of that show. The last words he says the poor woman Gayla is, "Don't send your kids after me with a shot gun." "That's just a final insult"

        OBVIOUSLY that's not right, to sit there calling a "guest" in your home under-educated and obese (to name a few) WHILE YOUR CHILDREN ARE SITTING THERE, leaning over them and laughing, encouraging them to laugh along.. it's disgusting. I'm sorry, but if millions of people viewed this and NO ONE was disturbed at all, what would that stay about the emotional consciousness of america?

        His views were very blunt and aggressively stereotyped. Not exactly mindful or in good taste. There are a lot of things I don't agree with in typical american thinking. But to behave like such close-minded elitist, deeming yourself better than most of america (if not america as a whole), it's entirely revolting and offensive. Anyone with a inch of compassion in them would have felt horribly sympathetic towards Gayla, while she had to endure it.

        Who cares about states, mid-west, north east, west coast, down south stereo-typical bull shit!? I don't!! I'm in Hawaii! We pawn everything! (kidding... kinda!) All that matters to me is humanity, respect, and equality towards another human being. All the things that Stephen Fowler neglected to recognize through out that entire show.

        I say send him Somalia, to live a village surrounded by guerrilla rebels, poverty, rape, destruction, death, and hopelessness. Then ask him what really matters in life. Bank accounts and degrees? Or respect, understanding, and compassion.

        Some "citizen of the world" dont you think?
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  • 2/11/2009 7:36 PM luis wrote:
    lucky he didn't say that to my wife, I'd have beatten his ass. he lives in san francisco right, he must be gay or so they say.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:36 PM rod williams wrote:
    mr. fowler i would imagine that i make
    more in 1 hr. than you make in 1 month,
    without a college education. so by your
    logic i would be superior to you. oh
    by the way if you would like me to kick
    your ass i am located in steamboat springs co. e-mail me @kimwill38@yahoo.com and i will be glad to take care of business . hope to see your ass soon, bye
    co.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:37 PM michelle wrote:
    look i wanted to tell this guy off as bad as you did but you are just as bad when you say God forbid that you get compared to a redneck. just because we speek with a country accent and we are rednecks you shouldent put us down either. u arent any better then the rest of us or even better then this fowler guy if you also put people down because of who you are. you dont see us peoploe down here makeing fun of you people from the north. and you know why? its because us REDNECKS have respect for others unlike you. so check yourself the next time you call some one else a prick because after saying that you sir are a prick.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:38 PM Jo wrote:
    Ever since I saw the wife swap that this jag-off "Fowler" was in (and he is FOWL)I have been bothered by him. Its a shame that such a small minded brit should bother so many good hearted Americans. Any man who picks on a woman like that (especially on TV) is a COWARD & A BULLY. You know his dumb butt never fought in any wars or defended anything exect his pathetic office. My phrase to him is...If you don't like America, get the F-OUT! We won't miss you at all, Mr. Pissy Pants!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:39 PM Dan wrote:
    Apparently Stephen Fowler has a very tiny little penis with testicles about the size of mustard seeds, eh Stephen?!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:42 PM Jessica wrote:
    I just want to make a small comment. Now I definitely agree that Stephen Fowler was a total ass and deserves all of this that is coming to him but I don't beleive that his wife was rude at all I think she really tried and helped the Longs family! I feel bad for her that this man that is her husband is such a jerk to people and I feel bad that she personally didn't take anything that the Longs had to offer such as having some fun with your kids once in a while. But I definitely support any crap given Stephen Fowler.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:42 PM ron wrote:
    I am British and am totally embarrassed that people would think this is "British" behavior.
    He probably moved to San Fransisco because he kept getting his butt kicked in Britain and no one else would put up with his crap.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:42 PM American Vet wrote:
    Another foreigner insulting America and the US Army. Please if you don't like this country get out and stay out. What a a-hole I feel sorry for his kid they had no choice. His wife is just as sorry as he is she choose him.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:43 PM Miguel wrote:
    Anyone know where this dumbass lives? I live in san francisco and want to pay him a visit.
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    1. 2/11/2009 7:57 PM J man wrote:
      No violence is needed.
      History has shown that the quickest way to teach someone is through economic, financial and social embargos.
      Unfortunate for his wife and children.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:43 PM Mary wrote:
    I'm completely offended anytime someone from the East or West coast casts the "redneck" stereotype on the midwest. I'm from Missouri and we DO NOT graze with cows, not all of us live on farms, and the majority of us do get educations beyond high school. Does this retarded Brit realize that Washington University, one of the top 10 universities in the country, resides in St. Louis, MO? I guess he's too busy buying his next cool Tshirt with such smart messages and trying to save the world that he pollutes every day by blowing toxic fumes from hell out of his mouth. PFFFFTT!
    This "thing" called Stephen Fowler definitely needs a good whooping from some good ol' boys. Education won't save his ass then!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:49 PM John wrote:
    Stephen, for he deserves no ones respects, is one of the worlds most ignorant man. it is sad how he looks into others defects and does not see that he is destroying his kids and their future. no offense to any British person but he needs to go back to England. he can take up his uncivilized lifestyle there. There is no better ignorant than the person who is full of themselves and says they like helping other, Tree Hugger?? dats bs. i bet he beats his wife and turned her like him. fowler is worthless, and is nothing because of his character, god help his soul
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    1. 2/12/2009 5:40 AM Peter Fulham wrote:
      Sorry John,
      Please stop calling him a Brit.

      He is an American Citizen (he just has a British accent). Just like your anyone else that gets a US citizenship!
      Can he vote in the US?
      What passport does he carry? nuff said!

      And we don't want the ignoramous back here, we weren't good enough for him in the first place. Unfortunately we taught him to read and write, his opinions are all his own!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:50 PM J man wrote:
    My comment on this mans behavior toward another human will be short and sweet.
    Your family must be proud.
    It is now time to reap what you have sown.
    May the world show empathy toward your family for your arrogance.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:51 PM Rodney T. Robinson wrote:
    Stephen Fowler needs to have his ass kicked. His wife should be ashamed to be married to such an arrogate asshole. She must have married him for his money which makes her stupid gold digging bitch. Stephen Fowler should be banned from the United States and strip from his wealth. I would have kicked his ass on the show if he’d talked to my wife like that.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:51 PM Case wrote:
    Stephen Fowler might have a good education but no manners. You would think that someone who is, "so educated" would know how to treat others and to be opne minded about learning something from someone else.
    Thinking you know it all is the mother of all faults.
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  • 2/11/2009 7:54 PM Specialist Andrew Lowe wrote:
    You stupid idiotic asshole. I am in the United States Army and have been for 7 years now. How dare you say these rude things like this about people! I hope you find yourself in prison soon and NEVER bash on others because you could not take the time to learn and enjoy the finer things in life like spending actual time with your children having fun!
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  • 2/11/2009 7:56 PM Matthew Jones wrote:
    The guy is a complete arsehole.
    I am a Brit married to a Seattle girl living in Washington DC. I saw the show and This PEEN-ARSE has given British people a bad name. I love it over here, but this elitist c********r has in my opinion set back Anglo-American relationships several years. The bloke should be deported back to Blighty as soon as is humanly possible, what a wanker.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:00 PM Brandy wrote:
    I watched this episode is horror! How could anyone subject their children to a man like him? But you know the sad part his children are going to grow up just like him, if their mother doesnt step up and do something! I hope she really takes a hard look at her life and the man she married!
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  • 2/11/2009 8:01 PM Jason Channell wrote:
    Well, well, well, how I would love to meet this SOB. If there is anyone who knows how to get in contact with this scum bag please post it. Stephen you deserve all that is coming to you and your bitch ass wife. I hope that you feel the wrath of some redneck fuck from the midwest how shoves your head in your ass and leaves you with no teeth. I can not believe that her husband didnt kill youu on the spot. What a piece of SHIT you are and you dont deserve to even remain in the USA MF it would not bother me in the least for you and your wife to disappear from this earth because you both are wasting precious air and you are a discrace to what they call PARENTS. OOOHHH how I WISH I lived on the west coast--- I WOULD FIND YOU AND INTRODUCED YOU TO AMERICA MF. I am embarressed to talk like this but I am furious that you are in the best country in the world. Why are you fucks here anyway if it so beneath you? GET THE FUCK OUT you and your piece of shit wife. I hope you rot in hell and you suffer beyond your wildest dreams. Sorry all for the harsh language.
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    1. 2/11/2009 8:35 PM Basha wrote:
      I love every word you wrote "Awesome"
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  • 2/11/2009 8:02 PM Not Stephen wrote:
    geez, i feel sorry for any one else named stephen fowler....
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  • 2/11/2009 8:05 PM Smith wrote:
    Stephen illustrates what is wrong with SF liberals. They have no tolerance for the opinions and perspective of others. They are egocentric and disdainful of anything other than their own prejudice and cultural view. They are closed minded and narrow.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:06 PM biff wrote:
    Will someone from the IRS please investigate these people and find out they haven't paid their "fair share" of taxes and put them in jail for a long, long, long, time. I would love to think of Mr. Fowler in the California prison system. He would really love Americans then; After many Americans would have literally loved him "long time". Ah what a sweet thought of justice that is....
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  • 2/11/2009 8:07 PM Randy Roberts wrote:
    Someone.....Anyone, please begin the website..... Peoples Resistance Against the Stephen Fowler Family.... P.R.A.S.F.F
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  • 2/11/2009 8:09 PM Cassia wrote:
    WOW. I feel very badly for Gayla- no one should be treated the way she was and subjected to the verbal and emotional abuse that Stephen Fowler heaped upon her. He is no more a representative of the British people than he is of a true American. I know you can get marriages annulled- can we get citizenship annulled? For that matter, can we have his humanity annulled??? His wife Renee is no better- and those poor kids...just goes to show that money can buy lots of "things" but not the things that truly matter- like kindness, respect and personal integrity.Education and "intellect"? He has to be one of the dumbest people in the world.....people who are truly smart don't need to belittle others to make themselves feel superior...and the truly wealthy don't talk about it and wave it like a flag in another persons face. He is too far gone to appreciate his actions- he is no gentleman- and boy does he need some serious help. All I can say is WOW.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:09 PM Jessica wrote:
    Stephen,

    I hope your children grow to hate you throughout the duration of their life and with that hate... I hope that they don't go to college and make it out there on their own, without the "help" of yourself. I hope that your charecter that you have shown to be doesn't effect the rest of their lives... but it will.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:13 PM mike wrote:
    Wow: Does he realize that a man from a po-dunk town in Kansas who was raised in a house the size of his garage went on to lead the Allied assault on the European continent WWII to defeat Hitler and insure that self righteous, under-educated, over opinionated, smug, elitist, people like himself could survive.
    Thanks for setting back the environmental and sustainable energy movements, by giving the American people the impression that self righteous pricks like him are the champions of the environment and sustainable energy. The reality is that the largest seekers of sustainable energy in terms of capital and technological investment are oil companies. Texas is the largest producer of wind power in the U.S. as an example.
    In terms of carbon sequestering, the agricultural activities of the mid-west are significant in locking atmospheric CO2 into polysaccharides through photosynthesis. And if Midwesterners seem under-educated to him, not everyone was born into a family that could afford to send their children to Oxford for Harvard. However education is not is an indicator of intelligence or common sense, as proved very accurately by Mr. Fowler. He had the attention of millions of Americans and could have done a lot to further the agenda of the various environmental and sustainable energy groups he is a member of. Instead he acted like a condescending prick. To those of us from Midwest we call that, alluding to football (NCAA/NFL, not World Cup) dropping the ball.
    I have been to London and found the people to be very friendly; I never met anyone like him. I have the sinking feeling that he ended up in the states because the Brits didn’t want him. If he and his wife detest America so much, I suggest them moving to France; their children are already learning French and their ignorant Anti-American rhetoric will likely be well received there.
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    1. 2/11/2009 8:39 PM fred wrote:
      well people just look at the bride side of this, the little limy punk at least didn't pick on the Mexicans.who know maybe his kids will learn french so well that they'll relocate there to get away from his pompous ass Emperor with no clothes mentality. sign redneck in a brown birthday suit
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  • 2/11/2009 8:14 PM walter w wrote:
    I really enjoyed reading about and watching fowler in action. I have never watched the show and will not now, but it was fun for a second. I because disenhartened when the author compared fowler the bankers fund managers ceo's bla bla bla. What? It is truly our government that thinks and acts like fowler. they continue to brainwash us into believing that the American dream is dead and that we are not smart enough to help ourselves and without the governments intelligent intervention we will all perish. I am sorry now that I ever read this page. Truly it is morons like the author that spew what the mass media tells them w/o informing themselves that has allowed the doom and gloom to spread rampant. Misplacing the blame on these people only strengthens the governments hold on us. If the government did its job we wouldn't have half the problems in our country that we do. It was our government that INSISTED that every one was entitled to own a home regardless of their ability to pay for it and their demand upon banks and bankers to loan the money for homes or else, that created this mess we are in. Until government got into the lending business, banks had a very strict set of rules for loaning money. The government insisted that that was discriminatory, banks were not being fair. The government did away with the banking industries ability to insist that someone had to prove their ability to repay a loan. Freddy and Fannie were under the governments closest scrutiny and even after they (the government) were warned (years ago) that the reckless loaning of money they insisted upon would crash the system, they did nothing. Now they want to blame banks for doing what they were ordered to do. And, shame on the fed for lowering rates so low as to allow banks to lend money essentially for free, and then turn around and raise the rates and crash the system that their superior intellect was supposedly protecting! Can't believe what started out as fun turned into a rant. Sorry folks, its just that the misguided masses really need to educate themselves instead of blindly believing the mass media hype.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:16 PM lala wrote:
    lol to the above comment...and i kinda feel sorry for this stephen fowler guy...he said things that probably most of you guys out there say in your own households, but in secret. He's stupid because he said it on tv. it's like when you're bitchin about dumbass black people (the kind that you really want to strangle because they're just wastin our resources and selling drugs), you dont a) do it to their faces, or b) in public, because you would be screwed either way and the latter would be racist. but oh yeah but bitchin about dumbass white pimps is ok.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:16 PM me wrote:
    OK. WHY IS NOT A SITE LIKE THIS FOR BOB HARPER ON THE BIGGEST LOSER?????? HE HUMILIATED JOELLE AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE AND EVERY COLOR!!!! FORGET WHAT THEY SHOWED YOU ABOUT JOELLE BECAUSE I KNOW HER PERSONALLY. THAT CRAP WAS FOR RATING. IF YOU STAYED ON THE RANCH FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME THEY COULD MAKE ANY OF US APPEAR TO BE THE SAME WAY!!!!!!!!!!! BOYCOTT BOB HARPER OFF ABC NOW!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 8:19 PM homer wrote:
    email stephenfowler@yahoo.com

    Phone #s:415 229-4665, 415 648-4811, 415 461-5820,415 662-6944,415 461-5820.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:20 PM TexinW wrote:
    What Mr.Fowler did in the show is awful. But let us not level ourselves to his way of behaving by being rude to him. We are not like him so we shouldn't act like him even against him.

    And please don't attack his children, they have already been abused by their father.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:20 PM Nicole wrote:
    My name is Nicole. I am intelligent but never finished school or went to college. I have firm beliefs in God and country. I am a republican, so in other words I have a brain.
    You are a man who should not be in America, MY country.
    You will ask why did I say that. It's simple really. I was in the US ARMY, my brother in the US NAVY, my grandfathers in the US MARINES and US ARMY. My brother and I chose to serve our country. Not because we needed college money, but because we love our freedom and would die to protect it. My grandfathers were drafted during the Korean war. None the less they served and didn't run, because they believed in freedom. That same freedom that you use when you bash this great country and everything it stands for, and all the men and women who have died for you to say horrible things about them. So when you bash this country remember who saved your french ass and made it possible for your family to be here in the US.
    As for this woman if your so superior to her and her family why not take this opportunity and teach them. Or is that above you as well? I'm sure if given the same chances in life you had, here in this country, she too could act like a snobby, 'lil bitch. Her life is her choice. The same as your life is your choice.
    I didn't come from money or have all these chances that you did, but my parents made sure I was loved and I knew how to treat someone less fortunate than myself. How you treat someone is a testament as to how you will be looked at thru other's eyes. You of all people should know that.
    This woman is a better person than me, cuz I would have turned around the first time you cocked off, and beat the shit out of your 'lil, gay, frenchy ass. You think your so smart, but when it comes to common sense your dumb as a bag of rocks. I too can manipulate people.
    So bring your cheese eating, surrender monkey ass to my house, play paint ball with my family, ride quads with us, go huntin' n fishin' with us. I can't promise you will make it out without some pretty nasty cuts and bruises. Or just take your simple ass back to where you came from that toilet of a country!!! Get the FUCK out!!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 8:23 PM Dasa wrote:
    Has anyone started a petition to have this individual deported? Tell me where I can sign!
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    1. 2/11/2009 10:18 PM Me Too! wrote:
      Post it when you find it. I want to sign too!
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  • 2/11/2009 8:25 PM Lisa wrote:
    I'm glad the people are speaking out. I've watched a ton of wife swaps and this man was an absolute jerk know it all. She didn't help by not doing something other than a smirk and giggle. Give me the other persons lifestyle in a heartbeat...at least they had an opened heart. Maybe someone should collect some funds for that Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman necklace from Kaye (open your heart to love so that you can receive it thang) and MAYBE it'll help him. God bless him, his family and his wife for being so closed to realize how the rest of the world saw their family. "I sympathize for overweight people". Do you sympathize for closed minded, ugly, nasty, high-on-a-pedestal type of individual like your husband? Cause apparently the rest of the world does. A website? Wow...they say one comment is worth 10,000 people's opinion in the "real world". What does that say about him? You? Your family?

    Who needs the help? God bless you guys - I hope you're open for it. It would do you some good.

    I believe if you were to look up the Webster definition of stupidty, you wouldn't find the woman who he THOUGHT he was so much better than on the show. I believe following STUPIDITY would just be a photo of Stephen Fowler and that cheesy smile he puts on with a bubble coming out of his mouth saying how GREAT and SMART he is. Scheeze - what a trip !

    And if he knew he was on this much of a power trip with himself and thinking he was so 'above' everyone else...WHY SIGN UP FOR THE SHOW ?? Certainly people realize they will put you up against the complete opposite end of the spectrum. It makes good TV. His "brilliant mind" must have forgot to tell him that !! (dern Brits) haha God forgive me for that one !
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  • 2/11/2009 8:25 PM michael wrote:
    I'm English and i was appalled by what i saw.
    i cant believe he acted like that.
    can congress remove his citizenship and deport him. as he obviously isn't an American.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:27 PM Biding time wrote:
    This guy is an episode of Law and Order just waiting to happen.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:29 PM Basha wrote:
    If I was married to a man like that I would go to another country and get a new ID and SS# and Life after all the hell he put me through, because what goes around comes around and he will go straight to hell where he belongs... And a happy life I will live with a younger, handsome man that I will never marry but will have fun with in my new life!
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  • 2/11/2009 8:30 PM Cotry wrote:
    You piece of shit I hope u die in the next couple of days!
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  • 2/11/2009 8:32 PM jeff wrote:
    man i could not believe that guy! it is a good thing we didn't' judge all british people by the way he acted because we would think all brits were pompous, rude, childish, wussy punks. He basically stereotyped all americans as over weight idiots, hey he doesnt' have to deal with us if he doesn't want to. He can go back to his own country and take all of that "goody two shoes" rich, environmentalist crap with him. He is here in America, enjoying American privlidges and he said it was embarassing to sing the star spangled banner! Steve-o, buddy, if you hate Americans so bad, get you wet British butt out of here! We do not need elitist jerks like you ruining the lives of people who enjoy living here and are proud "star spangled banner" singing Americans. Bravo to other husband, what a good example of a good american husband and father. Steve, when you're old, gray and all alone, the only one you'll have to blame is yourself. It's your own fault your own kids don't love you because you never let them have any fun or be themselves. Your wife should be ashamed for letting you say the things you said, and laughing about it. How dare you think yourselves so much better than others. I wish you did a wife swap to the middle east, were you'd have to cover your face and your new husband could do what ever he wanted to you because to him you would just be a piece of property.Steve, i don't care how smart you think you are,that guy from Missouri should have knocked your teeth out, you are a complete ass, and if you keep living your life the way you are, it's going to have a miserable ending.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:32 PM don wrote:
    This fowler fella is a self centered, arrogant bastard that needs his limey ass beat.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:35 PM Carissa wrote:
    As a spouse of a HEROIC Soldier and a veteran myself, I personally believe that since Stephen thinks America is such a disgrace he should take his a$$ back to the country he loves and maybe then he wont be so pretentious! (LOOK THAT ONE UP STEPHEN~!)
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  • 2/11/2009 8:41 PM Anonymous wrote:
    What do you expect from a man that comes from a country that got beaten down by a bunch of backwood people. There the same type of people whose ancestors married each other and call it royalty. As far as making money he probably does that on his knees and on his stomach, hench British royalty.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:41 PM christina wrote:
    Appalled with this this man, how humiliating to his wife, family, and self. Absolutely disturbing.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:41 PM Wendy wrote:
    Wow...I am so glad it wasn't just ME that was SO profoundly disturbed by this horrible, rude, mean spirited man.
    I watched in absolute disgust as this "so-called" educated man verbally abused an innocent women. I couldn't believe how TOTALLY and COMPLETELY UNENLIGHTENED and cruel he was and that he actually thought he was bright!
    I swore I would never watch that show again and I am sticking to it. I am insulted that the station would air such a sad and disturbing household...it truly made me sick to my stomach. The complete irony was that his wife was a LIFE COACH??? Are you kidding me? The first thing she needs to do is get rid of that horrific husband, then spend the rest of her life trying to undo the damage he has caused on her children. What a shame that those children have witnessed such brutal disregard for other human beings.
    This show made me so angry that I will never watch that show again, so I hope it was worth it to the station to air such misery.
    As for that Fowler man? His name is appropriate. FOWL is RIGHT. I can only imagine that he grew up in a very sad and dysfunctional household and that he can only feel good about himself by looking down on others. He needs a lot of help and I hope he gets it.
    Wendy
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  • 2/11/2009 8:46 PM Annie wrote:
    I am sorry, guys, but like it or not, this guy has the right to his own opinion. That's the beauty of being an American citizen. Now, my question to you guys is have you ever incorrectly judged or stereotyped someone? What Stephen did is wrong in my eyes, but so is judging someone because of their social class, color, clothing style, etc.
    All I am saying is, why is he any worse than any of the rest of us? We all have our flaws; we just don't have our flaws broadcasted on national TV. AND he apologized. He admitted he has made a mistake. Maybe he did to stop getting death threats, or maybe he was truly sorry, but who are we to judge him? Are any of us better than him? Isn't it a little backwards say he can't judge us, but we can judge him? Think about it...
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    1. 2/12/2009 12:29 PM Jim's wife wrote:
      Is this really Renee??? That lame apology that "stephen" supposedly made to avoid death threats was not enough. What he did was personal for all the world to see. What you are saying is this guy can dish it out to a defenseless woman, thousands of miles away from her family and man she loves, but he should not suffer any repercussions from his scathing criticism of her as a human being.... You are nuts! Renee go back to waving off your farts for the camera, cause your shit can't possibly stink, right...
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  • 2/11/2009 8:46 PM Militarywife24 wrote:
    I would just like to say that Stephen Fowler: You are a complete idiot. You may be well educated but that does not mean that you are smart. The comments that you made throughout the show were completely uncalled for, untrue and just outright cruel for no reason. Even if there had been a reason for your cruelty, you took it to an extent that was not needed. Simply because a person is not as well educated as you or does not make as much money as you do, does not mean that they are worthless or stupid. Also, there is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with the military. The men and women that serve our country do so because they are brave, strong and smart individuals who want to protect their country and fight for what is good and right. Although, I would not expect someone like you to understand this concept. A concept that involves morals and integrity. You sir are nothing more then a rude, pompess, unfeeling jerk who actually demonstrated to us why so many American's have/had problems with Europeans. There is more to a person then their looks or their education. For example, your wife may be very fit and certified to do 6 different tasks, but that does not make her a good person which ironically makes the two of you a perfect match. Let's take a look at the word "Certified" for a moment here sir since you are so concerned with education. Certification is not easy to come by no, but it isn't exactly rocket science either. For instance, I could go out and become a Certified Nurse, in which case yes I have had training in the field of study that I wish to pursue. However, that does not mean that i'm extremely well educated as if I went and got my doctorate degree. So when you are making ill and uncalled for comments against those without as high of an education level as you, I guess you're also making those ill comments towards your own wife. No surprise there really seeing as what an uncaring bastard you presented yourself to be. As far as parenting goes you are extremely unsuccessful. You have absolutely no idea what love, compassion, and unselfish values are. Therefore, sadly I do see your children being well educated but cold and heartless which will not help them in the long run with their social developmental skills. Also, one bit of advice for the so well educated successful man who knows everything; you need to get serious mental and emotional help along with getting the hell out of America. If you detest our country so much and have problems with almost every single aspect of it, THEN LEAVE! Who in the world asked you to be apart of our country anyways? You may be well educated but you have a lot to learn. Just because someone does not make as much money as you or does not have the body type you believe they should have or even doesn't have the education you believe they have does not make them less of a human being than you. Infact, in my opinion you are a lesser human being than anyone else in the United States.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:46 PM Audrey wrote:
    After seeing this television show I was in shock. It is unclear, to me, why someone with such a high IQ could be so obtuse and prejudice. In my opinion his problems are more condemnable than ignorance. He lacks all decency and humanity. I weep for his children because they will surely end up as deluded and arrogant as he is.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:49 PM Joy wrote:
    This idiot is a real piece of work.He proves that having money can't buy common sense.If he loses all his money during this economic horror it would certainly be a life lesson,maybe deserved.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:53 PM Wayne wrote:
    I think if this dick thinks so low of America, he should go back to his douche bag country where he belongs. I think he is the ignorant one for categorizing Americans, If we are so lazy then why are we not part of English rule? Its called Patriots and the revolutionary war. I hope he remembers who's asses got kicked.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:55 PM David wrote:
    Stephan Fowler posted an apology on his wife's website which later was closed down. The text of the apology is still available in the Google archive, however. Here is that message:

    February 6, 2009 at 8:29 am · Filed under Uncategorized

    Stephen wrote this of his own volition, without input from me. I offer it without comment.

    I hope you will take this as a sincere and unequivocal apology. I have been completely taken aback by the response my behavior generated and it has taken a while for me to figure out what to say. I’m not doing this to try and redeem myself. Rather I’m trying to try and undo some of the hurt that people have obviously felt as a result of my comments.

    Clearly I behaved like a complete jerk and I am deeply sorry for all the offense I have caused. I’m not going to hide behind excuses, I showed an extraordinary level of stupidity and arrogance. I will do my best to address most of the criticism directed at me. If I miss something out, however, it is not because I do not deem it important, it is just that there is rather a lot to cover.

    First off, let me say I am deeply sorry for the terribly insulting way I treated Gayla during the show. She is a very pleasant person and clearly did not deserve to be treated that way. In fact, no one deserves to be treated that way. I was a bully, and it was just plain unacceptable. Once again, I offer my sincere apologies to Gayla, Alan, and their boys.

    Some of my remarks obviously made me appear unpatriotic. Well that was just dumb. I chose to become a US citizen because I deeply respect the values upon which this great country is based. For the record, I think the US is an amazing country and I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather live. And while I do not happen to believe the Iraq war is a good idea, I do have a huge amount of respect for all the personnel who serve in the US military. They have the toughest job in the world and I am truly grateful for the sacrifices that they make to protect this country.

    I used gross generalizations about Midwesterners and I am deeply sorry for any hurt I caused with these statements. My comments were just stupid and made me look like the one who is undereducated. Some of my best friends are Midwesterners, which shows how truly dumb my comments were.

    I also deeply regret that my actions reflected badly on the environmental organizations with which I am affiliated, and were of disservice to the environmental movement as a whole. I’ve resigned both my nonprofit board positions and would ask you to not judge these organizations by my actions. I offer my sincere apologies to all the staff and board members.
    Further, I regret that my remarks made me come across as a person who disrespects overweight people. I do not disrespect anyone for being overweight and I deeply regret that my remarks suggested I do. My wife has devoted her career to helping people and my comments reflect poorly on her and her heart-felt work. I apologize for my ext
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    1. 2/11/2009 9:10 PM Patrick wrote:
      Your only sorry because of the outcry against you and this is what a true coward does when he is up against the wall.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:55 PM american wrote:
    If that idiot talked to my wife that way I would have kicked his ass.
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  • 2/11/2009 8:59 PM Get Over It wrote:
    Jeez...This guy said some stupid things. They took a week's worth of footage and edited it down to only 40 minutes. I'm sure there are a lot of things we didn't see, and he's probably learned his lesson. Move on.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:01 PM Marcus wrote:
    My personal opinion is that Mr Fowler, who is an educated elite raised and is raising his kids the way an individual with CLASS does, though he has a temper, these shows are biased and only show you what you want to see, if he was a Entrepreneur as he is, he would need people skills. He was probably just fed up with the fat, lazy, selfish All American Trash complex as he saw in his wife swap. If I were to go back 10 years to 13 I would love to have french lessons, although I'd also like to go ATVing and Paintballing everyday so I am definitely a hypocrite.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:02 PM Patrick wrote:
    It is amazing to me that people who hate America so much never leave, they just like too hate it and keep reaping the rewards. I look down on him and his many followers. With all the money he made here he still pretends to hate the country that gave him everything and the people who protect his worthless little ass. I would love to take my Tahoe and run over him a time or two, but I wouldn't want to scratch my Tahoe. He isn't worth the cost of a new paint job.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:10 PM Anonymous wrote:
    This guy is an incredibly rude person, and although he dares to call himself educated and thinks he is in a "higher" position than the woman he did the wifeswap with, he's not. He is a ridiculous excuse of a man who is obviously lacking somewhere in his "perfect" life if he feels the need to bash on someone so much. Pathetic.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:18 PM Patrick wrote:
    You know, on second thought, you are worth the cost of a new paint job. Stay out of Harrison, Arkansas or I will make an example out of you; not that I am worried; cowards like you never leave a nerd city without a plane ticket to another nerd city.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:23 PM b MAN wrote:
    Steve, you don't suck. Tell these losers to shut up. Fat people who let their kids eat fast food should be put in their place. This country needs a WAKE THE %^&! UP CALL. Heart disease and stroke are killing people left and right. And these people who NEGLECT their minds and bodies....people who don't read, don't absorb new knowledge, eat fast food regularly, don't exercise, and let their kids run wild, are gonna try to make you feel bad?! Screw that and SCREW THEM. They love an excuse to ban together to make the fitness enthusiast look like the screwed up one. Because we make then feel the neglectful people they are. Yeah, maybe you went a little to far. But THESE PEOPLE don't get the message about their health and thinking when you say it nicely. Most of THESE PEOPLE have been told by their doctors to LOSE WEIGHT, and EAT RIGHT....nicely. And look around....big circular people everywhere, THEY FAILED, AND THEY ARE BITTER ABOUT IT. Bitter in their gut...and then you come along. You threw it in their face, you held no punches, and it made them realize what failures they are...and it HURT. TOO BAD, that's on them. We've been telling the people nicely for years...and it DOESN'T work. This soda drinking and fried chicken eating country needs a boot in the A$$. And as far as dealing with under "underprivileged" people, they needa boot in the ass too. They often make their own problems. Their thinking is often atrocious. They don't read books, they use foul language etc etc. Then they want a government handout to live on. You said what needed to be said, and they felt it. It's on them. Now be a man and stop apologizing.
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    1. 2/11/2009 9:51 PM Victoriaipb wrote:
      I completely disagree with you and before you got your 'rant on', you clearly missed the point that what everyone found incredibly offensive. It was not the divergent lifestyles, a need to teach better nutriotion, a wasted opportunity to share ideas or even show by example that Fowler's poser environmental t-shirt driven ways are better than the country family. NO, seree bob. The outrage is over the absolutely unacceptable manner in which this elitist and his spawn (with, as it turns out, rather embellished credentials) treated another individual. If you fail to see it that I suspect that you've been guilty of this type of behavior at one point or another. In a 'good' turn of events the little Fowler snobs grew up to be therapists or nutritinists and went off missionary style into the rural areas to teach nutrition. NO, instead they got a lesson in how it is acceptable for a 7 year old to disrespect an adult, that their father could slam doors and berate a person who's simply attempted to follow rules and arrangements as spelled out in the show's format, that there are disposable people and 'our' kind.
      Nutrition is an entirely different issue.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:23 PM Intoler8 wrote:
    typical elitist. What a doucebag this guy is. He is not typical of the American way of life in this country. He bags on the military (who defends and gives this country it's freedoms), believes in global warming (what a moron) and belittles someone just because they are not like him. Karma will soon have it's revenge on this guy. The people of SFO think they are so above the average American. Guess what, your not!!! About 95% of Americans are your typical middle class, hard working, normal living folks. SFO would have a snowballs chance in hell dealing with an uprising of us "common" folk. yuk yuk!!! I don't like to use ad-hominem, but I have to say FUCK YOU STEPHEN FOWLER!!! I Hope you rot in hell!!
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  • 2/11/2009 9:24 PM Human Being wrote:
    Stephen Fowler, man without a purpose.
    Just a well educated drone, heartless, coward, He can't be too smart though, going on national television and insulting the at least 80% of america, wow, you have just scared your business clients, the few people who may have thought you were half way desent, Pretty much everyone who you may come in contact with from now on will never open up to accept you... Your children may be at risk of becoming suicidal because of the intense pressure, afraid of not being able to please their "perfect father". You should be ashame of the way you act. Im not angry with you though because wether you belive it or not you are human too, and you dont have to be super educated to understand that nobody is perfect. I'm not well educated, but I'm smart enough to know that someone like you really is hurting on the inside, you are not happy with your life so you try to lower others spirits to make yourself feel like you actually matter..

    But I don't hate you nor am I angry with you. I actually feel sorry for you, and I prey for your children that they dont try to free themselves from your demanding grips by trying to hurt themselves... Its a sad situation... and the lady you repeately disrespected, has more class than you gave her, because any other american, would have KNOCKED YOUR ASS OUT...

    I love you man, and I hope you can get a grip on what life is... Its to short to live it like you are doing....

    God Bless you..
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  • 2/11/2009 9:26 PM Kellen M. wrote:
    I worked at Morgan Stanley for several years and occasionally had to work with IB's. Unfortunately, many of them are arrogant but have some degree of decorum.

    It is apparent that Mr. Fowler is simply a classless antagonist. If one were to delve into his psyche he was probably a very intelligent child but picked on by his peers. Now, as an adult, he feels that he is the "superior" one and therefore makes himself feel better by belittling others that he deems "below him".

    Unfortunately, the best way to deal with this type of species (and I am intentionally throwing him in the wild kingdom category) is to ignore anything that comes out of his mouth and chalk it up to the ramblings of a an insecure little man aspiring to be an elitist.

    I am very sorry,however, that this is a bad reflection on Londoners, who I have found to be amazingly gracious and polite.

    Perhaps, his next aspiration can be a jump from Wife Swap to Nanny 911 because he uncannily has the manners of a two year old!

    And,finally,if he is so harsh towards the US then why doesn't he simply pack his happy Mary Poppins bag and pip back off to the UK?
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  • 2/11/2009 9:26 PM Isabel Warrens wrote:
    Of course, THIS MAN MAKES ME SICK! How ignorant. It's funny how he is standing for one thing but his actions show something else. I am so upset at this a**%@le I cannot believe there are people out there that are that horrible. Wow. Karma will catch up with him and in fact I think it already has. Lol!
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  • 2/11/2009 9:33 PM Ace wrote:
    Let me make this clear before I start my post. I think that Stephen Fowler is a pompous, self absorbed donkey. I am by no means defending him in anyway, shape or form.
    I would love to see my fellow Americans get better educations, lose weight, and always strive to be the best humans that they can possibly be. We do have our problems and we are not perfect. With the blood and sweat of hundreds of years of hard work and pride in our country that has given us the right to be overweight and under educated. We, also, have the freedom to pursue an education and have the facilities to lose weight.
    Mr. Fowlers views were narrow and frankly unpatriotic. I think he should take his British Butt to his own country. The queen should take his land and money for embarrassing England in such a profound way.
    "Soldiers Creed’
    I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life,

    I am prepared to give my life for my country. So that my fellow American can enjoy freedom.
    The above statement is true for Mr. Fowler as it is for any American in my country. I fight for my country so that buttheads like him can make their millions and have the freedom to bash my country. I also fight to preserve the rights of myself to call him a total DONKEY. I am truly offended by how he treated that lady on Wife Swap and it made me sick to my stomach to think that he has made millions and enjoys the good life in my country while young soldiers from the middle class lose their lives to provide him with his freedoms. He’s an immoral person and he’s ungrateful for the sacrifices that other families have made for the freedom that he enjoys.
    By the way I would have much rather used different words but I want this to be posted.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:39 PM jezabelhatesfowler wrote:
    I just wanted to put my thoughts forward as a midwesterner and a college graduate. The fowlers are bad parents and their kids should be taken away by the state of California. People like Gayla are so sweet and kind and fun loving I don't know how you could be mean to some one just because they're not educated. She was a sweetheart. I hope stephen loses all his income due to his horrible attitude on the show...and dont even bother calling Renee at her place of business because I already tried and her mailbox was full. Hopefully from all the hate messages. I'm going to be in CA tomorrow and it makes me a little sad that I'm going to be in the same state as these people. This show has inspired me to buy an F150...I was debating but now I'm sure. Just to offset everything they're doing. It was either that or a more fuel efficient car. But nope now I'm going to make a bigger carbon footprint. take that D bag Fowler. Looks like pretty much any trace of this family has been taken off the internet...except their home address is still on google maps. Excuse me while I go work on my letter to him.
    ps "b man" the long family was hard working and I highly doubt they would ask for government handouts...but you probably think its ok to bailout Wall street executives... they're the ones asking for handouts these days. you're just another blind elitist prick.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:42 PM Jon wrote:
    I just saw this episode the other day and to say the least I was outraged. If I was a cameraman, let alone this Gayla's husband, I'd have kicked his ass. As someone who is in college and will be joining the military after I graduate, I was utterly amazed and repulsed, though I really shouldn't be. If he hates this country, what it stands for, its people, its service members, and generally everything about it, shove your money up your ass and GO HOME!!! Fine he wants gloat about how much money he makes, fine. I'm in the networking management/IT field, its one of the fastest growing fields and by 2012 will be THE fastest growing field, according to researchers. Once I get my degree, I could START at 50-60k a year. I also plan on getting my Masters in Computer Forensics, and they make and average of 400/hour. I'm also learning Arabic and know enough Spanish to get by. I say that not to brag or boast, b/c I'd gladly give all that up to serve this country, b/c if it wasn't for this country, that others have died to protect, then I wouldn't have the opportunities I have today, and morons like him wouldn't have freedom to say dumb bull****. I say it because he thinks that money makes the man and makes you better than everyone else and he's dead wrong. And there are many others that do the same thing every day, that are actually in the military right now, that have given up lucrative business deals to serve this country. I like a quote in Blackhawk Down by Eric Bana's character, "When I go home people'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a g*dd*mn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is." And that's all it is. It's not for the fame, not for the money, not for any of that, its for the men next to you, and for this country. Pat Tillman comes to mind instantly. I'm sure he made more than Fowler did in a yr. Unfortunately this is the sentiment of most, not all, but most of Europe...after we bailed their ass out of 2 world wars and we forgave the billions they owed us in debt. You'd think they'd have a nicer opinion of us....but no. Oh well. Wow, that really went longer than I intended and kinda got off topic, but oh well, yea he's a jackass, sorry that's an offense to donkeys, and I'm glad he and his family are suffering backlash for it, as they did nothing to quell it, not even his wife...some great example they are.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:45 PM Kellen M. wrote:
    Incidentally, Fowler has overlooked a major thing about the Midwest....could it be that several of the US's major investment related entities are in the Midwest....CBOE (World's largest options exchange), MERC (Chicago Mercantile-one of the World's largest commodities exchange), several hedge funds, several syndicate attorneys and several investment banks are in Chicago.

    Interesting.

    I guess all the individuals that trade or work for these entities are all obese,uneducated imbeciles.

    Almost makes me wonder how much Fowler really knows about the financial markets and how good of an investment banker he really is,
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  • 2/11/2009 9:50 PM ninjattorney wrote:
    Although I rarely watch TV, I happened to catch this and have never been more offended or compelled to post a comment to a blog that Fowler is unlikely to read; however, if he does:

    Dear Mr. Fowler,

    Despite your inaccurate beliefs about your own intelligence and characterization of our country, your country would like to thank you. Immigrating legally and capitalizing on what this country has to offer is why we ran the English out in the first place. You are our guest here, and regardless of what naive, small-minded, submoronic, elitist, opinionated and inaccurate beliefs you hold, we will honor them and defend your right to speak freely in any Federal or State court and with our very lives if necessary. Your welcome.

    It is absurd how you can extrapolate an estimated IQ from GRE results, but it is clear that your opinion of your intellect is based on your considerable wealth, not your actual intelligence. Our country values character and integrity over income and accomplishments. Sadly, you've made success and environmentalism look unattractive for no one wants to be like you. Maybe you can share the fruits you've plucked from this country with those who need it.

    Our country has had its faults, and there are more we will continue to make, but nowhere else in the world will you meet more generous, caring and kind people willing to give whatever they can to the world. Don't believe me? Ask Thailand, the Europe we rebuilt, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, several countries in Africa, and the millions of people who survive only on the kindness and charity of the U.S. citizen. You might not know about that from your ivory tower, but try actually helping a starving or homeless person instead of blaming them. If you cannot contribute, like your adopting countrymen, then please leave. If you insist on having your children become sniveling weaklings like yourself with no respect for anything but class and money, then please take them with you. My regards to your wife, who clearly loves your status and money that affords her an unrealistic life. It is enough for her to put up with you when any clear thinking person would have nothing to do with you.

    If your performance is a product of daft directing, then you have a great future in Hollywood. I will give you the benefit of that doubt. Anytime you want to be an American, even one of respectful dissent, we welcome you. If nothing else, please take yourself and beautiful family to visit some injured veterans returned home, the less fortunate in your own life that could use kindness not criticism, and contribute to making your community better, not uglier by your horrific personality.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:51 PM BigJoe wrote:
    Dear Mr. Stephen Fowler. My name is Joe. Pretty simple enough for you for you to understand. I am tested at a 125 IQ nothing spectacular but I'm not handicapped by no means either. I also served my country which I don't think you would have the balls to do. So when you bag on "AVERAGE AMERICA" remember who is protecting your prissy stupid ass. Its me and my buddies and when the shit hits the fan we might just let you walk out and "find" the enemy. Your not worth the price of a bullet.
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  • 2/11/2009 9:56 PM SanDiego wrote:
    Mr. Fowler is delusional and pathetic. I see people like him all the time in the hospital I work at. No one comes to see them, their kids hate them and the sit in their own feces and urine. Be careful Mr. Fowler how you treat people. You never know "who will be changing your diaper". Everyone will remember you...
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  • 2/11/2009 10:00 PM iolani wrote:
    What is funny here is that this limey has the gall to say that he is here in the U.S. to teach us. My question to this pillow biter is why doesn't he do this in his own country first? Because he is a failure there. I could care less what he says or thinks because this is why this is the greatest country on earth. Gayla had a great point that superceded all of his commetns: "Why are you here if you hate the U.S. so much?"
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  • 2/11/2009 10:04 PM Ray wrote:
    For all the verbiage, it is most succinct to simply state that this man is an ass. Pity that he has reproduced.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:04 PM ChoicesandConsequences wrote:
    Unfortunately--there are many "fowlers" in this beautiful city. I moved here 10 years ago during the Dot.com craze. It changed this city--for the worse.

    Entitlement does not get you respect.

    There are many beautiful people here--I see many of them struggling in this horrible economy.

    I bet if Fowler lost his bank account and shirt--this grandiose man would stick a hose on his Mercedes tail pipe and off himself. God forbid he ask one of us "lower class" for help.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:05 PM Chris Lopez wrote:
    Dear Mr. Fowler:

    Why are you in a country you so obviously despise? Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison were born in Mid-West America, can you name one citizen of your "home" of that kind of stature? Your pompousness only exposes your insecurity and feeling of inferiority. If you have it you don't have to flaunt it. You and your family are arrogant and indulgent to the point of ludecrousy. Come down off your high horse and into reality idiot!
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  • 2/11/2009 10:06 PM dcsaturn61 wrote:
    I am a native San Franciscan and after a few minutes of this asshole's behavior in one of the clips I viewed, I was sick to my stomach and wanted to get in my car and drive to SF to kick this fuck's ass---How dare he???--for his sake, I hope that we don't cross paths personally or professionally or I will OWN him--I', blk 6'3 250 and ready to kick this prick back to England with my size 13's!!!
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  • 2/11/2009 10:08 PM Matt wrote:
    This is a fantastic website. I would love nothing more than to see these people leave this amazing country due to the backlash from Mr. Fowler’s actions. How on earth you can claim to be such a well rounded and intelligent individual and speak to another human being in this manner is beyond me. I have two bachelor’s degrees and have traveled the world, and I was born and raised in the great state of Wyoming. Money and education do not make you a great person. I truly feel sorry for his children, the very idea of a child who does not know what fun is has to be the saddest thing I can imagine. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Fowler, you are raising two kids who will probably be very intelligent and successful, and hate every minute of it. They will have six figure jobs, travel the world, have intelligent and very attractive spouses, and it will be nothing but a hollow, pathetic existence. I wanted nothing more than go into a rant about how this man claims to be so much better than anyone else, but all I could think about is how his kids have to go through their entire life under his influence and grow up to hate their existence. I honestly hope the fallout from this all but ruins this man and his business. He thinks that by posting an apology that seems heartfelt is enough to make everything ok. People who say "this man made a mistake and apologized so get over it" are blind. Mr. Fowler is very intelligent and simply thinks he can placate everyone into thinking he made a mistake. Anyone who insults another person and groups of people the way he did with his intelligence carefully thought of every word that came out of his mouth and made sure they were as hurtful and mean as possible. If this were an individual of average intelligence it could be passed off as a temporary lapse of judgment, but this man who is so proud of his intellect is not capable of that, this is evident in the fact that they have so much footage of his arrogant behavior. The people of Great Brittan should be just as upset by Mr. Fowlers actions as many of the people of this country are. Mr. Fowler, despite all your intelect and success, you sir are a fucking idiot.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:19 PM Stephen Fowler is a commie wrote:
    Fuckin Brits.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:24 PM Annoyed wrote:
    I just wanted to post a little comment and remind all of you, that right now everyone posting on this site (myself included now) and the many others on the web, are giving him exactly what he wants. Does anyone realize how famous they are making him right now? Next thing you know they will be giving him his own realitiy tv show just because people love to watch what they cant stand. Everyone is feeding this fire. The best thing for this lil FUCK is for everyone to drop it and to forget he even breaths air on this planet. He is a waste of space and valuble air. Karma is a bitch, what goes around comes around so please just let his name die in the pile of rubble he created.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:36 PM JB wrote:
    I have been working in TV for 25 years. I can tell you all that reality TV is really not reality at all. Certainly there are many powers that shape every show including the on-screen and off-screen talent/personnel/crew. So this guy, Stephen, has been hit hard by the show, and the way he was portrayed was nothing short of "stranger than fiction," which we must all realize is probably a tad bit of that. But let's be real, the guy was shocking! And that make people talk, which makes more people watch, which encourages the network/TV show to make it as shocking as possible. They are not in the business of showing drivel that is one of the shows skipped over when channel surfing. They are in the business of selling advertising. And they seem to have a lot of people watching the ads they have sold

    However, I can ponder a few points:
    1) I have never met a genius that went out of his/her way to flaunt it, degrade others for their lack of opportunity for education, nor felt insecure enough to quote test scores from four years prior.
    2) His (and her) lack of genuine affection for their children is indicative of a fear of emotional loss of control, and loss of control seemed to be something neither of the two could tolerate. The insistence of good parenting through extreme education is a cop out to the education of values, ethics, compassion, and humility for what one has, and another has not.
    3) From experience and study, I believe that he treats his wife and children in a way that humiliation is used as a tool for controlling them. Her denial that he treats her in a way similar to the way he treated the wife swap was a lie. (Does he hit her; she asked the other guy if he was going to. Is that what usually transpires at home?)
    4) These two geniuses, as they deemed themselves, did not know that they were about to air out their filthy laundry; their dirty little secrets to America as a whole; A country of people that they hold in contempt, look down upon, are not proud of, and in general gave notice that they could do without Americans and America. (Although I am not proud of this, it is a fact that Americans kill each other over road rage, and with two wars going on Stephen and his wife having a nice piece of the pie...This is far from a genius thing to do).
    5) Is Stephen perpetuating his own weaknesses through teaching his children deep seated misogyny and arrogant displays of prejudice through self righteous contempt for anyone NOT LIKE HIM?
    6) In a country where the educational system has long been railed against as too institutional and not interactive enough, is it wise to stress institutional education as the highest priority? Perhaps it would be best for Stephen and his wife to put down the adult fun of venture capitalism and weight management for all those that they have no commitment to that holds any value compared to the commitment that they should have to their children, and do some home schooling and some quality time.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:43 PM kate wrote:
    I totally respect this peron who wrote this letter. Kudos to you!! I can't believe this person who lives in the
    U nited States of America, hates our military amd basically this whole country! My husband is militray and deployed right now you keep you FREE. He is putting his life on the line you Americans like himself. I am so proud to be an American, if it weren't for meeting my husband and joining after we met, I would be in the military fighting your freedom. To let you live the lives you do. Keeping your children in the schools they go to. Want to know something...? We dont get paid what he pays for one years worth of his children education in a year!!!! And I have two kids. This man, Steven Fowler, go back to the counrty you came from. If you don't like America WHY THE F*** are you here! JUST LEAVE!!! I watch Wife Swap and the one day I miss it, I miss this. I am so frusterated about this man. I am from Kansas, which is the state that is in the middle America. and I have traveled to 4 different countries and I am an educated women. How dare he say anything that he did when he is a spoiled, selfish jackass. I would like to say so much more but rather not go on and any more heated. I feel extremly sorry for his children, that they now have the worst father in the world. That he teach his child to act at like this. They learn from their parents what they see is what they know. I know, I have a three year old and a one year old. Children learn from their parents on how to treat others with respect. This man has none for anyone but himself and his family. My three year old daughter will learn why she should be a pround American. She doesn't understand quite yet why her father is gone for 6-9 months out of the year. She just knows he is out there protecting us.
    Thank you for writing this letter to him. It is very well put and everything I would of said to him. SO thank you again for standing up to all Americans, Mid Americans and all.
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  • 2/11/2009 10:55 PM gonzo wrote:
    I would like to see someone bitch slap him on you tube and would be willing to make a paypal contribution for the video production.
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  • 2/11/2009 11:23 PM lia wrote:
    steven fowler is GREAT. i LOVE him, he is what we need in our FAT dumbed down society.
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  • 2/11/2009 11:23 PM Jake wrote:
    Saw the show...couldn't believe what an utterly repulsive, cruel
    jerk Mr.Fowler was. Fowler acted like a two year old, with nary any
    education whatsoever. Fowler has a gaping hole in his personality.
    His wife on the other hand appeared to be very nice. What exactly
    was it about him that she found attractive? Must have been on his
    best behavior during a short courtship, and his accent. After
    marriage...with her beliefs against divorce...alas it was to late.

    He's lucky the other husband didn't play with his dental structure.
    If he doesn't change his attitude, he could be in for alot of
    reconstructive surgery. You just don't treat people like that,
    not here anyway.

    Fowler better hope he doesn't find himself in a difficult
    situation (pickle) and need the assistance of the only person
    who will pass him that night, but who recognizes him. I hope
    Fowler has invested everything with a fellow elitist, "Bernard
    Madoff".

    Fowler's behavior was inexcuseable...the only redemption I see
    is 12 months of vounteer service in a homelsess shelter.
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  • 2/11/2009 11:31 PM carrie wrote:
    meaning of Fowler - SATAN
    Fowleristic - SATANIC
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  • 2/12/2009 12:41 AM Anonymous wrote:
    this guy makes me sick to my stomach...he thinks lesser of people and people like that arent american at all...he needs to get off his high horse and seriously think what hes doing...hes not just the worth husband of all time...hes the worst example of an educated person...i know ill never be as smart as this guy "says" he is..but i know im gunna eb a hell of alot better person then him...i hope someone gives this guy there 2 cents in person and see if he can defend himself in person...or even think of a reason why he had a point to do such disgusting things....he made himself look like a piece of S**t..idk how his kids and wife can stand having him in there life..i sure as hell couldnt
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  • 2/12/2009 1:13 AM Nobody you know of wrote:
    In my opinion, anyone who's dumb enough to participate in such an idiotic show deserves everything. This includes us who are commenting on other people's lives and choices as well. Very nice way of passing time without doing anything useful.
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  • 2/12/2009 1:25 AM David Rosenberg wrote:
    What a fucking loser.
    We must send him back to UK.
    He is too smart for this country.

    I beg all his and his wife's clients to dump them. Let them become poor.
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  • 2/12/2009 1:35 AM allan wrote:
    have not and would not watch the show but it sounds like Mr Fowler is one of the new rich people we hear of who has let the money seduce him into a false sense of worth,as a brit myself who did well thru hard work may i add there is no place for such boorish behavier,being poor is not a sin and they are more likely to give you the shirt off their backs and the last food on the table,very bad manners,where in gods earth was this genteman raise in the UK and more to the point by whom,
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  • 2/12/2009 2:14 AM Anonymous wrote:
    With all of the slams about living in the United States, I can make only one suggestion to this a-hole: Go back to the UK!!! We don't need an ignoramus like this guy. And, a 22-year veteran of the United States Navy, I am proud to be an American and live this American way of life that we all live. I have never seen such a dirty scoundrel in all my years. This guy (and his wife) need to get run out of the country!
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  • 2/12/2009 2:23 AM dandansoy wrote:
    somebody should kick his ass for it!!!
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  • 2/12/2009 2:45 AM John Pollard wrote:
    I only saw the first youtube video here, and not the whole show but I feel qualified to comment on this topic as I understand it so far.

    I've done some traveling, lived in other countries, etc. I found that British guy to be fairly representative of a certain portion of the world's citizens. He was shocking, but hey, that's reality.

    I thought the mid-west girl was a hotty, having had Australian girlfriends like her myself and she was true to herself and spoke well for America in my opinion.

    I felt sorry for his kids, that's going to be some self-parenting problem when they grow up.

    His wife had a few zingers as well. I'd like to see more of her interactions. I guess I'll have to watch the show eventually.

    Hating that British guy is of no value. I see people like him and his wife every day.

    If you like real, he gave you the deepest real that he had, and that's what you are responding to.

    Lot's of people hate America and what it stands for given it's role as part of the global puzzle. People of all nations need to work this kind of stuff out.

    Personally I think the Iranian people are some of the best people who have ever lived, and we don't give them credit for that.
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  • 2/12/2009 3:32 AM clei wrote:
    whatta sarcasm! what kind of father and husband are you mr.fowler?

    you dont have to brag about your achievements because nobody cares about them.

    i am Clei, a senior social work student of Leyte Normal University in Leyte, Philippines. a 20-year-old student like me is upset about what "pseudo-professionals" like you have become! you are supposed to be a model of your kids and us, the youth. well, thanks for what you have shown in the tv show, it was a point of reflection for us not to settle down and marry people like you. =] i live in the Philippines and i am a true blue Pilipino. and both our race, mr.fowler, the color of our skin, the money we make and the achievements we achieve do not make us better persons if we do not use it to the best of our abilities and goodness! i may not have travelled countries abroad and i may have come from an average family whose parents' salary do not even suffice to their children's other needs and cannot even provide for their wants but i am PROUD to say that i have a father who is really far different from you! he is silent and a deep-water to tread on but his words are mellow and whenever we, including my mother, commit mistakes, he does not reprimand to insult us rather he readily gives advice to help us change, and not to berate us in any way. he may not be a perfect father that we want him to be but i would never ever wish for another father if it is only people like you who would replace him. i love my father even when he does not have extra money to give us for our needs and wants, the money you make in a week is NOTHING if you brag about it and use it to provide for your family's needs WITHOUT LOVE.

    before you could have behaved that way in the show, you could have thought about your children and your mother and how they might feel when you do that. you are psychologically abusing them, and you are verbally and psychologically hurting Gayla and other people in the world including the brits and the americans. well, if you do not care about your children and your mother, then what's your point of staying in a family?

    if your guts managed to do that on a woman, a mother not related to you, i am pretty sure and how im sure you do and treat your wife the SAME way,too. you nag, you berate her, ALWAYS.
    your family needs intervention, mr. fowler. =]

    if anybody comes across this comment, please try to refer mr.fowler's family to a skilled social worker, and maybe a psychiatrist will also do! we can't just afford to leave mr. fowler's family under the psychological and verbal maltreatment of their SO-CALLED RICH, POMPOUS, AND PROUD "FATHER!"

    if they cannot be treated ASAP, they might become what their father is, A TOTAL FAMILY WRECKER!
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  • 2/12/2009 3:36 AM Beth wrote:
    Oh well Mr. Fowler does seem to have a MIS-SHAPED HEAD which would seem to account for his brainless comments! maybe someone needs to turn him on to the fact that his head is shaped very odd and with that comment he will always be self consious because with a head shaped such as his >> well even surgery cannot fix that he has to live with it! __ YEE HAW FROM A TRUE SOUTHERN REDNECK GIRL
    !
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  • 2/12/2009 4:02 AM mark wrote:
    Mr Fowler; As a military member and FOUR time veteran, I must remind you of our past. We gained our independence from your country because of SAPS like you. You do know that even though you may a resident status here that there can come a time that your Welcome here will end. We should have a new show that follows you all the way through the Deportation process. Now that would be great.

    You have got to be the worlds epitome of just a plain old WORTHLESS person. This world has enough problems, and yes the US, we have our own. If you want to be a biggot then do back in the UK you jerk. I am sure that I can speak for all my fallen soldier brothers, "Rot in hell limie."
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  • 2/12/2009 4:07 AM Human Being wrote:
    Stephen Fowler, man without a purpose.
    Just a well educated drone, heartless, coward, He can't be too smart though, going on national television and insulting the at least 80% of america, wow, you have just scared your business clients, the few people who may have thought you were half way desent, Pretty much everyone who you may come in contact with from now on will never open up to accept you... Your children may be at risk of becoming suicidal because of the intense pressure, afraid of not being able to please their "perfect father". You should be ashame of the way you act. Im not angry with you though because wether you belive it or not you are human too, and you dont have to be super educated to understand that nobody is perfect. I'm not well educated, but I'm smart enough to know that someone like you really is hurting on the inside, you are not happy with your life so you try to lower others spirits to make yourself feel like you actually matter..

    But I don't hate you nor am I angry with you. I actually feel sorry for you, and I prey for your children that they dont try to free themselves from your demanding grips by trying to hurt themselves... Its a sad situation... and the lady you repeately disrespected, has more class than you gave her, because any other american, would have KNOCKED YOUR ASS OUT...

    I love you man, and I hope you can get a grip on what life is... Its to short to live it like you are doing....

    God Bless you..
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  • 2/12/2009 4:10 AM denise wrote:
    steve your a fucking douchbag! someone shout drag you behind a car you fucking limey bastard, fuck you!
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  • 2/12/2009 4:21 AM Annette wrote:
    I didn't watch the show but I read the article. Who the heck does this guy think he is? If my Husband acted like that for 1 i would knock him into next year and I'm sure I'd have help. the last I knew we all put our pant's on 1 leg at a time and for someone to put another human down for the way they act,talk or whatever is very un called for. Hey who's to say the people we think has problums aren't the "normal" ones and we all have the problums. I fully believe in Karma and Stephen will get his in the end.
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  • 2/12/2009 4:36 AM Sarah wrote:
    Dear Mr. Fowler,

    I can't believe you!! That poor woman comes into your home to have a nice experience and you treat her like crap! What if someone did that to you!! Would you like that?? If you went into someones home and you got embarressed on Television!! You horrible horrible person! That makes me sick and probably everyone else in the country that watched Wife Swap. I may only be 12 years old but let me tell you right now my daddy has more respect for a piece of dirt than you do for Gayla and probably every other stranger you don't know!!! I'm sorry that you can't live a week without being nice to someone that trys to be nice and gets turned down by a maniac fool.

    I hope this letter gets to you and that you will learn from your mistakes.

    Thank You for listening,

    Sarah
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  • 2/12/2009 4:40 AM Alan wrote:
    Steve's actions on the show - were a true look into what kind of person he is - a rude immature tirade of ignorance!
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  • 2/12/2009 4:54 AM Asian Man wrote:
    I did the airing of wife swap with this FOWLer character. After reading all the blogs, I was very offended. Like one blog says, there are all different cultures in the Bay Area. Mr. FOWL(Chicken)er, grab your coop and fly away. I grew up in San Francisco and you give San Franciscans a bad name. Go climb under the rock from which you came from. Your an idiot.
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  • 2/12/2009 5:08 AM Joshua wrote:
    First off I don't think anyione should treat a lady like that, no matter what her education is. Second, I hope someone kicks his ass and tells him to get the hell out of are country. It is people liek that who dont deserve to be here. I don't care how much you make a yr suck it!!!!
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  • 2/12/2009 5:13 AM robert wrote:
    Wow, My fellow Americans, I am so proud this prick is getting his. I watched the program and was so angry, I only wish I could get my hands on this limey prick. I'm a high school dropout who can't vote, works construction, married three times, kids with two woman, and Steven I still walk with more Honor and integrity than you could ever pretend to have. You see I'm a man of honor, and I am prepared to kill or be killed to protect that honor. Oh yes, the Army taught me that as well. Nothing on the program disturbed me more when the bitch wife said she was not a proud American. I wish the one husband did smack the bitch, like she had said. I would have mailed him a 12 pack. Again, when I say my prayers at night, I ask god for one thing, PLEASE allow me to run into this guy one day. Stephen just wouldnt like what I would have to do....
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  • 2/12/2009 5:18 AM Patriotic American wrote:
    Folks,

    This is simple. Stephen and his wife personify the elitist, arrogant (and ignorant) views of liberal Democrats who despise average Americans and hate this country. They think they are so much better than the rest of us -- that's why they empower big government with your tax dollars, because they think you are too stupid to live your own life without Big Brother liberalism directing you.

    Bottom line: when you elect liberal Democrats, you're electing the Stephen Fowlers of the world!
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    1. 2/13/2009 6:28 AM Peet wrote:
      Keep in mind that this Fowler character is EXACTLY the kind of person 0bama was speaking to in S.F. when he made his "bitter clinger" remark.

      How appropriate...

      Peet in W.MA
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  • 2/12/2009 5:24 AM Peter Fulham wrote:
    Oh my god! Now lets face it both parties have problems with their life balance. But Fowler and his wife have to take the trophy for being D**k Heads and Stephen is jus a W**ker as we Brits would say. He is just a bully. How he treated that poor woman just belies belief from another humam being. Fowler makes me ashamed to be British, actually as he's gone to America of his own choice so he is no longer British. Shame he can't lose the accent, at least then he wouldn't be associated Britain.

    You have to give it to the other family, ok paintballing is not something I would want to do on a regular basis. But the way I see it, for them, it as a way for one of their children to get a proper education, they cannot afford to do it any other way. So whats wrong with that? We all want the best we can provide for our children, they should be applauded for at least trying the only way that they can see how.

    As for Fowlers view on education, yes it is important but he has no sense of balance (Doesn't have any sense at all) it is important to encourage your children to achieve the best they can, but his way is forced labour. Children need to be allowed to be children so that they are allowed to be educated in the social and communication skills they will need with people in later life. They need to know that there has to be give and take in life and when dealing with people. How he treats his children is almost child abuse. They aren't allowed to think for themselves, and the way he used them as weapons against that poor woman is dispicable. What kind of message is he giving his kids?

    As for the weight issues in the other family. I feel that the family could make more of an effort, 'you are what you eat' as they say. And the food that we saw in the film wasn't exactly a healthy diet? And maybe the weight problem is hereditary, but thats no reason to not to eat a balanced diet, or use it as an excuse to prevent further effort because it would mean a change in thier life style.
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  • 2/12/2009 5:27 AM steve wrote:
    i think stephen fowler is a son of a BITCH and his mother made money off of selling her pussy FUCK U STEPHEN
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    1. 2/12/2009 9:32 AM Jack wrote:
      Actually, I think S. Fowler was speaking about you in particular. If YOU became more like HIM, it would be a material improvement.
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  • 2/12/2009 5:36 AM newmum wrote:
    I have actually never seen the show until this episode. Opon flipping through channels, I heard one of the inappropriate comments and was drawn to continue watching. If I did not know better, I'd have thought it was a show on verbally abusive husbands. As an educated Midwestern woman I was deeply disturbed by how this other woman was treated and by his sweeping generalizations about people in general. I feel sorry for this man's wife as she has quite pitifully turned a blind eye. I feel sorry for the children as they will only turn in to much of the same by default and contine this ugly cycle. I do not feel sorry for this man, he may be "book smart", but he is truly one of the most ignorant human beings I have encountered in my 36 years. Absolutely sickening and a total toxic environment to raise kids.
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  • 2/12/2009 5:40 AM ulli wrote:
    The U.S. government should take advantage of the "American citizenship" of Stephen Fowler, because he violated all the American people.
    He must be sent back to London where he was born
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  • 2/12/2009 6:01 AM Tomas wrote:
    Stephen Fowler does suck. He needs to move back to Europe. Whatever business he is in, I am boycotting it in the hopes that he does move. I hate arrogant and stuck up people. I just hope his kids don't grow up like him. Like father and hopefully not like son.
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  • 2/12/2009 6:04 AM Jake wrote:
    With an IQ of 158, I suppose History and geography is not his strong suites.

    Stephen Fowler obviously enjoys his French wines. In 1876, The "PO-Dunks" of Missouri saved the French wine industry. An infestation of Phylloxera decimated the countries wine producing vines.
    The Missouri wine makers send millions of rootstock's so Stephen could enjoy his wine today.

    Stephen is raising his children to be citizens of the world? Wouldn't Missouri qualify? The last I had checked it is still on all world maps.

    I would hope these corrections will not devastate Stephen too much. He should have his IQ checked again along with his manners.
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  • 2/12/2009 6:06 AM Mike Hughes wrote:
    Everybody...we just need to get used to it. There are A*sholes everywhere. I am not a violent person but I would be the hell out of this guy if I ever spotted him in public. "Life Coach" hah kiss my butt get a real job. IDIOT is what this guy is. Please, when are we going to start standing up to fools and idiots? Our society is rapidly declining. Wake up people. We were "born with our eyes wide open" use some common sense.
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  • 2/12/2009 6:07 AM Brian wrote:
    I think Stephen is absolutely correct in many of his assessments of Americans. Look around. You see fat people, many ignorant ones (judging by what passes for music, conversation, and entertainment in this country), greed and selfishness. The military in this country seems to think it is above reproach and examination. This country won't mature and progress until we have taken a thorough examination of ourselves, our lifestyles, and our institutions.
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  • 2/12/2009 6:08 AM Day wrote:
    I think this man is a sorry excuse for a human being. There is no reason for anyone to verbally bash another persons beliefs and way of life in front of millions of other average working class citizens. Mr Fowler, you are no better than any other average hard working American. How dare you portray yourself to be better than anyone. You make me sick!!
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  • 2/12/2009 6:51 AM Loyal American wrote:
    As a disabled veteran that has served his country I find it sickening that we protect such arrogant bastards as Fowler. In this case he knows NOT what country he truly comes from! I am sure the Brits wouldn't claim him as he truly exemplifies all the worst arrogant, snobbish and rude behavior that even they no longer deem tolerable in decent society. I have know a few Brits in my time and found them wonderful, caring and friendly. So obviously Fowler didn't come from the UK! And Fowler doesn't belong in the US. No backbone to defend this country that has granted him the opportunity to become nothing more than some arrogant wealthy individual with an over inflated ego. So now that he has through personal actions and words totally alienated himself from this country and its' citizens he must immediately leave this country never to return! There is obviously no room for some one of his nature here. He can now be free to go force his beliefs and misguided attitudes upon some other poor uneducated country he believes to need his saving graces! There maybe he will be welcomed as their "King George" and he can continue his pompous ways and beliefs.
    If standing up for your country in time of war is being a "poor, uneducated, Redneck" than count me IN! If coming from the Midwest and enjoying the pleasures of ATVs, paintball games, fishing, hunting, and teaching your children the true meaning of life through love and parenting are the attributes of a "commoner" than count me IN!
    Guess Fowler forgot it was the "commoner" and Rednecks that kicked the Brits asses in 1776! It was those that aspired to military service for their country's sake that kicked the Brits out of the colonies and helped forge the United States. And on more than one occasion has such dedicated common military individuals rose to the Presidency of the most powerful country in the world! Obviously this was lost on you Fowler! For you will never rise to such levels in your lifetime! Get out now while you can for this country doesn't need you! You lack the basic intelligence to really understand what a true American is!
    You might try Iraq or Afghanistan. You would fit in well with them!
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  • 2/12/2009 6:52 AM FUCK OFF REDNECKS wrote:
    Mr Fowler is correct.

    All that he is guilty off is not going much further in what he said.

    Trailer-trash like Gayla deserve far worse.

    There is no difference between the words "U.S. soldier" and "War Criminal".

    Obese redneck asswipes make the planet disgusted with the USA, the world's most bacward and ignorant nation.

    Mr Fowler should not waste his time trying to educate these simpletons. Spitting at them would be more rewarding.
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    1. 2/12/2009 8:47 AM Really? wrote:
      First of all, Oh high and mighty one, learn to spell. And the reasons other nations detest the US are people like yourself. Other countries are sick of Americans who think they are better than everyone else. I know that spitting on you would be more rewarding than wasting my time trying to educate an idiot such as yourself, but I felt compelled. If you don't like our country and the freedoms US soldiers protect for you, MOVE.
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    2. 2/12/2009 6:16 PM SSG D wrote:
      I'm assuming that you are writing this from the U.S. I am a soldier, and the next time you walk by one in uniform, call him a war criminal for me. Then be prepared to pick your bleeding self up off the ground you liberal elitist fuck. Say hi to Nancy Pelosi for me bitch.
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    3. 2/12/2009 6:19 PM SSG D wrote:
      I'm assuming that you are writing this from the U.S. I am a soldier, and the next time you walk by one in uniform, call him a war criminal for me. Then be prepared to pick your bleeding self up off the ground you liberal elitist fuck. Say hi to Nancy Pelosi for me bitch.
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    4. 2/21/2009 7:03 AM Ted wrote:
      Well Mr F* U* Rednecks. I think you are just having fun and baiting our dismay. I'm not biting.
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  • 2/12/2009 6:55 AM Julie wrote:
    Most of these shows just roll off my back and I don't even think about them. Fowler was so mean and hateful I really felt sorry for the Missouri wife. She did really well at handling him. Fowler may have a great education, but the Missouri wife was the one with the class. There is no way I could have put up with such abuse. I wish we could put a stamp on his bottom and send him back to Britain. What a jerk.
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  • 2/12/2009 6:58 AM Anonymous wrote:
    I dont really have much to say except that I'm in the music buisness and this was bragging about what he makes! Please i make more in a week than he makes in a month. Does he relize that he lives in the USA. Hey asshole remember we are the country who took this place from your country! Oh yeah I forgot, NICE TEETH FAG!
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  • 2/12/2009 7:11 AM Eli wrote:
    America is my adaptive country, I lived in Europe and I am born in Africa. when I heard this jerk about America specially about a good people in mid west. my blood was thinning.glad peoples speak out. we should continue to speak until he apologies and any other jerk around here learn more.
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  • 2/12/2009 7:11 AM gaserfraser wrote:
    In Crocodile Dundee, one snob got a punch in the mouth for his snobby behavior. In the movie "Deliverance" an insurance salesman got butt blasted for underestimating American Mountain men. "There". See you dont' have to be a long winded full-him-self New York Marketing type to make your point.
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  • 2/12/2009 7:19 AM dumb Jimi wrote:
    This guy is actually your norm in SF. I live in the "Gay Area" (or Bay Area as they call it) and people with altitudes like Mr. Fowler's permeate its society. The funny thing with this economic down turn I am also enjoying seeing some give up their posh lives for a shopping cart and a street corner. Have a great life idiot, God bless.
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  • 2/12/2009 7:25 AM Proud american wrote:
    Wow this guy needs his ass kicked. Ok he knows BIG words, and he makes SOOOOOOOOOO much money, but make him come to one of these midwest states, and god, he would get messed up. He should go die. Life would be better.
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  • 2/12/2009 7:58 AM Tim wrote:
    I stumbled across this story on Yahoo and, for whatever reason, I feel compelled to add my comments.

    I was born and raised in Berkeley, lived in SF for many years, and now call Kentfield my home with my family. I am very proud of my city and the fact that it provides a home to so many interesting and enlightened people, and I am outraged that someone as profoundly repellent and odious as Mr. Fowler slithers the streets of my city.

    In an era during which Republican shills and dirty tricksters have achieved significant success in making the term “liberal” a dirty word, along come the Fowlers to provide further fodder to the kinds of people that rely on Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O’Reilly for their information and political enlightenment. This is truly a crying shame because it is clear that Mr. Fowler’s personal philosophy is much more in line with fascists than with the liberal community that he professes to be a member of. Mr. Fowler, here is a brief lesson for you: liberals are tolerant, and most of all liberals greatly respect the working class because, no matter what country they call home, this world would not function without them. Although liberals might object to the lies and subterfuge that political leaders resort to in order to wage unjust wars, we always support our troops who risk and frequently give their lives for what they must sincerely believe is defense of freedom. That is why we become outraged when we see so many die or become maimed for life when the circumstances that led them into such situations were created by liars, whose conduct is truly criminal and who therefore should be prosecuted.

    As further evidence of Mr. Fowler’s fascist leaning, within that complex region that we call the “soul”, I would argue that there isn’t much difference between the soul of a white supremacist and a weight supremacist. I’m happy to read that the Fowlers received about $20K from ABC for their participation in the broadcast. I would recommend that they put these funds to good use to cover moving expenses from SF to a community that more closely shares and reflects their values – Kosovo might be a good fit.

    In conclusion, I really must congratulate Mr. Fowler: you have performed admirably in succeeding Rush Limbaugh and that obnoxious attorney who tried (unsuccessfully) to ruin the Korean dry cleaner who lost his pants as, in the words of Keith Olbermann, The Worst Person In The World!
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  • 2/12/2009 7:59 AM JuJubean wrote:
    From veiwing the show I was personally shocked that people could be this way.Instead of viewing him as the devil i found myself feeling sorry for him and his family. Life is really not about how much money you have nor how smart you are or even what you appear to be. And it truely saddens me to see 2 beautiful children so deprived of what it is to be a child. Every parent wants to raise their children the best they can. And sometimes forget that life isn't only about what type of career one will have ...Life is about compassion.. you have with others and yourself.. These are the things that make life worth living. For someone that is so educated and knows everything there is to know about life. Knows absolutley nothing.No one is that knowledgable..Every person is educated on how the world works around them..A man off the street. may have street smarts that a man attending harvard will never know and vise versa .Fowler Is obviously uneducated when it comes to interacting with other people. Social skills have been lost somewhere.. and being modest and caring is something he needs to work on.I really hope he does change for the better and, all this negativety has some positive feed back for him and his family.. The other family was not perfect.. and yes having fun all the time without any structure is not the way to go.. but they realized that they needed some change.. and changed.. It takes more courage to change something in your life and, recognizing that your lifestyle isn't perfect.. noones life is perfect but its what you do with it that counts.
    Education is learning..and learning from your mistakes is one way of educating yourself.. Education is never free. There is always some price to pay..and now hes paying for it.. Mr.Fowler im sure is not as cold as TV may make him out to be.. I just hope he changes his life.. and his families.. and maybe educate himself with compassion toward other human beings..Money,enviorment,working out,schooling,organic dieting.. all mean nothing when no one else is around.. Life without a friend is like death without a witness~


    From a proud military wife of a educated soldier..
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  • 2/12/2009 8:02 AM Dr. O wrote:
    My hats off to Gayla and her family.

    "the character of a man is measured by how they treat their inferiors, not their equals"

    While I do not consider Gayla to be inferior to Mr. Fowler, Mr. Fowler certainly does. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the Long family. They were able to come away from this ordeal and make some positive changes in their lives. Obviously, the Fowler family did not believe they had anything to learn from the Longs. How sad when we consider ourselves that much superior to others...

    While Gayla may not be as educated as Mr. Fowler, it is Mr. Fowler that is truly the ignorant one.

    For the record, I was born and raised in another country, my children go to private school and I have two university degrees. If I had to chose between the Fowlers or the Longs for a dinner date, it would not be a tough choice. Our door would always be open to the Longs.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:09 AM BIGBOI009 wrote:
    This dude is a freaking fag if he ever ranted to my wife like that i would fly over to the SF and Kick his ass all over the city and make him my bitch.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:12 AM RCAS wrote:
    Wow. I saw the headline " worst husband in America" and clicked on it last night. I was blown away by this man...and woman...the fowler family, that is. i am a daughter of a diplomat and have lived in many different countries and cities. I speak 3 different languages but that is beside the point. I don't believe my background makes me any more important or less important than the person next to me. We can only be measured by the way we treat other people. the behavior displayed by this family is inexcusable. I hope this serves as a great lesson to their poor children.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:14 AM Cressida wrote:
    I do not agree with the way Mr. Fowler said what he did. But I think his observations about this country were dead-on. That's why people are getting so upset. The truth hurts.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:19 AM Ray wrote:
    I didn't see this episode but what I read just pissed me off. Stephen should realize that because of our military protecting is sorry ass, that he can enjoy the freedoms he currently has. Such as being a capolistic idiot. Who is this guy to judge anyone? Maybe Mister moneybags should donate his money to the poor. Better yet find out what its like to be poor or out of work. Who hired this guy anyway, why would they want to keep him employed unless they approved of his behavior. Maybe along with boycotting Stephen, we should also boycott doing business with the company he works for and watching ABC for airing this type of crap.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:20 AM Manooj wrote:
    Stephen Fowler is the worst kind of hypocrite. He is a member of the iberal elite - you know - those people who are always talking about humanity and how we should treat each other. But in reality he is incapable of the compassion and caring that he preaches to others. What's really scary is that there are others like him out there.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:20 AM Julie wrote:
    To Gayla wherever you are -- I applaud the way you handled yourself with Stephen Fowler. I don't think I could have been as gracious or good-hearted in the face of that snobbish, pompous bully as you were. It's too bad that he felt he was too intelligent to learn something from you. When he considers his behavior after he sees himself on TV, perhaps he'll realize he'll reconsider. He appears to be the kind of person who would never have the humility or courage to admit that publicly.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:23 AM Sophia wrote:
    This guy needs to be deported! He is a pompous peice of shit, not to mention a little UGULY looking weirdo. Immigration needs to know how he feels about America! Obviously he has to come over here because he wouldnt have been able to make the income in his country,, or better yet Europe probably were glad to get rid of his disgusting nasty self. Its sad to say his kids are going to be strange as well! As for his wife anyone that would use her expertise after seeing this must be out of their f--ing mind she's nasty herself for marrying him... ICKK alls I can say WEIRDO"S
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  • 2/12/2009 8:24 AM Go back to London you prick wrote:
    We are all bashing on the idiot husband, but what else can we expect from a person whose wife stated that she is not a proud American.
    Well then take you scrawny ass to London with your ignorant husband! LOSER!!!!
    I hope both of them lose everything they have and have to live like the rest of us "po-dunk" rednecks! These are 2 people that truly do not deserve the AMERICAN dream!
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  • 2/12/2009 8:24 AM Kdog wrote:
    I think Stephen Fowler needs a good ass-kickin..................
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  • 2/12/2009 8:44 AM Charlie wrote:
    Talking about pricks. Here's a new book all about them: The Prick Index ~ Insights into Thorny Relationships. Written as a parody/satire of human behavior (both male and female)! Wonder which level and/or names of prick SF might be?

    click on the cats to watch the videos!
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  • 2/12/2009 8:46 AM Ticked in Texas wrote:
    Why is it that you call this guy a loser when all of you who watch this bullshit are the ones who are the losers?

    Reality TV is a colossal waste of time. There is no talent amongst the actors. There is no intelligent writing. It's dumbed-down TV for the dumb.
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    1. 2/12/2009 9:25 AM Chucky B wrote:
      Hey pal, you're reading a blog about reality shows - who are you to talk?
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      1. 2/12/2009 12:30 PM Darlene wrote:
        LOL...you tell him Chuck!! I think he's like brrr durrr haa haa haa.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:52 AM Midwestern wrote:
    After watching that episode, I was LIVID!! I have traveled to England and he was the icon of some of the unfriendly and selfish creatures that I came across. Granted there are SOME 'common' and 'nice' people over there, but I would classify the MAJORITY as arrogent and NASTY! I had the unfortunate experience of marrying a woman from England and she is the poster child for NARCISSIST'S...a FLAMING NARCISSIST! I never thought that a marriage could be SO wrong in my life and being married to a narcissist is the most horrible experience known to mankind!
    Those people over there won't even as much as fly a British flag....they are SCARED!! I can't tell how many times I hard my Brit Narc wife tell me...'that's not the way it's done in England'....well, too EFFN BAD....you're in AMERICA beotch!!
    When that ahole said he would NOT sing the national anthem, I was SO ferkin' mad I could have crushed the TV!! If someone from another country doesn't like it here or doesn't like the way that we do things here.....then get the FLOCK OUT....LEAVE!!
    I hope that narrow minded Brit rots in HELL and he better not have the audacity to come here to the midwest, because it would be my guess that he would only need a ONE WAY ticket....he'd never make it back to CA, let alone England!!
    Peace, happiness and PRIDE to TRUE Americans!!
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  • 2/12/2009 8:53 AM Sophia wrote:
    As to Gayla,, you did awesome girlfriend at least you had enough common courtesy not to lose your temper! I would have kicked his scrawny ass rate there! Yeah I think he probably does need security,, for shitting on Americans the way he did! He needs his ass tied up and dumped back in Europe let them have his go- green self back! Take your nasty wife with ya! I'm sure they have fat people over there that need your help. Why they ever had kids is beyond me,, that comment that she made about not being able to spend to much time with her kids cause she gets grumpy! WTF! Freaks
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  • 2/12/2009 8:58 AM richard wrote:
    I don't understand the international attitude of Mr Fowler.
    We are not a well travelled family. But my grandfather
    did go to Mr Fowler's place of birth in 1944. My grandfather was a
    grocery store clerk supporting his wife and kids. He was not
    a military man but his president asked to help save the world.
    On his way, he might have walked by the basement that Mr Fowler's
    grandfather was hiding in. He went to fight for Mr Fowler's freedom
    to insult him. And he died trying. I know that Mr Fowler
    thinks that he was just a dummy anyway, but I am proud of
    my grandfather.
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  • 2/12/2009 9:00 AM Anonymous wrote:
    Wow you guys are such dorks its reality TV come its funny
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  • 2/12/2009 9:03 AM Nasty wrote:
    I'm just a common (veteran) biker from North Carolina. I TRULY hope one day to meet Fowler. That way we can share our versions of education with one another. I'm sure he wouldn't mind as he made it clear that he values a good education. Maybe he wouldn't mind "trying" to teach me a thing or two. I do know that I could offer a bit of education to him, as well. I may not have his IQ but I know I could help offer him a much better understanding of RESPECT and PAIN. Both of those (at least from where I live) are crucial pieces of information to have imbedded in your mind. Maybe one day we will meet and teach each other a thing or two!
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  • 2/12/2009 9:03 AM Anonymous wrote:
    Fowler is right. Many other people think that way about you, losers. You common people, are what's wrong with today's society. The issue here is not about money, it's about intelligence. You have this idiotic mentality that says "as long as i'm a good person, it's okay". No, you idiots, it's not okay. It's not okay to be dumb and it's not okay to be a failure. You can take your moral compasses, maps and boyscout medals and shove them. You can't control your weight, you haven't gone to college, you marry one week and divorce the next and then you have the audacity to give advice to people who are rich and successful. Oh, that's right. You've graduated from "the university of life"... Keep making jokes about this guy's small dick. It's all you have left. But the next time you'll wake up in your shitty little bed with Moby Dick snoring next to you, remember: there is always a Fowler out there laughing at you as you sing the national anthem.
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    1. 2/12/2009 1:35 PM Vacaville wrote:
      Hey...is it lonely at the top?
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    2. 2/13/2009 9:52 AM Weezer wrote:
      You must be related to Fowler as you still don't understand the value of respect. There are so many educated people in this world, but they don't go about acting as Fowler did on the show. I wouldn't be surprised if you are even related to the guy, you sound just like him.
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    3. 2/13/2009 6:31 PM kelly wrote:
      such strong words for an ANONYMOUS person. if you really want to stand up for what for you believe, then be brave enough to say your name. otherwise your words don't mean anything and you show your scared.
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    4. 2/19/2009 8:43 PM kim wrote:
      Well said, Madam Speaker!
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  • 2/12/2009 9:10 AM lynda wrote:
    A Message from Stephen Fowler
    February 6, 2009 at 8:29 am · Filed under Uncategorized

    Stephen wrote this of his own volition, without input from me. I offer it without comment.

    I hope you will take this as a sincere and unequivocal apology. I have been completely taken aback by the response my behavior generated and it has taken a while for me to figure out what to say. I’m not doing this to try and redeem myself. Rather I’m trying to try and undo some of the hurt that people have obviously felt as a result of my comments.

    Clearly I behaved like a complete jerk and I am deeply sorry for all the offense I have caused. I’m not going to hide behind excuses, I showed an extraordinary level of stupidity and arrogance. I will do my best to address most of the criticism directed at me. If I miss something out, however, it is not because I do not deem it important, it is just that there is rather a lot to cover.

    First off, let me say I am deeply sorry for the terribly insulting way I treated Gayla during the show. She is a very pleasant person and clearly did not deserve to be treated that way. In fact, no one deserves to be treated that way. I was a bully, and it was just plain unacceptable. Once again, I offer my sincere apologies to Gayla, Alan, and their boys.

    Some of my remarks obviously made me appear unpatriotic. Well that was just dumb. I chose to become a US citizen because I deeply respect the values upon which this great country is based. For the record, I think the US is an amazing country and I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather live. And while I do not happen to believe the Iraq war is a good idea, I do have a huge amount of respect for all the personnel who serve in the US military. They have the toughest job in the world and I am truly grateful for the sacrifices that they make to protect this country.

    I used gross generalizations about Midwesterners and I am deeply sorry for any hurt I caused with these statements. My comments were just stupid and made me look like the one who is undereducated. Some of my best friends are Midwesterners, which shows how truly dumb my comments were.

    I also deeply regret that my actions reflected badly on the environmental organizations with which I am affiliated, and were of disservice to the environmental movement as a whole. I’ve resigned both my nonprofit board positions and would ask you to not judge these organizations by my actions. I offer my sincere apologies to all the staff and board members.
    Further, I regret that my remarks made me come across as a person who disrespects overweight people. I do not disrespect anyone for being overweight and I deeply regret that my remarks suggested I do. My wife has devoted her career to helping people and my comments reflect poorly on her and her heart-felt work. I apologize for my extreme insensitivity to her clients and her mission. Please don’t judge Renee by my actions.
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  • 2/12/2009 9:13 AM S. Jacoby wrote:
    Stephen Fowler does not represent bankers, investment mangers, CEO's and the like.

    As a banker myself, I take offense at the comparison. Hundreds of thousands of financial industry employees are being vilified for doing nothing but working hard and being productive. The vast majority did not personally make a bad real estate loan. And, who borrowed money and then decided not to repay? Wasn't the bankers - but the fine citizens of the U.S. who overextended themselves and mis-managed their finances. While I agree the bankers shouldn't have extended credit to certain borrowers, a loan only turns bad when someone stops paying and decides that they don't have to fulfill their end of the contract.

    Shame on those who blame the bankers for borrowers walking on their debt obligations.

    And, shame on you for calling bankers "Fowlers".
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  • 2/12/2009 9:15 AM Julie wrote:
    Mr. Fowler may be intelligent but he lacks in wisdom.
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  • 2/12/2009 9:43 AM mikeszak wrote:
    you have NOTHING to apologize for, clearly you were being who you are. that is why they chose you in the first place. you are a self righteous jackass and they knew that about you...they knew you would bury yourself... they knew you weren't nearly as smart as you thought you were... they knew you would say outrageous things. face it you got played mr. "smart" guy! all of these people writing you hate mail are idiots too (even if they are right). to get upset with you is silly... you are who they thought you were. I mean seriously, are people surprised that when they tune into "rock of love" that the women are vapid skanks with no self respect? no, of course not... that is who they pick for these shows. lets be real, you are the William Hung of parenting, thats why you were chosen. don't apologize for that. the network should be apologizing for choosing you and giving a microphone to a mental midget. the only thing i will say is that i feel terrible for your children, you are clearly poisoning them... i have no pity for your wife... she is a life coach and chose you as a husband? HA that is probably the best bit of irony yet. i can only imaging the advise she is giving her poor clients. in conclusion, you are NOT smart (i don't care what your online IQ test says), you are an ass, you've proved that. go back to being an ass and don't apologize to anybody.... karma will take care of everything! (except your poor children)
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  • 2/12/2009 9:47 AM Anonymous wrote:
    guy is a pure assho$#@
    hell get his clocked checked one day.. hes an embarrassment to the UK too
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  • 2/12/2009 9:50 AM Gloria wrote:
    Dear Jacoby,

    You're very misinformed about the "fine citizens" who paid your salary via processing their loans. They didn't overextend themselves--deregulation allowed people to be as greedy as they wanted. The "fine citizens" who took out loans approved by the banks could afford the mortgage but didn't count on the rapid skyrocketing costs of every other expense they also had to pay--health care, gas and fuel, electricity, FCC (deregulated) services; prescriptions, food--are you aware of the percentage increase in a few short years?

    As a homeowner who purchased a $157K house in Seattle back in 1990 that sold for $1.2 million in 2003, there's no way anyone can tell me the actual home value increased or held any benefit for the American people. The prices were overinflated and kept many hard-working people out of the housing market.While we made a profit, the banks made much much more, and filling out a few papers isn't what I would call "hard work." (And by the way, who doesn't work hard? Really, do you think firefighters have less money because they don't work as hard as bankers? Or teachers?!)You don't create any products or anything of value--you are part of the problem because you fail to see you've been employed as a legalized loan shark. And btw, the government had to create lax loan standards on housing because lenders and realtors overpriced homes and pocketed the money. Did you know,realtors make about 7% of the home value on every sale and the banks make about 3%? So on a 500K home, the bank "earns" 15K for approximately 5 hours of work--3K an hour.

    You're living in a bubble--and your excuse is that you were just following orders, doing what you were told. But you've must have know the easy money was too good to be true, didn't you? And the people who are foreclosing aren't "just" low-income. People across all socio-economic strata levels are finding themselves in foreclosure. Shame on you for not being honest and speaking up.

    BTW, the money we made on our home was used to buy a smaller house and the res was donated to people who need it. I volunteer at a homeless shelter and most of the people are there due to medical problems--over 75% and unemployment. What are you doing to help--or any of you Fowler (Follower)types?
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    1. 2/12/2009 10:32 AM S. Jacoby wrote:
      First, I don't work in the mortgage industry - haven't made a dime off of home loans.

      Second, the up front fee is earned day one but accrued over the life of the loan. $15k on a 500k loan over 30 yrs is a very small amount when you look at the capital committed.

      Third, how did the banks make "much, much more" than you? By my math, and I'm just a banker, you put down probably $30k, sold it for $1.2mm. You made 39x your investment. That's a 32.6% annual rate of return over 13 yrs. The banks probably made only a 12% return on a much larger commitment. Who's in the bubble now?

      And this stuff about the fact that bankers don't create anything of value? Imagine any company trying to manufacture its product without capital (it couldn't even build the facility!). Imagine how difficult it would be for this economy to increase productivity without investment? You are truly in la-la land if you think this country could function without our financial system, as imperfect as it is. Also, what "product" do consulting firms create? What "product" do lawyers create? What "product" do firefighters create for that matter? It's called a service. Service has value. Movement of $$ from those that have it to those that need it is valuable (that's the financial industry).

      Plus, you could not have purchased your home and made $1.170mm without the banks and therefore you could not have contributed profits to the homeless shelter. So, with that being said, you can thank the banking industry for helping you fund your charity by lending you money to buy your home in 1990. But would we EVER get credit for that? Negative.

      Congrats on selling you home for that much. If you thought you home was so overValued, why did you sell it to the next buyer at that price? Oh, I know, to give money to charity. So, you single-handedly fleeced a hard working family to fund a charity. Most people actually ask for donations. Nice work!

      Finally, the banking industry is not responsible for the greed of the citizens. It is only responsible for its lending policies. And, the banking industry is not responsible for inflation. You people want to blame the morgage company on the fact that your food and utility bill went up and now can't pay your mortgage. Maybe the fine citizens shouldn't have spent all their money and actually lived beneath their means? Or, saved for expected increases in costs? Inflation only goes one way - you should prepare. Thank God for banks who help you lock in housing costs by allowing you to purchase your home, rather than rent.
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  • 2/12/2009 10:18 AM Tim wrote:
    Apology – HA!!! It is obvious that this pathetic creep’s wallet is getting hit by the blowback and he is desperately attempting damage control. His insincerity reminds me of fellow Brit creep Bishop Richard Williamson who is similarly trying wriggle out from the mess he has created for himself by denying that the Holocaust ever occurred.

    Sorry, Mr. Foul! Unfortunately for you, you can't change who you really are.
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  • 2/12/2009 10:40 AM Eric wrote:
    IF Mr. Fowler has such distain for America, let's give him and his "brood" the boot. He should not stay in a country that he obviously detest, and publicly decries this, he should have his citizenship revoked and sent packing. Americans are the ones who saved Britain, or else they would be speaking German by now>>>. Get a life. He is vulgar, vague and nuevo riche'. Remember Mr. Fowler, you put your pants on the same as everyone else does, one leg at a time. Although, you can afford better clothes, your collection lacks your level of wealth. My heart goes out to your children and wife, they do know what hell on earth is... living with the likes of you.
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    1. 2/12/2009 10:53 AM Linda wrote:
      I concur. Time to send these haters away. America should be for America's lovers. People who love and honor this country.
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  • 2/12/2009 10:48 AM megan wrote:
    if you don't like America, GET THE FUCK OUT!
    I'm so SICK of people like you saying how bad America is. SERIOUSLY. there's NO REASON you need to be here if you hate it.
    LEAVE.
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  • 2/12/2009 10:52 AM Linda wrote:
    I am not a hater. But I am an immigrant to the USA. I think if you want to live here you better respect the US, respect the flag, and be proud to be here. The Fowlers need to leave the US and go back to UK.
    The Fowlers apology is just damage control. If he is really sorry he should show up on TV, sing the national Anthem with his family and ask forgiveness from the Longs in public. Not a hater, I am just disgusted that there are ugly people out there like Stephen who are viewed with respect. People like him should have no say about this country. He can take his mean, disgusting, stupid life style some where else. America doesn't need trashy people like that. And guess what I'd rather be with real people who are labeled red-necks who respect and honor this country than to be with a low life empty creature like that man "Stephen" That is said, I speak 4 languages and have education but I'd rather befriend the Longs and not the Fowlers! I look forward to see the Fowlers move out of the US.
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  • 2/12/2009 11:12 AM Gloria wrote:
    Thanks for your reply, but a true service such as police work, military jobs and firefighting is concrete, i.e. saving human life. Money is a symbol, it has no value in and of itself.

    And how did the banks make money? While we could make a large donation to the homeless shelter, we moved to the Midwest and bought the home we'd previously owned back (which we bought for $79K in 1983 at 14% interest)--only now it was 400K. There were no homes available for 79K in our area anymore. So we paid 4x's the amount we had originally paid, yet the value hadn't increased. Banks made most of their money during these years on home "equity"--I find it hard to believe that you, as a banker, didn't find the rapid escalation of home values at the very least, questionable.

    Since I personally know people who are homeless (many veterans and former homeowners btw), the core issue goes beyond the rising costs of utilities, groceries, etc. It's jobs. While everything else has gone up, salaries (except those in inflated industries such as banking), have stayed pretty much the same. So if a person promises to make a certain mortgage and every other bill goes up but his/her salary basically flatlines, how can you accuse them of being irresponsible? Because they weren't psychic and couldn't predict that even when banks and other large corporate entities made profits that as low or middle level employees, those same companies would dispense with pensions and find other ways to sustain their excessive salaries instead of having profits "trickle down" in the form of pay increases?

    I'm not writing this to personally attack you. Before we worked with homeless people we thought most were likely criminals, drug addicts or unmotivated. We were shocked really when we found out how ignorant we'd been. We are no better or worse than the homeless we value serving these days. The only difference between them and us boils down to luck. They all want to work, even those with visible disabilities, but no one will hire them. My husband and I lucked out because we happen to be in Seattle during the emergence of Microsoft--we worked hard but no harder than anyone else.
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    1. 2/12/2009 12:28 PM S. Jacoby wrote:
      FYI, the banks don't make money on rising house prices, other than the fact that they have to make bigger loans (but at greater risk). The owners (that would be you) are the ones that benefit. Banks get their loan back, with interest, whether it be first lien or home equity loans. Owners get everything else (such as your $1.17mm in profit). The fact you paid 14% in interest was a sign of the inflationary times in 1983, having nothing to do with bank policies. The banks have to borrow money at the fed rate in order to loan you money (or borrow from depositors' savings accounts - hence interest earned by depositors). So, the banks didn't make 14% because their funding cost was probably half of that.

      Money has no value? Definition of money is a "store of value". Look it up in Websters. If you want something of value, you must provide payment for it in an equivalent value. Money.

      Value of a home or asset is what someone is willing to pay for an product or service. Try offering $200k for a house when it is worth $400k. Why is it worth $400k? Because someone else will pay that amount. So, if you want it, you must pay market value. This has been done for thousands of years and is not a product of those evil bankers. Prices also have risen for thousands of years. My Grandfather would buy a Coke for a nickel. Using your logic (about your house being 4x the price as when you bought it in '83), I should be looking to buy a Coke today for a nickel yet be shocked that I can't (when my Grandfather did all the time). Heck, blame Microsoft for the rise in housing prices in Seattle. If they hadn't been so successful, people wouldn't be able to buy houses for $1.2mm. Maybe it was Starbucks.

      While I applaud your work with the needy, you need not cross the line and try to blame evil bankers for problems in society in which they have no control. When finance professionals misbehave, sure, lock 'em up. Banks lend money (1) because they expect a return on their investment and (2) because the government makes them in some cases. Government policies regarding extending credit to those who shouldn't receive it have been a disaster. If you want a bank charter, you must abide and do as they say. Government is much more responsible for problems of today than evil bankers

      Anyone with any amount of education knows about inflation. So let me ask you, have prices ever truely gone down? Knowing that, would it be reasonable to assume you wouldn't have to be a psychic to expect that trend will continue?

      But, there you go - "over inflated industries like banking". We work up to 120 hours a week for our keep. No, I don't lift anything heavy or perform CPR, but I bring capital to companies who can, in turn, hire people like you. And, wouldn't it be ironic that the bank who helped you fund your charity may go bankrupt and some of it's bankers wind up in your homeless shelter? But, at least house prices will go down. That's good, right?
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  • 2/12/2009 11:33 AM geargo wrote:
    Stehpen Fowler is a very insecure person he has to demean other to make himself feel better. He clearly has issues
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  • 2/12/2009 11:34 AM Watershed Moments wrote:
    ADMIN!!!

    You should make a website about the Octuplet mom outrage.

    OctoMOMsucks.com

    Check out TMZ and Yahoo.com

    I wanna blog about this, too.
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  • 2/12/2009 11:58 AM Jorge wrote:
    I am a 2nd year Neurosurgery resident and consider myself, rightly so, well educated; however, his representation of an "educated individual" repulses me.

    He has made me want to reduce myself to base animal instincts and beat the crap out of him...is that wrong???
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    1. 2/12/2009 12:31 PM Nasty wrote:
      No.
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    2. 2/12/2009 12:47 PM Proud Middle Class wrote:
      Only if you act on that instinct. To feel the way you do makes you just human.....good feeling to have.

      Sleep well a war fighter is protecting you tonight......
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  • 2/12/2009 12:41 PM Proud Middle Class wrote:
    Just a few simple things to say about Stephen. If you do not like the nation you choose as your home.......go back to the one you left......better go to France and leave the English alone also. Grew up their you can have it (France)........

    Sleep well a war fighter is protecting your rights tonight.....
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  • 2/12/2009 1:17 PM Jorge wrote:
    I am a 3rd year Neurosurgery resident and consider myself, rightly so, well educated; however, his representation of an "educated individual" repulses me.

    He has made me want to reduce myself to base animal instincts and beat the crap out of him...is that wrong???
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  • 2/12/2009 3:36 PM R. Brenner wrote:
    I come from a very wealthy family (one with assets that would put him to shame) and my family has focused heavily on edcuation. My father simply asked one thing of me. He asked me to be a good person and that anything else I did in life was just gravy. How can this pompous asshole even suggest that because he has wealth and an education that he is a better person than anyone? They have nothing to do with your worth as a person! Once he acknowledges that I will stop praying for a natural death for him and his entire family.
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  • 2/12/2009 5:08 PM Adrian wrote:
    I am so happy to know so many other people where shocked at the conduct of that disgusting turd.
    I was totally in SHOCK watching it insult, degrade, and and be a all out snobb, in front of it's children! What a bad example!

    No one deserves to be treated with that kind of outright disrespect!!! I hope he gets help and learns how to be a human being.
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  • 2/12/2009 5:26 PM kat wrote:
    Does anyone know if this ass is still working? would love to lodge a complaint w/them.
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  • 2/12/2009 7:07 PM Javerz wrote:
    Well... i'm not really surprised... just look at Simon of American Idol... a subtle FOWLer MOUTH...
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  • 2/12/2009 8:41 PM K2 in St. Loo wrote:
    A few quick thoughts from an urban Missourian with a 152 IQ, kids who read and play music, speak French and Latin, and who feels very, very sorry for the pathetic, little Mr. Fowler:

    1. IQ=nothing; common sense=everything
    2. If the chips were down and you needed help, with which family would you rather be?
    3. I never liked "rednecks" either, until I met some. Simple, country folk are usually amazingly good people. And they'll warn you of the ones who aren't.
    4. People who use income as a measure of self-worth most likely have none.
    5. Men who are huge dicks to other people usually have small ones of their own.
    I'll bet:
    6. Fowler is a liberal who proudly claims to stick up for the "common man".
    7. He voted for Pres. Obama; a Midwesterner and Bill Clinton; a Southerner...and a certifiable redneck.
    8. He is a vociferous proponentof "tolerance"...but only for people and causes he supports.
    And...
    9. His wife is no better.
    10.They both have wealthy parents and have no appreciation of the value of hard work.
    11.Their children are doomed to becoming the sort of mean, stupid people their parents are, unless they get away quickly.
    12."Green", in the case of people like Fowler, is just the color of money.

    I also strongly suggest his children join Al-Anon immediately.

    As is usually the case in shows such as this, stereotypes are the coin of the realm, and both of these families fall into easily recognizable stereotypes. At least in the case of my fellow Missourians, there are some redeeming qualities. I hope this Fowler person (and the people around him he is ruining) can use this experience and the backlash that is washing over him as a "teachable moment". If not, I pray he receives more grace than he gives.
    Mr. Fowler, you are truly a miserable man, but still I wish you well. At present, you are the very embodiment of a character from one of your countryman's novels. I speak, of course, of Mr. Dickens and his Scrooge. May you truly emabrace this, your chance to repent. And one final word of advice: you are not wanted here in Missouri. More importantly, you are not NEEDED. Please stay away until you become a functioning human being.
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  • 2/12/2009 8:44 PM C. Melgar wrote:
    I am not a fan of Stephen myself but I do attend the French American International and I must tell you that all of the information that is posted on this website about our school is absolutely false. The school is bilingual but we learn 4 (5th is optional) languages including English, French, Spanish/ Italian/ Chinese and Latin. Our school is also VERY diverse. I don't think that there is a public school in San Francisco where you will find Mexican and Japanese kids hanging out with El Salvadorian Jamaicans. I would appreciate it if you would change the information on this blog because you are giving our school a bad reputation. I completely agree with you about everything else but this is too far. You should not be abusing the entire family because those poor kids can't choose who their father is.
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    1. 2/12/2009 9:49 PM Biding wrote:
      Having seen what sort of parents those poor children have, I would suggest that someone at your school take a copy of the episode to the appropriate children's protective agency and file a report of serious psychological abuse. Your school is witness to the sort of fallout that the direct actions of the abusive father is causing for the children. You seem concerned about the children, and that's a wonderful thing to see. I'm glad that somebody in their lives is concerned with the children and not themselves. The same cannot be said of the parents. The father, at least. I'm hoping that since the episode exposed the father for the monster he is that the mother will force some changes for the sake of the children. If she is unwilling or unable to do that, I hope the school will. A parent doesn't have to hit a child to cause harm and be considered abusive. Childrens services knows that and will investigate if they have a reason. Give them one.
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    2. 2/19/2009 12:28 PM Diana wrote:
      Excellent points.
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  • 2/13/2009 6:21 AM Terri wrote:
    Not much has been said about Renee Stephens-Fowler but I believe that her opinions and attitude are very much similar to her husbands. At the end of the show she was asked if any of Gayla Longs rules were being implimented in her household and she very arrogantly said "I can't even remember what Gayla's rules were!" I believe she feels Gayla (and others like Gayla)) are so insignificant that she has totally dismissed Gayla from her mind. I think she believes she and her family are so far superior, so much better --because of their education and money that Gayla and people like Gayla don't even matter to anyone. I believe Renee thinks her family is absolutely perfect and there is no need for improving. I feel very sorry for Renee's children because I think they are being taught they are better than everyone and others peoples feelings do not matter. I think they are being taught to be indifferent to our country and that is sad very sad! I think they are being given the message that trees and earthworms are more valuable than people. People who aren't as priviledged as thy are anyway.
    The Stephens-Fowlers in my opinion have one goal and that is to make as much money as they possibly can. I think their children do not even matter as much to them. Renee goes as far as saying so with her comment that she "gets grumpy" when she spends time with them.
    I think the only reason they were on the show was to promote Renee's business and make more money.
    Gayla Long showed much more class and intelligence than Stephen did, if he is so smart why on earth would he go on national TV and act they way he acted.
    If this family is typical of what it means to be educated, successful and rich, I pass-- thank you.
    Even though Renee "can't even remember" what Gaylas rules were on the show I bet she longs remember what her husband did and said on that show!
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  • 2/13/2009 9:36 AM Gloria wrote:
    Our country's in a lot of trouble and I do believe we have to unite together and people like Fowler kind of illustrate why it's hard--but I don't like to give people like that too much power. I'm not a liberal or conservative--I'm against abortion but I think we need to take care of the poor and sick (it's in the Bible, good enough for me. I'm hoping for the best with out new president, and every true American should be as well.
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  • 2/13/2009 11:17 AM Adam wrote:
    Seriously? I've checked both of their second-tier credentials. Pomposity from such mid-level universities. As for the certifications (hypnotherapy, life coaching, etc..)- that's all quite tragic. For a laugh, check this out Renee's website:
    http://mindforbody.com/index.php?section=9


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  • 2/13/2009 6:06 PM source in miami wrote:
    just so you know. steven fowler hasnt held a job in 10 years. his wife supports the ENTIRE family. he didnt resign from his 2 non profits, he was asked to resign. and his father is an insurance salseman!!! someone should shove that in his face and send his ass back to england!!
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  • 2/13/2009 6:10 PM again from miami wrote:
    and also, someone check into his educational background. yes he took the gmat but he did not EVER attend university or college of any sort. only lonely highschool back in england. so once again. cheers to you you pompus asshole
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  • 2/13/2009 9:07 PM KellyKinsel wrote:
    I LOVE THIS WEBSITE!!!!

    thank you for helping make that British SOB suffer! I wanted to strangle him when i watched the show and all I can say is I won't be happy until that dirtbag leaves the country
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  • 2/14/2009 4:09 AM shari wrote:
    First of all; let me say my husband and I find Stephen Fowler's behavior appalling!! My husband is from Manchester England, I am from a Podunk town of 8,000 in the heart of the Mid-west. My husband served for 30 years in the British Army, I work in health care. We represent middle-class America. My husband Loves the United States, he will become and American Citizen in jury. He has traveled all over, and says America is the best and brightest star. The people he says are like no other down to earth, Patriotic, and giving as well as polite.We still live in our little Podunk Mid-western town, where we live simple, and love life. Please do not judge the Brits, by this one ignorant small-minded man.
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  • 2/14/2009 8:46 AM Jiop wrote:
    Without question, the creator of this website and other similar blogs have no life. Instead of getting your butt out there and pursuing a life, getting an education, and taking care of your family, what do you do? You create a blog of on one person. Whether I agree with his opinions is irrelevant as I am secure enough to know that I believe that many disagree with each other, we just do not go out and put up a blog on each issue.
    This only leads me to believe that the low life that created this blog and others that try to lash out and what they do not believe have some serious issues.
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    1. 2/14/2009 4:29 PM Brit wrote:
      Ahhh, why did you then read this web site and then feel compelled to reply? This web site is a fantastic example of American spirit in bashing Tarts like this Fowler chap. I say twist the knife until he stops squirming. I can't wait to read the 3rd 4th or 5th version of an apology, Even better if this bloke and windbag wifee try to sue....the show continues....
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  • 2/14/2009 2:22 PM Moomin wrote:
    I'm emailing pacificenvironment.org right now:

    Not a regular viewer, I aimlessly clicked across Wife Swap that evening, a little late, and missed the introductions about the two families, but it caught my eye because I immediately guessed that Fowler must live somewhere near San Francisco! Admittedly, I missed the mark slightly - I initially thought Berkeley, the t-shirt threw me off a bit. But I was encouraged when I found out how close I was.

    Having moved to the East Bay from Maryland two years ago, I have a new hobby: A-hole spotting. The Fowler sighting convinced me that I'm ready to start work on a field guide for tourists!

    If you have other a-holes there at pacificenvironment, I would be interested in learning their distinguishing features for my book. At first glance, it can be difficult to tell the sub-species apart. If I could spend a week observing folks in your organization, perhaps I could develop a complete taxonomy based on ornamentation, aggression, feeding, nesting, and mating behaviors.

    And, oh, of course, their driving! That's what got me interested in the first place, especially in the Montclair district of Oakland. The illegal parking, blocking traffic to load and unload passengers, u-turns, red light running, making pedestrians run for their lives, and general attitude that traffic laws are for the middle-class, not for the highly entitled and inheritance-laden gentry. If only I'd had a chance to observe Fowler's motoring style.

    Interested in providing more research subjects for my Field Guide to A-holes