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TagsBY KIM GRANATELL
KEEPIN' IT REAL WITH KIM G
I so often talk about this subject and wonder about two things:
1) How does one sleep at night and
2) How do they get away with it?
I took the title, "Catch Me If You Can," from a real life story of a man who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars from people by posing as a Pam American pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer. His primary crime was check fraud; he was so good at it that eventually the FBI turned to him for his help to catch other check forgers. The movie's worth watching if you haven't seen it!
I have, throughout my life, been surrounded by people who have committed fraud and scammed others. Not that these people were my friends, but people I have known and come across.
I actually was approached by a guy to invest in a business that I found out later never existed. He was just so convincing. I saw the lifestyle he had: several homes in all the right zip codes, a private jet, a fleet of luxury cars in a parking lot the size of a mini mall... (and all with other peoples hard earned money). But I was too smart and way ahead of his game, playing him like he was playing others.
These people want what other people have. They basically do not want to work for it or do not have a strong business sense to succeed on their own. Instead of being happy in their own skin, they desire to excel, but at the expense of others...and get away with it!!!
They are Pros. They have a lot of self confidence and feel they are above the law. In many recent conversations with my girlfriend, who is a high powered attorney, I have discussed this topic with her. Some people skirt the law with their actions... often worse than morally bankrupt. They are morally empty.
The example(s) I am about to cite are true and committed by basically one family or person. I have left out the names to protect the Not-So-Innocent individual's family. The story may be familiar to you. So, here's how it goes.
It starts with the little things. In one instance, this person went into a local boutique and took (I can't say bought) hundreds of dollars of clothing for her children, and said "oh I will be back to pay you," and never went back. She did this on several occasions throughout many boutiques in the area, not just for the children but for herself also.
From there she graduated on to bigger and better things. She had "wild" spending on credit cards, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars without a thought in mind to ever pay them. She built an add-on million dollar house (of course not in the right zip code) and bragged about how many more millions it was worth and that it was, indeed, brand new. So not true. It was built on swamp land with a major highway in the backyard, out in the middle of nowhere. She gave minimal deposits to all the contractors on the job and when the time came to make the final payment after the jobs were completed, these guys were "you know what" out of luck.
Like herself and so many others, she felt a sense of entitlement with her brazen ways and personality, not ever thinking about the people she scammed and the consequences of her actions. In her eyes, she did no wrong and continued to shove it in people's faces by driving around in brand new cars, designer clothes, etc. etc. without a conscience or any kind of remorse.
In the eyes of the victims and so many others, they look at her and some say "crime pays". She got away with it and will continue to until the law finally catches up and does something.
And that may take years.
Or it may be sooner than she thinks.
In the meantime, she continues to cruise around like "I did nothing wrong", continuing to be something that she never was. Something she will never be.
HONESTLY...
NEXT WEEK ON ‘KEEPIN IT REAL': "Ding Dong:" Ring the Doorbell and...
Kim Granatell, a second season regular on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey", will share her thoughts weekly in the "Keepin it real with Kim G" column.
You showed us what a fame whore you are on the show, in the press releases & videos.
You showed us how disgusting you are on twitter (tweets you have since deleted but we all saw!).
You really blew it with your 'Aunt JemimaLand' comment in that video you have since had taken down.
.... and yet, your calling Teresa & Joe out??
Your own townspeople have shown how disgusted & embarrassed they are by you in comments on twitter, on blogs, on facebook, on the Bravotv.com website .. and your calling Teresa & Joe out??
You need to take a good, hard look at yourself, Mrs. Granatell and leave my favorite blogger alone!!
So Kim G says, "Harry" complains that my very old vagina smells bad, is there a cure for this?”
“Sure,” the doctor says, “It can be a fungus, or a little infection, nothing unusual. Please undress and lay down, so I can examine you and prescribe a treatment.”
Kim G undresses, gets up the bed and with her legs spread waits untill the doctor attends her. He comes in, walks towards her, starts gasping for air, covers his mouth and nose with a hand, and runs out of the office. After a minute or so, he enters again, covering his mouth and nose with one hand an a 7 feet wooden stick with an iron hook on it in the other hand.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh, what will you do to me?” shouts the patient.
“Nothing,” says the doctor, “I'm just going to open the roof window a little
The only thing you got right is yeah it s a shame they get away with this stuff. But what really is a shame that you use YOUR EX HUSBANDS HARD EARNED MONEY TO SPEND ON THE PR REP of urs. cars, furs that YOU tweet about. I bet your neighbors are just sickened by your behavior. Like calling kids in your neighborhood "aunt Jemima land"
So you think that by not naming them you're not liable?
I hope that Teresa & Joe sue your granny-panties of your big fat ass!
(and I can say that because you flashed it at everyone on television you dum nut!).
Where do you get your legal advice? Albie Manzo?