Hello everyone, I've been visiting DV since Spring of 09'. I quickly realized that I knew virtually nothing about this pretty new paper upon which so many deferred hopes had been newly placed. Like so many others, while my hopes continued to bleed a little with every new let down, I began to learn things about the country of Iraq, it's people, government and worldwide banking that slowly began to put the ridiculous hype of the "gurus" into check. I am grateful for many, many people on this site, without whom I would have gone absolutely bat **** mad. After amost three years into this, and an education I never expected to receive, I'm definately ready to graduate from this craziness - sooner than later, hopefully.