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Barack Obama to buy rare £20,000 gold ring for his wife
Daily Mail ^ | 12/2/02 | Mail Foreign Service

Posted on 12/01/2008 8:41:55 PM PST by SerafinQ

Michelle Obama is to receive this £20,000 thank you from her husband for her support during the election.

The Harmony ring is made of rhodium - the world's most expensive metal --and encrusted with diamonds. It is being hastily made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco in time for January's inauguration ceremony.

Only about 25 tons of rhodium are mined each year, mostly in South Africa, and as a result its price is typically around £5,000 an ounce.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bailout; bho2008; greed; michelleobama; obama; obamafamily; rhodium; safrica; southafrica; wealth
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So Barry thinks that CEO's have been greedy and lived in excess? This guy wants to tell others that they need to lead by example and "be fair"?

Besides the blatant hipocrocy, I wonder if guys who mined this precious metal for his worshipness get union wages, get employer provided health insurance and regular coffee breaks down in the mines of South Africa?

1 posted on 12/01/2008 8:41:55 PM PST by SerafinQ
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Pimpin’ ain’t easy. You gotta show your pimp hand with some bling, yo.


2 posted on 12/01/2008 8:43:21 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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Is this his idea of spreading the wealth?

Nothing like leading by example. What a putz.


3 posted on 12/01/2008 8:43:39 PM PST by Canedawg (The media is a ass, a idiot.," said Mr. Bumble.)
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To: SerafinQ

....nothing but the finest for the limosene liberals don’cha know.


4 posted on 12/01/2008 8:44:11 PM PST by STONEWALLS
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This is just the way he is saying "honey, I am not eligible to be president. I have been found out. Please forgive me."

As the Birth Certificate scandal grows bigger and bigger....

5 posted on 12/01/2008 8:44:25 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Join the Constitution Party)
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To: Army Air Corps

Wheel covers next?


6 posted on 12/01/2008 8:45:09 PM PST by raptor29
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The Executive limo is about to be made over on Unique Whips. It’ll have a 15,000 watt stereo system, hydraulics, neon packs on the underside, velour interior, etc.


7 posted on 12/01/2008 8:47:40 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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perks already. lol.


8 posted on 12/01/2008 8:47:44 PM PST by dalebert
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Bling


9 posted on 12/01/2008 8:48:43 PM PST by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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In other news the sun will rise tomorrow and people who made a lot of money give each other expensive gifts.


10 posted on 12/01/2008 8:49:47 PM PST by USAFJeeper
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"I found it. Only took me 13 hours. Now I can get my five dollars?"

11 posted on 12/01/2008 8:50:21 PM PST by Yaelle
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12 posted on 12/01/2008 8:50:25 PM PST by SpaceBar
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For 20,000 pounds you’d think he could at least get an attractive ring for her. It’s awful.


13 posted on 12/01/2008 8:50:34 PM PST by giotto
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He maybe needs to wait until after December 5th... unless hes presenting his birth certificate as id to write a check!!!
14 posted on 12/01/2008 8:50:45 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: Canedawg

The Liberals will be coming after your wealth shortly. The elitist in DC want the rest of us as peons. Kind of reminds me of the Communist Party elites.


15 posted on 12/01/2008 8:51:57 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: SerafinQ

I, personally, think its tacky. I’m sure he can afford it and i’m sure michelle thinks she deserves it and maybe she does. But....considering the economy and the fact that he has just been elected president, i would have lived as frugally as possible during my time in office as a show of solidarity with the average working man.


16 posted on 12/01/2008 8:52:50 PM PST by annelizly
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Kobe Bryant’s wife got a much nicer ring for Kobe’s fooling around. BTW, whatever happen to that woman with whom Obama alledgedly had an affair?


17 posted on 12/01/2008 8:52:52 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: FreeAtlanta

Get real. Do think even for 1 minute that ne will be de-throned?


18 posted on 12/01/2008 8:53:03 PM PST by ffusco (Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
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To: SerafinQ

How about some grillz?


19 posted on 12/01/2008 8:54:27 PM PST by fso301
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Rhodium was at over $10,000 a year or so ago, now it is at around $1,000 and was as low as $300 5 years ago. Looks like Obama doesn’t know too much about the market.


20 posted on 12/01/2008 8:55:23 PM PST by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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