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MICHELLE OBAMA: LAWBREAKER!
National Enquirer ^ | September 15, 2011 | By ALEXANDER HITCHEN

Posted on 09/15/2011 12:13:56 PM PDT by COUNTrecount

First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA is being accused of break­ing the law over a gift she gave French First Lady CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY!

Michelle presented Carla with a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic gui­tar in 2009 – but the problem is that it may have been made from wood that was illegally obtained.

The guitar, which Michelle took from the U.S. to Strasbourg and gave to the supermodel-turned-singer wife of France’s president, has a fretboard made from rare rosewood – and that’s why Michelle could wind up singing the blues over it.

In fact, if the first lady was aware that the guitar contained illegally obtained wood she could conceiv­ably face up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine for breaking a con­servation law called The Lacey Act!

Ironically, it was under her hus­band President Obama’s direction that armed agents from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) raided Gibson Guitar factories in Memphis and Nashville on Aug. 24.

The Feds removed 24 pallets of Indian rosewood and ebony, claim­ing it was illegal to import the wood because it had not been “finished” by Indian workers.

If so, Gibson may have violated The Lacey Act, which bans inter­state trade in wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, transported or sold.

In 2008, the act was amended to include illegally sourced wood products, which has put Michelle in a difficult situation.


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To: Iron Munro

Hey, lookout! You’ve got a starfish crawling on you!


41 posted on 09/15/2011 1:05:20 PM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
“She gave Carla Bruni a guitar?”
Yeah, but there were strings attached.
42 posted on 09/15/2011 1:15:51 PM PDT by dblshot (Insanity: electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: COUNTrecount
Take it back and send them a bunch of CDs of Hussein's commie rantings instead.

FUBO GTFO! 492 Days until Noon Jan 20, 2013

43 posted on 09/15/2011 1:16:58 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: haircutter

I noticed her jawline. She better be glad she wasn’t alive in Samsons time.


44 posted on 09/15/2011 1:20:41 PM PDT by mardi59 (Time to turn off the tv so I don't break it..)
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To: COUNTrecount

I’m reporting her to ATTACKWATCH.COM in hope the FBI will raid her home .


45 posted on 09/15/2011 1:37:48 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Given Cala’s being a singer and the high quality of Gibson guitars, as reported here, it actually seems (Gasp! Surprise!) actually to have been a good, thoughtful gift.


46 posted on 09/15/2011 1:40:02 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Lionheartusa1

That’s OUR HOME. LOL.


47 posted on 09/15/2011 2:13:36 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: Ditter

48 posted on 09/15/2011 2:16:13 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: chris37

Remarkable Similarities!
Maybe Darwin was correct after all???????
YIKES!!


49 posted on 09/15/2011 2:18:14 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
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To: haircutter
Before


50 posted on 09/15/2011 2:19:09 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: Iron Munro

Turn that ‘Let’s Move’ sign upside down and it looks like MO in a REALLY ill-fitting outfit.


51 posted on 09/15/2011 2:19:32 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Attaaaack Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch!!!!! XD)
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To: haircutter

Wondering how much Us Taxpayers have picked up for Moochie’s New Face?


52 posted on 09/15/2011 2:22:33 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Mooch has obviously invested in more Plastic Surgery and Rebuilding than Michael Jackson ever dreamed of in his wildest fantasies! YUK!


53 posted on 09/15/2011 2:25:24 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
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To: Ingtar

Yep, that’s all it amounts to.

These people are criminals making their own rules as they go along.
The pre-sent administration, that is.

The guitar company did nothing wrong.


54 posted on 09/15/2011 2:29:55 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Who is doing the accusing?


55 posted on 09/15/2011 2:32:40 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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To: True Republican Patriot
even after all the work...the DNA remains the same and that is what she passed to her two daughters..they too will need work!!!

I believe she had this new job before she went on vacation, maybe that is why she flew separately to MA. and she only has been out and about the past week or so..

and where is her mom? did they have work done in California when she flew to OR. to brothers place?? one will not know, the MSM covers for them... ‘Out ward appearance can be changed..its what is in side that is scary’

56 posted on 09/15/2011 2:40:56 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: COUNTrecount


57 posted on 09/15/2011 2:55:35 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Good question.


58 posted on 09/15/2011 2:59:52 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: COUNTrecount

How are all these politicola getting a hold of these guitar? This is not the first time I have read of some one politically connected getting a hold of these guitars. Is someone in the FBI giving evidence to their buddies?


59 posted on 09/15/2011 4:17:07 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: COUNTrecount

,,,, There’s a stranger in my house ,,,, sounds like a country song .


60 posted on 09/15/2011 4:31:30 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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