Underwater subs?
My god, it's worse than I thought.

But, let's apply that 0.3% (which is 30%)

I must have missed the memo that said that 0.3 = 30.

The idea that "they're trying to force this on tv and radio" is another lie telecoms are paying neoconservative radicals to spread.
Seriously, stop believing everything you hear. It makes you look like an absolute fool.

there is a fear that the govt will go beyond network management policy here...and delve into rule of content on the internet.

You need not have that fear. It will not happen. It has nothing whatsoever to do with this legislation. It's simply a lie perpetrated by fearmongering radical right-wing neoconservatives to protect that which they value most: the corporations that give them money to lie on the air.

Now that that's cleared up, do you have any realistic concerns?

How could they make the keyboard a part of the touch interface, and still provide users with a real, physical keyboard that provides substantial haptic feedback that can be used without looking at it? Keep in mind that's what the vast majority of users want: a real, physical keyboard that provides substantial haptic feedback that can be used without looking at it.

* Why isn't the touchpad also the keyboard

Maybe because that would be utter shit? Good keyboards require real haptic feedback. Hardly anybody would like or use a full-sized touch-screen keyboard as a replacement for a real one.

Apple opted to use DRM not because the music companies forced them to, but because it was beneficial to Apple. The only "evidence" behind what you're saying is what Steve Jobs himself claims. "Oh, help us, help us, we're a poor multi-billion dollar company, the music companies are having their way with us and there's nothing we can do about it!" It's a huge load of bullshit. Any company opposed to DRM would refuse to do business with any labels that forced it upon them. Apple only pretended to be opposed to DRM so they could play the victim to their fans while simultaneously making millions off them through vendor lock-in. Once they had the lock-in they needed, with millions of people having already bought ipods, made itunes accounts, and gotten used to the music pipeline between the two, Apple started offering limited DRM-less tracks in a format obscure to most mp3 players that weren't made by themselves, and later on released all their music in the same, rarely-seen-on-mp3-players format. Hooray, the assholes who were punching us in the face to begin with, are now only punching us in the stomach! What heroes! Industry pioneers!

Atmospheric drag? It sure is going to be cool when they come out with a big balloon, covered in multi-inch thick ceramic tiles for heat dispersion.

If they're ballsy enough to launch a physical attack on another country, annex territory, and dare the international community to do something about it, they're ballsy enough to sponsor some hackers.

90% of cops make the other 10% look bad.

Or buy it, don't open it, and return it, to inflate their return numbers.