Comments on: ‘Human Puppy Mill’ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:22:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rcflyer48 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-142075 Rcflyer48 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:46:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-142075 It is interesting to read the comments about Tim and Tina Sweet. As a person who has first hand information on what happened while many students were in their care and ultimately disbursed to host families, it is truely amazing that they were not "caught" sooner. It was not due to lack of trying to report them. These issues were reported to the Department of State on a regular basis! Initially Tim and Tina were part of the organization USA which was/is owned by Moacir Rodriguez of Texas. Students were shuffled in to Texas and in many cases put in hotels for weeks at a time until host families could be identified. Can you imagine what unchaporoned children do to pass the time? I have pictures which I obtained from one student that clearly shows this. As a host family we were never checked at all. In fact, we met Tina at a garage sale, she followed us to our home, she verified that we had a bedroom, and then asked if she could bring the student over now! At one point Tim and Tina held a students personal belongings hostage after the student was returned to Korea. Only after several weeks of negotiations, after going to the Sweets house with the police after receiving a notarized document to act on the students behalf to collect his belongings, was I finally able to get the returned students personal items. Guess what.... Tim and Tina had turned them over to a third party for "safe keeping". I could go on an on about personal insights of what was going on to include the appalling living conditions. Bottom line, if the PA Attorney General needs more info have them contact me directly! It is interesting to read the comments about Tim and Tina Sweet. As a person who has first hand information on what happened while many students were in their care and ultimately disbursed to host families, it is truely amazing that they were not “caught” sooner. It was not due to lack of trying to report them. These issues were reported to the Department of State on a regular basis! Initially Tim and Tina were part of the organization USA which was/is owned by Moacir Rodriguez of Texas. Students were shuffled in to Texas and in many cases put in hotels for weeks at a time until host families could be identified. Can you imagine what unchaporoned children do to pass the time? I have pictures which I obtained from one student that clearly shows this. As a host family we were never checked at all. In fact, we met Tina at a garage sale, she followed us to our home, she verified that we had a bedroom, and then asked if she could bring the student over now! At one point Tim and Tina held a students personal belongings hostage after the student was returned to Korea. Only after several weeks of negotiations, after going to the Sweets house with the police after receiving a notarized document to act on the students behalf to collect his belongings, was I finally able to get the returned students personal items. Guess what…. Tim and Tina had turned them over to a third party for “safe keeping”. I could go on an on about personal insights of what was going on to include the appalling living conditions. Bottom line, if the PA Attorney General needs more info have them contact me directly!

]]> By: Mr Kim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-141478 Mr Kim Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:48:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-141478 <blockquote>There was like tons of Korans stuck down in the basement.</blockquote> That's nothing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an_desecration_controversy_of_2005

There was like tons of Korans stuck down in the basement.

That’s nothing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.....sy_of_2005

]]> By: Kisa Collegor http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-141314 Kisa Collegor Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:42:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-141314 I actually stayed at their house a few times. I am not a Koran student,but I do go to the school that the Korans who were brought here by them go to. I have seen the living conditions and it is pretty bad. There was like tons of Korans stuck down in the basement. It was a mess. The poor Koran girls didnt have a mirror. Also, there was a time when they picked up two Koran girls and they had to stay in a hotel for like two days until a host family could be found to take them in. I actually stayed at their house a few times. I am not a Koran student,but I do go to the school that the Korans who were brought here by them go to. I have seen the living conditions and it is pretty bad. There was like tons of Korans stuck down in the basement. It was a mess. The poor Koran girls didnt have a mirror. Also, there was a time when they picked up two Koran girls and they had to stay in a hotel for like two days until a host family could be found to take them in.

]]> By: WangKon936 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140654 WangKon936 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:17:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140654 # 7, I dated a girl once who actually went to high school in Kansas on a similar arrangement. She had a very good experence and still kepts in touch with her sponsor family. Thus, this situation has seen success in an number of occasions so I wouldn't blanketly condemn all parents that think about doing this. # 7,

I dated a girl once who actually went to high school in Kansas on a similar arrangement. She had a very good experence and still kepts in touch with her sponsor family. Thus, this situation has seen success in an number of occasions so I wouldn’t blanketly condemn all parents that think about doing this.

]]> By: kimchipig http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140629 kimchipig Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:44:59 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140629 Brian, the ESL business is just as corrupt here as it ever was in Korea. I worked for a "school" here in Vancouver that was also peddling "internships" when in fact they were providing cheap labour to resorts all over British Columbia and Alberta. I know of filthy "homestays" that charge $1200 a month to live in cubicle in a dirty house with 11 bedrooms. The real culprit, however, is parents willing to send their kids, alone, to Canada or the USA without checking it out for themselves first. I would never do such a thing my kids. Brian, the ESL business is just as corrupt here as it ever was in Korea. I worked for a “school” here in Vancouver that was also peddling “internships” when in fact they were providing cheap labour to resorts all over British Columbia and Alberta.

I know of filthy “homestays” that charge $1200 a month to live in cubicle in a dirty house with 11 bedrooms.

The real culprit, however, is parents willing to send their kids, alone, to Canada or the USA without checking it out for themselves first. I would never do such a thing my kids.

]]> By: Jim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140493 Jim Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:45:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140493 I have experienced just as bad conditions in Korea and have seen much worse in that the way foreign English teachers are treated. The only difference is, the Korean student abroad can sue, but foreign teachers just get threatened and kicked out of the country. I have experienced just as bad conditions in Korea and have seen much worse in that the way foreign English teachers are treated. The only difference is, the Korean student abroad can sue, but foreign teachers just get threatened and kicked out of the country.

]]> By: Mondoo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140489 Mondoo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:39:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140489 Anyone who shells out the cash to homestay in Allentown, Pennsylvania deserves getting fleeced IMO. Anyone who shells out the cash to homestay in Allentown, Pennsylvania deserves getting fleeced IMO.

]]> By: Brian http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140479 Brian Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:23:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140479 Back home I knew some Koreans college students who signed up for a semester-long work abroad program. They were to come and work for a semester at a ski resort or hotel, and then get a month off for travel. When they arrived they were placed in two McDonald's restaurants in suburban Pittsburgh. Three lived in a one-bedroom apartment in the northern suburbs, and four lived in the southern suburbs. Thing is, the McDonald's owner knew she was getting Korean college students for a semester, via an American-based program. The students, though, had signed up with the program through a Korean agent with the intention of working in the tourist industry (resort or hotel) in order to practice their English. The study- and work-abroad racket seems pretty shady, from both the American and Korean end. Back home I knew some Koreans college students who signed up for a semester-long work abroad program. They were to come and work for a semester at a ski resort or hotel, and then get a month off for travel. When they arrived they were placed in two McDonald’s restaurants in suburban Pittsburgh. Three lived in a one-bedroom apartment in the northern suburbs, and four lived in the southern suburbs. Thing is, the McDonald’s owner knew she was getting Korean college students for a semester, via an American-based program. The students, though, had signed up with the program through a Korean agent with the intention of working in the tourist industry (resort or hotel) in order to practice their English.

The study- and work-abroad racket seems pretty shady, from both the American and Korean end.

]]> By: Benicio74 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140477 Benicio74 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:11:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140477 Hey, let's not go too hard on this couple. Maybe they have "had hard lives and we should understand them"! Hey, let’s not go too hard on this couple.

Maybe they have “had hard lives and we should understand them”!

]]> By: ed http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140465 ed Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:09:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/human-puppy-mill/#comment-140465 dunno man...those teensy-flabby arms are sexy to me. they say Hey Fellas, I'm Fertile. skin-wrapped bones are no fun to tussle. dunno man…those teensy-flabby arms are sexy to me. they say Hey Fellas, I’m Fertile. skin-wrapped bones are no fun to tussle.

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