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When a new mom decided, “I’m going to Disney World” she needed to figure out how to come up with a way to pay for the trip.

Turns out, ahead of saving money, a second seasonal job, or even a garage sale is….ta da…sell your kid!

Apparently that kind of stuff needs to be a bit more covert than throwing the kid on eBay or Craigslist. You have to ask around a bit.

NBC Philadelphia – A new mom is in hot water after selling her newborn son for $15,000 so she could take her other two sons on a trip to Disney World, according to court documents.

Bridget Wismer, 33, was arrested at her home in New Castle, Del. after she and the alleged baby buyer, John Gavaghan, 54, of Philadelphia, were caught on a surveillance camera taking care of the last bit of paperwork, according to New Castle County detectives.

The baby boy was born on Aug. 31 and according to court papers, Wismer didn’t want the child.

In early September, detectives were tipped off by Wismer’s grandmother, according to police. They investigated, but couldn’t substantiate the baby-selling accusation. In late September, police got another tip that led them to the place where Wismer and Gavaghan met to finalize the deal.

On Sept. 30, two days after Gavaghan had allegedly taken the 1-month-old boy home, police arrested Gavaghan at his Philadelphia apartment and placed the baby in foster care. Wismer was arrested that same day at her home.

Neighbors were stunned.

“I mean how can you do that,” said Iris Phillips. “Instead of selling, she should have given the baby to her sister of someone.”

Wismer held back tears Tuesday as she tried to explain what happened.

“My friend was helping me take care of my son that I just had,” Wismer said. “He’s always tried to adopt and I couldn’t raise another child.

“I wanted the best for my baby and he wanted the best for the baby and we did it the way we thought we were supposed to.”

Wismer and Gavaghan are both charged with Dealing in Children and Conspiracy in the Second Degree.

Read the original article here.

Oh, Bridget. If you sell the baby than how are you going to get access to the kiddy rides? People that go on those rides, without kids, well, they are just creepy.

On the plus side, she has since learned that if she lowers here standards to Sea World she only needs to “rent” her kid for a couple days for enough money to pay for the trip.

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The US Government buys a truck to go into the apple business.

They drive from Washington DC to Washington state to pick up the apples.

They buy the apples for $1 each.

They sell the apples in Washington DC for $1 each.

They decide in order to start making a profit, they need 1 million more trucks.

Here endeth the lesson

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Sure, people don’t like change. But really? Such an outcry of emotion about a service that you don’t even pay for?

First off, you need understand that you are not that important. It is not like Aliens are going to come down in a thousands years and say, “Wow, they had lots of celebrities living on this planet.”

No, they will more likely say, “My God, they ALL thought they were important!”

Hey, I like Facebook (or is that “Like” Facebook?). But I also know Facebook for what it is – the highest form of narcissism we can have until someone straps a camera on us and watches us full-time all the while feeding us pellets when the bell rings.

Look with companies like Apple, you are the consumer. Changes are made to make you buy. With Facebook, YOU are the product.

I am sure there is some great plot behind all this madness that will make sense to many…

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Since they both have an iPhone app I feel more like an in-tune techie than an 85-year-old coupon clipping senior. In reality, we are one in the same.

This struck me as funny…look out Central Florida, there are going to be a whole lot of new guns around town!

As many as 603 to be exact. Course I have to wonder, how “social” are these people going to be?!

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After arranging the sale over the internet, the kid received enough money to purchase the iPad 2 and a laptop.

Apparently a kidney goes for around $3,392.00.

You only have two kidneys. Didn’t he think to wait until the end of the year for the iPad 3?

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Someone in marketing just wasn’t thinking this one through. I am sure Al Sharpton is already on the phone with someone…

UPDATE: I have been informed that TaylorMade is testing some new versions of the R11 Driver advertisement in response to some “slight push back” over this advertisement. In reality, I suspect there are numerous versions out there but here is the latest…

Got it. If it is “Science” then we just can’t argue with that. Good luck boys…

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Let’s put aside any potential life-threatening danger for just a moment. Do you really think we should know everything our government (or anybody else’s for that matter) does?

It all sounds like a good idea at first. Full disclosure! Woohoo! Transparency? Oh yea! – It all works great when everything is warm, fuzzy, and above board. No one likes to think about the icky (but necessary) stuff that comes from the other side of the tracks.

Let me put it another way…

Could you handle full-disclosure relationships?

I mean one where there are no secrets and you can pretty much read each other’s minds.

Do you want to know everything your spouse is thinking? There are certainly “off days” and plenty of softball questions that you need to avoid. “Does this dress look good on me?” “Do you think I am in good shape?”

What about your teenager? Do you really want to know everything they are doing? Would you have wanted your parents to know everything? Do you want your kid to know everything you have ever done?

I suspect not. Some things, harmless as they may be, are better kept silent.  But who decides where that line is drawn?

Frankly, I think Jack Nicholson summed it up pretty well in A Few Good Men. “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!”

Sure, I think we should be as open as possible. But there are limits.

As for Wikileaks, it is fine line when it comes to reporting. I say “reporting” because in some ways I really think that is what we are talking about. We don’t seem to have an issue with all the data about other countries…we are just concerned when our secrets come out.

Reporting is one of the biggest things that keep our governments honest. Maybe in the future the government will just learn to hide things better – like a good teenager.

As for me, I don’t need to know everything except, does this font make my website look fat?

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