Okay, it's late and I've only spent about an hour on this, but I've whipped up a quick piece examining this whole mess from VeriSign. I've only *brushed* the surface of the issues that this presents and it's already a pretty long piece already.
Questions, comments to me. Send your concerns to VeriSign 
http://www.haque.net/verisign_dns_rant.php
You are free to quote this as you see fit, just please don't copy it verbatim without attribution.
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